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Post-Game Discussion: Florida at Utah

Discussion in 'RayGator's Swamp Gas' started by ETGator, Aug 31, 2023.

  1. Wanne15

    Wanne15 GC Hall of Fame

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    I’m sure some top college with offer him an AD position any minute.
     
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  2. Gatorrick22

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    Lol... where's Ron Zook when you need him?
     
  3. tegator80

    tegator80 GC Hall of Fame

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    The question is, did he "philosophize" what transpired or did he, or a "handler", give a coach his walking papers...or worse?
     
  4. Wanne15

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    I think that’s what pretty much happened. Good thing is, that can be cleaned up. The 13 yards on ten attempts may be something we struggle with all year. Let’s hope it had to do with learning this zone blocking scheme and we see vast improvements.
     
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  5. Wanne15

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    Crying and negativity only makes his job harder.
     
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  6. gator_n_sc

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    Ok badass
     
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  7. tommyvee

    tommyvee VIP Member

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    Is he hurt?

     
  8. gatorwalrus

    gatorwalrus GC Hall of Fame

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    I disagree with constantly criticize, but whatever. Same reason I talk to coworkers about why we missed projections. What did we do wrong, what can we do better? What did they see, maybe I didn't see what they did and I need to take another look. Thought that was the whole idea of the forums to discuss our thoughts good and bad. Of course, any comment I made about Mertz was fine and the D played good enough to win goes forgotten and just the negatives are commented on.

    I take exception when just because you don't have a ton of posts over a long history your opinion is lesser. Being critical means you hate the coaching staff even though you have specifically said you want to see the staff fix the issues so we don't have to get back on carousel. The Sith like attitude of "If you aren't with me then you are against me" some take.

    Above all else, I enjoy reading and interacting with others on a something I enjoy, Gator Football.
     
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  9. gator_lyn

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    I think coaches nowadays want the buyout aka "pension plan" associated with these high profile jobs
     
  10. tegator80

    tegator80 GC Hall of Fame

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    For a long while, CEOs in many (most?) major corporations are paid WAY more than they are worth. That is a function of fear overriding philosophy.

    The only way to get what you want is to define what it is and hold your chosen leader to perform (and pay them handsomely when they do) or else they are shown the door. This is all on us. WE give the Kelly's a chance to make a bundle without any real consequences.
     
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  11. 92gator

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    I was there for the transition of Emmitt left, E...rt, E. Up the middle, to Spurrier's revolution. Not sure what that has to do with anything, other than the genesis of the insatiable expectation of GatoNation which you decry, over the admirable "wait'll next year" Cubs like loyalty.

    IOW, you argue against yourself (and I'm far from naive).
     
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  12. crescent_beach

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    It will be 99.8% how much money they can extract, and .1% school/facilities/coaches.

    But I agree with you.
     
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  13. lizardbreath

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    It makes it hard on a lot of people for a variety of reasons. Unreasonable anger, loose talk and the internet constitute a monster run amok. Yay.
     
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  14. gatorwalrus

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    While the % may be a bit hyperbolic, I also agree with both of you. The inflated self importance of activities on a forum are quite laughable. If anything social media has trained the younger generation to ignore random nonsense online. I'll start getting concerned when GC is mentioned in the same breath as Swifties or Jungkook.
     
  15. saintslfc13

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    It's the shoe and it's not even close. With the way we played on offense (all game) and D (first half), I'm not sure the 2 3's really mattered other than it kept their drive alive. The shoe pretty much cost us a shot at the playoff, it's possible we would've got in if we won the SECCG anyway but that was the moment that staff and team basically decided they weren't up to it (other than a few standout players of course).
     
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  16. gatorwalrus

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    Forget where I saw it, but 30 games before shoe 25-5, 30 games after shoe 12-18. <- That is incredible.
     
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  17. Wanne15

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    I chatted with Harris Fromm our championship years on a Facebook group last week. He and Black were on there. He said lots of players are in the background but hardly ever comment because of all the negativity and outrageous talk. He said they read it all but choose to stay out of the mess. His opinion is that the noise does affect players and recruits quite a bit.
     
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  18. sqgator

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    To shut everyone up, Tenn game is a must win now for Billy.
     
  19. Wanne15

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    Nope
     
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  20. TJtheGator

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    Not a must win but it will go a long ways towards, revealing the character of our team, the coaches’ ability to identify and correct the Game 1 problems, and how our talent and team stacks up against SEC competition.

    More than the final score I want to see how we play and respond.

    Now if we get beat by 2-3 scores, the prospects of a bowl game decrease substantially.
     
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