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re: How did the Gators fall off so fast?
Posted on 3/15/12 at 2:10 pm to ChuckDockery
Posted on 3/15/12 at 2:10 pm to ChuckDockery
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Cyclical nature of college football finally hit them.
I disagree with this reasoning. CFB is a cycle, but that's not why UF is down.
UF is down because of poor talent evaluations towards the end of Meyer's tenure at UF, and having no quality depth because we were down a full class last year in numbers.
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Posted on 3/15/12 at 2:18 pm to gatordmb89
combination of things. I think meyer missed on some recruits (going too much for speed over power). I also think the gators, as many teams with alot of success, started believing all they had to do was show up. This isnt a huge problem as long as the coach is there to drive them back in line. Meyer, however, was pretty much just showing up himself in 2010, so it made for a bad combination.
Edit: you could really see this mentality starting to creep in in 2009. Despite having almost everyone back, anyone who watched the 2009 gators could see they just didnt have that spark/drive/intangible that the 2008 team had.
Edit: you could really see this mentality starting to creep in in 2009. Despite having almost everyone back, anyone who watched the 2009 gators could see they just didnt have that spark/drive/intangible that the 2008 team had.
This post was edited on 3/15/12 at 2:23 pm
Posted on 3/15/12 at 3:34 pm to gatordmb89
Not to mention that 2 down years isn't really indicative of the cyclical nature. Now, if we have 5-6+ down years in a row and are irrelevant in SEC/BCS contention, then that discussion can take place.
But right now, it's more of bad coaching/evaluations/attrition/underperforming players/etc.
But right now, it's more of bad coaching/evaluations/attrition/underperforming players/etc.
This post was edited on 3/15/12 at 3:35 pm
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