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I've been saying that the jury is still out on McElwain. But it might be time to admit that we hired a dud.
Guilty as charged?
I've been saying that the jury is still out on McElwain. But it might be time to admit that we hired a dud.
This post is so damning it deserves its own thread. Divits, please copy and paste this to a new thread.Was at the game with great seats 20 rows up on the 45 behind the bench. It was a shame to waste such great seats on that poop show. But it afforded me a great vantage point to watch what was going on on the sideline during the game. And what I saw was.....nothing. Nothing was going on on the sideline. No people getting in each other's faces. No emotion from coaches or players. No one talking to each other. No leadership. No one even watching the game sometimes, for Christ's sake! I have never seen a more blasé bunch of football players in my life. It really pissed me off. It's no wonder a 330 pound tackle can't even block a guy 50 pounds lighter than himself. It's no wonder they appear not to have their heads in the game most of the time and make idiotic penalties and mistakes again and again and again.
I'm over this coaching staff. They are never going to get it together. Never. After the last 3 games last year, the less than impressive way we've played this year and the mediocre recruiting we've had I see no way we are ever going to get to the elite level.
Appleby showed again why he was benched at a lower tier Big 10 school. He is not a good QB and will never be more than serviceable at best.
Our line just plain sucks. Sucks. They can not open a hole. They can not pass block. They can not play without penalties. They've sucked for years and they will continue to suck no matter how much "experience" they get. They just plain suck.
We were gashed for big yards more times than I could count when Vandy would run a counter off the left side. Every time our ends would crash down and get pinched inside leaving no one to stop the runner until he was 5 yards past the line. Number 95 Davis sucks. He can't shed a block to save his life. Same with #93.
When there was 1:30 left in the game and Vandy decided to punt I said to my son that the Vandy coaches were smart even though the Vandy fans were booing. That was because I knew what apparently the Vandy coaches knew. That being that the Gators would likely get the ball deep in their own territory after the punt and would then proceed to run 3 straight plays into the middle of the line with no gain and Vandy could use their timeouts in order to get the ball back. And that's exactly what happened. The Gators have gotten so predictable it's like I don't even have to watch the game anymore to know what's going to happen.
I am so sick to death of watching sh!tty football I could puke.
On a different note, Nashville is a great town. Had a ball downtown with great music and scenery. If you're a guy in your 20's I can't think of a better town to find hundreds of beautiful girls out looking for a good time. I mean the ratio of pretty single girls to guys was crazy. At least 3 to 1. Apparently it's a big bachelorette party town. But I digress. We suck.
Obviously Urbs lost it after 5 years, but he is an absolute master at building a program. Guys like Mac aren't even in the same league (but few are, to be fair). Meyer's focus on things like special teams and rivalry games are second to none. His success is no accident.C2, Winner winner chicken dinner.
Ox, remember the intensity of UM first couple years and the articles on "injured players" who said they couldn't practice, being put in the pit lifting chunks of concrete. That drive and intensity is what we are missing. Urbsalso lost that after the titles and meds...
I made the same statement about Thompson being slow to start (after the spring game) and caught hell for it. He does not look like the same guy that was hurdling defenders in JUCO.
If you can't field the best athletes, at least be prepared with a better scheme, and if you can't out-scheme the opponent, at least have your team ready to play hard.
It's six years since Meyer left and we still aren't accomplishing any of these. We have become the Japan of college football.
The whole Kit and Caboodle.Group? Group of coaches? or group of players?
oxking sent me an email this morning with his thoughts. Figured I'd share it:
Unless I couldn't find it, you didn't podcast that game yesterday. You are a very smart fellow but I've always known that.
I think Mac's detractors have him pegged. I think he is a nice guy -- Old Hee Haw is a perfect nickname for him-- but he's not overly bright. A mediocre recruiter at best and has shown me nothing as a motivator and coach in the last two games, at least.
Compare him to Meyer who just keeps beating the crap out of all comers, rolling over all the also rans and directional schools. And doing it with a whole new team, last years crop playing in the league. He will win it all again this year. I wouldn't want to come anywhere near him in the playoffs.
Florida, on the other hand, is horrible. The coaching has been atrocious and old Hee Haw, as mentioned, has certainly shown me nothing in the last two games. I can see now why that mediocre Del Rio had Applebee (I never remember how to spell his name) on the bench. He is a dreadful passer for the most part. He can't see his receivers, remember Callaway standing wide open about 10 feet in front of him and he throws it into the cheap seats. Hells, bells, even the 5'6" Treon would have seen him. He probably would have run it anyway though . And then he fumbles the snap for chrissake. What a doofus. He seems to be a very good guy if you listen to him but the world is full of good guys that can't pass or play QB.
The truth is, Mac should have been forward looking and playing one of the Frosh QBs as we've often said. I'll bet you if Mac was coaching at Georgia, Eason would be sitting on the bench behind their version of Appleby. No, I'm now positive, Mac is not very smart. Nice guy but a little slow on the up take.
The teams got dominated on both sides of the line of scrimmage by a hapless Commodore team that literally cannot get out of their own way. That LSU team will run those 2nd string backs down our throat in front of God and everybody.
I'm sorry, I know you're covering a lot here but this was the most piss poor job of tackling I have seen in quite some time. Regardless of level of ball. I'd expect it at the 3rd grade level. It was ridiculous and the yards after contact has to be insane.Coming to you live from Mexico Beach. At least it is a good venue to watch an unimpressive game. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad we got the win, but it seemed more like a high school non-region game by two teams not headed for the playoffs OR a win that we'd have been proud of when we had been handed the death penalty or some such serious sanctions by the NCAA. I'm posting this without reading any similar posts. Hope being that my musings will be pure (if not a little overly emotional given the current state of affairs) and without bias from other ideas. We'll see:
We are a mid-level conference team, at best, right now. Problem is, our best-case scenario was to come out hard and fast and make everyone believe that the second half collapse against UT was an aberration. We fell far, far short of accomplishing that and this may be a point on the Mac tenure continuum to remember. Personally, I'm questioning his and the staffs ability to get the players motivated. Of course, the players have to be intrinsically motivated to do this on their own, but a noticeable lack of take-charge guys makes it difficult and throws the onus on the coaches. I just think the staff is falling way short in this area. Can they get it corrected? Hell, they better.
- 10 possessions with 7 empty by us (not counting final clock runout). Scored 1 TD and 3 FG's. The OL continues to be a catastrophe and are truthfully the greater part of our offensive woes. I actually charted all of the games offensive plays and, wait for it, most were...offensive. Can't really pen it on Nuss and Mac other than from a preparation standpoint IMO. Appleby showed he is likely pedestrian at best. Had a few good throws late, but missed a bunch in the first half to open guys, some of which helped kill drives. I didn't think his progression reads were very good as evidenced by missing an open Callaway when he threw it out of the end zone (I think on the possession where Eddy kicked his short one) and not seeing Powell earlier on an open cross. Not much creativity to be had with Appleby and the OL that would have helped in this game.
- Mason > Mac? There's a case for it today, as he might have done more with less. Maybe a reach, but not a long one. Mac and Gators did get the victory. Vandy D was good and the Butler kid was pretty good. Their O made a living on the counter (due to LB's getting cut off and well-executed G and backside blocks). The Webb kid from G'ville gashed us. We were able to get a hold on it in the 4th. Our D bent but didn't break I guess you could say (held Vandy to FG's). Really they got dented up pretty good, but got some key stops late to likely save us. But it was Vandy...not an offensive juggernaut by any means. If our guys think we can just keep showing up, somebody isn't getting reality across to them.
- Kicking game was good. 42 yarder by Eddy was pretty impressive. Punter was good and coverage not bad, though the D lost the field flip a couple of times. Kickers may get a game ball. SOS was in attendance, so who knows . I'm ready for an offensive player(s) to break out.
- LB's were pretty decent today. Anzalone, in addition to being pretty solid and hard-nosed, is a hustler. He gets in on a lot of plays to the flanks on sheer effort and puts good pressure on the QB when he rushes. Davis will over-commit at times, but he has a great motor. Stay healthy, guys. We need you every game.
- I couldn't believe Vandy gift-wrapped it for us on their punter's gaff and then we botch a snap inside the five. Not a poised play by a team who still has a chance (at least through the conclusion of UGA/UT) to get to ATL.
- Scarlett needs to be the featured guy. I have to agree with others from the Ackerman thread that Perine is likely #2. Cronk has his moments and can catch, but the freshman is coming on. Thompson, as has been noted, takes to long to get started. While on the run game, we actually got a couple of good gains on toss sweeps and a quick pitch. Vandy must have been keying too much on the box runs! Still, we'll take it.
- Our TE's are useless when called on to block. I have to give Law a shout, as I think he's onto something with us being underweight in this position as well as on the D front.
- As spongy as the D was, they had some key stops (as mentioned previously) and some highlights. Pick by Tabor was #1 (but why in the hell did SEC Network have to list him by his stripper nickname?). Great tip by Davis and pick by Washington at a crucial time was #1a.
We'll either keep on eking-out nail biters or drop a few more that might have once been considered winnable (LSU and UGA for example). My hope is for the former, but I'm not overconfident. Go Gators as always! Tell me what you think.