This is the first year in about 4 that we will have had the same offensive coordinator for two years in a row. That might make a difference. (Said with as much sarcasm as one can muster)
Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI Real Estate Broker Bob Parks, LLC 1517 Hunt Club Blvd Gallatin TN 37066 615-972-4239 615-826-4040 Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: Woody <[email protected]> > Date: July 29, 2013, 8:19:08 AM CDT > To: gatornews <[email protected]> > Subject: [gatornews] ESPN.com: Relaxed Driskel looking to step it up > Reply-To: [email protected] > > Relaxed Driskel looking to step it up > > July, 26, 2013 > Jul 26 > 4:45 > PM ET > By Michael DiRocco | ESPN.com > Recommend14 > Tweet0 > Comments3 > Email > Print > GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- It’s easily evident to those not inside the Florida > locker room every day that Jeff Driskel has changed. > > He’s still focused and driven, but he comes across as much more confident and > definitely more relaxed, which was obvious when he hammed it up with a > significantly shorter member of the media just before doing a video shoot. > > That’s an indication that Driskel is much more at ease with who he is and > more comfortable and confident in his knowledge and abilities as the Gators’ > starting quarterback. > > [+] Enlarge > Melina Vastola/USA TODAY SportsNow the undisputed starter, Jeff Driskel has > been a more relaxed presence at QB for the Gators this offseason. > Driskel knows the offense completely now that he’s in his second season under > offensive coordinator Brent Pease. He knows where his receivers are supposed > to be (even if they don’t), knows his pre-snap reads and adjustments, and > feels much more comfortable in the pocket. His fundamentals are better, too. > > He should be a better player in 2013, someone capable of putting the team on > his shoulders and winning a game instead of being a caretaker whose main > directive was to not turn the ball over. > > “It’s his football team,” UF coach Will Muschamp said. “[Driskel] attacked > the offseason the way you’re supposed to as far as his mental preparation, > watching film. He understands what we’re doing offensively much better than a > year ago, which is expected.” > > The main reason for Driskel’s improvement is that he’s no longer fighting for > the job. He’s not competing with Jacoby Brissett, who left for NC State after > the season ended, or worried that a couple of poor drives or games would get > him benched. > > The biggest benefit of that situation is that he’s essentially getting twice > as many practice reps, twice as much time in the film room, and twice as much > individual work with Pease. He’s taking all of the first-team snaps instead > of sharing them. He’s breaking down every play in the film room. He’s > explaining every protection and adjustment and getting nearly all of the > feedback. > > That showed during the spring, Muschamp said. > > “When the game slows down a little bit, you get a little more mental > quickness of where to take the ball down the field, first progression read to > the second, and understanding where the pressure may come from,” Muschamp > said. “That’s part of the growing process of a young quarterback.” > > Driskel said he’s gaining a much better rapport with the receivers, which was > something that he wasn’t able to do last season because there was always some > awkwardness between the quarterbacks and receivers because of the competition > between Driskel and Brissett. > > “When there’s a competition, you know, some guys are going to -- not be on > one side or the other -- but there’s not as close of a bond because no one > wants to step on anyone’s toes and no one wants to get on someone’s bad > side,” Driskel said. “When there’s one set quarterback I think everyone > responds well to it and everyone kind of is looking at the same person and > getting on the same page with one person instead of doing it with two.” > > Driskel still has a lot on which to improve, specifically mastering the pass > protections and knowing which adjustments to make and when and getting rid of > the ball quicker to avoid sacks. > > But he appears to be on his way to becoming the kind of quarterback he was > projected to be when he came out of Oviedo (Fla.) 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