Interesting comments about Gators coaches
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More from other SEC coaches giving UF staff lots of praise.
http://athlonsports.com/college-football/sec-coaches-talk-anonymously-about-conference-foes-2016
http://athlonsports.com/college-football/sec-coaches-talk-anonymously-about-conference-foes-2016
The coach who said Collins is over rated has to be Mullen.
He's probably still pissed he made a "lateral move."
Also, I wish I could find the article again where they asked several coaches what they thought of Jim Harbaugh in "one word."
Mac "shrugged his shoulders and didn't say anything."
Love it.
He's probably still pissed he made a "lateral move."
Also, I wish I could find the article again where they asked several coaches what they thought of Jim Harbaugh in "one word."
Mac "shrugged his shoulders and didn't say anything."
Love it.
This one was written by John Adams. I am going to guess that 9 of 10 negative comments about Florida come from UT coaches. They are still very butt hurt Florida beat them last year.
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sadgator puts zero faith and credit in the comments of anonymous coaches.
The comments about how UF has recruited - ie much better on Defense than Offense - are outdated. The last two classes have been heavily focused on Offense.
RE: Del Rio..... How the hell would an outsider know? They didn't see him play. Are we to assume he sucks because he could not beat out an entrenched Senior starter who was drafted in the 3rd round at Oregon State? This assessment sounds like wishful thinking to me.
RE: the comment that UF didn't have as many weapons coming back on Offense - LOLOLOL!!!
RE: Del Rio..... How the hell would an outsider know? They didn't see him play. Are we to assume he sucks because he could not beat out an entrenched Senior starter who was drafted in the 3rd round at Oregon State? This assessment sounds like wishful thinking to me.
RE: the comment that UF didn't have as many weapons coming back on Offense - LOLOLOL!!!
It is an opinion held by many of your long time posters, so I don't think it is that much of a stretch.
I actually like reading the anonymous comments because coaches can be more 'real.' That doesn't mean their comments are true of course, but 'coachspeak' is a real thing. In public coaches will almost never say anything negative about another coach or program because they move around so much that the coach they're bashing might be giving them a job a few months down the road. So you'll never know how they really feel in public...unless it's Spurrier lol.
How many practices have they seen?
Hint: our practices are closed to the public.
Several former players who have had the chance to watch practices like Shane Matthews and Chris Doering have said Del Rio would have started ahead of Grier last year had he been eligible.
While other long time posters and former players have stated he was better than Will Grier last year.
Similarly, a lot of your fans over on WarChant insist that Jimbo has only fair game day coaching skills.
How much credence do you put on that?
Probably the exact same number as you...and the odds say that a kid who is in his third stop is probably not the second coming. Not an unreasonable assumption.... Which was the original point, that you criticized anyone who would dare question siding with statistics over fandom.
of course. There are exceptions to every rule. But, it is hardly a leap to point at the overwhelming stats and say "this is probably going to be the outcome." Del Rio might go on to be the next All American....he might go on to All SEC....he might go on to be just competent. Statistics say all three are highly unlikely.
There was one kid who made his third stop at Auburn.
That kid grew into a man and won the Heisman and Natty Title. Along with being the #1 draft pick, ROY, recent MVP, and Super Bowl runner up.
Will LDR be the next Cam? Hell no, but funny how we leave the circumstances out as to why he had extra stops.
the stats don't really say anything, because there aren't any yet.. Im not the one saying he's gonna be an All American but because he's transferred twice doesn't mean he's automatically bad.
fair enough....one example out of many. But, there is no comparison between an uber talented kid who was an F up...basically got tossed...ended up at JUCO and then went back to a D1 school and Del Rio who got beat by multiple QB's at 2 different schools.
Look...you can spin this anyway you see fit. The odds are not in favor of Del Rio, which was the original point with the above poster scoffing at a coach saying Del Rio is not a legit SEC starter, particularly when he was already at an SEC school and couldn't cut it.
name other QB's who have transferred twice and actually gone on to do much of anything...and don't name Cam or Chad Kelly or other troubled JUCO kids who were uber talents but who were f ups as people. Cam didn't leave Florida because he got beat out. And, Cam would have started at the next D1 school he transferred to had he sat for a year instead of going JUCO. Pretty much the same with Chad Kelly.
Baker Mayfield was a walk-on QB at Texas Tech and now maybe the top college QB in the country at Oklahoma. Nick Marshall was a DB at UGA. Ended up a starting QB at Auburn and won an SEC Championship.
Nowadays it is happening fairly often where QBs are transferring to other schools and ending up doing very well. Not that uncommon anymore.
I'm betting you would have said the exact same thing about those 2 guys. You would have laughed at the thought of Baker Mayfield starting at Oklahoma since he was a walk-on QB at Texas Tech.
Why don't you just admit you have no freakin clue how Del Rio will do at UF. Nobody does.
Nowadays it is happening fairly often where QBs are transferring to other schools and ending up doing very well. Not that uncommon anymore.
I'm betting you would have said the exact same thing about those 2 guys. You would have laughed at the thought of Baker Mayfield starting at Oklahoma since he was a walk-on QB at Texas Tech.
Why don't you just admit you have no freakin clue how Del Rio will do at UF. Nobody does.
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You just told me to name successful juco QB's then told me not too
Especially saying MAyfield would have taken it from Trevor Knight.... which will help A&M a lot this year. They are a big time sleeper
I think LDR is what he is. The type of QB Mac and his clown OC used at Bama. problem is Saban isn't running our D, we don't have a Bama OL and this not their running game. If we lose to UT and struggle offensively I think we see Trask before mid-October
You're trying so hard to convince us that you understand statistics. You've literally made zero statistically based arguments other than invoking the word "statistics."
Have you pulled a base population of 2-transfer quarterback, controlled for confounding variables, and then analyzed performance? Or are you just talking out of your ass?
He doesn't need to be the second coming - just competent. How many places he's been says nothing about how good of a player he is. Oh and you are right that I haven't seen closed practices. Shane Matthews and Chris Doering and a few others who know a good bit about football have though and they consistently reported he was better than Grier.
As a true freshman he could not beat out an entrenched senior starter who had already won a national title.
He then transferred to Oregon State.....where they had an entrenched Senior starter who was a 3rd round draft pick in the NFL draft the next spring.
Yeah. That totally proves he sucks. Completely reasonable.
I guess every freshman at fsu who cannot unseat a returning starter who is a Senior sucks, can't cut it and there is no reason to think they will be any good.
I'll just wait to see how he does, the spring game was encouraging. I put zero credence in anything Matthews says. If you'll recall he wasn't a fan of Tebow, swore Brantley was much better than both Tebow and Cam, and then hyped Driskel for 3-4 years. LDR isn't in the same stratosphere talent wise as Grier, that's just ridiculous. The good thing is he doesn't have to be for the offense to be better if other areas improve.
Shane didn't think Tebow was a pocket passer but did not dislike him as a player.
Nobody has claimed Del Rio has as much physical talent as Grier.
Shane was high on Brantley and that was clearly wrong.
When he was here, Cam had a lot of trouble reading coverages and completing passes.
I tend to think Shane and Chris Doering know what they're talking about wrt Del Rio looking better than Grier and being ahead of him on the depth chart last year - especially since I've heard it from several others too.
Interesting take by an anonymous poster on a board of anonymous participants...
Well one thing to keep in mind is that Del Rio had already played in Mac's offense before. And then we hired his former OC at Oregon St. as an offensive consultant. So I have no doubt his knowledge of the system was ahead of Grier and he probably looked better early on for that reason. But I'll never believe he was better. From a talent standpoint they are just world's apart.
Pot calling kettle black or your birth name involve numerical digets?Interesting take by an anonymous poster on a board of anonymous participants...
sadgator loves you, but man you have some hate inside you that you need to let go of. If what sadgator thinks is about to happen really happens this season, BHG will no longer have any Mus-stink left on it. You will finally be able to take the clothespin off your nose brutha. It will please sadgator when you finally are forced to let it go.
