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Impossible. I was reliably misinformed by people here that it was impossible to make such a move midseason.
Game Thread ***OFFICIAL GAME THREAD: UF vs Arkansas***
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It really is. We can’t install a new offense mid season. At best you can add a few wrinkles or do what Arky did and just scale back the playbook with an existing staff member calling the plays. Not feasible to bring in someone new from the outside during a season.
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My point is Pittman at least tried to shake things up, and even if it doesn't bear fruit at least he did something different. Doofus has refused to acknowledge or own ANY of his obvious bone-headed decisions, whether it is no ST coordinator, his dogged refusal to admit what everybody else on Earth knows which is he sucks as a play-caller, his offense sucks, his dumb in-game decisions, and so on.
This guy should be fired at the end of THIS season because everybody who watches us and knows anything about what he is, knows he'll be fired by the middle of next season. Why waste another year?
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The issues this team has week after week are well beyond one guy being hurt / going out....
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I don’t share the rage about him. I think he’s a great guy. He’s just in over his head in waters he’s unfamiliar with. I’m sure he’d fix it if he could, but he doesn’t know how.
And I agree sooner is better than later but I’d prefer to wait until someone other than Stricklin is making our next coaching hire.
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Watching the game live, what I saw was a disorganized team.
Not very often did it look like there was a plan.
There were some real nice drives that resulted in points, but more often than not you could literally watch the offense look at our sidelines begging for what to do..one was very obvious when Napier called a time out, I think in the third, can't remember.
I saw Napier get animated 1 time all game and that was the no call on pass interference when 22 was in the endzone, was right in front of me in North endzone and there is absolutely no excuse for the refs not to call that especially when they just called it the other way.
The rest of the game, Napier would meander up and down the sideline not often talking to anyone, and even less coaching kids up...barely even talked to them.
The offensive line is.....awful. Mertz never has any time, these dinks and dunks are quite frankly all he has time to even do. He also always looked where he was going and virtually never deviated. So the defense knows where he's going with it.
As much as I like big Dez....he can't tackle for schit. He's just a big body in the middle and doesn't move all that much.
Also, the refs in this game absolutely sucked balls. I'm not saying they are the difference, but they definitely sucked harder than t-gators mom on a Saturday night.
The botched XP was a key part of the loss, along with the quick early miscues in the first quarter that gave them a 14-0 lead.
Also, how the hell did Smack miss that kick? It looked good from where we were sitting though, admittedly not the nest angle. That too would have ended it.
At any rate, if Napeir doesn't get an OC, get a better OL coach (away from this 2 OL coach bullschit) and better OL players, along with general discipline and organization, then he won't make it. They were so disorganized.
Not very often did it look like there was a plan.
There were some real nice drives that resulted in points, but more often than not you could literally watch the offense look at our sidelines begging for what to do..one was very obvious when Napier called a time out, I think in the third, can't remember.
I saw Napier get animated 1 time all game and that was the no call on pass interference when 22 was in the endzone, was right in front of me in North endzone and there is absolutely no excuse for the refs not to call that especially when they just called it the other way.
The rest of the game, Napier would meander up and down the sideline not often talking to anyone, and even less coaching kids up...barely even talked to them.
The offensive line is.....awful. Mertz never has any time, these dinks and dunks are quite frankly all he has time to even do. He also always looked where he was going and virtually never deviated. So the defense knows where he's going with it.
As much as I like big Dez....he can't tackle for schit. He's just a big body in the middle and doesn't move all that much.
Also, the refs in this game absolutely sucked balls. I'm not saying they are the difference, but they definitely sucked harder than t-gators mom on a Saturday night.
The botched XP was a key part of the loss, along with the quick early miscues in the first quarter that gave them a 14-0 lead.
Also, how the hell did Smack miss that kick? It looked good from where we were sitting though, admittedly not the nest angle. That too would have ended it.
At any rate, if Napeir doesn't get an OC, get a better OL coach (away from this 2 OL coach bullschit) and better OL players, along with general discipline and organization, then he won't make it. They were so disorganized.
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Maybe we need 3 OL coaches? We can eliminate defensive coordinator to make room.
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Tbh he looked like the only coach trying. I watched him too. Could see him pointing things out but players missing it.
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I do not hate the guy, I think he's probably a really nice guy and he probably does care about the guys in the program and doing all that. That's all well and good. But we're not paying the guy $7 million a year to run a giant mentorship program. He needs to be able to actually coach football. So I do get a bit angry when I see a guy happy to cash his check, but exhibit exactly zero desire to win. He's just doing his thing, going through the motions, collecting his checks. He doesn't act like he has a care in the world.
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You know he feels the pressure. Anyone would. He can’t admit that nor admit he doesn’t know how to fix it. So he goes to coach speak and talking about the only positives he can find (attitude, determination, etc).
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He could say "I'm handing play calling duties over to my OC" or "we're going to have an on-field ST coordinator next season." He could fire somebody (Sam Pittman just did, so yeah, it can be done).
If he doesn't know how to fix it he should do the honorable thing and resign. This isn't a charity and it's ok to have expectations. I know he won't because nobody is going to walk away from millions of dollars that are guaranteed just by having a pulse.
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He’s basically said he’s hiring an OC for next year hasn’t he? Is he gonna fire himself mid season?
Pittman didn’t hire anyone. He fired his OC and gave the interim spot to his RB coach. He’s down a coach until he hires someone after the season.
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What I'd like to see from a coach who just had his and his staff's sht pushed in is to actually state it and own it. When Spurrier got beat he didn't make a bunch of coach speak nothings and talk about process. He came in and said they got their butts whipped all over the field, weren't prepared enough, didn't play well enough, didn't coach well enough and the other team deserved to win and that they've got to do a lot better than what the did if they want to get things back on track. That's the sign of someone who's accountable and willing to own the situation, good or bad.
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No he's never said anything like that. That narrative started on this board. The only thing Napier said was that if Spurrier criticizes your offense, you should listen bc he knows offense. That's it. Some pumps sunshined that into "wErE geTTiN aN oC!!!"
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I thought it was more concrete than that. Maybe just wishful thinking.No he's never said anything like that. That narrative started on this board. The only thing Napier said was that if Spurrier criticizes your offense, you should listen bc he knows offense. That's it. Some pumps sunshined that into "wErE geTTiN aN OC!!!"
