2) I think Oliver really put his finger on the difference between
Brantley and Johnson: maturity. I don't know if that difference is
due solely to personality, or if a contributing factor is the fact
that Brantley has already had three years in the system, and Johnson
was thrown in as a starter as a true sophmore (thank you Bobby
Sablehaus).
And dont forget... Brantley had one more thing that Johnson didnt
either that we really cannot discount.
A daddy and an uncle who were both Gators as well. I dont think for
one minute that he hasnt been groomed for this his entire life. He
knows what the expectations were long before Tebow and he chose UF
knowing what the expectations of him were. Living up to expectations
is nothing new to him.
Its not Brantley that worries me so much as it is the guys around
him. The only way he's going to be successfuly is.. the O-line is
superb, the RBs are better than ever, and the receivers leave the
butter fingers at home.
Woody
On May 23, 2010, at 2:49 PM, [email protected] wrote:
A couple of points on this thread:
1) Back in '97, I didn't expect Doug Johnson to step up and be
another Danny. However, we had been told that he had such a gun for
an arm, that while he might take a some time to develop his decision-
making skills, his physical talents would provide us with a
dimension we had lacked under Danny.
So at the time, I thought that our offense would look different, but
that with some new tools, it would still be lethal. (Kinda like what
we're telling ourselves now).
I also figured that Spurrier recruited Johnson, and that he knew
what he was doing. In addition, I figured that Spurrier could turn
just about any reasonably talented QB in a contender for SEC player
of the year.
2) I think Oliver really put his finger on the difference between
Brantley and Johnson: maturity. I don't know if that difference is
due solely to personality, or if a contributing factor is the fact
that Brantley has already had three years in the system, and Johnson
was thrown in as a starter as a true sophmore (thank you Bobby
Sablehaus).
Either way, we should not see a big a drop off this year as we saw
in 1997, IMO. But it should be an interesting year, as much as
because of Urban's situation as anything else.
If we get a little bit of luck, we might surprise everyone and find
ourselves playing for the NC.
Go Gators!!!!
Ken B. (NYC Gator)
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From: Stacey Hartley-McBride <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 07:57:12 -0700 (PDT)
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [gatortalk] RE: [gatornews] [SUN]: 5/21 16:00 ---
Brantley not the first to replace a Gator QB icon [Andreu]
Good point, Oliver! I have a very good feeling about Brantley -
didn't have that with Doug. I am sooo excited for the season to
begin!! How long until the countdown? -Stacey
"They say statistics are for losers, but losers are usually the ones
thinking that," Meyer said. "Statistics are great."
GATORS RULE!!!
From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
To: Gator Talk <[email protected]>
Sent: Sun, May 23, 2010 5:52:34 AM
Subject: Re: [gatortalk] RE: [gatornews] [SUN]: 5/21 16:00 ---
Brantley not the first to replace a Gator QB icon [Andreu]
Now, tell the truth. Were you really confident Doug Johnson was
going to come and replace Danny?
On the other hand we have John Brantley who filled in for Tebow at
Ky and slaughtered them...off the bench!
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