...This is a 4 year rebuild regardless of who we hire. The talent ain't there on either side of the ball and we can thank Mac's awful recruiting with all his 'under the radar diamonds in the rough.' The most crucial positions on the team...QB, OL, and DL, don't have high caliber players. It gets even worse when you look at the team position by position.
QB- We don't have any. Franks has talent but he's a ways away from being top tier. And all the coaches we are looking at run a spread so neither Allen or Trask has a future here. Which means our best hope at getting good QB play is a minimum 2 years from now when whoever we sign this year, if we sign anybody, has had a season under their belt. True freshmen QB's don't win in the SEC unless they have a punishing oline and running game and we won't...not with this o-line.
RB- Got some decent talent here but no o-line. And no passing game to open it up for them.
WR- Cleveland is the only one with any business at UF. The others are slow with bad hands. They get no separation and on the rare occasions they do its 50-50 they catch.
TE- Disaster. The fact that Goolsby still starts with his awful hands and no blocking is telling.
OL- Not much to be say here. They're really, really bad. And assuming we get some top lineman recruits, it'll be 2-3 years before they're a good unit because that's how long it takes on o-line.
DL- No high caliber recruits here either, and due to neglect (what was it...no DT's signed at all the first two classes?) we'll be relying on a bunch of freshman to man crucial positions.
LB- Bunch of Randy specials here. 'Under the radar' kids with limited athleticism who have no business at UF. Our starting MLB Reese ran a 4.9 in HS and Cristian Garcia is out there getting snaps over scholarship players, nuff said.
CB- Wilson and Henderson have big time potential, so does Brian Edwards I think. But doesn't matter when you put them in a conservative scheme and your front 7 is abysmal.
S- No difference making safeties like we've become used to here either. Gardner is missing something ridiculous like 50% of his tackles, the others are slow with no range and ball skills.
Now consider that this class will be another transition class with a new coach, so we likely aren't getting many elite players. Now we're another year behind. Tell me how this gets turned around in less than 4 years? I'd bet big money this team loses no less than 3 games again next year, and that's being optimistic. This is the least talented UF team in my lifetime. We have whole units full of players who would not be here on any good UF team.
QB- We don't have any. Franks has talent but he's a ways away from being top tier. And all the coaches we are looking at run a spread so neither Allen or Trask has a future here. Which means our best hope at getting good QB play is a minimum 2 years from now when whoever we sign this year, if we sign anybody, has had a season under their belt. True freshmen QB's don't win in the SEC unless they have a punishing oline and running game and we won't...not with this o-line.
RB- Got some decent talent here but no o-line. And no passing game to open it up for them.
WR- Cleveland is the only one with any business at UF. The others are slow with bad hands. They get no separation and on the rare occasions they do its 50-50 they catch.
TE- Disaster. The fact that Goolsby still starts with his awful hands and no blocking is telling.
OL- Not much to be say here. They're really, really bad. And assuming we get some top lineman recruits, it'll be 2-3 years before they're a good unit because that's how long it takes on o-line.
DL- No high caliber recruits here either, and due to neglect (what was it...no DT's signed at all the first two classes?) we'll be relying on a bunch of freshman to man crucial positions.
LB- Bunch of Randy specials here. 'Under the radar' kids with limited athleticism who have no business at UF. Our starting MLB Reese ran a 4.9 in HS and Cristian Garcia is out there getting snaps over scholarship players, nuff said.
CB- Wilson and Henderson have big time potential, so does Brian Edwards I think. But doesn't matter when you put them in a conservative scheme and your front 7 is abysmal.
S- No difference making safeties like we've become used to here either. Gardner is missing something ridiculous like 50% of his tackles, the others are slow with no range and ball skills.
Now consider that this class will be another transition class with a new coach, so we likely aren't getting many elite players. Now we're another year behind. Tell me how this gets turned around in less than 4 years? I'd bet big money this team loses no less than 3 games again next year, and that's being optimistic. This is the least talented UF team in my lifetime. We have whole units full of players who would not be here on any good UF team.
