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I said at the beginning and like many others, when Muschamp was hired, that it was a "Foley" mistake. What need was there to dip into the ranks of the untested coaches at the University of Florida. I brought up the Peter Principle which basically says that people in the business world are often promoted to their level of incompetency and was panned for my trouble. The truth about Muschamp is that he never even proved himself as a defensive guru, even though that seems to be on his resume. At Texas,(separated from Saban who had refused to promote him at Miami) and where "but by the grace of Fooley", he would still be, the defenses were no more than mediocre and that with top 5 recruiting classes every year of his tenure there. Granted, at Florida, the defense enabled a very lucky 11 game win season in 2012, but you notice that since the real defensive guru left to coach at Seattle, our defense has gone into the toilet.
The last two games have proven that Florida is not improved and it will probably take an injury to JD for the Gators to survive against Tennessee. I firmly believe we would have lost the game last year had not JD gotten his leg broken -- the way Murphy is playing at BC proves that. And here we are again watching a coach refuse to play another QB (and one that has demonstrated poise and skill) no matter how horrible JD is playing -- even refusing to play him when the game was no longer in doubt. And we heard the same tired, trite, passe and banal comments from a coach that history has proven is totally out of his depth. A GOOD team would have beaten Alabama last night.
The last two games have proven that Florida is not improved and it will probably take an injury to JD for the Gators to survive against Tennessee. I firmly believe we would have lost the game last year had not JD gotten his leg broken -- the way Murphy is playing at BC proves that. And here we are again watching a coach refuse to play another QB (and one that has demonstrated poise and skill) no matter how horrible JD is playing -- even refusing to play him when the game was no longer in doubt. And we heard the same tired, trite, passe and banal comments from a coach that history has proven is totally out of his depth. A GOOD team would have beaten Alabama last night.