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(I think I can count on one hand the number of slants that were called.)
I think I can count them on one finger. Guess which one.
(I think I can count on one hand the number of slants that were called.)
Good observations, Wood. I don't know about adopting Mac's demeanor because I think we've still got guys playing hard. One thing they have gotten from him is not much sense of direction and not enough attention to fundamentals and carrying out assignments properly and consistently. Agreed about the D. Kinda looking like the beginning stages of going to seed, but youth and inexperience is a problem. It should, however, at this juncture of the season be starting to look better and execute even more consistently. The O? Your line about the OL goes for every facet, including the scheme and decisions of the coaches..."still not good enough!" Run game is the highlight.Dejection, sadness, not even anger. Are suspensions really killing us or or the coaches, well Rex Tillerson said it best. I don't think there were suspensions last year. Has the Team adopted Mac's demeanor?
The vaunted Florida Defense that in my opinion has been much better than the offense over the decades has slowly been dissolving into mediocrity. No recruiting, poor development, no strength/toughness put into bad situations. Like with any team, some guys play lights out, others play every now and then. I think Duke is still playing hurt as he has not been the same. Gardner really stepped up his tackling technique running through guys. Year two of not setting edges, is this on the DE or the lack of LB? DE still have not learned to pause at the line looking for the ball carrier before rushing up field. Jet sweep guys. But LSU's timing was pretty darn good.
The offense is the same as last year with a bit better running. We are still not good enough at any blocking to take a team to the shed, and I am astounded that we do not run more misdirection etc to help the line out. We know we will have trouble going deep, but we don't seem to run plays to make up for that. No crisp routes, rubs etc designed to take advantage of a defense. Hell we still can't get plays in under 30 seconds...smh. If our TE can't block and we don't throw to them, put more lineman or fullback in. We never seem to run a numbers game and just pick a play, maybe they are over thinking EVERYTHING and trying to psychoanalize the defense.
Why do we always put Toney in on 2 and long to get a manageable down for Franks, if he is good enough for that.....Franks seemed to be throwing rainbows on several yesterday don't know why. We need something to establish tempo and rhythm and just running won't cut it because if we get stuffed on one play then it is punting time.
A lot of flack on Townsend, but come on we had a few other dropped ints, etc along with a ton of chances to win, we didn't take them. The refs, come on guys, we sucked
Going to be a long year
Go Gators and thank you C2
You mention fundamentals a couple of times. That is such a big disappointment to me for our kids. If they are that far behind when they get to UF, then it speaks volumes to either what type of program they come from or adds validity to the whole recruit star rating system or indicts the staff for poor evaluation or not being able to develop these kids as quick as needed to compete consistently at this level of football...or, all of the above. Personally, I think there is talent, we could use more, but to the naked eye it looks like we're building the house roof first.Say what you will about Gary Danielson, he was spot on about how important the fundamentals were to the success of the last scoring drive. Perine and Davis were part of that but when it appeared that they could take control of the game, Nuss reverted to his bag of tricks. In that vein, the passing game is still a coin flip. The things that work are underemployed. (I think I can count on one hand the number of slants that were called.) Receivers don’t seem to have a feel for the routes. Franks still isn’t an effective reader. In fact I’d swear the kid’s head’s fused to his spine. It’s obvious that he locks on his primary receiver and doesn’t let go.
The Defense is also unsound on the fundamentals. Open field tackling is horrible. Staying at home/setting the edge? Ditto. It’s hard to say anything about the secondary because the LSU passing game was such a doppelgänger.
In fact to be totally fair to LSU, this was a hot garbage contest in every phase of the game. Right down to the officiating.
Rhetorical question: who is responsible for instilling basic football knowledge/skills? And why isn’t that happening in year 3?
Thanks for the clarification, Rex. For a moment I was afraid you'd been kidnapped by some cult and brainwashed! That or you'd started experimenting with heroin! I'm afraid you're right in your last line.It wasn't me...it is a copy and paste from a pumper.
Mac doesn't have what it takes in the SEC. He's a mid-major coach at best.
Good observations, Wood. I don't know about adopting Mac's demeanor because I think we've still got guys playing hard. One thing they have gotten from him is not much sense of direction and not enough attention to fundamentals and carrying out assignments properly and consistently. Agreed about the D. Kinda looking like the beginning stages of going to seed, but youth and inexperience is a problem. It should, however, at this juncture of the season be starting to look better and execute even more consistently. The O? Your line about the OL goes for every facet, including the scheme and decisions of the coaches..."still not good enough!" Run game is the highlight.
You mention fundamentals a couple of times. That is such a big disappointment to me for our kids. If they are that far behind when they get to UF, then it speaks volumes to either what type of program they come from or adds validity to the whole recruit star rating system or indicts the staff for poor evaluation or not being able to develop these kids as quick as needed to compete consistently at this level of football...or, all of the above. Personally, I think there is talent, we could use more, but to the naked eye it looks like we're building the house roof first.
Thanks for the clarification, Rex. For a moment I was afraid you'd been kidnapped by some cult and brainwashed! That or you'd started experimenting with heroin! I'm afraid you're right in your last line.
He feels a lot of phantom pressure tooI would add that in general Franks had time back there. I think he locks up on presnap reads and if that isn't there...
It wasn't me...it is a copy and paste from a pumper.
Mac doesn't have what it takes in the SEC. He's a mid-major coach at best.
It's year 3. Mac has signed 3 classes which gave him the opportunity to bring in 75 guys. There's no blaming chimp for personnel at this point.(1) I have to concede that the Defense is young. And I’m no Shannon hater- he’s proved his bona fides with defenses. If we’re missing the requisite talent that’s (surprisingly) on Muschamp.
A good coaching staff would have overcome all of those things and won that game convincingly. So disappointing.
TLB, why do you think this offense would look diffrenet when it hasnt the last two years WITH Scarlett and Callaway? Hell, the offense look like shyt versus our Walk-Ons in the spring game.
We did this in another thread. Other than WR, the offensive talent is the same or worse than under Chimp. Sorry, it's just reality.Because we've slowly built up some talent that wasn't there on the Offensive side of the ball.
The MacTrain to nowhere...
This is based on juniors and seniors on the depth chart. Only 5 of the 9 remaining are 1st string. Regardless, we lost enough rising upperclassmen to the draft to impact the product on the field.It's year 3. Mac has signed 3 classes which gave him the opportunity to bring in 75 guys. There's no blaming chimp for personnel at this point.