Lane did a pretty good job as the o-coordinator when he was at Southern Cal. He was at least impressive enough that Al Davis hired him. If he never gave a press conference to shoot his mouth off... Maybe.
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: Helen Huntley <[email protected]> > Date: October 22, 2013 at 8:57:58 AM CDT > To: [email protected] > Subject: [gatornews] John Reaves' Commentary on the Gator Offense > Reply-To: [email protected] > > From Gator Country > (good stuff except for the last comment about his son-in-law. Last thing we > need is Lane.) > Written by > JOHN REAVES, OCTOBER 21, 2013, 0 COMMENTS, > > It isn’t easy to write this today. I was thinking of bringing in a guest > columnist such as Carlos Alvarez or Steve Tannen. Steve lives in Gainesville > now and just underwent back surgery. He is getting better and rode his bike > 100 miles yesterday. I need some back surgery myself. > > It looks like the Gators could use some surgery. It has been along time since > we were not competitive and that’s the only way I can describe what happened > yesterday in Columbia, Missouri. We were in trouble from the first play and > it only got worse from there. > > From the first drive when Missouri needed only two plays to score until the > fourth quarter, they toyed with us. The final score was 36-17, but really, > they did whatever they wanted whenever they wanted to do it. > > Surely they don’t have better players than we do, do they? After all, our > recruiting classes have been rated consistently in the top ten in the nation > – and often the top five – the last 10 years. > > I remember when I coached at Florida with Coach Steve Spurrier and Georgia’s > recruiting class was always rated #1 in the SEC. Without fail it seems. Yet > I remember Ray Goff saying before one game that he wished he had all the > great players that Florida has. Coach Spurrier promptly responded, “What > happened to all those great players you signed Coach Goof?” > > That still makes me laugh. > > The Gators seem to be heading on a downward spiral. We got worse in just one > week after a bad showing in the LSU game. Offensively, we haven’t been very > good at all this year, but the LSU and Missouri games were terrible. In the > last two games our offensive line can’t block anyone and the defensive line > can’t stop the run or get to the passer. > > I know all about the injuries, but that’s why you go out and recruit new guys > into the program every year so that you always have depth. We always hear > that saying “next man up.” Well, what happened to the next man? > > I have begun to question what’s going on with our strength and conditioning > program with all the injuries that we’ve had. Is this just a fluke year or is > there something going on that’s causing them? I have to ask that question > because we never had injuries like that when Rich Tuten was in charge of the > program back in the 1990s. > > Our play calling is so predictable I can call the plays when I see the > formation. If I can, so can the D Coordinator for the opposition and the > defensive players. Our passing game scheme doesn’t get anybody open. > > How easy is it? When the Gators have 21 personnel in or two backs, two wide > receivers and a tight end (sometimes they substitute another offensive tackle > for a wide receiver) we run either the counter play to the weak side or the > power play to the strong side. I would say that we are probably 90-98% that > tendency. > > When Trey Burton lines up in shotgun at quarterback, it’s the read option > 100% of the time. It’s averaging about -5 yards lately and it killed a > potential touchdown at both LSU and Missouri. Come on! Do something different > if you insist on putting Trey in there as the wildcat QB! > > When the Gators are in 11 personnel, meaning one back, one TE and 3 WR’s, we > run the short passing game. It’s very predictable and we seem to have no clue > about blitz pickup. If I’m a defensive coordinator and I see the Gators in > that personnel package you can bet I’m bringing the house. Until someone on > the Gators shows he can pick up a blitz, I’ll do it over and over again. > > We used to self-scout after three games to see if we had tendencies that were > easy to read. When we found them, we tried changeups. That means we gave the > same look but did something different to fool the defense. We could use that > concept right now. We also could see what we were averaging on each play. > That factored into our game planning and our play calling on game day. > > Back to the Missouri game. > > If it weren’t for a herculean effort by “King” Solomon Patton and Kelvin > Taylor we would be nowhere. Solomon showed us his speed on that kickoff > return. He caught six passes but only one downfield – good for 14 yards – and > ran one jet sweep and that was good for 17 yards. He’s got speed that we need > on the edge in the running game and we’ve got to start figuring ways to get > him the ball further down the field where he’s got more space to maneuver and > have a chance to go all the way for a score. > > Taylor gave us a spark on that nice touchdown drive, but as soon as he scored > on the 20-yard run late in the third quarter to close the score to 23-17 he > only carried the ball one more time. After that, Mizzou toyed with us again > and promptly marched to another TD. It’s frustrating! > > Dante Fowler played hard and that’s about it on defense. Even our two > corners were getting torched. > > I guess a bright spot was special teams. We scored on a kickoff return by > Patton, Frankie Velez made all his kicks and our new punter Johnny Townsend > averaged 45.6 yards so there was at least some improvement somewhere. > > So where does that leave us? We have an open date to lick our wounds and > regroup. We have to come up with some answers. Hopefully Will Muschamp and > his staff will come up with a plan that works. > > If they need any help, I know a really good offensive mind who needs some > work and who can recruit lights out. He’d be open to Florida, too. 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