Okay, I am using this response to cover several topics concerning Tebow related comments.
I agree that Tebow has not played the same since the UK game and the concussion. I do not believe that the problem per se is the concussion or any lasting effects there from. I do believe Tebow is pressing way to hard and that his play has suffered because of it. I believe Tebow is pressing because he wants to prove he is the same kind player now that he was before his concussion or he is pressing because he really wants that perfect season. I believe that Meyer's recent comments about the team needing to be looser and having more fun when they play are directed specifically at Tebow. I believe Tebow just needs to let the game to come to him. I don't think Addazio's play calling in the red zone has been horrible, but the fact that other teams have stacked the interior defense to stop the Tebow runs and poor execution has made the red zone offense look worse than it really is. Case in point, Tebow's interception that was returned 102 yards for a TD, if you look at the replay you will see a Gator receiver, single digit maybe Thompson, Rainey, or Demps, 2 yards deep in the end zone uncovered running step for step with Tebow as he rolls to his left. Tim never sees him or ignores him, I don't know which. Case in point #2, Arkansas game Tebow's fumble in the red zone occurs on a botch handoff to James on the jet sweep. TT is our best short yard runner, so I don't have much of a problem running him multiple times, but teams are beginning to figure that out, so when they do, we have to call something else, audible perhaps, but regardless we have to execute and that is not Addazio's play calling, it might be his coaching of the offensive line but it isn't his play calling. Now I don't think there really is in-fighting amongst the offensive players, frustration perhaps, certainly on Denote Thompson's part, and certainly on Tebow's part with respect to Addazio but again it may be just much ado about nothing if the ship gets righted. The defense, IMMHO, could care less what's going on on the offensive side of the ball, because they figure they can hold everybody scoreless. JAFO Randy Platt aka "PCGator" aka "The Armchair Quarterback" aka "The Other Randy" Later Gators! Afterwhile the Rest! From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Oliver Barry Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 3:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [gatortalk] Re: FW: [gatornews] [SUN]: Tebow may be trying too hard [Dooley] I don't think I've heard about any in fighting. It could be that's the case, the team isn't trying because of Tebow. I think Tennessee couldn't win when Paytee Pie was there because they relied too much on him. Oliver Barry CRS,GRI Real Estate Broker Bob Parks Realty 1517 Hunt Club Blvd Gallatin TN 37066 Phone: 615-826-4040 Fax: 615-822-2027 Mobile: 615-972-4239 _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 2:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [gatortalk] Re: FW: [gatornews] [SUN]: Tebow may be trying too hard [Dooley] Could this be the reason for the in fighting on the team? Why should anyone practice or try hard in the game - if Tebow is going to do everything? -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [gatortalk] FW: [gatornews] [SUN]: Tebow may be trying too hard [Dooley] From: "Oliver Barry" <[email protected]> Date: Tue, October 27, 2009 3:16 pm To: <[email protected]> Could this be the reason for Tebow's troubles? Tim Tebow is an over-achiever who borders on OCD. Could it just be he's trying too hard, trying to lift the whole team on his back? Oliver Barry CRS,GRI Real Estate Broker Bob Parks Realty 1517 Hunt Club Blvd Gallatin TN 37066 Phone: 615-826-4040 Fax: 615-822-2027 Mobile: 615-972-4239 Tebow may be trying too hard By <mailto:[email protected]> Pat Dooley Gainesville SUN Columnist This just in - the world did not end Saturday night. Even in Starkville. This bulletin was brought to you by Tim Tebow. Actually, it was brought to us during his weekly Monday meeting with the media boys and girls. "Sorry I didn't talk to y'all," Tebow said. "I think I've been pretty courteous." There is no question Tebow has been one of the most gracious athletes I've covered during his time at Florida. When he didn't submit to questioning Saturday night, it turned out all of those guys who played doctor after his concussion actually got their degrees in psychiatry because they were all analyzing why he didn't talk to the media after his pick-12 game against Mississippi State. Tebow's explanation - as if we are entitled to one - was less complicated. "There were a lot of other things I wanted to do," he said. He wanted to spend a little time with Dan Mullen, his former coach, and Mullen's wife. He wanted to see his family. The team had been kept an unusually long time in the locker room after the game because Urban Meyer felt there needed to be a team meeting after the 10-point win. "It's not like we got out of there quickly," he said. Whether we buy it or not isn't really relevant. What matters is we were ready to coronate Tebow as the best player in the history of college football two months ago and now we're not even sure he's the best quarterback on campus (I hear there's a dude playing intramurals with a cannon). I'm kidding. Put down that keyboard. This is what you deal with when you are the face of college football. Everybody has questions and many of the wannabe offensive coordinators out there also have the answers. We all are looking at him differently these days, wondering if someone punked Superman by giving him a Kryptonite bracelet. And certainly you can't help but look at the production since the concussion and wonder if it is still an issue. Tebow has been sacked nine times in the last two games, has averaged only 2.95 yards per carry in the last three and has thrown three interceptions. "I don't think so," he said. "You look at the last two games, I've had the highest rating by the coaches in read and recognition. "We're moving the ball. You want to make it easier for the defense and for the fans, but we get to the red zone and it just hasn't been happening for us. It's kind of new and it is frustrating, I'm not going to lie to you. But we're getting the wins." Tebow denied Monday that the pressure of perfection is getting to him. I don't think it's the pressure that's bothered him. I think it's the passion. He wants this so badly, to have that perfect season, that he's trying to be perfect on every play. Instead, he's getting a season with a lot of imperfections. Except in the won-loss column, of course. That still is what matters most and that's where the passion turns into pressure. During his career at Florida, Tebow has been rubber and everyone else is glue. Criticism bounces off him and onto the offensive coordinator, the head coach, the quarterbacks coach, the receivers, the line and the guy selling hot dogs. But there is no question the Tim Tebow we are watching is not playing at the high level that had us wondering about his place in history. Perhaps he's just playing tight because he's trying too hard. "There's a chance that's true," Meyer said. "That's a fault of Tim's. I've thought about it. I need to coach him through it. He's playing harder as he ever has." But when we're sitting around in the meeting room having a discussion about whether Saturday night's game was the worst of his career, well, something's not right. (This is where you insert your scapegoat of choice). Or maybe we should all just come to this understanding - if Florida is going to lose a game this year, it's not going to be because of its quarterback. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
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