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Post by wahhappen on Apr 10, 2024 13:31:55 GMT -5
LINK - Top 25 Defenses for 20204Looked over and over this list..... nope we didn't make it. Embarrassing thing is these schools did: Louisville NC State Air Force SMU Miami University, not the U, the RedHawks Kansas State Iowa State Rutgers Let that sink in...... these schools will have better defenses than THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, and I didn't even mention others like Utah and Ole Miss. Sad time to be a Gator. There seems to be a disconnect between the national perception of our defense vs. reality. These rankings are mostly based on measurable data and on field results. They don't take into account the fact that we now have Ron Roberts (someone who is kind of in charge of the defensive coaching to an extent), an NFL-caliber sort of GM-type, and we got older since last year.
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Post by wahhappen on Apr 9, 2024 19:21:42 GMT -5
So Lagway evidently has turned the ball over 6 times in the first 2 scrimmages to a Defense that had 7 turnovers all year last year. Granted they didn't have The Godfather of Modern Football Defense in Ron Roberts, but nevertheless it seems that the mentoring program is going swimmingly. The best part? I feel like there is still work to do. Or business left to finish as the case may be. As such, I believe for the good of the game of modern football Graham Mertz shall be granted an additional year of eligibility (year 7) in order to continue to aid young DJ in his development. He will also be given a coaching title like co-coordinator of the head coaching coordination of projects involving quarterbacks. He'll be doing a deal where he is like a coach playing while coaching the players that play and get coached. Right? Gutsy Graham the check down man is in business not only to do business but also to finish business. And business, my friends, is good. God, that would be amazing. “Unfinished Business 2: The Quest for 7 Wins” Graham Mertz delays his NFL career once again as he leads an all star cast. Not only is Gator football back, but this time he knows how to use the helmet comms. The system is more in place. The defense is poised to crack the top 50. We’re ready to take back the Kentucky rivalry. Lagway learns the most valuable lesson of all - how to be a better human being.
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Post by wahhappen on Apr 9, 2024 11:32:37 GMT -5
Let's take a look at a clip from this new fan experience:
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Post by wahhappen on Apr 8, 2024 14:30:04 GMT -5
Summary of the article below: "What you have just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it." I can only assume this was some type of middle school journal project or unfinished piece that got published by mistake. "While much of the attention has been put on the difficult schedule, the attention also stems from Florida fielding one of the better teams that have had in the past five or so years. They were aggressive in getting additional recruits on the front seven and prioritized developing weapons to build on Graham Mertz’s career year in 2023." W T F I can't do it anymore. Can we please just time warp ahead 5 months and get this beatdown underway?
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Post by wahhappen on Apr 4, 2024 14:02:17 GMT -5
I don't ever want to be mistaken for defending this shitshow, but the complaints about dropping into coverage randomly kind of seem like he's trying to cover for blown assignments and lack of coverage skills. Why he would be dropping into a zone is a better question considering he had over 1/3 of our sacks, but the mechanics of zone coverage should have been coached since pee-weee football at least at a base level. Yeah, I guess they are teaching remedial linebacking at Ole Miss. This whole Princely thing has sounded like sour grapes to me, or sucking up to the new bosses at Miss. The truth is likely somewhere in between. RG Yeah, sounds like a little bit of both lack of execution on his part and also lack of development on the coaching staff's part. And that just about sums up what our defensive identity is at this point. "We need to execute better" is the mantra of a coach that does not have the ability to transfer his knowledge to his players in an effective manner. Princely's comments, to me, indicate that he was not progressing and developing. Perhaps he needs that reinforcement of the basics, and we were not able to adjust our coaching to bring out his full potential. Or maybe he is just chasing NIL - I don't know. It's the off season and I am impatiently waiting to take care of unfinished business. Go Gators. #7-5 #coachoftheyear2024
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Post by wahhappen on Apr 4, 2024 12:09:45 GMT -5
#1 is cut off by the banner. We are #1 in football players with high character that want to be here. Also number of coaches on staff. Oooh good one! 2024 is bound to be another record-breaking year.
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Post by wahhappen on Apr 4, 2024 10:03:35 GMT -5
#1 is cut off by the banner. We are #1 in football players with high character that want to be here.
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Post by wahhappen on Mar 30, 2024 16:01:09 GMT -5
What exactly would a high school kid know about NFL practices? I think it was the first practice he has ever attended outside of high school. Our best bet at landing him is to hope he doesn’t attend any more between now and the fall of 2025.
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Post by wahhappen on Mar 29, 2024 12:37:27 GMT -5
This is just embarrassing. Can't wait to read the follow-up article on his future visits to other schools.
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Post by wahhappen on Mar 29, 2024 11:57:47 GMT -5
Well you got your special teams analysis department, you've got your head coach of the defense, you've got your nutritionist, you've got your GM type guy, you've got your special analyst in charge of head coaching projects, you've got two offensive line coaches, and then you've got 2 offensive coordinators who don't call plays or anything but they're co-coordinators. As far as the recruiting budget I don't even know what differences explain nearly doubling the budget for worse results but it's par for the course. As far as NIL, the rumor was that they lost the 4 of the top 6 commits because of NIL money, and it's pretty well known that McCray required a mad scramble to outbid Auburn. Lagway there's lots of smoke about why it took so long to get his LOI and 11th hour negotiations. Get ready for part 2 this Summer given that we gave away his closest connection on the staff to Texas A&M. Although after a year of watching Graham Mertz "mentor" him, we may very well not be at the table at all. Lest we forget the NIL that gave us Rashada has been scrapped in favor of one that has at least one builder on the board and our AD is asking for 700+ million from boosters so that we can reduce capacity and make the luxury seating more luxurious. No conflicts of interest there whatsoever. At this point, if you have any respect for the intelligence of either Napier or Stricklin, you have to believe they are intentionally misallocating funds for their own good over the success of the program. If you have the capacity to run the program successfully and put a passable product on the field, and have been this wrong this consistently and continue to do the same damn thing over and over again, you aren't trying. They must be doing this on purpose, right? I mean, I could go pull two random hillbillies out of a Shell station dining area at 6:30am on a Wednesday in Anywhere, Southeast USA, drop them in Gainesville that evening, and they could probably go win a game and pick up a recruit between then and Monday morning of the next week. And they would do it for free. So why do people get so bent out of shape when more is expected from the two guys who get paid millions of dollars?
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Post by wahhappen on Mar 28, 2024 16:31:39 GMT -5
Sounds like we need a new co-defensive line coach.
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Post by wahhappen on Mar 28, 2024 12:43:20 GMT -5
So where is the money going? Presumably, if we lost our beloved Fitz and promoted his intern, we should have saved some money somewhere along the way. Same with our approach at nearly every other coaching hire we have made. So are we paying top dollar for shit coaches or are we giving large NIL deals to undeserving candidates? Or both? It just seems we are mismanaged from every conceivable angle. We can’t coach, we can’t recruit, we can’t assemble a staff. How does one look at this program and seriously consider us a program on the rise?
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Post by wahhappen on Mar 27, 2024 13:53:38 GMT -5
What a hack. First, he didn't mention how many recruits we've added that were up for the challenge of turning things around - he is only using measurable data. Also, he claims that Etienne was our most electric playmaker last year (we all know it is a tie between Mertz and MJ with Boardingham right on their heels). And lastly, he stated how bad the defense has been, but made no mention of how we stole Ron Roberts aka The Godfather of Modern Defensive Football to get it fixed. Unbelievable.
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Post by wahhappen on Mar 25, 2024 11:58:21 GMT -5
Seems like he is just trying to fit into his new surroundings. Vehicular problems/instances seem to be a thing around GA athletics, DUI's, hit and runs, speeding, both in private vehicles and or University vehicles, etc., etc. True. Probably just a case of him spreading his wings since we mostly prefer scooter incidents in Gainesville.
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Post by wahhappen on Mar 25, 2024 8:52:21 GMT -5
If he does end up getting kicked off the team, I am sure we will offer him during the upcoming transfer portal opening. Many of our top prospects come from second-time offers, and that would really boost our pre-commitment 4/5 star recruiting rankings.
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Post by wahhappen on Mar 25, 2024 8:45:57 GMT -5
We need to start looking at who will be the best replacement, including AD. As a matter of fact I would not be surprised if there are decent candidates looking into taking over in 2025. The great thing about our process - especially now that the systems are in place - is that CWT already identified a replacement will be needed before anyone else since he is constantly and maniacally evaluating. This has been in the works and earmarked for 2025. Phase Two: Co-Head Coaches and Co-ADs. All a part of the success plan.
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Post by wahhappen on Mar 23, 2024 20:46:25 GMT -5
I would be shocked if we get to 5 wins.
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Post by wahhappen on Mar 23, 2024 15:00:09 GMT -5
Does a repeat of 5-7 get him another year? Because realistically that is what we are looking at. Of course it does. Because of the schedule. Football is hard.
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Post by wahhappen on Mar 22, 2024 19:19:14 GMT -5
SEC is looking great so far
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Post by wahhappen on Mar 22, 2024 12:00:03 GMT -5
Why would you hold a pro day with these guys? Just have Pearsall do a private workout and if enough people want to see Kingsley have him attend. Every coach competing against us on the recruiting trail should forward that to every target. I'd post it on my recruiting newsletter and have everybody look at it side to side with my Pro Day. We formerly only had Pearsall listed as a draft prospect, but after Fitz came in for those 5 weeks and transferred his strength and conditioning knowledge over to Miles, we were able to add 5 more to the list. Their stock is on the rise after lifting heavy weights using numbers.
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Post by wahhappen on Mar 22, 2024 11:51:42 GMT -5
You have to hand it to CWT. He has his 70+ glorified interns drinking the Kool-Aid. I wish I could live in a bubble where the history of the sport of football was limited to only what has been accomplished in the Sunbelt conference from 2017-2021. They really think they are working on the greatest staff ever assembled, and it is sad.
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Post by wahhappen on Mar 21, 2024 13:52:57 GMT -5
It was a small group for Pro Day this year, but I think what you see is a strong group of young men who are not only good at playing make believe, but who are also high-character guys who have shown the ability to do the right things off the field.
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Post by wahhappen on Mar 21, 2024 13:40:40 GMT -5
Armstrong added. “A big part of our system that we managed directly from him. He’s one of the fathers of modern defensive football and to have him in this building and to have him at my right arm at all times helping us, I couldn’t be luckier.”
Clearly, what he meant to say is that Roberts is a father who coaches in modern day football. Right?
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Post by wahhappen on Mar 21, 2024 11:34:30 GMT -5
Oh, I left off the part about when asked about any player on the roster, the response is "First and foremost, he is a great person - not just on the field, but he does things the right way off the field. He is a high character guy and leader for this program." It is strange how we have 50 GD analysts who have all come to the same conclusions about this squad.
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Post by wahhappen on Mar 21, 2024 10:36:41 GMT -5
I really wish they would stop allowing interviews at this point. This is just beyond ridiculous. Obviously the strategy is "be as vague as possible, don't commit to knowing or doing anything specific, compliment the rest of the staff and how appreciative you are to be a part of this truly amazing group that is about the set the world on fire." Sound familiar? This is Ron Zook 2.0 without the recruiting victories and with a worse win/loss record.
Now, Napier did say at one point that there would be a lot of people mad at him in Gainesville after year two. Well, there are a lot of people -- perhaps not as many as expected -- mad at him after year two. So let's sit back and see this magical process take off this year. Quit asking questions, keep writing blank checks, and trust the process. We don't need to see tangible results. It will happen. All they need is time and faith.
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Post by wahhappen on Mar 20, 2024 12:09:19 GMT -5
As I think about it, he talks a lot about evaluating and analyzing but not so much about adjustments. Maybe that's the missing piece, he just gathers information with no intent to use it. And really, that's the most important part - the "using of the information". Anyone can just "make evaluations".
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Post by wahhappen on Mar 19, 2024 14:52:12 GMT -5
I love this so much. Video title since it's protected: Florida Gators ready for next step with Callaway, Mertz, and Boardingham | Enoch Wangoy commits Enoch is a rugby player from England. Russ Callaway is a former defensive intern. Arlis Boardingham caught 26 balls for 270 yards last year. Graham Mertz is Graham Mertz. We are locked and fucking loaded. I also saw where it's a good thing that our 2 overweight Defensive Tackles gained a combined 55 lbs. because "that's a big dude." Just an aside on how Callaway was so involved in "calling" in plays last year and how he learned so much and will now be an influencer on actual play calling... I was a kicker in high school, and they let me signal in plays sometimes. Am I ready to take the next step now? I swear to God. We must be the only team in America in the year of our Lord, 2024, that requires a three-year ramp up for any of our players to be somewhat competent at playing their respective positions. Do other teams talk to the media constantly about now they now "know what they are doing" after having experience and how transfers have seen how to be successful elsewhere and can now share with the others "what it takes"?
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Post by wahhappen on Mar 19, 2024 14:46:07 GMT -5
Aww, yeah. This is EXACTLY what it was like in 2006 with Chris Leak and Tebow, except Mertz had a chance to go into the NFL draft. So in many ways it is even a bigger mentorship. Mertz is definitely dedicated to bringing the Gators back - almost as dedicated as he is to the hesher mullet life. Except Leak was a terrific QB who could fling it 50+ yards with accuracy and was slippery enough to run the option. Recall that it was the second quarter of the national championship game before he even had an incomplete pass. Well, yeah, there's that. But otherwise, EXACTLY the same. Also, the combination is older because of Mertz, and that is what wins championships. So, this is how I see this developing. Napier is going to feel some pressure to play Lagway in spots this year even though he clearly does not want to. I expect zero deviation from the offensive scheme regardless of which QB is in the game, so Lagway will come in for some situations to either run the ball or throw a screen (RPO). He might run more often than throw and maybe even have a ball snapped between his legs, but how many legitimate game changing 3rd/4th and short opportunities do we expect to have? He is going to look great against Samford and UCF, but will get blown up against Georgia and LSU because of our offensive game plan and scheme. Maybe CWT completely surprises us and we see a brand new, wide-open, aggressive approach. But if we didn't see that with Richardson under center, then why do we expect anything different this year?
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Post by wahhappen on Mar 19, 2024 13:45:20 GMT -5
Does the author of this article speak English? I was two sentences in when I caught a grammatical error and a typo. It's the Queens English in one of the foreign countries where we have sent the Napier army to, we got a lacrosse player from England in this class already and that sparkly unicorn kid from Germany in the last class so I'm think somebody from Scandinavia who currently plays soccer for a team named the Narwals is probably next in the pipeline. It's a process deal man. Right? Yes, we have opened up the previously untapped hotbed of recruits through the Ivy League/European pipeline. The systems are in place. Now we pounce!
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Post by wahhappen on Mar 18, 2024 16:00:10 GMT -5
Does the author of this article speak English? I was two sentences in when I caught a grammatical error and a typo. He was in a hurry to be the first to break this recruiting news.
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