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NaffGutts,
You're right, of course--and I agree about both his strength manifest on defense (AND the overall change-for-the--better in the toughness and fairness on this team), and that he IS probably still as near to "unfireable" at this point as he can (or SHOULD) be--and frankly, I am still pretty certain that that is "good and right". I am angry and frustrated, but I have been a strong Muschamp supporter and think he STILL has us in position to be a dominant Champion very soon (our climb later seen as "delayed for a year by injury"), if only he CAN get the right guy in at OC soon, THIS year, so that most of the "bumps" and practical complications of that change are done by the end of THIS one, and we are "up to speed" in our new momentum on offense parallel with the return and new additions come spring on defense as well.
Imagine what this defense COULD be--and what it WILL be NEXT season...Meanwhile, though, the state of the offense is so poor that to build towards an offense that is even an "adequate", holds-up-its-side-of-the-deal side of things in a Championship run NEXT year I believe (as I keep yammering about) requires that process and effort begin NOW--which is why, as Head Coach, Muschamp MUST be considering right now the pros and cons, pluses and minuses of what still might be accomplished by this year's team (and thus whether holding onto Pease for continuity's sake is preferable for now, long as that "tie for the lead in the SEC-East is still on-the-table, at least), versus both the emotional AND practical considerations on getting started on NEXT season's "run" as soon as that slips away--which could well be today. With the further weakening of the team by injury, now to our D-line, with Powell and Jacobs gone against a run-game that sets up their even-stronger passing game, means the overall strength of the squad that is EVERYTHING in any chance at winning is now at a teetering, brittle-in-its-vulnerability state: We are PRIMED to get overwhelmed, perhaps even embarrassed, against a Mizzou team that is flying high, with its fandom sending them ever higher...If that happens, I think we could (and of course I believe SHOULD) see a change at OC soon after--especially if our "braintrust", led by Muschamp, has indeed already been "browsing" for Pease's successor. This could be a a day every bit as frustrating and much more "embarrassing" if this D were to crack, finally, overwhelmed by a "threshold" being crossed in # and QUALITY of injuries, and things were to get out-of-hand--but in a weird way, I think these "remaining goals" are mainly unrealistic distractions by now, the sooner they are dispensed with the sooner our coaches can, HAVE to turn their attention to the future, and can do the things they need to do to begin that process without being seen as "throwing in the towel on the season too early".
Now, I am INCAPABLE of course to do anything but root for my Gators, but well, you get the idea here...I wanna win, but anything less than something dominant on our part could sort of work against us, long term.
Ugh...Blown coverage/defense on the 1st play from scrimmage , long pass complete by Mizzou--and the Gator defender is called for "Targeting", and Cody Riggs gets DISQUALIFIED! On the first play! Now they throw for a TD on the 2nd! No one has done that to us in over a season and a half...See what I mean? 22 seconds and we are down a TD AND anopther defender--our "fast guy" who was supposed to be "stepping up" nicely to fill in for the losses we already had. He'll be out NEXT week too, with that disqualification, I think.
Oh oh, guys. Get ready to do something ELSE with your morning/early afternoon. I knew something like what may be 'bout to happen COULD happen, but DAMN! Murphy doesn't look like he's moving right, either...