ARTICLE: It can't be that bad.....can it?

[oxrageous]

http://gridironnow.com/positive-florida-cant-be-bad-again-can-it/

But the worse moments still were reserved for Nussmeier. He is the one who couldn’t get plays called in time, forcing all the timeouts. And the insistence on his predictable rotation of running and passing plays was somewhere between arrogant, stubborn and idiotic. At one point, with less than two minutes to play in the third quarter and trailing by 26 points, Nussmeier actually called three consecutive running plays – a zone-read handoff, a reverse and a quarterback draw.


Later, after Missouri went ahead 42-9 and kicked off, the first play was an inside handoff. That’s right – down 42-9 in the fourth quarter, let’s start the drive with a simple handoff. It is what losing teams, teams that expect to be behind, do.

I’ve written this before: The people I know who are close to Nussmeier tell me he is a genuinely good guy – liked by players, other coaches, works hard, truly cares. Having said that, he might be the most overmatched offensive coordinator I’ve seen at Florida. With apologies to Charlie Weis and Brent Pease, to Lynn Amedee and Whitey Jordan (look them up), this guy gets the title. It might be the worst stretch of play-calling in my 35-plus years of covering Florida.

Discuss.

 

[URGatorBait]

yes, yes it can

 

[BNAG8R]

He had the opportunity to go outside of his comfort zone, open up the playcalling, and make it look like the shytshow was all Mac’s doing. Instead, he completely confirmed his incompetence. What a missed opportunity.

I drank on every 2nd down run, and was hammered before halftime.

 

[CaribGator]

He's a 100+ OC, he is what he is. Did anyone believe he would change? Shannon needs to demote him, plain and simple, and give somebody else a shot at play calling. Or to be pc'ish, name Seider the Co-OC, and let Nuss do zero, maybe he will fade away on his own.

 

[G8trwood]

Damn, pretty much nails what we all have been saying for two years!

 

[maheo30]

"he might be the most overmatched offensive coordinator I’ve seen at Florida. With apologies to Charlie Weis and Brent Pease, to Lynn Amedee and Whitey Jordan (look them up), this guy gets the title. It might be the worst stretch of play-calling in my 35-plus years of covering Florida."

If you know anything about Frangie, you know he does not say things like this. He's the kind of guy that still tries to find the positive even when things are at their worst. When he is writing an article like this one, you know it is bad.

 

[InstiGATOR1]

Saturday was a bit of an experiment. We got to see Nuss without McElwain. I have no doubt that Nuss was running McElwain's offense when McElwain still had the job. Saturday though proved it was not just a bad offense and McElwain, but as we all knew it was Nuss also. Saturday we saw a few passes down the field towards the inside and some were successful, but overall we saw the same old offense and same old play calling.

Not that any new coach could have kept Nuss around, but for those that like autopsies, Saturday confirmed a lot. The cause of death of the McElwain tenure at UF was an offense and that McElwain and Nuss agree was what they wanted.

 

[Gatormac2112]

Whats scary in the article is the notion of the lack of talent left on defense by this staff. He's right in that past fired coaches left some pretty stout defenses behind. This staff just wasted that talent and didn't replenish it enough.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

This is the least talented Gator team since 1979.

 

[Ancient Reptile]

"he might be the most overmatched offensive coordinator I’ve seen at Florida. With apologies to Charlie Weis and Brent Pease, to Lynn Amedee and Whitey Jordan (look them up), this guy gets the title. It might be the worst stretch of play-calling in my 35-plus years of covering Florida."

If you know anything about Frangie, you know he does not say things like this. He's the kind of guy that still tries to find the positive even when things are at their worst. When he is writing an article like this one, you know it is bad.

'... tries to find the positive...' You mean he's a pumper?

 

[aka]

What he said.

 

[BMF]

Frangie didn't even touch on the ST's disaster either. There were at least 8 ST's blunder yesterday.

McElwain sealed his fate at UF when he did not replace Nussmeir and Nord. And the arrogance he has, he gave both a raise and contract extension. I mean, seriously....WTF?

This team never had a chance w/ those three coaches leading the way.

And Frangie is spot on w/ the lack of talent on D. There's also a lack of depth on D. Next guy better hope he can outscore people until this D can mature and build depth.

 

[GatorJ]

We’ve been screaming about those two coaches since the first year. Why they are still here I don’t know.

 

[Athos]

 

[TN G8tr]

For Frangie to say that.....and the fact that Lynn Amedee is better than Pussmeier then you are the worst OC ever.

 

[PaterLacerta]

Assuming the new coach is an offensive whiz, he may be able to fix that side of the ball quickly. Or at least improve it. But defense is far less about scheme and plan and way more about the ballers.
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True dat. You really have to excel at stupid/lazy not to even make the effort to maintain the status quo.

 

[HumbleGator]

Longtime admirer and visitor of this wonderful forum, decided to officially join yesterday. After watching Gator football with great interest since the early 80's, I can attest this is really BAD. Yes, Gator Nation was spoiled during the HBC and Urban years but oh my, I'll take Gary Darnell and his staff back for the rest of this season.

 

[ChiefGator]

http://gridironnow.com/positive-florida-cant-be-bad-again-can-it/

Discuss.

Being a "good guy" is not an attribute that I associate with great leaders. Now I want a person who is ethical and follows the rules. I bet few players appreciated Meyer running them until they had to use the trash cans to throw up in. Or Tim pushing them hard.

 

[diehardg8r]

Have a seat and strap up. It is going to take a long time to fix what these ass clowns have freaked up.

 

[FireFoley]

Not sure we needed Frangie to join what a lot of us have been saying for 2 + years. And thanx for telling us we have very little talent on D. I believe many of us knew and said this summer that our LB's and our safetys were the worst UF has seen in years. The CB's were a huge question b/c of youth and they have played young and undercoached.