Article: How Can Florida Benefit From More On-Field Coaches?

With this rule change, we now have a dedicated special teams coach, maybe two.

 

And a couple designated counter!

 

One guy to make sure that there is only one of each numbered jersey available on the field?

 

And a coach to coach that coach.

 

An assistant coach with 4th-down-override authority who — when the head coach says, “Let’s go for it with a gimmick play on our own 35 in the Second Quarter!” — can say, “No, we’re not doing that. Punt Team up!”

 

Why would we want someone who would call out the punt team on 1st down?

Edit: wondering how this got posted on this thread somehow?

 

There’s a disconnect between your post and mine. I never suggested hiring an assistant coach who would punt on 1st down. Perhaps you misread my humor.

To your second point, the relevance of post to thread was, now that there is no limit to on-field coaches, a humorous rejoinder to another poster’s humorous post about needing a coach for the coach who only oversaw the jerseys to make sure that two players with the same number were not in the field at the same time. I then doubled down on tongue-in-cheek with a suggestion, in dark but good humor, that we should also have an on-field assistant who keeps Napier from making future ill-advised and unnecessary decisions to go for it on fourth down. Hope that clears it up.

 

Maybe... I NOW look forward in seeing 11 men on the field on every special teams play. Huge win on that front, becasue we now have someone dedicated to counting them... Lol.

 

If we get penalized for two players with same number or 12 players on field this year, I’m going to lose it.

 

How about 10 or 13? Does that get a pass since we’re only in season 3, and everything is still Mullen’s fault?

 

I do recall a certain visor-wearing Gator coach who got frustrated with his ball team and punted on third down once.

 

I remember that well. Mississippi State on the road in 2000. Embarrassing loss. The revenge game in Gainesville the next year was epic. Something like 60-0. Those were the days.

 

Also, a little continuity would be nice. No more Three Stooges like the end of the Arky game.

 

And the Missouri game too, but I am convinced that lack of continuity was on the former coaches more than anything.

 

I have to ask how so? And if the Missouri loss (assuming you are inferring that Grantham was so bad he was still losing games on defense in 2023) was on the last coaches, exactly how long does it take to un[foul] that situation if two seasons isn’t enough. I just can’t imagine the Gator faithful still accepting that as an answer in 2024 if the D allows another close loss to, say, Kentucky: “Well, Grantham …”

 

I took it to mean Raymond and Chaotic.