This is such wishful thinking. It reminds me of the old adage, never attribute to conspiracy that which can be easily explained by incompetence. Addazio and Meyer aren't holding anything back. We simply have a new OC who happens to be an offensive line coach and who calls plays like one. As was already pointed out, it would backfire as a plan anyway because you must practice these skills to get good at them. If they did hold back the 'real' offense all season, they'd be unable to run it effectively in the post-season anyway. Like Mullen before him, Addazio will improve over time.
Rob From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Cecilia Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 4:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] Gatornews from Today's Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post courtesy of JunoGator Randy, I think there is more right than wrong to your theory. My *very* cynical and critical husband started saying exactly what you're saying early in the game yesterday. At first, he was so frustrated, saying, "What the heck? Why are they going back to this when they saw in Jacksonville how much better they play when they DON'T run these same plays over and over again?" Shortly thereafter, he decided that Meyer and Addazio are doing this on purpose. This morning at breakfast, we ran into my ex-in-laws... and my ex-FIL said the exact same thing. Hmmm. We'll see if you're all right. There's over 150 years of football watching experience between the three of you. Surely that counts for something. ;-) Cee ----- Original Message ----- From: Gatornet Admin <mailto:[email protected]> To: GatorTalk <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 2:50 PM Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] Gatornews from Today's Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post courtesy of JunoGator Ok, I'm sure many of us have thought it, but just haven't actually voiced it. Try this on for size and see what you think. I've been thinking for some time that we have become the masters of the vanilla offense. Everyone thinks our offense is struggling, but I think we are doing just enough to win the game yet not give game tape material to opossing coaches. With the exception of the Georgia game, which we all knew would be a "pull out all the stops" game, I think Tebow and the offense is doing EXACTLY what Meyer wants. So far, the only good game tape Saban and Mack Brown have to study is the UGA game. Not much there to prepare for, is there? Randy ----- Original Message ----- From: Juno Gator To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 1:38 PM Subject: [gatornews] Gatornews from Today's Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post courtesy of JunoGator Lethargic Florida Gators swamp Vanderbilt ------------------------snip, snip, snip------------------- Florida Gators 27, Vanderbilt 3: Where are all the playmakers? ------------------------snip, snip, snip------------------- Gators struggle on offense again, beat Vandy 27-3 ------------------------snip, snip, snip------------------- Florida Gators offense struggles against Vandy ------------------------snip, snip, snip------------------- Florida Gators beat Vanderbilt, but it's a struggle ------------------------snip, snip, snip------------------- Sunday Rewind: Yes, Urban Meyer, the Gators' win over Vanderbilt was 'ho-hum' <BR --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
