Suggestions for new offensive coordinator....

And their offense looks like garbage this week. Sanders, despite his mobility, is the most sacked QB on the country. I think Prime needs more beef (OL) and less flash.

 

At this point I’d be okay with using “Ask Madden” the rest of the year.

 

Until BN gets a complete offensive roster and a top level QB, I am not sure there is a lot of magic some other offensive coordinator could conjure up. Seems to me Napier has done a pretty masterful job with Mertz. But after watching LSU/Alabama and USC/Washington those teams are routinely making downfield throws that are just not within Mertz’s skill set, much less being about to have a QB make positive running yards.

Mertz seems to like what BN is doing in offense. Lagway seems to like what BN is doing on offense.

Any time the offense is not up to par, it’s always “play calling”, as if Jacksonville State just called the right plays, they could beat Georgia and Alabama. A lot of it is just talent on the field and execution.

Watching the game today it didn’t really seem like offensive production was the primary problem.

Sure I’d like a top notch OC to come, but that’s easier said than done and even if you get lucky and they are good, they are gone in one or two years.

So if we have an OC, we have somebody in the box calling plays. I’m assuming we have an assistant in the box coordinating with Napier in the play calling.

Do we really think Mike Bobo is a offensive mastermind?

We should have won that game today, but going in I figured it was a 50/50 proposition. Seems to me you let BN do his thing, and let it play out.

 

Charlie Weiss was a pretty big name..

 

He was also a re-tread fired coach who was considered a laughing stock.

 

Did his last kid graduate from high school? Still... why do we need another running backs coach?

 

Some of these guys would be a good additions to Napier's coaching staff.


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The problem is still "developed talent".

WE have some talent on board but it is generally inexperienced. Plus we need much greater depth at just about every position.

It is going to take about two more years to get back to the top of the SEC.

That is two more recruiting years and next year's playing experience and we should be back by 2025.

Next year (2024), we will be better but it will take another year of playing experience to get there.

2025 should be a good year.

Billy needs to understand that being a HC and OC is just too much at this level.

I do not even think that the Old Ball Coach could do it anymore if he were young and energetic again.

Far too much work.

Billy has to get a good OC to relieve the stress on himself as well.

Nick Saban and Kirby Smart both have DCs. They are at the top of the coaching pyramid.

You cannot do everything anymore. Way too much work and one needs the extra eyes to spot problems as soon as possible and correct them.

 

Much of our problems can be fixed by teaching proper blocking and tackling. I imagine we'd be far better if we simply learned those 2 easy to master football skills.

 

For the love of GOD, please no Charlie Weiss sitting on a cooler, on the sidelines, running the Gator O!.......... Such a bad look.........

GO GATORS!!!!

 

We might win a game and become bowl eligible.

 

It's been there from a few posters, for some reason it's treated like disparaging the sacred cow.

 

This is a perfectly rational and reasonable posting. They are called Head Coach for a reason. It really is not about Napier’s play calling abilities, historically he appears marginally good enough, not elite at it) but someone has to be responsible for the overall flow of the game and be in charge when crucial decisions are made.
We had two horrible timeouts yesterday when the clock was winding down because the play wasn’t getting in quickly enough… it hurt us later on. Napier did prevent penalties in both situations, but neither timeout should been necessary.
On the play where the offense was quickly getting lined up for a spike that would have given us a relatively easy field goal, miscommunication caused players to run on the field. Arkansas did call a time out but the 5 yard penalty was enough for a missed field goal. (I sit in the north end zone behind the goal posts, believe me it would have been good 5 yards closer)
Theycallmecoach point is may I say on point, Billy needs an Offensive Coordinator, as well as a special teams coach, not necessarily because of his play calling, but because he is putting more than he can possibly deal with on himself.
We scored enough points to win the game even with the crucial mistakes our young defense made, (they will get better, if only because of maturation and getting more familiar with the defense) but changes (that don’t involve firing the head coach) need to be made for us to make the steps necessary to cut down on the poor execution at crucial times that we have now.

 

Hevesy at #15? Immediately loses all credibility.

 

He isn’t the play caller I’m pretty sure that is Mike Yurchich. I think Seider has OC-OC title so they can pay him more to hold on to him as a recruiter. Kind of like Sale for us (except he is good at recruiting).

 

But he has a phantom national championship

 

I think this sentiment is EXACTLY the problem at Florida right now (and I agree with you btw)
We are statistically not bad on offense, mertz has been good… we seem to be a few plays/players away… and yet, that’s not really the story is it? Napier is losing the game within the game. Players and plays disappear for long periods, there seems to be no rhythm or flow, whole parts of the field aren’t used… But because we are CLOSE and have HOPE… we continue to think “well we have to stay the course”. And I think that’s gonna be the problem with making a change at OC or ultimately within the program. If you hire a new OC, does mertz and everyone have to learn a new system? Are we then on a new clock for evaluation of growth in the program? Does Billy hire a guy to call HIS offense (bunch sets, not spreading the field, not using middle the of the field frequently?) Or do we hope year 3 in the system gives them an edge and the oline and dline grow up a bit? That being said - I think Spurrier Jr, Frost and Scott would be my choices.

 

I’m pretty sure Chat GPT is our current OC with how bogged down in analytics they are