I just don't buy the notion that Urban Meyer or any coach for that matter has such a big ego that they would lose 5 games just to prove a point.
Let me be fair to Mike Gillislee, IMO he can be a serviceable SEC RB, contribute to winning games, but will never be a feature #1 RB that gets the majority of the carries and someone who the other team has to game plan for, he is in the mold of Kestan Moore, solid but never great. Stephen Manuel ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, January 4, 2011 5:02:44 PM Subject: RE: [gatortalk] Well... on one hand... Interesting stats. One thing is Gillislee's carries tended to come late in a game, that could attribute to his high per carry average. I am not saying that Mike is an All American RB, just that we don't know because too many people were touching the ball because they are either invested in the program and/or might break a 70 yard run. Yes, Urban has won a lot of games and championships, but like other coaches we know, he has a huge ego and will prove his system works, even if it means 5 losses... I mean, look at 2006, yes the defense was much better that year, but Urban and crew took their spread offense and adapted it to Leak's capabilities. We didn't do that this year. Ken Kirkley -------- Original Message -------- >Subject: Re: [gatortalk] Well... on one hand... >From: John Vega <[email protected]> >Date: Tue, January 04, 2011 3:27 pm >To: [email protected] > > > >On Jan 4, 2011, at 9:17 AM, Stephen Manuel wrote: > >I have theory about RB’s, barring injury, a truly great RB will be great right >away, if they take 2-3 years to develop they might be above average but never >great. I don’t think coaching can teach Emmitt Smith how to run or any of the >other great RB’s in UF history, I can’t think of many that were great after >2-3 >years, most were great or very, very good right away….I believe that holds for >any offensive system the RB might be in. > >My gut tells me that this is right. > > >We all knew Emmitt was the real deal following his second game as a true >freshman. > > >We knew that Errict was not Emmitt, but was a worthy successor. > > >My brain looks up statistics. > > >UF Career Rushing Leader: Yards per Carry > > >min: 300 attempts: Eli Williams (6.4) >min: 400 attempts: Tony Green (5.8) > > >Well, that wasn't what I expected. > > >Let's look at notable Freshmen: > > >James Jones: 4.4 >Neal Anderson: 5.2 >Emmitt Smith: 5.9 >Errict Rhett: 5.7 > > >Interestingly, those were the best single year averages for either Errict or >Emmitt. > > >Gillislee yards per carry: 5.6 > > >Hmm. My gut doesn't even think he is in the same sentence as the Gator >legends. >My brain wonders why he didn't get more carries. > > >-Zeb-- >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 -- 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 -- 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
