I am ambivalent toward Gillislee, but don't you have to ask yourself, two different coaching staffs with people have been at the top of their profession and won multiple championships have looked at Gillislee and determined that he wasn't better than Demps or Rainey ??
Granted, he has shown flashes of being good, but he must be doing something in practice that indicates he wasn't better than what is ahead of him. Generally Gillislee has shown what he can do after the game has been decided so that has to be considered. Given the state of our offense, IMO Demps, Rainey and Debose are the only players who have shown any ability to score from anywhere, the idea being keep giving it to them in the hopes they break one. Stephen Manuel From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jay Cicone Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 11:53 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [gatortalk] Gillislee I've been a Gillislee fan since day 1. He's the only guy we have that can pound it up the middle with success. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Woody Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 11:50 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [gatortalk] Gillislee Dont disagree... ive always wondered why Gillislee didnt play more (including last year). I think this team has got to learn to get more ppl involved... thats the only way you can really build quality depth and experience. Woody On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Rob Alexander <[email protected]> wrote: I don't think you can characterize it as a 'problem'. In all games so far this year, Rainey has fumbled twice (UAB and LSU) and lost none. Demps has fumbled twice (FAU and UT) and lost one. Gillislee has fumbled once (UK) and lost that one. If you're not going to play him for that one fumble, then you need to pull Demps and Rainey too. What amazes me is the inability of the coaches to adapt their thinking on game day. That's what Weis is supposed to be so good at. If Demps and Rainey are tearing them up, then great. Just keep doing it. But against LSU, Demps was not a factor and Rainey rushed over and over with very little success. Then they brought in Gillislee and he ran for >3 yards on 7 of 9 carries, with a long of 15 yards and an avg of 6.2. We were actually moving the ball while he was playing. So why, when it's working, would you pull him back out and never give him a carry the rest of the day? Now they act like... wow, we have to give this kid more carries. Well, yeah, but it didn't take anyone watching the game three days to figure that out. I'm not saying to pull Rainey, he averaged 4 yards per carry. I'm saying they should have used both. I've said it before and I'll say it again. If you give Gillislee a real chance, he'll be a star. Rob Sent from my iPad On Oct 12, 2011, at 8:23 AM, Woody <[email protected]> wrote: Correct me if I am wrong... but wasnt the reason he wasnt getting more playing time because he had a fumbling problem? I do recall he had atleast one fumble this year... cant remember which game. -- 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 <http://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 <http://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 -- 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
