The problem I have with that, is that too much of the "hate" is centered around the type of offense he ran. There's an entire crowd that didn't want the spread
I agree.... but ticky tac correction that it is THE OPTION we hate. And we have always hated it.
Im sure most would be happy with a Clemson style or similiar offense. That is a spread. For that matter, Spurrier ran a spread.
Btw, spread is a formation, not on offense, but Im getting beyond 099 level and I know no one cares.
The option is the type of offense that has always produced mediocrity at UF and elsewhere. ND is a great example, not just bc that is where Mulkunz hatched. ND was always one of the most talented teams in the country, even today still a team that takes Fla talent from us, and has always had a mediocre at best offense. But they love that option.
When guys like Matthews spent the 2008 season complaining, and then the offseason between
It was STILL a massive underuse of the talent on hand. Are you really telling me that an OC that cant score w Chris Leak and Chad Jackson and a dozen other NFL players is a good OC?
He is a C+ and his stats agree.
There was no reason to have close game after close game after close game with that much talent on the field from 2005-2010.
And yes, it is, in part, because SOS beat the brakes off teams at half time with a fraction of the NFL receivers and talent.
I dont like the option AT ALL even now bc it is a high risk, low reward ball control offense. It is the kind of offense you play at Bowling Green or Ga Southern bc you dont have the talent to do anything else.
Gators want to play Gatorball, not Notre Dame (or Doug Dickey) ball.