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NOT BUYING INTO THE NEGATIVITY

Discussion in 'RayGator's Swamp Gas' started by doctorg8r, Dec 19, 2022.

  1. doctorg8r

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    True that!
     
  2. stp_gator

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    Shane’s comments are at the 17:55 mark and he’s spot on. “Keep it simple for him…don’t ask him to drop back and read…let him use his ability… the best thing he does is run the football and I think he needs 12 to 15 carries per game“.
     
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  3. gatorich

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    During a halftime interview, CBN was asked about running AR more. His reply was that he has a run option on every play. Makes you wonder who was deciding not for him to run.
     
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    I don’t know how anybody could look at this season and say the doubters are wrong. I understand patience and the long game, but the product put out there this year sucked. When half your team doesn’t suit up for the bowl game and you lose 30-3, you’re gonna have doubters. When you lose a ton of players to the portal, you’re going to have doubters. And when you lose to Vandy, you’re going to have doubters. Consider me a doubter. Show me something to get excited about.
     
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  5. doctorg8r

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    You just stated the problem and I fear many are misunderstanding the problem. Quite a number of players were Mullen recruits and not buying into Napier's approach. Now, they're fleeing via the Portalet! You need to realize what's the problem and what is not!
     
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  6. tigator2019

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    In my head--- UF

    Portalet. I’m stealing that
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  7. gatorpa

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    The last two coaches also inherited teams that quit the year before they took over. They somehow found a way to have winning records with teams of “quitters”…
     
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  8. gatorpa

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    While it may be true the losing to Vandy is the new thing.
     
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  9. doctorg8r

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    Mullen could easily say, "I guess everything went to hell after I left! I wonder why?"
     
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    The Samford game from last year never happened under chump or cheesy. There were several asked to leave by coaches. Napier didn’t have much time to decide.
     
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    One has to look at the bowl game in a positive way. Of the 20 games played thus far two other teams were beaten worse than the Mighty Gators.
     
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  12. gator10

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    Did you forget we had a losing season last year? Were you expecting an immediate turnaround with the same talent level? Rebuilding a program takes time and Mullen left us in horrible shape.
     
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    Does a quality HC let his starting QB "check out" or "quit on the team" part way through the season as many here suggest? Despite the many Mullen detractors, he knew enough to recognize AR's limitations as a passer to keep Emory Jones as the top guy and Mullen called a far better and interesting game than Napier. I am confident that if Mullen had fired Grantham after 2020- he would still be the HC and the Gators would be a top 15 team- even with this roster. And Mullen certainly would have been able to attract playmaker talent. Let us know when BN recruits and helps develop someone of Kyle Pitts' pedigree.
     
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    I refuse to buy into all the negativity as well. It’s so easy to sit back and shit sling there’s days.

    UF will NOT be a quick transition. But in a few years UF will have pulled out of this rut and moving up.
     
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    Mullen's last team was a reflection of him...when he obviously packed it in they did too (with the one exception being playing their State rival). The athletic department quit on MacElwain before the team did. They played hard every game even in losses until they got word before the UGa game that he was getting fired.
     
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    Yeah the USF game this year was about like Stamford last year, wasn’t it after the DC was fired also?
     
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    USF is a bit better than Samford. Is Samford really a football team.
     
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    But he didn't fire Grantham, did he?

    Every one of our failed head coaches could have saved themselves if they acknowledged weaknesses and/or problems and addressed them. None of them did.
     
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  19. gatorpa

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    I’ve pointed it out all year. Muschamp 2.0.
    Time will tell
     
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    Program is in the toilet. Any coach coming in here would need time.

    He'll get 3-4 years, as Stricklin knows that his job is gone if Napier fails.

    NIL matters here too if we ever want to think of winning championships again.
     
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