Precisely... down on numbers - and experience.
On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 11:57 AM, Stephen Manuel <[email protected]>wrote: > Fellow Gators, **** > > ** ** > > I heard something on talk radio this morning that struck me as odd about > this year’s team. Dan Hicken stated that UF has fewer Seniors on this year’s > rosters than in any year since that late 50’s. **** > > ** ** > > I couldn’t believe that but I decided to do some research. I came up with > the following article. Take a look.**** > > ** ** > > Some key points from the article. **** > > ** ** > > UF currently has only 71 players on scholarship, that includes walkons like > Dave Lerner the punter. That’s 14 fewer than the limit. **** > > UF entered the LSU game with 67 players available, 4 were hurt or suspended > for some reason, John Brantley, Jeff Driskell, Jeremy Brown, and Quinton > Dunbar. **** > > During the LSU Game, 3 players, Jeff Demps, Ronald Powell, and Josh Evans > were injured, in the 2nd half UF started with 64 available players. **** > > The 64 players includes players already designated for redshirts, like > JaJuan Story and the OL we signed last February, meaning we only had in the > mid-50s available. **** > > ** ** > > I don’t remember the exact numbers, but even during the probation years of > the 1980’s stemming from the Charlie Pell era, we had more players available > than we do now. **** > > ** ** > > Mike Bianchi made the point in a recent article that Ron Zook left Urban > Meyer more talent than Urban Meyer left Will Muschamp, I can argue both > sides of that issue, but it does make the point that UF is down on talent > because we are REALLY down on numbers and no COACH can make up for that, it > will take 1-2 years of solid recruiting to make up for 2-3 bad recruiting > years.**** > > ** ** > > Thanks for listening. **** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > > http://www.teamspeedkills.com/2011/10/10/2481539/where-did-all-the-gators-go > **** > > ** ** > > Stephen Manuel**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *John Vega > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 11, 2011 11:34 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [gatortalk] What do we think now?**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > On Oct 10, 2011, at 6:52 PM, Helen Huntley wrote:**** > > > > **** > > I actually think some good could come of this mess. If Jacoby Brissett is > the QB of our future, it's a great idea to get him meaningful game action > now when we can all agree that we are not going to win the SEC championship. > **** > > ** ** > > But, if it is Driskell that is the QB of the future, then we don't even > have that as solace.**** > > ** ** > > From recruiting rankings, Driskell seems more likely; the whole #1 player > in the country thing.**** > > ** ** > > -Zeb**** > > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us**** > > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
