Calling a spade a spade and Toney doing the impossible

[tapsgator]

Toney has made Todd Grantham look like a good DC. Hooker, Jefferson, the joker from vandy who got benched the week before, in a third of our games we have managed to scheme guys into playing the best game of their career. If you haven’t been to a game you can’t realize how wide open huge patches of turf are. Im talking 25-30 yards and that is not an exaggeration.Travis made exactly one tight window throw and that was because Dean was late over the top leaving Marshall on an island with a 6’7 receiver. He missed 5-7 since TDs because he can’t throw into even mediocre coverage. He’s fast but honestly didn’t have to make anybody miss, he just ran in a straight line.

At halftime I told my son I didn’t feel great because we were scoring on nfl throws to the one active receiver who can catch while fsu was basically scoring with a high school offense (qb is faster than anybody chasing him that can make a tackle). I knew they would do this crazy shit at halftime where they make adjustments and make someone other than pearsall beat them, but was hoping we’d be okay because miller would be back and we could adjust to take away the scramble (most people would use a spy). We somehow got worse. We stayed in man, no spy, only guys whose eyes are on the QB are too fat and sloppy to tackle him. Miller joined in on the missed tackle party. It was a wild time. Then we rode etienne back to a tie game and took him off the field for the final drive.

We lost that game because we got out-coached. Badly. Period, point-blank. Napier gets plenty of rope and time to fix it, but he needs to get better. There have really been no adjustments in game or game to game. It has been disappointing to say the least

[gatorgibson]

Rob Sale should be on notice also! Play calling is pathetic at times. Especially in the Vandy game!

[gatordoll]

The fact that both Vandy and FSU beat us by one TD tells me something about the ACC. Noles come into Doake with an 8-3 record but did not dominate. They should have crushed us if their conference is respectable.

[Mojave Gator]

Nov 26, 2022 17:35:40 GMT -5 gatordoll said:

The fact that both Vandy and FSU beat us by one TD tells me something about the ACC. Noles come into Doake with an 8-3 record but did not dominate. They should have crushed us if their conference is respectable.

I expected to be down 14 early, not tied in the fourth quarter.

[tapsgator]

Any lingering doubts about the quality of acc competition should have been erased along with dabos playoff bid today

[g8rfan]

Looking at Toney’s resume he really has no business as DC at Florida. And if Billy Vanilli doesn’t start game planning with some actual sense of strategy he doesn’t belong here either.

[Rock Gator]

Billy only needs two minor things to succeed: an OC and a DC. Other than that, his gargantuan organization is tight.

First, fire himself as play caller and find somebody who can do a good job at the SEC level. I know, he has a guy Rob Sale that he calls OC, but he's just a yes man, I mean O line coach.

Second, and even more important, fire Toney and hire anybody. Hire the guy in the stands with the foam finger, but Toney is not it. He's managed to take a mediocre defense and make it truly bad. Deep down bad. Like taps said, he designs game plans that produce career games out of average players on the other team.

So yes, Gator football needed a bigger, and hopefully more effective organization for many reasons, and he's got a great start at that. But that big org needs a CEO. Billy has one foot in the CEO office and one on the production line. You can't be great at both, or really either one, in that situation. Quit calling plays - you're not that good at it, and get a guy who can run an SEC level defense!

That is all.