Agreed! I like his writing style and his tough love! Stacey
Sent from Gator Goddess' iPhone > On Sep 22, 2017, at 05:14, Oliver Barry <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think Pat Dooley always does a good job of putting things into perspective. > > > Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI > Real Estate Broker > PARKS > 305B Indian Lake Blvd > Suite 220 > Hendersonville TN 37075 > Phone: 615-826-4040 > Mobile: 615-972-4239 > [email protected] > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Jerry D. Belloit > Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2017 8:54 PM > To: GatorTalk > Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [SUN]: Dooley: UF offense will never be > perfect > > Perhaps I just skim through most of the Sun's articles, but this one was one > of the best I have seen Dooley writer. > > Jerry > > Sent from my iPad > > On Sep 21, 2017, at 8:25 AM, Shane Ford <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dooley: UF offense will never be perfect > By > Pat Dooley (Gainesville SUN) > - > September 21, 2017 > 6 > 171 > > > <image1.jpeg> > Gator fans celebrate the final touchdown that beat Tennessee on Saturday at > Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. Gator fans expect a more explosive offense, one > that gets in the end zone more often. [Cyndi Chambers/Correspondent] > Here in Gainesville, we are known for many things. The alligators at Lake > Alice, the sinkhole at Millhopper, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, one big > prairie, midtown and downtown and uptown flunkies. > > We have traffic like a big city at 5 p.m. and avoid I-75 on holidays like it > was littered with landmines. > > I was born here, brought home as a baby to a house on NW 39th Ave. and > celebrated my 30th year at the Gainesville Sun this month. (Shouldn’t I get a > gold watch or a free subscription or something?) > > But what I didn’t know until the last few years is that Gainesville has more > offensive coordinators per capita than any city in America. > > They may argue that point in Knoxville and Auburn, but that’s my story and > I’m sticking to it. > > It seems that almost everyone with a pulse and a cellphone or a computer has > an answer to what has been infecting the Florida football offense for almost > a decade. > > (They also had answers for the baseball team’s offensive struggles last year > but that kind of worked out). > > It’s useless to even try the argument that perhaps the coaches know more > about their personnel and actually study opposing defenses frame by frame. > Pshaw. We know better. > > Everyone else knows how to fix things. Well, everyone else has an opinion on > how to fix things. > > On Sunday I went into a restaurant to pick up some to-go food and there was a > waitress there talking to her boss about the Florida-Tennessee game. > > “I don’t know what those coaches were doing but, man, everybody was madder > than heck on Facebook.” > > That’s a part of being a fan, whether you are a big-money booster or a couch > critic. You have suggestions and in this day of multiple social media > weapons, you can get them out there. > > Some of the answers: > > • Make Steve Spurrier the offensive coordinator. > > • Make Kerwin Bell the offensive coordinator. > > • Make my next-door neighbor the offensive coordinator. > > • Start Luke Del Rio. > > • Start Malik Zaire. > > • Start Kerwin Bell. > > • Use a fullback. > > • Run more reverses. > > • Run fake reverses. > > • Run double reverses. > > • Get the ball to Kadarius Toney more often. > > • Give the ball to Malik Davis more than four times in a game. > > • Go back to the Fun ‘N’ Gun. > > • Does anyone know where we put it? > > • Fire Doug Nussmeier. > > • Fire Jim McElwain. > > • Fire everyone. > > • Get a new strength coach. > > • Throw it deep more often. > > • Drink more Gatorade. > > • Or just drink more. > > I could go on. And on. Believe me. And the suggestions are not all without > merit. Florida has played two games and ranks at the bottom of the conference > in almost every offensive category. > > (Somehow, McElwain and his staff even get blamed for four years of Will > Muschamp’s offense, but I digress). > > The resolution to the malaise that is Florida’s offense is not as simple as > any one answer. But if it was, it would be this — Florida has a young > quarterback who has to get better if this offense is ever going to get out of > the 100s. > > I’m not laying the blame on Feleipe Franks. His struggles as a young man in a > high-profile position with only six-plus quarters of football under his belt > are understandable. > > And he didn’t have the luxury of a couple of cupcakes to ease into it. > > Franks has to see the field better. As McElwain pointed out Monday, Franks > missed six big plays. (If McElwain truly is a quarterback whisperer, perhaps > he needs to talk a little louder). > > If Franks (and it’s not all on him but let’s start there) had seen the field > better, maybe some of the disgruntled Gator fans would be enjoying the latest > win over a rival instead of sucking all of the joy out of an amazing victory. > > If Davis doesn’t fumble at the goal line and Franks sees Dre Massey wide open > behind the defense and Mark Thompson’s TD against Michigan isn’t called back > and Eddy Pineiro didn’t miss a field goal in the opener, we might be talking > about a Gator offense that was finally fun to watch. > > Or maybe not. > > There is no doubt that expectations for a much-improved offense this season > have been hamstrung by the suspensions of two of the team’s best offensive > players, one of them just days before the opener with the game plan already > in place. > > But nobody can be surprised at the cantankerous mood of Gator fans who truly > believe they are entitled to happier times. > > Many of them don’t remember what it was like in the days before Spurrier when > Florida offenses were often three-runs-and-a-punt. Sure, they have been > spoiled, but who doesn’t want to be spoiled? What’s wrong with being spoiled > anyway? > > I saw a quote this week from a coach who said this: > > “Everyone wants to panic because it doesn’t look pretty all the time. Winning > is all that matters.” > > It wasn’t Jim McElwain, although it could have been. It was Kentucky coach > Mark Stoops last Saturday night. > > But that’s the thing. Winning matters, but winning while you are cursing your > TV isn’t asenjoyable. > > Florida has won almost every close game it has played under McElwain, who is > eight out of nine during his UF career in one-score games. > > But that’s too stressful. > > And I get that. In a perfect world, the offense is humming and you’re making > dinner plans at halftime. You have a thick file of highlight plays to choose > from every week instead of the one that decided the game. > > So this team might not be for you. It’s going to struggle on offense. Maybe > it gets better. Maybe it doesn’t. > > I know this — it will never be perfect. > > And if winning the way Florida won on Saturday made you cranky, consider this > — the alternative. > > You know, I don’t remember the Gator Nation being angry after James Jones’ > catch or Chris Doering’s got a touchdown or Jacquez Green is behind the > defense or Kerwin Bell limping into the end zone or Spurrier’s field goal or > even Chris Chiozza’s shot in Madison Square Garden. > > I guess it comes down to this. You have a flawed team that has more warts > than a Disney witch. But if you don’t like the way the last game ended, it > may be time to move on. > > Contact Pat Dooley at 352-374-5053 or at [email protected]. And follow > at Twitter.com/Pat_Dooley. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent From Shane's iPhone > Go Gators! & Skål Vikes! > ALPCA #8756 > Europlate #1045 > -- > -- > 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) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorNews" 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) > --- > 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) > --- > 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) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. 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