Truth Takes: 2021 Season Preview

[Swamp Donkey]

Was it Mullen running a quarterback lead option with Trask that showed you how well he adapts to his players? I know you love some Mullen (you can wipe your chin at anytime)... but the this take is just completely bonkers. Mullen is a solid coach, but that he adapts to his players... please tell me you didn't say that with a straight face.

It is always some fuchstard who doesnt know the first thing about football who says "he adapts".

 

[chferg]

I do not think a loss at Mizzou would be considered fluky by many people's views. I have seen Mizzou picked to finish 2nd in the East by some. But unlike us, I doubt Mizzou would hang a banner for a 2nd place finish,

2nd in the East for Missouri should reward nerd with a lifetime contract. I think Missouri finishes 4th or 5th in the east

 

[G8trwood]

We go 12-2 or 11-3 this year.

I say we lose to Alabama and then we lose the SECCG. Bowl game is 50/50.

Georgia is going to have a great running team this year. They have massive issues with wide receiver depth.

At least we have a strong run D and good gap control

 

[Back Alley Gator]

There are going to be a lot of pissed off people around here when Emory is among the top 10 QB's at the end of the year

Please be more specific...top 10 QBs in what regard?

 

[Mr2Bits]

Was it Mullen running a quarterback lead option with Trask that showed you how well he adapts to his players? I know you love some Mullen (you can wipe your chin at anytime)... but the this take is just completely bonkers. Mullen is a solid coach, but that he adapts to his players... please tell me you didn't say that with a straight face.

Dak, Fitz, Trask last year......all offenses adapted to maximize their skill sets. Emory will see close to 15-20 runs per game....it seems to me the offense will look drastically different than it did last year, sounds like adapting no?

I think Mullen blows at recruiting but he is a top coach in the league right now and some of you just need to accept it. He certainly needs to make better administrative and life decisions off the field but you cant pile on for his ability to game plan and use the weapons he has accurately.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

I think Mullen blows at recruiting but he is a top coach in the league right now and some of you just need to accept it. .

this guy is really proud of finishing fourth in the SEC West again.

 

[Mr2Bits]

It is always some fuchstard who doesnt know the first thing about football who says "he adapts".

You're spot on, I don't know **** about the ball, just shooting BS at the hip. Or you can just STFU and see that Dan likes to run his QB's close to 200 times a year....Trask was never asked to do this or come close to it. In fact, Lawrence had more rushing attempts than Trask in both 2019 and 2020 so where exactly has Dan not adapted the offense to his QB's?

 

[TheDouglas78]

Dak, Fitz, Trask last year......all offenses adapted to maximize their skill sets. Emory will see close to 15-20 runs per game....it seems to me the offense will look drastically different than it did last year, sounds like adapting no?

I think Mullen blows at recruiting but he is a top coach in the league right now and some of you just need to accept it. He certainly needs to make better administrative and life decisions off the field but you cant pile on for his ability to game plan and use the weapons he has accurately.

Playcalling has been similar for quarterbacks, regardless of whom is under center. You then must think that Trask was a great option quarterback because we ran the option with him as the first option especially late in the year against LSU. I understood the lack of change in offense in 2019, but 2020 with a full offseason knowing a Pro Set quarterback is your starter? Chris Leak obviously a runner where it took a year and a half to adapt to a Pro Set offense. Now I do think EJ is more a fit for what Mullen is going to do, but he is going to do it regardless if it was Trask, Franks, Dak, etc...

Emory is the best suited for his offense talent wise since Tebow. But he had over 15 years of evidence of his lack of suiting his offense to his talent, you can go all the way back to Bowling Green.

Top coach in the SEC, one of the top offensive minds in the SEC which isn't saying a whole lot. No where close to a top Head Coach. Mississippi State is probably the level he should have stayed.

 

[Durty South Swamp]

Dak, Fitz, Trask last year......all offenses adapted to maximize their skill sets.

Explain to me please, what skillset of fitzgerald was maximized by mullen. The dude was a walking trash can of azz. If you tell me he played to his (only) strength by ramming him into the center of the O-line play after play, you're disqualified from ever weighing in again on any topic. Honestly, you should probably quit while you're behind.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

. Or you can just STFU and see that Dan likes to run his QB's close to 200 times a year....Trask was never asked to do this or come close to it

GFY.

An option play, which we ran at least 45% of the time last year, doesnt get "called" as a QB run or tailback give. The QB reads, maybe correctly or maybe not, and decides keep or give.

EJ almost always read keep.

 

[Durty South Swamp]

GFY.

An option play, which we ran at least 45% of the time last year, doesnt get "called" as a QB run or tailback give. The QB reads, maybe correctly or maybe not, and decides keep or give.

EJ almost always read keep.

And trask almost always read give even though the give was covered about 99% of the time because they knew there was no risk of forcing trask to keep and run inside.

Further, the RPO for trask was almost always throw even though there were times where he could have handed or ran. The fact that one QB given a choice, consistently chooses pass or hand off and the other chooses keep and run doesnt mean Dan changed the offense one microbit. It just means Mr. secret commits 2 bits doesnt know squat about RPO style offense.

 

[TheDouglas78]

And trask almost always read give even though the give was covered about 99% of the time because they knew there was no risk of forcing trask to keep and run inside.

That's called he made a business decision, and it was the right one for his future.

 

[FireFoley]

And trask almost always read give even though the give was covered about 99% of the time because they knew there was no risk of forcing trask to keep and run inside.

Further, the RPO for trask was almost always throw even though there were times where he could have handed or ran. The fact that one QB given a choice, consistently chooses pass or hand off and the other chooses keep and run doesnt mean Dan changed the offense one microbit. It just means Mr. secret commits 2 bits doesnt know squat about RPO style offense.

Pretty much it in a nutshell. On an RPO, many QB's are going to pull it and throw b/c they want to throw it. And since Cousin Eddie is awful at game management and can't teach that to his players, it actually becomes a terrible play call at times. I cite a few years ago at Vandy on our first drive we have 2nd down and 1 yard to go inside the Vandy 5 yard line and Cousin Eddie has the stoopidity to tell Lerch to call an RPO. Of course when you are sniffing the goal line the opposing LB's are going to step up on the fake, but you are still in such a small area, it is just too tight to throw over the middle. Well as we all knew Lerch kept, threw to the middle only to have it tipped b/c said LB that stepped up was still so close to all the action and picked it off. Knowing your players mental acumen is of the utmost importance when managing a game. Sort of like a Joe Lee Dunn jr. defense. You can't call "Sticks" on 3rd and Grantham b/c the defense has not been taught what it means or how to play it.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

That's called he made a business decision, and it was the right one for his future.

it was the right decision all the way around. there's at least a slight chance the tailback or the receiver can shake the defensive player.

 

[Ancient Reptile]

I too believe EJ will make UF proud. He's more of dual skills than any QB that we've ever had. Plus he, with his Offensive weapon teammates, will improve with experience together. I'm telling myself a good Gator season is right around the Corona. ... drink it up.

I thought Tebow had played at UF and had some running and passing skills.

 

[RiverRat]

You're spot on, I don't know **** about the ball, just shooting BS at the hip. Or you can just STFU and see that Dan likes to run his QB's close to 200 times a year....Trask was never asked to do this or come close to it. In fact, Lawrence had more rushing attempts than Trask in both 2019 and 2020 so where exactly has Dan not adapted the offense to his QB's?

Two Bits, four bits six bits a dollar every time a read a post by Donk it make me want to holler.
Go Gators!

 

[NavetG8r]

I think EJ will be fine. I also think virtually any QB will have a high completion percentage in this offense. That doesn't necessarily tell us all that much. But I think the logic behind saying he'll open things up through the air is that for the first time since DM arrived, he truly has a QB that defenses will have to respect in those RPO plays. We had no threat to run the last season and a half, and no real accuracy before that. That will help by forcing teams to respect both. He won't light it up like KT did last year, but that's almost as much due to not having a magnet like Pitts and the luxury of defenses that were seemingly garbage across the board.

I tend to agree with J. As I've said countless times, there is simply no excuse for not winning 10+ games here. So I will approach every season that way, and be surprised and pissed if we don't.

He'll be fine but he won't be slinging it around like Trask did. He'll operate the run game then throw only when necessary because it's 3rd and long, or we're way behind and need to play catch-up. God help us if it's the latter because EJ simply doesn't have the accuracy to lead the offense up and down the field thru the air in a hurry like Trask could. Look, let me be clear. I have nothing against EJ. I think he'll be a good, not great QB. He wanted to play for Mullen and sat on the bench waiting his turn. It's his turn now and he deserves his chance. I just think people are crazy if they thing he's going to be throwing the ball all over the place like Mullen had Trask doing. He doesn't have the same skillset. 55% completion rate means you only throw when the coaches feel we have to or maybe they think we can catch them expecting the run in certain situations. You don't have a 55% completion rate guy sing the ball 40+ times a game. It's unfathomable and recipe for disaster.

 

[NavetG8r]

There are going to be a lot of pissed off people around here when Emory is among the top 10 QB's at the end of the year

Trust me, if that happens, I certainly won't be disappointed. Shocked yes, disappointed no. There is simply nothing in EJ's history that shows he's going to be anything more than about 55% completion rate QB. 55% doesn't get you a Heisman or any other QB awards. No matter how good you are at running the ball. For the record, take a look at AR's history. It was pretty bad throwing the ball before he got a personal QB coach to work with in Jacksonville. Then his senior year he jumped to above 60%. EJ never had any such jump. Not even in his playtime here under Mullen, the great QB whisperer.

 

[ThreatMatrix]

Wuerffel had a 57.5% completion percentage in '96. Won the Heisman as I recall.

 

[NavetG8r]

Wuerffel had a 57.5% completion percentage in '96. Won the Heisman as I recall.

That's surprising to me because when I was younger and watching him I could swear he had a knack for dropping the ball right where it needed to be almost all the time. Guess all those years fogged my memory. We'll see if Mullen has EJ throwing the ball all over the place I guess, but I just don't see it. I hope he proves me wrong. Way wrong. Doubt it though.