Agreed. Essentially, the Gators are a one dimensional team. Muschamp is gonna have to learn that u gotta score early/often then worry about TOP after.
Woody (via iPhone) > On Oct 14, 2013, at 11:03 PM, "Randy Platt" <pcga...@tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > > I don't have a quibble with anything you say but I will take a few shots at; > > The pooch punt pinned LSU at their own 1 yard line was far from cowardice, > given you have an extremely raw kicker you are asking to make a 52-53 yarder > and a championship quality defense you trust more than you trust your > offense. Calculated definitely, cowardice hardly. A little humor, my > daughter, who is fairly knowledgeable about football, after watching the > play, asked what happen , so I dutifully explain the pooch punt, lineup in > standard offensive formation appearing to go for it on fourth down, the QB > kicks what is essentially a punt in an effort to pin the opposing team deep > in their own territory. The next words from my daughter came straight out of > the Longest Yard (original version) when Burt Reynold's character drop kicks > the field goal/ extra point and I think Ray Nitchski (SP?) character ask > "You can do that?". My daughter is 28 years old and has watch football with > her dad most of her life, she had never seen a pooch punt. I got a chuckle. > > Time of possession is a meaningless statistic, it is result of the offense > philosophy employed by Florida, just as it is a results of the offensive > philosophy employed by Oregon. To me the comment you posted is a comment > about the football stratagem employed by Muschamp. Muschamp is old school, > play great defense, great special teams, dominate time of possession by > running the ball and avoid turnovers by passing only to facilitate the run. > That is the way this team is currently built and it is not going to change > down 14 - 3 at the half. The problem with the stratagem is that it requires > the team to play almost flawlessly as the stratagem is not designed to play > catch-up from very far behind. Nobody thought the stratagem was boring when > we beat LSU 14 - 6, it was but nobody cared because we won. The question is > can Muschamp build a championship caliber program, fortunately or > unfortunately, as compared to Spurrier's run, in a time frame acceptable to > the powers that be using this stratagem, time will tell. Say what you want > but Florida scores a touchdown instead of settling on a 27 yard field goal, > the defense holds, then our final drive, the one that ended on a fourth and > 27 from the LSU 37, is first and 10 at the LSU 10 down 14 - 10. Score, > defense holds again and Florida wins 17 - 10. Again very little margin for > error and on Saturday Florida made to many. Personally, I can respect the > current stratagem, but I would prefer to see a more robust passing game. > Having said that I am not sure we can employ a more robust passing game > unless we get better play form our offensive tackles against quality > defensive opponents. > > JAFO > > > Randy Platt > aka "PCGator" > aka "The Armchair Quarterback" > aka "The Other Randy" > > Later Gators! Afterwhile the Rest! > > > > From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatortalk@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of jfr...@earthlink.net > Sent: Monday, October 14, 2013 10:47 AM > To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com > Subject: [gatortalk] My $.02 > > I think Murphy did a very good job considering the breakdowns on offense. > I am still a believer in our coaches and think the Gators are going to be > really good, at some point. It is like Spurrier, when he was being > bullheaded about putting Danny into the shotgun, I think the coaches need to > understand what Gainesville Sun’s Dooley states below and adjust….IMNSHO! > Dooley, “I know what Will Muschamp is trying to do offensively and it does > work against lesser teams. But in the last five big games Florida has played, > the Gators are 1-4 and have averaged 13.5 points in those losses. The offense > can’t be completely changed but there needs to be some major tweaking. Losing > is bad, but losing and being boring is worse.” > > Other things that I have read: > > Pooch punt on 4th down at the LSU 35? Cowardice! > > Gator fans are extremely critical about Muschamp's penchant to dominate time > of possession. Here was one of the better comments: "Nobody ever succeeded by > chewing up clock when they were behind by 2 or more scores. It's bad enough > to sit on a lead. To sit on your opponent's lead is unfathomable." > > Go Gators! > Fran > > > > J. 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