What needs to change:
1. The coaching needs to improve. I promise you that with Spurrier as head coach this team would have a credible offense. There is plenty of talent for that. They just need to be coached and held accountable.
2. The coaching needs to improve. Accountability on the field is a huge issue with this team. The best offensive player had an indifferent season. Callaway seemed to coast through this season missing that pass at FSU, dropping a surprising number of passes etc. When a defense that was not on the field that much has an opponent backed up on their 2 yard line, they need to stop them Going for it on 4th and goal is predicated on having a defense that gives you a short field again quickly if you do not make it. This defense did not hold up their end of the deal much of this year. I would excuse it to injury, but in fact some of the time, they did hold up their end even after the injuries piled up.
3. The coaching needs to improve. Part of the lack of stats for this team is that this staff fails to get this team ready to play against the small guys. There is no excuse for leading UMass 10 to 7 at the start of the 4th quarter. There is no excuse for only leading UNT by 19 at the start of the 4th quarter. That is how you get your QB injured and how you fail to get backups you may need later as injuries mount experience. Also when one of the small guys you don't come out ready to play is a middling SEC team like UAR, you get a loss hung on you.
4. The coaching needs to improve. Oddly when some players get hurt someone who performed better sometimes came in. You need to find your best players and play them. Sure a close call can go to the upperclass player, if they are doing the job and you are winning. Still this staff almost seems to be going with a seniority system rather than making tough choices.
5. The coaching needs to improve. The pass-run-pass patern of play calling needs to end. Huge busts in pass coverage needs to stop. Averages don't matter if you are giving up huge scoring plays against at UTn in the second half and at UAR. This too is an accountability issue. This staff needs to come up with sound game plans every week and hold the players accountable for executing them. This staff needs to dare to beat Vandy, etc rather than just try to get a lead and hold on.
6. The coaching needs to improve. In the most important game of the year, you CAN NOT have two special teams breakdowns. You can not get a punt blocked and you can not botch a fake punt. This too is a matter of attention to detail and accountability.
7. The coacing needs to improve. This staff has now had two years to identify a QB who can play and stay out of trouble and eligible. If Del Rio is not that guy, don't take him. If Appleby is not that guy, don't take him. If Franks brings nothing more than stealing a player from LSU, don't take him. If Trask is a project and you reasonably will have a QB by the time he is ready, don't take him. I don't know which of these QBs this staff should not have taken other than Del Rio who they had to know his limitations, but this staff needs to identify a QB, coach him up, and trust him. If the pick six in the SEC championship game was on Callaway not Appleby then this is more of the accountability issue for other players. After two years, this staff should have the QB situation better established than this, especially a staff that can win with their dog at QB.
I follow recruiting some, but less than years ago when I followed it very carefully. A big program like UF will always have players, particularly WRs. The issue to me is coaching and good coaching will cause recruiting to take care of itself and bad coaching can not be solved with good recruiting.
