Look for the Buddy Martin Show where Buddy and Brenden Martin interview Urban Meyer talk about Florida-Utah and the Gator program. Urban agrees that the mistakes made it hard to beat a well coached and disciplined team like Utah, and he would know obviously because he coached at Utah and still has connections there. He even admitted that with all the turnover at Florida he has more connections to Utah and other schools, but he is still a Gator fan and he believes in Billy Napier.
An important thing to bring up is that some of the unforced errors committed by the Gators cannot be "coached out" of a player. The players need to step up and fix some things. Dakota Mitchell cannot fall down on the very first play of the game. RJ Moten cannot hit hit teammate Jason Marshall as they are both in pursuit of the receiver. Dante Zanders cannot lose his footing in his only carry--through an 8-man front! Graham Mertz cannot lose his footing when dropping back on a 7-step drop.
Some errors can be fixed with watching game play, and Napier will make those fixes as long as the players watch the film and make the adjustments.
Of course you are right about certain kinds of errors--like the ones noted in PARTICULAR.
I don't know WHAT to recommend there; is there ANYTHING beyond asking "WTF??!" then moving ON? Guess we just have to HOPE these were early season/early CAREER slip ups that these presumably talented and promising young players will now transcend, leave behind...
Meanwhile, MORE talented kids heading our way in weeks ahead on the recruitment trail as it brings them to the Swamp: Tennessee will see several top tier instate prospects stopping by...
Billy and Co. continuing their relentless drive to build talent and depth throughout the line-up.
Figures from Gator teams past continue to give strong public support for our Coach: Latest is Jack Youngblood, who voiced great confidence in Napier earlier this week.
Not so much senior DB Perkins: It was left somewhat "between the lines" (hint hint), but Coach's name notably ABSENT from his announcement (he DID thank Mullens and the AD, along with "the support of brother players") in announcing his graduation and entry to the transfer portal. For details, read the article and judge for yourselves the "story behind the story" there.
The main thing I take from both the news itself AND its larger context is that Billy's "reshaping/rebuilding of this team and program" continues apace--NOT just out on the recruiting trail and in the portal but in who plays where, when and how soon ON THE FIELD this season.
Which brings us back to where this entry began:
Those sloppy unforced errors HAVE to end, and SOON if we are to see any kind of really promising improvement in competitive play from the current squads THIS season. But there's PLENTY that Coach and staff HAVE control over that can help us everywhere else in that regard.
However, that STILL leaves a glaring lack at that missing OC position. Billy must find himself the RIGHT GUY, of course--so there's no use (and little advantage) in rushing into the choice.
Just once again stressing the obvious, I guess.
