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Reason for Florida's improved defense - USA Today article

Posted on 10/31/24 at 5:56 am
Posted by bigDgator
Dallas, TX
Member since Oct 2008
43324 posts
Posted on 10/31/24 at 5:56 am
I'm not sure I believe this, because the media in general and their stupid anonymous sources. But if true, it just shows you how stupid our coaching is when the players have to tell you how to do your job.

Florida football players asked for change


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Earlier this month, a handful of players showed up in Billy Napier’s office and told the Florida coach something had to change.

The losses were piling up, the coach was careening toward unemployment and players wanted change.

They told Napier the defense had to be simplified if the team had any hope of success moving forward, according to two people close to the process who requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation.

The defense was historically bad the previous two seasons under Napier, and was headed to those depths again after the first month of this season. Misfits in run defense, a constant loss of gap control, too many combination coverages in the secondary — and all of it was leading to multiple blown assignments and explosion plays.


To Napier’s credit, he bought in to what his players were selling.
Posted by GatorOnAnIsland
Florida
Member since Jan 2019
6744 posts
Posted on 10/31/24 at 6:19 am to






Supposedly Napier and Armstrong were handed these books and discovered some new stuff.
This post was edited on 10/31/24 at 6:35 am
Posted by GurleyGirl
Georgia
Member since Nov 2015
13685 posts
Posted on 10/31/24 at 6:37 am to
Defense doesn't have to be extremely complex but players have to be smart and coached up.
A good defense requires quality depth since defensive players are having to work harder to get to the QB and cover receivers who know their routes while the defensive backfield is have to adjust quickly to many possible route scenarios.
To be able to make these adjustments, defensive players tend to be smaller but more agile than their offensive counterparts.
As such, it often boils down to having more high quality recruits than your opponents aka it's not so much the X's and the O's but the Jimmies and the Joes.
Posted by generalgator87
Member since Nov 2022
403 posts
Posted on 10/31/24 at 7:28 am to
You can tell they were confused. The guys on defense couldn't even get lined up right. Everyone was running around like chickens with their heads cut off pre-snap. Post-snap, we had a ton of blown assignments. How it took until Mississippi State to figure that out is a huge indictment on our coaching staff.

But the most important part of that article for fans was about the boosters vs. the admin when it comes to Billy's future. The boosters want at least 3 wins out of the next 5 games. The interim president/admin wants to give Billy more time. Hopefully the boosters win that fight.

Also, what a shiteshow our program is right now.
Posted by lewis and herschel
Member since Nov 2009
12458 posts
Posted on 10/31/24 at 7:37 am to
Same thing happened with Pete Carroll before USC went on their run. Playing fast was more important than the hesitation of trying to play perfect.
Posted by dcbl
Good guys wear white hats.
Member since Sep 2013
30031 posts
Posted on 10/31/24 at 7:39 am to
I’d like to see the Gators get their shite together and be competitive again

I obviously like seeing Georgia dominate this rivalry; but it HAD to be more fun dominating it when we came in every year with a “chance” to win something and a very highly ranked team…
Posted by BigTimeOnTheBoat
Member since Oct 2024
63 posts
Posted on 10/31/24 at 7:52 am to
This same thing i believe has been a problem with our OC Halze. He tends to overcoach scheme wise which is making guys especially our QB over think everything instead of just play.

You'd think coaches who make millions of dollars a year would understand this simple concept.

It's like dancing. If you are thinking too much you will screw up and lose that flow state. It's same thing for sports.

You have to either do enough repetitions to where it's muscle memory and/or simplify it so guys aren't stuck in their heads too much instead of just going out and playing.
This post was edited on 10/31/24 at 7:53 am
Posted by POTUS2024
Member since Nov 2022
16380 posts
Posted on 10/31/24 at 8:13 am to
Napier won't even answer questions when people ask him about changes to the defense, who is running it or making the calls during games etc. He acts like he's running the CIA and not a football program - or as he calls it, an organization.
Posted by UFMatt
Trump / Vance country
Member since Oct 2010
12157 posts
Posted on 10/31/24 at 8:19 am to
What really helped the defense is playing 3 teams in a row with suspect QBs that couldn't hit wide open receivers running all over the field. Up next, Beck, Ewers, Nussmeier, then Dart. There may be different opinions of the Gator Defense and their progress after those games.
Posted by SemperFiDawg
Member since Sep 2014
2481 posts
Posted on 10/31/24 at 8:50 am to
Good point.
Posted by bigDgator
Dallas, TX
Member since Oct 2008
43324 posts
Posted on 10/31/24 at 9:59 am to
quote:

What really helped the defense is playing 3 teams in a row with suspect QBs that couldn't hit wide open receivers running all over the field. Up next, Beck, Ewers, Nussmeier, then Dart. There may be different opinions of the Gator Defense and their progress after those games.




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