Recruiting 2024 Transfer Portal Thread: USC offensive lineman Jason Zandamela headed to UF

[Bernardo de la Paz]

Florida Football: With Micah Mazzccua gone, what might the offensive line be in 2024?

Despite the fact that one paper Florida football could have retained its entire offensive line for the 2024 season, changes will need to be made. 247 Sports rep

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[Durty South Swamp]

and Lagway up for the Heisman Trophy in 25

this part is possible...

 

[TN G8tr]

Addition by subtraction. Dude was a false start machine that doubled as revolving door.

Yep. If he doesn't get picked up in the portal, he can head to Mexico to become a Matador. Ole'

Plus with the estimate on the scholly count, made need the room.

 

[maheo30]

How many o-linemen do we have left on the roster? Are we going to end up back in the Chump days where we didn't have enough?

 

[neteng]

How many o-linemen do we have left on the roster? Are we going to end up back in the Chump days where we didn't have enough?

A bit confused...I thought we've been that way since the chump days. Are you suggesting we've had enough OL since then because I dont think we have (dont count PWO)

 

[Durty South Swamp]

Has anyone ever considered that maybe ALL of our starters and backups on the oline suck for a reason OTHER than each one of them is just bad? Is it possible there is a common denominator for that entire position group's suckage?

I know, I know, but just hear me out here. Maybe, possibly, could it be the coaching? Ya'll sit around and trash every dang lineman we have, then we sign some new ones in the portal and out of HS, and everyone says "upgrade!" Then by midway through the following season we are trashing those guys. Rinse and repeat year after year. Half the guys that we "processed" for better kids will have better seasons next year than our "upgrades" will with us.

And if anyone actually wants to counter that all of them really are this awful, how is that not a complete indictment on the staff for having ZERO ability to identify a single kid worth a crap?

No matter how you slice it, tater and his band of sunbelt bums are a boat anchor around the neck of this program. No matter who's playing QB, they are going to be running for their life.

 

[Durty South Swamp]

How many o-linemen do we have left on the roster? Are we going to end up back in the Chump days where we didn't have enough?

that's the goal, and its the one thing tater excels at.

 

[neteng]

Has anyone ever considered that maybe ALL of our starters and backups on the oline suck for a reason OTHER than each one of them is just bad? Is it possible there is a common denominator for that entire position group's suckage?

I know, I know, but just hear me out here. Maybe, possibly, could it be the coaching? Ya'll sit around and trash every dang lineman we have, then we sign some new ones in the portal and out of HS, and everyone says "upgrade!" Then by midway through the following season we are trashing those guys. Rinse and repeat year after year. Half the guys that we "processed" for better kids will have better seasons next year than our "upgrades" will with us.

And if anyone actually wants to counter that all of them really are this awful, how is that not a complete indictment on the staff for having ZERO ability to identify a single kid worth a crap?

No matter how you slice it, tater and his band of sunbelt bums are a boat anchor around the neck of this program. No matter who's playing QB, they are going to be running for their life.

Meh...I kinda think it has more to do with the recruiting than the coaching at this point. They aren't all that awful tbh...the problem is we dont have enough of them so depth is an issue, bunch of Hev specials that have gotten shuffled around a lot due to injuries and they just aren't the best out of the bunch. We have done a good job of getting better skilled players on offense but have done a terrible job at getting better and enough OL players.

4-5* OL recruits make 3* skill players look like 4-5* players as well as making OCs look like geniuses.
2-3* OL recruits make 4-5* skill players look like 2-3* players as well as making OCs look like morons.

 

[G8trwood]

Get out of shape immobile OG put them at tackle then run a bunch of sideways plays needing them to move quickly.

thats what we call developmental funformentals

 

[Durty South Swamp]

Meh...I kinda think it has more to do with the recruiting than the coaching at this point. They aren't all that awful tbh...the problem is we dont have enough of them so depth is an issue, bunch of Hev specials that have gotten shuffled around a lot due to injuries and they just aren't the best out of the bunch. We have done a good job of getting better skilled players on offense but have done a terrible job at getting better and enough OL players.

4-5* OL recruits make 3* skill players look like 4-5* players as well as making OCs look like geniuses.
2-3* OL recruits make 4-5* skill players look like 2-3* players as well as making OCs look like morons.

agree with all this, but we are heading into year 3. a competent staff, especially with the portal, would have fixed the depth and talent issue already. instead we seem to be worse than we were when tater arrived. again, regardless of your take on it, its 100% another faceplant into a roadside ditch by this staff of absolute dumbasses.

 

[neteng]

agree with all this, but we are heading into year 3. a competent staff, especially with the portal, would have fixed the depth and talent issue already. instead we seem to be worse than we were when tater arrived. again, regardless of your take on it, its 100% another faceplant into a roadside ditch by this staff of absolute dumbasses.

definitely a fail...a huge one...because it was the very thing he spoke about in his first speech as a gator! He said it all starts and is built upon fixing the trenches. Day one...which is one of the reasons I immediately liked and supported him. He even followed it up with hiring 2 OL coaches...a little weird, but, honestly, if you look back through the previous 10yrs of Gator Football hell I think we would all agree our OL has been garbage. I mean it was the first thing that went to crap in 2010...we couldn't even snap the ball correctly that season. That was the start of our downfall and its been the hugest issue keeping us down for all those years.

So day 1 speach Coach Napier puts emphasis on it as the first thing to fix. But nothing has been fixed with our OL at all. Its the same crap we had with Hevesy. Do we have play calling and offensive strategy issues...fuchs yeah...but its really kinda meaningless until we actually fix the OL problems.

 

[jdh5484]

some of you will be shocked next year with the improvements you see on the field
I see 8 wins in 24 with an appearance in the 12 team playoff in 25

 

[Bernardo de la Paz]

I mean it was the first thing that went to crap in 2010...we couldn't even snap the ball correctly that season.

The funny thing about this is that was 4 time pro bowler Mike Pouncey at center. It was just his first season shifting in from guard.

 

[Durty South Swamp]

The funny thing about this is that was 4 time pro bowler Mike Pouncey at center. It was just his first season shifting in from guard.

and didn't he go on to play center in the nfl?

 

[Bernardo de la Paz]

Bottom line with the OL is that it's tough to tell how poorly it's being coached with how poorly we've recruited.

Going into next year we're returning 5 guys who've played meaningful snaps and we've pulled a G5 guy out of the transfer portal. We need to close on a couple more in the portal and pray that a couple of the guys that red shirted will be ready to go.

 

[Egor's Assistant]

No matter how you slice it, tater and his band of sunbelt bums are a boat anchor around the neck of this program. No matter who's playing QB, they are going to be running for their life.

Every coach worth his salt knows that the SEC is a line of scrimmage league. If you ain't got monsters in the trenches, you ain't got sh!t. You're not going to fineness your way to a SEC Championship. You need some large hombres on both sides of the line.

Nape knew this when he took the job. He told us himself, "it's a line of scrimmage league." The question is .... why aren't we paying for the best linemen NIL money can buy on both sides of the ball? Like yesterday. Forget the midline, where's our front lines?

 

[Concrete Helmet]

Has anyone ever considered that maybe ALL of our starters and backups on the oline suck for a reason OTHER than each one of them is just bad? Is it possible there is a common denominator for that entire position group's suckage?

I know, I know, but just hear me out here. Maybe, possibly, could it be the coaching? Ya'll sit around and trash every dang lineman we have, then we sign some new ones in the portal and out of HS, and everyone says "upgrade!" Then by midway through the following season we are trashing those guys. Rinse and repeat year after year. Half the guys that we "processed" for better kids will have better seasons next year than our "upgrades" will with us.

I'll bet we wished we hadn't processed Josh Braun who transferred to Arky last year and became 2nd team All Conference....Mazzccua is more than adequate at one of the guard positions too...The biggest problem is exactly what you're talking about....there is ZERO development of offensive linemen when they are HERE....That's coaching or lack of coaching most likely.

 

[Silverback Gator]

Bottom line with the OL is that it's tough to tell how poorly it's being coached with how poorly we've recruited.

^^^^
This.

 

[neteng]

We just picked up an OL tackle in the portal from Ark
Devon Manuel OT 6'9"

 

[Silverback Gator]

We just picked up an OL tackle in the portal from Ark

Haven't looked but decent pick up?