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2024 GNFP Film Review - Florida vs Miami

Discussion in 'RayGator's Swamp Gas' started by 62gator, Sep 4, 2024.

  1. tommyvee

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    Rumor has it that Dabo undermined Billy’s playcalling and Billy punched Dabo in the face.
     
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  2. gainesvillegreen44

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    It’s funny that we are looking a lot like CLimpson these days and that’s his coaching tree
     
  3. audiogatorjim

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    You can see Miami had zero respect for our offense from the get go. They had minimal, basic coverage and bull rushed us with great success - we had no answers and no calibration. On that side of the ball - game over.
    I think SOS and Urban and (now and then Mullen) had an overall sense of the ongoing game and generally made needed adjustments often to our benefit. Frankly, I do not see any of this with our current coach. It’s much too late now but it’s possible we wouldn’t be in this mess had he hired top flight offensive and defensive coordinators early on. (and letting someone else call plays)
    Stubbornness may be his undoing.
     
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  4. audiogatorjim

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    Possibly and possibly not, but how in the world would we know with our terrible offense and offensive play calling and inability to adjust during the game.
     
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  5. audiogatorjim

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    Also, the two roughing the passer penalties were devastating. They both were so blatant and late, you’d think they would teach that in practice. Hitting the QB that late is silly, just run past him. It’s shocking to me we keep making bonehead, mental blunders we saw all last year.
     
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  6. audiogatorjim

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    I hope no one said he was close to Harvin - that would be so wrong it’s laughable. Harvin was extraordinary but had he played in this offense, he would not have excelled. Perhaps Wilson is much better in a functional offense.
     
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  7. Gatorrick22

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    I saw that exact same thing too... and so did every team we play on our schedule. We better fix that before we play the next SEC team in two weeks. Can Napier tweak enough to change this team's fortune? I hope so, but I'm not wagering on this team in the picks threads.
     
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  8. 06GATORS08

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    Largest indictment against Napier. Instead of hiring an OC, he retains playcalling duties and that's what he produces? These egotistical coaches can't keep from tripping over their own feet. Stubborn. Stubborn. Stubborn. It's wild.
     
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  9. Gatorrick22

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    His actions and preparation (lack there of) tells the story... no editing needed to write the book on his coaching.

    The sad part is that he's a good man, and I wanted him to succeed so badly, but because he is so immutable, it saddens me that he could not understand what it means to evolve.... Football coaching and play calling is a constant evolution... even if it's the slightest tweaks.

    I remember when SOS came to Gainesville, and he still had the QB under center almost all the time... he quickly evolved to the shot-gun and changed his QB's fortune for the better. But he also designed plays that had the same personnel and looked the same but he could run many differnet routes from, so it was nearly impossible for DB and Safeties to predict the routes and where the recriver would be... He kept the defense guessing and that is one trait that Napier is lacking. In fact he's very repdictable.

    This will not change... we have who we have.
     
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  10. 06GATORS08

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    James was right about Trask and he's right about Billy's offense. A few people on this board tried to argue James is full of it last year. Well, those guys are awfully quiet now.
     
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  11. antny1

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    Refresh my memory. What was it about Trask?
     
  12. Gatorrick22

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    He also said we should have Aidan Mizell in for Badger too.
     
  13. antny1

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    I get why he thinks that but Badger ran his route and Mertz throw was terrible. It wouldn't have been any different with Mizell. A veteran qb has to give his wr a chance. This offense can't throw away possessions like that. It's limited to begin with.
     
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  14. 06GATORS08

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    Called out his ability to read defenses. Made the case for him over Franks after Mizzou 2018.
     
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    Or Meyer on putting a FB in to help. Winners adapt to the game, losers try to adapt the game to their system.
     
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    That is exactly my point. How can we even know if he is elite. We have been told that the whole team is better, stronger, and faster.... It is not.

    Wilson is more Harrison Houston than Ike Hilliard at this point.
     
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  17. antny1

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    Yup. For limited thinkers like you know who he thinks just saying its a long process is a good answer because he's waiting for a perfect scenario where he has enough talent and enough time to win more than he loses. You can make intrinsic alterations to a given scheme while trying to win in the present while establishing a long term method....a-la urban Meyer 2005 fb addition.
     
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    I’m the one who said he might be the most gifted offensive threat since Harvin.

    Come at me, bro!
     
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  19. apkgator

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    SOS quickly evolved to the shotgun??? Only if you consider 7 years quickly
     
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    To steal a quote from Emerson; A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. As true today as it was in 1841.
     
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