What the hell has Mac done in order to gain my faith that he's the guy to get UF back to title contention?
1. He still hasn't found a QB
2. The o-line is still average.
3. The offense is as bad as it was under Chump and that is with better skill players.
4. We lost recruits (a TE and LT) because Mac wouldn't let them talk to their position coach. In Herbert's case, we didn't have a coach.
5. Any time we play a top tier team we get our a$$ embarrassed. Ending the season, this has happened 2 years in a row.
I could keep going. I'm not being negative. This is just the way it is. I hope he proves me wrong. But there is no reason to "believe" in Butters.
I think sometimes people don't realize that the shape Muschamp left this program in was really really bad. Mac barley had enough OL to field a team. It has only been two years and he had to rely on a transfer from Furman year one. He lost his best OL to a freak injury. It takes years to build OL depth. There are very few that come in as true freshman and are ready to play in the SEC. He has had two years.
He still hasn't found a QB and that is true. This year will be the best to see if Franks or Trask can be serviceable at QB. I still don't understand why he didn't play one of them earlier in the year instead of AA.
Yes he lost a couple recruits, but he didn't lose guys in positions of need. He pulled in a Top 10 class and did well in the areas we needed (DT and DB).
Yes... we get killed by top tier teams, but we don't have the talent right now to compete. A big part of us getting killed is that we just don't have the talent. This recruiting class gets us closer. We still are missing out on the elite players, but remember that Bama has had the #1 class 7 years in a row! FSU has been Top 5 for a while (not sure where they ended up this year).
Muschamp was a good defensive recruiter, but he was horrible recruiting the offensive side of the ball. He never recruited a top WR and he got one QB who decided to take PEDs. I think your expectations that somebody can turn this around and just magically compete with top schools in 2 years are a bit much.