Except in the LSU game, when he played early in the second half and was the only back to consistently move the ball. Demps was hurt. Rainey was inconsistent. Burton went nowhere. That wasn't mop-up duty; that was the heart of the game.
I agree that all of his other chances have been in mop-up time, but that's exactly my point. He has never failed to produce at any time during any game, so while we may say that the coaches must know something, I prefer to look at the objective evidence provided by my own eyes. There comes a point when one has to acknowledge that he has met every challenge he's faced and give him a shot at meaningful playing time. I hope that actually happens this week. Rob Sent from my iPad On Oct 12, 2011, at 12:14 PM, Jay Cicone <[email protected]> wrote: > You are correct. I felt like he did a great job, but only got into games with > the mop up crew. > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Stephen Manuel > Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 12:13 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [gatortalk] Gillislee > > > > 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 > > -- > 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 > > -- > 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
