EDSBS: Blatant Homerism- Kentucky

backstop13

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Literally nothing in that article that I disagree with. We have been a raging dumpster fire for 3 years, and the entire conference has been catching up and passing us
 

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Reality.

8. The difference with Florida is that these were probably good teams. There isn’t much probability here for the Gators, whose last five-star signee came on in 2015 — a year when Will Muschamp brought in his last haul of recruits. On paper, this is the fifth or sixth best roster in the SEC if we’re being optimistic, and that’s before considering transfers and the damage done by the McElwain era in terms of coaching negligence and lack of development. One offseason doesn’t undo that, particularly when the local competition includes Georgia.

9. Georgia had seven five-star recruits in their 2018 class. SEVEN. It’s not happening against them for a while, and by “it” I mean “competing with them, much less beating them.” They’ve been working smart and hard. Working smart and hard when the competition is working dumb and not-much equals some very, very bad things over time for the competition.
 

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My personal favorite line...
"That should be apparent when the Bulldogs kick Florida’s ass in two weeks, and Kylin Hill runs for three hundred yards on a defense coached by a sentient mound of Underwood Deviled Ham Spread."
 

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  1. The difference with Florida is that these were probably good teams. There isn’t much probability here for the Gators, whose last five-star signee came on in 2015 — a year when Will Muschamp brought in his last haul of recruits. On paper, this is the fifth or sixth best roster in the SEC if we’re being optimistic, and that’s before considering transfers and the damage done by the McElwain era in terms of coaching negligence and lack of development. One offseason doesn’t undo that, particularly when the local competition includes Georgia.

I think that's a bit of a stretch to be honest. Outside of WR, RB, and maybe CB, I think we have an extremely weak roster. Mullen and Gratham just about have to be perfect in their game plan and play calling to make us competitive with any team in the SEC, and I just don't think that's feasible for those guys. I think we'll get better as years go on, but the ceiling won't be high enough and I doubt Gator nation is willing to wait that long anyway.
 

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Loved that article. The perfect mix of stark reality, analysis and gallows humor.
 

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This article really needs to be required reading prior to any further comment on the state of the once mighty gator Football program.
 

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The only thing left out of that article is that the two Chardonnay sippers up in the President's Box don't give a $hit about getting Gator Football back to the pinnacle.
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Sad thing is: so many "experts" bought into Florida this year.

Phil Steele (who's usually pretty accurate), the ESPN guys, etc. We had a ton of returning starters, a new coach who had a good track record of developing QBs (if nothing else, I'll give him that: he's been very consistent there), and a manageable schedule.

For people with a rosier outlook on the Mullen hire: expectations were high. Even for people like myself who weren't really enthused about the hire--I have to confess that I second-guessed my negative feelings and allowed moments of cautiously optimism to creep in.

Regardless of which side of the fence you were on: Saturday shattered any illusions about this football team being ready to compete in the SEC this season or anytime soon; or Mullen being able to do much better than what we saw last year.
 

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