As some of you know, I've been reticent to call for Muschamp's head. I have always thought he is actually a great coach who needed time (and to learn to trust an OC). The Roper hire appears to actually be a winner - the plays were there yesterday, they just weren't executed (Driskel overthrow, Driskel throw to a double-covered/triple-covered receiver, Driskel actually is on target and the WR drops the pass).
That being said, yesterday gave me a serious case of unease. I'm still not ready to drop the hammer because a) what if he DOES right the ship; the transition is going to set the program back another couple of years while we have the usual loss of players/recruits whenever there is a change; and b) I'm still not sure who UF could get right now that would make a real difference in the short period UF and its fans extend to new coaches. BUT - 645+ yards given up to anyone is an embarrassment, I don't care if the defense was gassed; too many blown coverages and confusion in the secondary; how was there little to no pressure on the Bama QB after everyone had said the OL was Bama's weakness? That was depressing and demoralizing. Granted, the offense was barely on the field (I'm not sure how many plays for the entire game, but there was only 6 for the entire 3rd quarter). Nearly all the scoring was due to the defense or was done on a short field (again, thanks to the defense). In the end, I've come to this conclusion: Muschamp loses to UTn, he's history, and I'm ready to support it. Rumors are that the reason he's lasted so long is that the influential Gator Boosters ($$$) really like him. As bad as UF appears to be at the moment, it appears the SEC East is still there for the taking. I think it'd be hard for him to keep his job if the team can't take the East. On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 8:49 PM, Jerry D. Belloit <[email protected]> wrote: > I am not giving up yet. If we lose to Tennessee after a week to heal > and practice, then its dead man walking. We should have played Harris at > least some. Perhaps we could have put him in a Wildcat formation. > > Jerry > > From: GatorTalk <[email protected]> > Reply-To: GatorTalk <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, September 20, 2014 at 8:09 PM > To: GatorTalk <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [gatortalk] What do you think about today's game? > > I wanted to wait until tomorrow to reply.... > > Our D-line created no pressure on the QB. Our young secondary seems > lost at times-- blow coverages, not covering a receiver, etc... Lame > Kiffing made us look bad. LAME! > > Driskel is improved but not yet comfortable. I think this moves too > fast for him, has too many options/reads. He looks overwhelmed at times. > > Christy was out MVP. Robinson was a no-show. Receivers keep dropping > balls-- is Leak's job in jeopardy? Receivers run routes, get open, drop > balls. Driskel threw into double coverage a couple times. Flat out missed > a lot-- arm slot is not right, he is too over the top. Liked his choice to > run more-- some worked, some did not, but it forces defense to account for > it. > > Bama, as down as they are in bama terms, is still way better than us. > Much deeper than us, much better coached than us. Was good to see our > penalties down, we didn't shoot ourselves in the foot there-- just with the > blow defense on those two plays and the lack of offensive cohesion. > > Muschamp's halftime comments bothered me. Said we needed to run more. > We weren't exactly successful with that in the first half, but it was more > effective than our passing game. He may still be too involved in the > offense. > > We were supposed to lose this game. I wish it wasn't as bad, we played > touch for a little over a half and melted. Must NOT lose to Tennesse. Can > still beat UGA-- they have no passing offense, but then our secondary just > gave up 440+ to 'Bama... We stop Gurley and we win. USC is a tougher > game-- Spurrier will pick us apart. We must develop an identity on BOTH > sides of the ball. > > I am not ready to give up on Muschamp yet... We are no worse than any of > us expected so no need for alarm or cries for his job. We lost a game we > were supposed to lose. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Jerry D. Belloit <[email protected]> > *To:* GatorTalk <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Saturday, September 20, 2014 7:17 PM > *Subject:* [gatortalk] What do you think about today's game? > > I am pleased with the D-line in general. They made some mistakes but I > think they did well enough to win. I am excited by the turnovers caused by > the defense. I am also pleased that they are not giving up. > > Our receivers are improved but they overall are not that good. We have > had too many dropped balls. Driskel shows a little promise but I am still > not convinced he is much more than a middle of a road SEC QB. His skills > seem to generally be OK but I did not see the kind of fire and leadership i > had hoped to see today. His decision making was a little improved. > > I think I we should have had a package or two for Harris to give him some > big game experience. > > Jerry > > Sent from my iPad > > -- > -- > 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 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorTalk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > -- > 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 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorTalk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > -- > 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 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorTalk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. 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