UF Fall Camp: camp over...Game 1 up next

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Swamp Donkey

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so the Monday practice had one LB who seemed to show flashes. Chief Borders.
Im really just assuming that it will be the next coaching staff before we see Chief and Wingo on the field, seniority being what it is with this staff. I know Im higher on these two than others I respect such as Lt Raz, BMF and Bush. Admittedly it IS still a big transition for them and Chief will always have speed issues but at least the talent is there if we get upgrades on the coaching staff. It is a high ceiling low floor situation though. Both could flop. Wingo could just be another Burney and Chief could go stand in line with all the 12 Rushbacker/weak ends.

I had hopes for Burney once too. Not so much now.
 
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Im going to take a stab at being as fair as I can be.

The biggest problem IMO is recruiting. We keep recruiting safeties and OLBs and trying to make them inside linebackers. Maybe with some whiz position coach it would work. It will never work with CR who doesn't seem to show the ability to even be average. I don't think Im being too harsh by saying that no one has shown improvement under him, at all.

The only two mediocrish LBs we've had in the last three years are Reese and Miller. And they knew how to play LB when the two Dwags arrived. Both are too slow. Miller is a tad too small. And both were horrid in coverage, especially man coverage.

If we changed coaches, we'd still be fuchsed for a while. There just aren't any answers on this roster.

Diabete is sort of a blitz specialist OLB of extreme talent IMO. In the mold of Lawrence Taylor Lite. He even does pretty well chasing down a back in space. BUT WE DON'T PLAY AN OLB. Our OLBs in our pretend 3-4 are a Rush and a Nickel. Putting him at ILB and asking him to take on an SEC guard? He is giving up 100 pounds. Of course he can't get off those blocks. He never will. He will have to jump a gap and hope the back doesn't go the other way. Then he will be criticized.

Burney? He is a heavy safety. He'd play perfectly in the Tony Joiner role. Maybe in a REAL star. (We don't play a star, we play a 3rd corner. )

Without going through the rest, the same problems exist with them. Either too slow and untalented. Or too light and really a safety or maybe OLB.

I get all the size/style personnel issues we have. That’s not really what I’m puzzled by. It’s to be expected that a Diabate type is struggling against a guard that has him by 100+. I’m talking about the “lost” part. How can that be? CR has to almost be trying to fail as a coach.
 

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I had a friend who was an equipment manager while in school. He got some sort of stipend and tuition break (I think), but the cool thing is he can go into the F Club inside the stadium before games and during halftime. I've been in there a few times with him, you see all sorts of former players (and a lot of hanger-on-er's).
 

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What's the dude in the crutches doing here? About to get his fat ass run over!



Very interesting. Didn’t know Dan Cross’ kid was playing receiver for us.

is Rick Wells on his 6th year?
 

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CR has to almost be trying to fail as a coach.
I cant coach LBs (or any other position) in college or even HS.

Neither can CR.

Being a good GA really has nothing to do with being a coach.

If one or two players are screwed up, fire the players. If all of them are screwed up, fire the coach. Im not sure why this wasn't apparent at least at the end of the first season.
 
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