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Dec 21, 2022 11:08:07 GMT -5
Post by tapsgator on Dec 21, 2022 11:08:07 GMT -5
Biggest news so far:
Cormani McClain will not sign with Miami today, rumor is that Deion may be plucking him, I wish there was some smoke about him flipping to us, but I haven't seen it. Seems like Coach Prime is making offers and he's listening
Isaiah Nixon (Edge) flipped from us to UCF
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Post by tapsgator on Dec 21, 2022 11:03:06 GMT -5
A lot of sense in that. I understand that our offense had to be watered down under the circumstances, but it was far too predictable. Yeah, exactly, and I also have to wonder if that's what the play calling looks like with Richardson and Etienne, what would it look like without 2 of the most explosive players in the country? Hopefully not what it looked like on Saturday, but that's the most accurate predictor we've seen. I remember exactly one play design/play call that resulted in an explosive play last year, sideline throw that went the distance against UGA. Richardson had to make a perfect throw and look off the safety. Other than that most of our explosive plays were based on Richardson throwing an accurate deep ball 60+ yards or broken plays where he and/or one of the backs were just better athletes than the guys they were playing against. What happens if/when we don't have a freak? Because the next man up (who hopefully is not currently on the roster) will not be physically capable of doing what Richardson did. Could and hopefully will be a better QB and way less raw, but there's not another guy like that out there.
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Post by tapsgator on Dec 21, 2022 10:55:31 GMT -5
Do something about it. Other than say "we're gonna get that fixed!" That part is giving me Muschamp flashbacks. Yeah, as the Dooley article pointed out (still mind blowing that he wrote a decent article) I will say that he's fond of accountability and has said "we've got to coach better" myriad times at this point. "I think that anytime – I think coaching’s a lot like teaching, right? When the students don’t perform as well as you want them, too, I think as a coach and as a teacher, you’ve got to take a good look in the mirror. I think that’s exactly what I’m going to do, what our staff’s going to do." After Kentucky "Ultimately we didn’t do enough to win the game tonight, and when you’re in a leadership position, there’s only one answer: You’ve got to do better for the people that you’re leading. Players, staff, all the people that care and represent this University, right, you’ve got to do a better job." LSU "That’s my job is to have the players ready to play - we did not do that today." Vandy "It’s my job to have the team ready to play, and we weren’t as ready to play as we needed to be. The things that disappoint me are the penalties, some situational mistakes in the game, certainly a lot of things we can do from a coaching perspective." Oregon State There's similar quotes after all 7 losses. While having a stand-up guy rather than someone looking for scapegoats is refreshing coming off Mullenchamp and McGoober, I feel like there's a shelf life where it shifts from refreshing to annoying and worrisome.
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Post by tapsgator on Dec 20, 2022 14:06:34 GMT -5
Okay this is insane to me having watched this team play live twice this year, but the mock I just saw has:
Dexter- 1st round, 16 pick Dean- 2, 47 Richardson- 2,50 O'Cyrus Torrence- 2, 62 Burney- 3, 78 R. Torrence- 3, 87
I think somebody falls in love with A/R and takes him first round. Trey Dean I will never understand, Burney kind of came out of nowhere I had not seen him that early. Guessing Miller fell to the 4-5 range. But how the Hell did we have the worst Defense in program history with 4 guys that are in consideration for first or second day picks? Better question, why does Toney still have a job?
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Post by tapsgator on Dec 20, 2022 10:59:14 GMT -5
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Post by tapsgator on Dec 20, 2022 10:47:23 GMT -5
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Post by tapsgator on Dec 20, 2022 10:44:40 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm holding out hope, I do think he has a plan other than "keep this job as long as I can" McGoober or "I'm on a rocket ship to the stars my agent is letting the Patriots know I'm open for business" Mullen. I've heard he likes to micromanage although I find that hard to reconcile with the results of our S&C department especially on the defensive line, as well as his in game clock management and game strategy, but I'll buy the company line and assume that he's extremely detail oriented and so is his plan. I think based on this year, it's fair to start wondering if he has the capacity to execute said plan.
The record doesn't really bother me. Guys entering the draft is a reality that is here to stay, and turning down potential first round money at 21 to come back and play for a team and fanbase in your hometown when you were under-developed and over-blamed is probably a bridge too far in Richardson's case. I'll even give him a pass on the portal although watching Lee contribute in the rotation at LSU while Big Des hitches up his britches like a red neck plumber between plays is going to kind of suck. I have no idea what the plan is at either safety spot beyond Kamari Wilson, but we've got enough DBs with talent to move some guys around.
My real concern is the direction of the program. We've lost 3 guys with top 2 round grades, 3-4 with 3rd-5th stock depending on what Pearsall does, and Shorter may get drafted late. That's 7-8 guys off a team with no depth and lacking talent. Include Lee and Cox and you've got damn near a full defense leaving one way or another. Any depth we had has left via the portal. It's NSD tomorrow, what stories have we heard? Missing on Fletcher, McClain and Okunlola. Yeah we flipped Rashada, but we're getting killed on the trail and have dropped 3 spots out of the top 10 in the last week.
Maybe tomorrow there will be a bunch of flips from Miami in our favor. Maybe we get McCall, that's enough for Pearsall to come back, the Freshman are ready to play out of the gate, and/or some guys make big jumps. Maybe we figure out a way to get Etienne the ball in space and the Offensive line shows that the performance against Oregon State was the exception not the rule and they don't need a 240 lbs. guy who can throw the ball 80 yards and runs a 4.4 to keep defensive lines on their heels. Maybe we are able to find 4-5 guys to play up front on defense and 2-3 safeties in the portal. Perhaps the play calling, game management, and in-game decisions all improve drastically. Maybe Toney, um, I'll be honest I've got nothing there, if he doesn't get fired or demoted I think he will sink the ship now that most of his talent is gone. He is that bad.
Honestly I want to be on board, give me a reason. Any one of those things and I'll cling to it, but man it sucks getting nothing but bad news. I'll take any win we can get. Grayson McCall, a top 10 class overall, Pearsall coming back, anything. All I really want for Christmas is a Scott Stricklin resignation letter and an announcement that Foley is leaving the building completely. I don't feel like that's too much to ask.
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Post by tapsgator on Dec 19, 2022 14:40:12 GMT -5
Yeah, the end of this year was not good. Gatordoll hit it on the head when she asked if Oregon State really had better athletes. Sadly, yes, they do. They are also put in a better position to win. They weren't better when they entered college (54 on talent composite ranking to our 14), they are better now (basically end of the year ranking I think you could just about flip that). Some of that is on the previous staff and some of it is not.
Napier talks a good game, now it's time to walk the walk. What good does having a bazillion support staff do if your coordinators are tits on a bull? What exactly are the 4 strength coaches and 3 dietitians doing when we're starting 430 lbs. players? Why even bother with an OC title if the head coach calls the plays? Maybe hire a real coordinator and stop calling the plays? We're gonna be the most disciplined team in the country! Or maybe in game 12 we'll give up a key 4th down because we aren't lined up after a 5 minute review and commercial break. Also, hire another of your endless assistants as quality control of timeouts and FG/extra point decisions, because that shit is getting embarrassing.
I dunno but something needs to change. Scared money don't make money, support staff army, take ownership of your role, build the program, outwork everybody, etc. etc. None of that means jackshit if you don't actually do the stuff you're talking about. The head coach at the University of Florida is not for the faint of heart. Nobody expects perfection, at this point progress is what we're looking for. The last 3 games were an absolute and unmitigated disaster. Do something about it. Other than say "we're gonna get that fixed!"
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Post by tapsgator on Dec 19, 2022 13:22:26 GMT -5
Pretty sure we have the 2nd most guys in the portal behind Texas A&M. Long way to go. When you look at where we have been the last two years, that may not be a bad thing. Some of the players who are leaving probably prefer laxity to discipline, and if that is the case, they can show their talents somewhere else. Players are bailing at A&M because the ship is sinking. They are bailing here because they want it easier, IMO. Only about 40 percent of the players who hit the portal find an equivalent landing spot, so there's that. I really hope you're right, but we've lost some guys that were blue chips at positions of need (let's be real, after the bowl game it appears that every position aside from RB is a position of need), like: 1) McMillan and Collier at safety where we are replacing 2 guys expected to be drafted in the middle rounds (still blows my mind that Dean is considered a future pro, but they know more than me) 2) Lee, Summerall, and Borders on the Defensive line, Dexter is gone and Watson is a novelty that would be fine in small doses, but for some reason this staff seems to think that he's a 3 down player. We're super thin on the edge. 3) Diwun Black at LBer, we just don't have any depth at LBer and he was a hybrid LB/SS 4) Reynolds, Shorter, and WIttemore at WR. Reynolds can separate but can't catch, the other 2 have the opposite problem but beggars can't be choosers and we are most certainly beggars at this point. Also lost a TE somehow when I didn't think we had any TEs to lose. 5) Richardson, even though his footwork was a mess 60-70% of the time on short and intermediate throws which left him spraying the ball, and he seemed loathe to keep the ball on a read option, the combination of his arm strength, deep ball accuracy (which was somehow much better than his short stuff), and running/big play ability set up everything we did on offense this year. Nobody can replicate his physical gifts, but when we didn't scare anybody over the top or breaking the pocket we saw the result. We absolutely need a guy that defenses at least respect if not fear. Early results indicate that Miller is far from that guy. So, short story long, we have to kick ass in the portal. I mean like 6-8 starters and 12-15 rotation players kick ass. Our class is dropping and we've lost 3 straight 4-5 stars to Miami that were considered Florida leans. I don't doubt that they may very well rethink their decision like Rashada did, but the problem is signing day is Wednesday so these recent ones are way less likely to flip in time. There's a pretty decent chance that Miami could be next year's Texas A&M, but if we have another losing season will we really be a destination? NIL, the portal, and the expanded play-offs have accelerated time-tables drastically. The difference between the haves and have-nots will continue to grow. I don't mind losing these kids IF we bring in better ones to replace them. Otherwise we're moving the wrong way, and the slide is going to be that much tougher to stop.
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Post by tapsgator on Dec 18, 2022 12:42:47 GMT -5
Pretty sure we have the 2nd most guys in the portal behind Texas A&M. Long way to go.
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Post by tapsgator on Dec 14, 2022 12:50:11 GMT -5
If I draft any QB in the first round and want him to play at all in year 1 and/or be ready to start in year 2, meaning I'm probably a bad football team, I would money whip BJ and promote him from QB coach to OC. If he's open to going back to college I'd make him the top paid assistant in college, OC, and head coach in waiting. If he wants a head job I'd put him at the top of my list everywhere except for a destination job that is currently operating at a play-off contending level. I might even accelerate my drop dead date for signs of life from my current coach if I was at a traditional power who is a sleeping giant. Can't think of any school like that though. Wait.........................
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Post by tapsgator on Dec 12, 2022 11:15:21 GMT -5
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Post by tapsgator on Dec 12, 2022 11:04:21 GMT -5
I watched a decent amount of the Eagles-Giants game yesterday and I've always been a fan, but even I didn't realize how good a football coach this guy is. Somebody needs to pay him be an OC and/or head coach in waiting sooner than later. I'd love for it to be us, but I don't see Napier delegating to somebody who could wind up taking his job (especially if he doesn't move on from Toney on the other side of the ball). Here's a list of his QBs since going to Mississippi State:
2014&15- Dak Prescott 2016- Nick Fitzgerald for the one semi-successful year of his career, got a couple looks at TE for NFL teams if I recall correctly 2017- D'Eriq King turns into a fringe Heisman contender never comes close to duplicating that success at Houston or Miami for different coaches 2018- Feleipe Franks's one good year of QB play, never approached before or since 2019,20- Turns Trask into a Heisman finalist and 2nd round pick, hadn't started since JV and the tea leaves seem to say he may not get a shot in the NFL, plenty of mocks have Bucs taking a QB 21&22- Hurts goes from raw passer with a completion % in the mid-50s with serious questions as to his viability as a starting QB to MVP frontrunner
That is the best QB coach's resume in the world. I don't think it's particularly close. I truly believe he could have turned Richardson into the consensus 1/1 and a Heisman frontrunner. There's no way in Hell Emory Jones starts in 21 if Johnson is here. Downside, and it's considerable, is that he would have continued to save Mullen's job until he left.
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Post by tapsgator on Dec 12, 2022 10:31:08 GMT -5
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Post by tapsgator on Dec 7, 2022 13:07:39 GMT -5
You suck. Go away. You took over in 2016, football ended that year ranked 14, started the next year ranked 17. It has ended the last 2 seasons unranked and will start 2023 unranked for the second straight year. That has happened exactly once since 1990 courtesy of Will Muschamp. The basketball team has missed the NCAA tournament 2 of the last 3 years despite it being easier than ever to get into said tournament. We haven't gotten past the second round of the tournament since your first year. We haven't seen a stretch like that 1990. The baseball team hasn't made a super-regional the last 4 years, the longest stretch since they introduced the Super Regional.
Now let's delve into the women's sports shall we? Newbauer and D'Amato. We done? Cool. Good talk.
The constant here is you. You are not good at your job. Not any aspect of it. You should leave now and go to a smaller school with less demands where it is easier to forgive and forget mistakes and cover up incompetence. How you have managed to keep the job as long as you have is a mystery, probably because Fuchs considers himself an academic and above all this athletic frivolity (never mind that it funds the rest of the university). You would have been fired 5 times over by Bernie at this point. So, do the right thing for everybody involved and ride off into the sunset. You can take credit for the facilities upgrades that should one day lead to success when a remotely competent replacement is running the show. Blame the spoiled fanbase, pull a Mullen's wife and bitch about the grocery stores and locals, claim burnout, whatever gets you through the day, but go back to Mississippi and play your cowbell. You can retire a folk hero. It's best for everybody involved. You talked about crying yourself to sleep (okay I may have exaggerated that but I like the imagery) when you took the Florida job, so now right that wrong. No need for your or Jeremy Foley to be involved in any way, shape, or form with Gator athletics at this point, it just tarnishes your respective legacies. Good luck and God Speed.
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Post by tapsgator on Dec 7, 2022 12:13:49 GMT -5
I’ve heard good things about the QB leaving NC State but I haven’t seen him play. I looked yesterday and it looks like there will be several 4 star QBs transferring so hopefully that shakes out for us. Having to throw a totally green QB out there would not be ideal next season. Yep. I've been kind of trying to track the portal here: www.on3.com/transfer-portal/top/football/2023/Focus needs to be on QB, WR, and Defense especially front 7. There's a few that fit those bills and have good geography (Napier had good success in Louisiana so far and Florida is Florida), but we haven't emerged as front runners on anybody as of yet. Hoping that starts to switch sooner than later.
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Post by tapsgator on Dec 7, 2022 12:01:25 GMT -5
We got his momma on our side. She has stated several times she likes her boys being in Gville and Jaxs. Fingers crossed. Yeah, I think we're okay there, plus I really liked our O-line coaching and development. O-line, RB, and DB (aside from running Trey Dean out in perpetuity, but credit where it's due somehow they got far and away the best production and he's popping back up in mock drafts for the first time since his Freshman year which was 5 years ago) I thought the coaching and development was really good. I don't get this, but even the S&C program seemed to work in those rooms, but our D-line, LBers, and pass catchers somehow regressed physically as well mentally. I'm assuming we don't have separate S&C coaches/programs for position groups, but I think we do have a running game coordinator and passing game coordinator. If those two titles actually accurately describe job duties one deserves a raise and the other deserves a reprimand. Logistically he has no reason to leave, but logic doesn't always carry the day, but momma usually does.
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Post by tapsgator on Dec 6, 2022 14:56:24 GMT -5
Two reasons: 1) Dan Mullen 2) Billy Napier He really looked like he could have contributed at any point. That said Etienne is clearly the better back and Johnson's style is a better compliment to Etienne (although for some reason we did it the other way around, hopefully that flips in 23) so I don't think it's a huge loss. Yeah I think we’re ok at RB I was just really excited when he went to Gainesville. He went to HS the next town over and I watched him play a few times and thought for sure he’d a #1 type of back. Big, freakishly strong and pretty damned fast. Yeah I always wondered why he couldn't get on the field, especially when Dan Mullen rotated so much that an Offensive ROY candidate and the best rookie back in the league averaged single digit touches per game in an offense that couldn't throw. I'm just terrified we're gonna lose Etienne. Maybe if there's only 2 back on the roster those chances go down. Don't mind growing pains, they're to be expected I suppose, but that would definitely leave a mark.
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Post by tapsgator on Dec 6, 2022 12:54:55 GMT -5
I guess FSU beating LSU in the season opener is the signature loss for the SEC. point stands though.
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Post by tapsgator on Dec 6, 2022 12:52:55 GMT -5
Meh, I'm fine with Bama not getting in, and Saban politicking is nails on a chalkboard, but make no mistake about it this is pure SEC fatigue and kind of bullshit if the intent is actually to put the 4 best teams in the playoff. Does anybody actually think TCU is a better football team than Alabama? Or Ohio State? Same question for Penn State. And USC. As far as Bama and Ohio State personally I think Bama has the better resume but I see that argument. Two last play losses at Rival schools in the SEC is a better case than getting thumped on your home turf. TCU's most impressive win is against Kansas State at home and they turned around and lost to them on a "neutral" field that was decidedly pro Texas. I saw where they "beat more teams that were ranked at the time," but that's the rankings own dumbass fault by putting big 12 teams in the top 25. If you just look at what teams do outside of their conference, it kind of tells the story, we beat the Pac 12 champion and UGA beat Oregon by 45. I can't find an impressive out of conference win for the entire big 12. Not talking about TCU, I'm talking about the entire conference. Ohio State beat Notre Dame I guess. Where is one out of conference team putting it on a team that is in the top half of the SEC standings? You can't find it. Same with Big 10 but less pronounced.
I just can't reconcile what they say with what they do. Don't say it's the 4 best teams and then put in one team that is clearly inferior. Don't say strength of schedule matters when TCU's out of conferences games were with Colorado, SMU, and Tarleton State. Don't say you add context to losses when a loss to the #1 team in the country on the last play and an overtime loss at a place nobody wins at night on a 2 point conversion count twice as much as getting your shit pushed in at home in a "must win" game. Don't say timing of losses matters and then put in 2 teams that lost their last game.
They're obviously trying to avoid another Alabama-Georgia final and didn't flip TCU and Ohio State because they don't want the rematch in the semi-finals. Without Bryce Young Alabama is maybe a .500 team this year, but with him healthy they probably have the best shot at beating Georgia. The SEC got screwed this year any way you look at it, because even if you agree with the 4, Georgia has to play the most talented team in while Michigan gets what should be a bye. If it wasn't for Ryan Day being a douchenozzle I'd say the Peach Bowl is for the title.
To the extent it matters for Florida, which is really all I care about, the anti-SEC bias is troubling. If they're going to measure SEC teams' record with the same barometer as they do other power 5 conferences, despite all evidence to the contrary, and keep trying to limit the "overexposure" of SEC teams to make the 12 team play-off you're going to have to be one of the top 4 teams in the SEC. That's a huge hill to climb, and it's not fair.
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Post by tapsgator on Dec 6, 2022 11:00:53 GMT -5
This means that I am about to go to a game with the offense run by a quarterback who hasn't taken a snap all season. What could go wrong? Hear me out: Etienne in the Wildcat. I like it. I'd also ask him how many carries he wants and use him in the passing game for the first time all season. Crazy right?
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Post by tapsgator on Dec 6, 2022 10:52:57 GMT -5
I never understood why Lingard didn’t get more reps. Kid is a beast. Two reasons: 1) Dan Mullen 2) Billy Napier He really looked like he could have contributed at any point. That said Etienne is clearly the better back and Johnson's style is a better compliment to Etienne (although for some reason we did it the other way around, hopefully that flips in 23) so I don't think it's a huge loss.
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Post by tapsgator on Dec 6, 2022 10:49:44 GMT -5
Richardson leaving early is better than if he had entered the portal and gone to Ohio State or someplace else where he had a better chance of success. Those optics would have sucked. I don't think the kid really enjoys college football enough to have come back. Especially at UF. Unless he was more injured than he let on and/or the staff told him not to run. O'Cyrus was always gone, top interior lineman in the country. Dexter is surprising because I think he ate himself right out of the first round, maybe he will diet down in time for the combine but at the end of the year he certainly was not performing like a day 1 (or even 2) prospect. If he does I will have some concerns about the S&C department, but I kind of already do. Justin Shorter I'm sure had the football world on pins and needles awaiting his decision. And by football world I mean his mom. He could very well go down as the biggest miss at WR in recruiting ranking history though since he was the consensus #1 WR in a class that included Chase, Waddle, St. Brown, Dotson, and Marshall.
So when is it okay to say that the exodus is becoming problematic? Personally, I promised myself I wouldn't panic until either:
A) We see what comes back in the portal or B) Etienne enters the portal
Going to weigh in on a couple that are really not good for us:
Helm would have been on the 2 deep next year and at least competed for the starting spot at star. Lee was Dexter's backup and probably should have started over Watson if they didn't want to give the job to McLellan for whatever reason. McMillan started against FSU and was in line to compete for a starting spot at safety next year especially if Torrence leaves early (seems doubtful but you never know, Trey Dean is back to getting some mid-round buzz). Collier is the same deal. Other than that I think you're just opening up spots for recruiting including the portal. How they're filled will tell the tale, but there is a shitload of work to do.
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Post by tapsgator on Dec 6, 2022 10:10:37 GMT -5
I wish I could love this thread so much. I'm going to bookmark it so when inevitably people start slamming him for leaving and lack of loyalty, etc. etc. I can reference it. I've never seen so many people, some close friends included, just blindly spewing A/R hate and ignoring what anybody with a remotely open mind and two working eyes can see: physically this guy can do things we've never seen anyone, and I mean anyone, do. Kid throws for 400 yards and 60% completion percentage with 7 drops? What about that Hail Mary he threw out the back of the end zone? It was a bad pass, but NFL front offices only noticed that he threw a ball 70 yards barely stepping into it, they don't give 2 shits about the results of the games. Any of them. They see the best athlete in the draft regardless of position with the strongest arm and quickest release. His footwork is a mess on swing throws, but they also realize that he's had about as much coaching as your typical 5 star has had by the time they're in 11th grade due to circumstances beyond his control. He didn't run enough for my liking but he ran enough for them to see that he has a gear that maybe 2 current QBs have (Fields and Jackson) with Josh Allen's size and power.
Drafting him is a swing for the fences, and you may very well strike out, but if you don't? If he's a bigger, faster, stronger armed Jalen Hurts? That's career making stuff. Agree with Mo, I really hope he gets at least a full year on the bench. I hope he doesn't rise into the top 10, but I don't see what Will Levis does better than him at 2 years older and 3x as many games started with better receivers (thanks for that Dan Mullen, gift that keeps on giving) and he's most people's number 3 QB. Some have him at 2 which is stupid but again size and arm strength is at a premium. I would be shocked if Levis ends the draft process ahead of Richardson.
But I'm ready for it because historical conduct is the most accurate predictor of future behavior. So we'll ignore the fact that he didn't jump ship when he could have, committed to Brian Johnson (who by the way is the reason that Hurts took a huge step forward) and didn't leave when he left despite Mullen refusing to start him. He then stayed to play for a first year head coach who had never managed (and candidly didn't appear ready to manage) games in the SEC throwing to mediocre (at best) receivers somehow becoming a scapegoat for losses despite some remarkable performances (the Kentucky game is clearly the only one you could say he really contributed to the loss) in the process. If he had come back this year I don't think it would have been in Orange and Blue, and he could have walked into a starting job literally everywhere in the country other than maybe USC and Texas. I wish the kid the best of luck, he certainly never did anything to embarrass the brand and stayed a Gator through all kinds of weather. I hope the Falcons draft him and sign a veteran for him to sit behind.
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Post by tapsgator on Dec 2, 2022 12:19:36 GMT -5
I also didn't see any true confirmation, but while I was looking did see this (and it mirrors other articles that say the same thing albeit to a lessor degree), which is probably all but confirmation that he's gone: 6) Carolina Panthers: Anthony Richardson, QB, Florida Alright, time to get weird. Anthony Richardson can chuck a pigskin better than any quarterback in the country right now. Add in freakish athleticism and you’ve got arguably the most potential of anyone in this draft class. MORE: NFL Draft News & Rumors With Tony Pauline What’s the catch? Consistency. If a team’s drafting him in the top 10, they’re betting on potential. At this point, this wouldn’t be the worst thing for Carolina to do. After all, the Baker Mayfield and Sam Darnold experiment isn’t exactly thriving. Source: www.profootballnetwork.com/2023-nfl-mock-draft-anthony-richardson-jumps-c-j-stroud-in-the-top-10/Thing is all of that is true. I've got season tickets to the Falcons and my PSLs give me right of first refusal to any college game at Mercedes Benz so I'll be at the SECCG (on the LSU side but I hate Brian Kelly so much I don't know if I can root for them) and then the semi-final. Seats are good enough that the only better view is from the sideline. The only guy who has comparable arm strength that I've seen so far is Justin Herbert. Haven't seen Evans or Mahomes, have seen Lawrence and Fields and they're not on the same level. Bryce or Stroud will probably be the first pick, physically Richardson dwarves them, has a stronger arm, just as good a release (his footwork sucks but NFL guys think they can fix a lot more than that), and is significantly faster. What's also true is it would be a horrible decision for him to go pro. If he went to Carolina or someplace similar they will rush him, he'll struggle, and to date he has not shown any ability to overcome adversity. He seems to have a little bit of pouter to him, but I'll reserve judgment since I don't know how bad his injuries have been or that all of them are reported. The best thing that could happen to him if he declares is to fall into the 2nd day to a team with an established veteran and actually receive some coaching for another 2 years. It's too early to tell whether Napier can develop QBs at this level, and Mullen, while overrated, could do a decent job when he was engaged, but obviously he wasn't engaged with A/R or he would have had his growing pains a year ago. He should come back to school. I'd like it to be for us, but either way he should play another year of college football. If/when he declares I hope he does it sooner than later because there's no point in playing him in the bowl game or even the practices. Give Miller the snaps, if he sucks it's an advertisement for limited competition at an SEC school for the guys in the transfer portal, if he hits you can say "look what I did."
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Post by tapsgator on Dec 1, 2022 19:10:15 GMT -5
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Post by tapsgator on Dec 1, 2022 12:50:39 GMT -5
I'm hoping he stays at Jackson State because in his mind those jobs are beneath him. In may not only be in his mind which I did not expect to be saying. I thought this was going to be a 2-3 season deal and he'd get bored and go do something else, but he's pretty damn good at this so far.
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Post by tapsgator on Nov 30, 2022 23:03:17 GMT -5
As someone who has spent time on the right and wrong (former life) side of a door that only locks on the outside I can say with a reasonable amount of certainty that an NFL QBs kid who goes down on these charges is not going to do well in the Florida Department of Corrections extended stay resort. I try not to wish harm on anybody these days but there are exceptions to every rule.
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Post by tapsgator on Nov 30, 2022 22:50:28 GMT -5
This is absolutely horrible.
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Post by tapsgator on Nov 29, 2022 11:50:42 GMT -5
Magic/Cursed number for 2022 is 3. In addition to the widely reported 3rd down defense issues, we rose all the way up to 127 out of 131 teams via the South Carolina and Texas A&M games, we also suffered some horrendous 3rd quarters. In our non-UGA (because the dogs came out of the half lacking intensity) losses:
FSU: 17-0 so -17 lose by 7 Vandy: 14-6/-8 lose by 7 LSU: 14-0/-14 lose by 10 Tennessee: 14-7/-7 lose by 5 Kentucky: 10-0/-10 lose by 10
That just quantifies what we already knew as far as adjustments or lack thereof, but that is shockingly bad. I had no idea until I just researched. Coming out of the tunnel we lost 69-13 in those 5 games, or an average of 13.8-2.6. That is appalling. How different does the season look if we just stay within 7 points on average in those games? Worst case we wind up 9-3, maybe 8-4 with some terrible luck. I can't think of a better barometer for a coaching staff's ability to adjust in-game than how they come out after halftime.
Also, did you guys realize that you only get 3 timeouts per half? That doesn't seem fair, how else are we supposed to line up correctly in the third quarter?
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