A couple of more thoughts.
IMO, players on a team know who is the real deal and who isn't . I mean these guys see each other in practice and know who should be playing. In the F$U game, Jordan Reed came in the game and we went right down the field looking like a real offense, insert Brantley who immediately threw an interception. I saw Carl Johnson in Brantley's face after that and I can tell you from Johnson's demeanor he wasn't inviting Brantley to a party after the game, he was PO'd and rightfully so. The same thing appeared to happen on defense, Moses Jenkins who had not played meaningful football since earlier in the season starts at QB and gets repeatedly burned to point he had to be pulled after F$U's TD to open the 2nd half. Brantley and Jenkins have been good soldiers and waited their turn to play, unfortunately for them, they're other players on the team that are significantly better and the entire team knows this. This is just a guess, but I think the players on the team know that certain guys should be playing over other players and divisions and bad attitudes have torn the team apart. Last year on the ESPN Gameday show before the SEC title game, Lane Kiffen was the guest and he picked Alabama to win and went on to say, UF had better players but Bama was better coached, maybe for once Kiffen was telling the truth. Stephen Manuel From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jay Cicone Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 12:31 PM To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] GatorNews From The Gainesville SUN For 11/30 at 7:00AM, Courtesy of Shane Ford Well said. From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Manuel Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 11:57 AM To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] GatorNews From The Gainesville SUN For 11/30 at 7:00AM, Courtesy of Shane Ford Just to add to this discussion. IMO, next year's record isn't as important as how the team plays. Take Tennessee this year, at one time they were 2-6, put in a true freshman at QB who is the real deal, then win their final 4 games and finish 6-6 with a really good looking Freshman QB and their fans are already excited about next year. UF fans are already nervous about next year, I know I am. If we open the season with Steve Addazio in the same capacity and John Brantley at QB, the fans will be in an uproar after the first negative play. It's not fair to Brantley to throw him under the bus, but if you are not going to play to his strengths then why play him ?? Here's my check list for the off season. Recruit like a mad man. Name Addazio Assistant HC and OL coach. Hire the best possible spread option coach out there as OC. Evaluate every coach, no one should be safe, get rid of everyone if you have to. Sit down with the Brantley Family and say you're sorry it didn't work out, we going in a different direction and suggest he transfer to a smaller school with a great recommendation Go into spring practice with Jordan Reed, Trey Burton, and Jeff Driskell at QB. Figure out which one of the 3 is the best QB, regardless of experience. Open every job up to true competition, regardless of how loyal the player has been to the program. Recommit yourself to the fans, go to every booster club you can and lay out the plan to turn things around. Stephen Manuel From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jay Cicone Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 9:47 AM To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] GatorNews From The Gainesville SUN For 11/30 at 7:00AM, Courtesy of Shane Ford I'm in 100% agreement. Meyer gives it 110% or he goes. $4 mill a year isn't a part time job. If his health is bad, he's got enough money to retire. If he can't give 110%, regardless of the reason, we need to find someone who can. This year's travesty---yes, I mean we looked more disorganized that many Pop Warner teams---made the Zooker look good. As a matter of fact, he could hang 50 on us in a bowl game. I will give Meyer 1 more year to right the ship. You might ask why I'm being so harsh and not willing to give it more time??? Well, the only time I have seen things go south so quickly was Pell's 1st year---new coaches, schemes, etc.You don't expect that from coach who's been there for years. Period. From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Steve McKibben Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 9:37 AM To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] GatorNews From The Gainesville SUN For 11/30 at 7:00AM, Courtesy of Shane Ford Agreed. I think that some of the hiring and assignation of duties occurred at a time when his personal health was being given priority over the health of the program. Now he'll have to either assert the level of control required for the team to look and act like a team again, or else acknowledge that he is unable to do so. For me, this will be his make or break year (and the clock has started on that year as of now). Like I said earlier, I don't think we have to be #1 next season, but we can't continue to be a train wreck. --- On Wed, 12/1/10, Stephen Manuel <srman...@bellsouth.net> wrote: I am usually not that critical of coaches, but I'm putting all the problems this year on Urban Meyer. 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