And hopefully they all bought in to the extent that they are going to behave themselves. No suspensions for the first game. Would that be a record? Helen
On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 3:09 PM, Oliver Barry <bar...@realtracs.com> wrote: > Eek! I hope I haven’t jinxed them! > > > > Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI > > Real Estate Broker > > PARKS > > 305B Indian Lake Blvd > <https://maps.google.com/?q=305B+Indian+Lake+Blvd+Suite+220+Hendersonville+TN+37075&entry=gmail&source=g> > > Suite 220 > <https://maps.google.com/?q=305B+Indian+Lake+Blvd+Suite+220+Hendersonville+TN+37075&entry=gmail&source=g> > > Hendersonville TN 37075 > <https://maps.google.com/?q=305B+Indian+Lake+Blvd+Suite+220+Hendersonville+TN+37075&entry=gmail&source=g> > > Phone: 615-826-4040 > > Mobile: 615-972-4239 > > bar...@realtracs.com > > > > *From:* gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatortalk@googlegroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *Woody > *Sent:* Monday, April 16, 2018 1:45 PM > *To:* Gatortalk > > *Subject:* Re: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] How to define what happened > during the 2018 Florida spring game > > > > "so far" > > > > On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 2:37 PM, Oliver Barry <bar...@realtracs.com> > wrote: > > You know something we haven’t seen yet? Transfers! Not one player appears > to be upset with his position with the team now. > > On the contrary, they took up what was promised to be the toughest off > season conditioning program they had ever seen! > > Nobody quit. > > This team is coming together as a team. That’s what Mullen did at > Mississippi State. That’s what he’s accomplishing at Florida. > > If he can get players to improve their skills and to play with abandon, we > will see a winning program again. > > > > Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI > > Real Estate Broker > > PARKS > > 305B Indian Lake Blvd > <https://maps.google.com/?q=305B+Indian+Lake+Blvd+Suite+220+Hendersonville+TN+37075&entry=gmail&source=g> > > Suite 220 > <https://maps.google.com/?q=305B+Indian+Lake+Blvd+Suite+220+Hendersonville+TN+37075&entry=gmail&source=g> > > Hendersonville TN 37075 > <https://maps.google.com/?q=305B+Indian+Lake+Blvd+Suite+220+Hendersonville+TN+37075&entry=gmail&source=g> > > Phone: 615-826-4040 > > Mobile: 615-972-4239 > > bar...@realtracs.com > > > > *From:* gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatortalk@googlegroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *Helen Huntley > *Sent:* Monday, April 16, 2018 1:12 PM > *To:* gatortalk > > > *Subject:* Re: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] How to define what happened > during the 2018 Florida spring game > > > > I think Mullen had the right idea. Let the players have fun--get them > pumped up and motivated for all the hard work they are going to have to do > this summer in the weight room. > > Helen > > > > > > > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > > Virus-free. www.avg.com > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > > > > On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 2:04 PM, Oliver Barry <bar...@realtracs.com> > wrote: > > Another good point. As I recall, after talking with Kelly they didn’t like > him as much. > > > > Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI > > Real Estate Broker > > PARKS > > 305B Indian Lake Blvd > <https://maps.google.com/?q=305B+Indian+Lake+Blvd+Suite+220+Hendersonville+TN+37075&entry=gmail&source=g> > > Suite 220 > <https://maps.google.com/?q=305B+Indian+Lake+Blvd+Suite+220+Hendersonville+TN+37075&entry=gmail&source=g> > > Hendersonville TN 37075 > <https://maps.google.com/?q=305B+Indian+Lake+Blvd+Suite+220+Hendersonville+TN+37075&entry=gmail&source=g> > > Phone: 615-826-4040 > > Mobile: 615-972-4239 > > bar...@realtracs.com > > > > *From:* 'Scott Lucas' via GatorTalk [mailto:gatortalk@googlegroups.com] > *Sent:* Monday, April 16, 2018 10:59 AM > *To:* Gatortalk; Woody > *Subject:* Re: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] How to define what happened > during the 2018 Florida spring game > > > > He also made his distaste for Mullen very obvious when he made the > "whiffed on Chip Kelly" comment. He was in no way ready to give Mullen a > fair shake. > > > > > > > > On Monday, April 16, 2018, 11:01:35 AM EDT, Woody <gatorrr...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > I get Will's point... but I think it was somewhat of an overreaction. We > were never going to learn anything from the spring game. It was all about > making it fun and reconnecting football with the fan base. We're not going > to see any improvement until maybe halfway through the season. > > > > On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 10:27 AM, Shane Ford <goufgator...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > https://www.readandreaction. com/2018/04/15/define- > happened-2018-florida-spring- game/ > <https://www.readandreaction.com/2018/04/15/define-happened-2018-florida-spring-game/> > > > How to define what happened during the 2018 Florida spring game > > *Posted** on April 15, 2018 > <https://www.readandreaction.com/2018/04/15/define-happened-2018-florida-spring-game/>4 > <https://www.readandreaction.com/2018/04/15/define-happened-2018-florida-spring-game/#comments>* > > [image: image1.jpeg] > > > > > > After the 2018 Orange and Blue Debut, Dan Mullen said that he just wanted > to bring fun back to Florida football. > > Maybe I’m old. Maybe I had unrealistic expectations. But what I watched on > Saturday afternoon wasn’t much fun. It was barely football. > > I was expecting a fireworks show with QBs throwing deep to all of the wide > receiver weapons we’ve heard so much about all offseason. Instead, I saw > QBs who didn’t look much different than they did a year or two ago. I saw > offensive linemen consistently struggling in pass protection. I saw busted > coverages by linebackers on tight ends that ended up in touchdowns. > > The only players who caught anything deep were alums who last played for > Florida before any of the current players were born. > > With apologies to Lawrence Wright and Travis McGriff, I didn’t tune in to > watch a legends game. I tuned in to see a preview of the explosive offense > I was promised when Scott Stricklin whiffed on Chip Kelly and brought in > Mullen to restore the Florida program. > > Many – including me > <https://www.seccountry.com/florida/comes-mullen-vs-taggart-florida-won-coaching-search-battle-florida-state> > – > have bought into that vision for the program. But for a program that has > struggled so much offensively, the entire vibe on offense was just tone > deaf. > > I want games in The Swamp to be spectacles. But this was a circus. > > While the deep throws to former players were puzzling, I think the events > of the day were best exemplified by QB Feleipe Franks “60 yard” run for a > TD. Defensive back Quincy Lenton clearly had Franks in his sights about 10 > yards downfield and slowed down. Then DBs McArthur Burnett and Trey Dean* > caught up to Franks at the 15 yard line (enough to grab his jersey) but he > was given the TD anyway. > > Then Franks kicked the ball up into the stands and celebrated like he had > just scored the game winner against LSU. > > Some may try to say this was just having fun. They may tell you that the > environment under the previous regime was so bad that Mullen had to do > something to lighten the mood. They may tell you that this was about the > fans, former players and recruits having a good time. They may be right. > > But I think it was embarrassing. It was Butch Jones trash-can > <https://www.si.com/college-football/2017/09/04/tennessee-volunteers-football-sideline-trash-can> > level > bad. I half expected Mullen to come out in his postgame press conference > and proclaim that it was part of building the program “brick by brick.” > <https://www.knoxnews.com/story/sports/college/university-of-tennessee/football/2016/12/13/tennessee-coach-butch-jones-explains-brick-brick-origin/95384568/> > > Mullen has repeatedly spoken about the “Gator standard” way of doing > things. One of the reasons I thought he understood that standard was that > the SEC East championship signs came down almost immediately after he was > hired. It indicated that the days of participation trophies were over. > > But maybe we need to define what the Gator standard is a little bit > clearer. It’s pretty simple: winning. > > From 1990-2010, Florida won 78 percent of its games and finished the year > unranked 3 times. Those teams averaged 35.2 points per game and an > offensive ranking of 19.5. From 2011-2017, Florida has won 59 percent of > its games and has finished the year unranked 4 times. Those teams have > averaged 24.0 points per game and an offensive ranking of 92.9. > > I saw nothing on Saturday that was building towards the former kind of > offense or level of winning. It was a waste of a practice and a waste of > time. > > I spoke with multiple people that I know who were there. They showed up > expecting to be excited about the direction the program was headed. > Instead, they left wondering whether the staff felt the only way to > generate excitement was to do so artificially. > > When UCF claimed a National Championship after defeating Auburn this past > season, my reaction was that it was ridiculous. But I understood what they > were doing and even appreciated how their marketing efforts kept the school > in the news and the national consciousness. > > But that kind of behavior is beneath Florida. It’s why I’ve settled on the > word unbecoming to describe the spring game. This is an elite, blue-blood > program. > > It shouldn’t require gimmicks to make the game fun. > > **An earlier version of this article identified Joseph Putu instead of > Trey Dean as one of the defensive backs who had an opportunity to tackle > Franks. I apologize for the mistake.* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent From Shane's iPhone > > Go Gators! & Skål Vikes! > > -- > -- > 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) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorNews" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to gatornews+unsubscribe@ googlegroups.com > <gatornews+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > > -- > -- > 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) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorTalk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to gatortalk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 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