Hah! <LOL> And Lord knows he had that thought reinforced over and over on Saturday.
Rob Sent from my iPad On Sep 8, 2013, at 11:58 PM, Scott Lucas <[email protected]> wrote: > > Only three things can happen when you throw the ball and two of them are bad. > -CWM's offensive philosophy. > > LOL! > > > From: Rob Alexander <[email protected]>; > To: [email protected] <[email protected]>; > Subject: Re: [gatortalk] My manifesto/rant/state of the team address > Sent: Mon, Sep 9, 2013 12:46:22 AM > > I've been having the same kind of thoughts. On the positive side, we really > do finally have a passing game this year. On the negative side, we're still > not very polished with it. During the last quarter of the Toledo game, I was > frustrated that they just started running out the clock shortly after the > quarter began. I was complaining to my dog that we're way ahead and not > vulnerable to any serious consequences from errors, and I said we should be > using that quarter to practice our passing game against a real opponent. > > It struck me then that this is the real flaw in Muschamp's philosophy. If all > you ever do is try to get ahead and run out the clock, then you are not > prepared for the day when a team stuffs your running game and you really need > your passing game. Whatever they do in practice, it is clear by now that a > CWM team will throw as little as possible to win the game. That simply means > that when we really need to pass, we aren't practiced at it and so we aren't > very good at it. CWM keeps,saying that his job is to win today's game, but > that's not all. His players' job is to,win today's game. His job is also to > develop his team so that they'll be prepared to win future games as well. > > There's nothing wrong with Driskel that wouldn't be solved by a year of > playing for a team with a balanced offense. He's making freshman errors in > the passing game because he's had so little practice at it. We have some real > players this year who can run and catch, but if all we ever do in game that > we're winning is rush, then we'll never get any better. If we open up the > passing game week after week, then we have the personnel to improve > significantly over the year. Whether we will actually do that remains to be > seen. > > For all that I am dissatisfied with the state of our offense in Muschamp's > third year, I still like him a lot for all the reasons you mentioned. I just > hope that he comes to realize that a strong offense that can actually put > points on the board is as important as a strong defense, just as SOS realized > from the other side when he hired Stoops before our first MNC season. > > Rob > > > > Sent from my iPad > > On Sep 8, 2013, at 11:01 AM, Steve McKibben <[email protected]> wrote: > >> In case you care (or need a cure for insomnia)... >> >> I thought about this a lot yesterday afternoon and into the night (not alone >> there I'm sure). >> >> I like to enter every game/season/play hopeful. Obviously we all want our >> team to do well. The way in which we each approach that varies widely (you >> think?). >> >> Mathematically, all of our goals, save for going undefeated, are still in >> front of us. I wouldn't bet the house against us going to Atlanta, but I >> wouldn't bet the doghouse that we will. >> >> Given our current personnel, and I'm mainly talking about the offense here, >> what did yesterday's game really tell us? Leading up to this game we heard >> over and over again just how bad this Miami defense is. Our rushing and >> passing numbers tend to validate this and/or some combination of their >> defense not being as bad/our offense not being as bad as advertised. Of >> course the turnovers and the attendant lack of red zone production killed >> us. >> >> It will be spun (if it hasn't already) that those turnovers were an >> aberration, and that by merely eliminating them we will be on course to pick >> up where we left off (in November) last year. But it has to be asked - if we >> are to play offense anything beyond the ultra conservative style we saw most >> of last year, will turnovers be an expected byproduct of "opening it up"? >> >> If Miami's defense is as inferior to most of what we still have ahead of us, >> what do we have to look forward to? Better defenses mean more pressure on >> the QB, better coverage/tighter "windows" to throw into, and fewer/smaller >> holes to run through. >> >> Sounds dismal. What is there to give us hope? More health? Getting Halapio >> back may make a big difference, I guess we'll see. We might get lucky, but >> recent history doesn't suggest that we'll advance through the SEC gauntlet >> unscathed - in fact the recurring injury to Humphries already has an ominous >> feel to it. >> >> Maybe things will "gel" with more reps. Possibly, but is there any rational >> reason that at this time of the year we should expect to improve any more >> than our opponents will? >> >> A return to form by Matt Jones? There may actually be a glimmer of sunshine >> here since he clearly looked rusty yesterday. But to be fair, despite some >> outstanding performances late last year he does not yet have a track record >> as a full time, every down, number one back. He could end up having a >> breakout season, being a disappointment, or anything in between. >> >> New, dynamic receivers? This is probably the most improved unit on the whole >> squad, likely due a great deal to Joker's influence. Patton and Dunbar seem >> to be playing at a higher level. The new guys have yet to make a big >> impression but rarely do true freshmen, especially so early in the year. >> Despite the noted marked improvement here, they are still not a group that >> will keep DCs from good teams up at night. And that's at least in part to... >> >> The elephant in the room. We could have Ike, Reidel, and Jacquez suited up >> and it wouldn't matter if our QB couldn't get them the ball at the right >> place and on time. Driskel has some extraordinary physical gifts and he's >> ours, so we (should, anyway) love him. If you look at them in isolation he >> mas made some incredible plays - with his feet, with his arm, and yes, even >> with his head. And it's true, he doesn't always have a clean pocket, doesn't >> always have his primary receiver getting early separation, but guess what? >> Neither do any other quarterback, at any level. >> >> In another thread Halley opined that there were only a handful of >> [B]star[/B] QBs sprinkled throughout CFB and that all of the good teams have >> one of them. That may or may not be true, but I watch a lot of games and I >> see a lot of QBs that aren't on All American watch lists, or even >> necessarily even top 25 teams that do things like make back shoulder throws, >> hit slants and other timing routes, and throw to the spot before the >> intended receiver makes his break. Perhaps, in the name of ball security, JD >> has either been instructed directly not to do these, or is too gun shy to >> try. >> >> That being said, a junior QB can not throw the ball over the middle late in >> the red zone when getting rid of it gives you a chance to put points on the >> board. >> >> And... the coaches. The lynch mobs are forming (or maybe are just now >> stepping out of the shadows). Is firewillmuschamp.com up yet (good gawd, I >> hope not)? After yesterday's debacle, what would you do? If there were a >> better option at QB, don't you think we'd have seen it by now? As much as >> Tyler Murphy has said to have improved, all reports said that the gulf >> between he and Driskel in production (gulp!) is huge. >> >> I like a lot of things about CWM. The discipline and toughness he demands is >> reaping dividends. I know that there are still some bonehead penalties but I >> think they are trending the right way. Is anyone else amazed that we have >> not had a single flag thrown on a kickoff or punt return yet? I like that >> CWM demands accountability. >> >> But given what he has to work with right now I wouldn't want to have to >> decide what instructions to give our OC. If it were me I [B]think[/B] I >> would go with a "we've got a killer defense so let's let the offense take >> more chances and we'll bail them out if we have to" approach. That >> [B]might[/B] be more fun to watch, although watching your QB throw pick >> after pick might be more frustrating than watching your tailback gain three >> yards on 3rd-and-6 time after time. >> >> Optimist's viewpoint: JD will look at game tape from yesterday and learn >> something. The opening up of the playbook will allow him to grow and >> flourish, our receivers will become a bigger part of the offense and the >> running game will benefit, all combining to make our O not only not a >> liability, but a potent weapon. We'll run the table, crush our opponents in >> the SEC and NC championship games and all will be right in the world again. >> All of the best high school players will want to come play here and we will >> have a dynasty that all others will pale to in comparison. >> >> Pessimist's view: JD and the offense showed yesterday, against one of the >> weaker defenses on our schedule, that even if they can move the ball at >> times they can't score points. Against our remaining middle to poor defenses >> we will see a repeat of yesterday. Against the better ones we'll revert to >> "playing it safe" Burton will get 80% of the receptions, averaging 6 ypc, >> and our defense will have to pitch shutouts for us to win. We lose to >> everyone except Georgia Southern (and possibly Kentucky), the whole coaching >> staff is fired recruits avoid us like the plague and our roster for the >> foreseeable future is loaded with legacy walk ons. >> >> What do I really think?: Who knows? I suppose we'll find out what our >> coaching staff and our roster are made of. The sharpest steel is honed in >> fire (I think I saw something to that effect in a razor blade commercial >> once) and the heat won't be in short supply. I think we will end up being >> somewhere between a 3 and 5 loss team this year. Five losses sounds pretty >> dramatic, but with key losses due to injuries, and a few balls bouncing the >> wrong way I'm afraid it could happen. >> >> Bottom line: This is a "show me what you've done lately and entertain me >> while you're doing it" world now. The sun will rise. The sun will set. Gator >> fans will complain. Gator fans will complain about other Gator fans >> complaining. We'll all be distracted by our jobs, families, and other >> interests, but will all return to enjoy/suffer through our favorite passion. >> >> I'm getting ready to move to a place that will likely mean my days of going >> to see the Gators play in person may be over (don't feel to sorry for me - >> it's a place a whole lot of folks think they would like to live). Last week >> at the Toledo game I was glad I had my sunglasses on - I got teary eyed at >> "Here come the Gators", during the singing of "We Are The Boys", during the >> fight song after the game, etc. It's my youngest son's last semester at UF, >> and it seems like only yesterday that I couldn't wait for him to be "big >> enough" to take to the games. >> >> At this point I don't know where I fall on the Sunshine pumper/naysayer >> scale. But I do know that every Saturday in the fall I'll have my hopes >> riding on the boys in Orange and Blue, and will spend way too much of my >> other time obsessing about them. 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