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Phil Steel projects UF nation's most improved
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I'm looking over my shoulder at tiny objects in the distance.
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Healthy talent matters. In 2015 at the end of the season that thin depth team (especially the thin OL) was beat to a pulp and had an untalented spread QB (Treon) in a pro style offense running for his life behind a decimated offensive line with one good WR Callaway who teams blanketed.
Of course teams loaded with healthy top talent (FSU and Bama) blew them out late season. Healthy talent matters.
Year 3 Michigan Mac failed play calling. His failure as a talent developer and recruiter caught up to him. ADD to that an NCAA leading suspensions and year 3 was toast. Of course the close games could have been won with the return of those suspended /injured players.
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What close games would they have mattered in?
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6-ish weeks to camp?
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I'm not sure why I keep wasting my time responding. Healthy talent matters WHEN YOU HAVE COMPETENT COACHING. In our particular situation, we had horrific coaching and as a result a roster of players who had quit. IN MY OPINION, none of those players we lost would have had an impact on our 2017 win-loss record. You may disagree. Good for you.
As far as an "axe to grind", you bet your ass I have one. However, that doesn't make me wrong. Jim McElwain is nothing more than a common thief who stole millions of dollars from the university.
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I'm just curious: how many wins do you think UF would have had last year if the suspended/injured players could play?
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In hindsight we should all be happy. If having these missing players made us better, it may have prolonged us dumping Mac and we would be looking at another season of him crying and trying to complete a sentence while he smiles as he walks off the field after a 4 TD loss. I agree that he lost the team and having the missing players wouldn't have mattered much but either way, I am happy Mac is gone.
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Kudoes on being honest that you have an ax to grind. I just try to be accurate in spite of the fact I also don't think Mac is a good coach.
We disagree on a hypothetical.
I believe if a game is close then small things can make a difference . I believe Callaway, Harris and Scarlett plus others are a big difference.
Kudoes on being honest that you have an ax to grind. I just try to be accurate in spite of the fact I also don't think Mac is a good coach.
We disagree on a hypothetical.
I believe if a game is close then small things can make a difference . I believe Callaway, Harris and Scarlett plus others are a big difference.
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You must really love to fck with yourself.
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Damn that took you forever to come up with..... did you ask for help.
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Just don't like to waste time on lightweights. Harris was important to the defense see below:
https://www.seccountry.com/florida/loss-safety-marcell-harris-mean-2017-florida-gators-defense
David Steel has been the topic of this thread ( if you could read) and those guys come out early with those magazines and miss injuries/ suspensions.
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Very interesting thread. After I suggested that the thoughts of the betting fraternity be consulted by seeing how the odds changed when the news broke, this thread went eerily quiet. Presumably everyone knew that the blow was considered significant at the time. Now the chorus resumes. A blind bovine did find a mouthful of cud with the"lost the team" meme. That might have been persuasive if settled on originally.
But here is an idea to enhance the site, Ox. Juxtapose posts from this thread with those from the recruiting thread. One saying talent doesn't matter at all, and the other saying talent is the only thing that does matter. Hilarious. Probably find the same poster with both positions.
But here is an idea to enhance the site, Ox. Juxtapose posts from this thread with those from the recruiting thread. One saying talent doesn't matter at all, and the other saying talent is the only thing that does matter. Hilarious. Probably find the same poster with both positions.
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