Billy Donovan has no other choice than to overhaul this team. Billy The Kid was a jumpshooter, but when your guards (Erving Walker, Kenny Boynton) are 6-21 and your wannabe forwards (Chandler Parsons, Dan Werner) are 2-14, it will take more than sprints to erase the stain of a 67-66 loss to South Alabama. This was embarrassing. A once proud program now has to deal with 3 of 22 3-point shooting, and losing three consecutive games after starting 8-0. There is no excuse for this.
This was not on TV to most of Florida, but it would not be hard to guess there was a lack of intensity. College basketball lends itself to these upsets, but they don't happen because the underdog is a better team. Florida fans thought that after two years, the garbage was thrown out, and these guys knew that the names on the jerseys guaranteed them nothing. Not so. As it is, we're all dumbfounded. And something's got to change quickly. Otherwise, these boys will get coal in their stockings and a third straight trip to the NIT.
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Lack of intensity...
Lack of perimeter defense. Lack of heart, just when it seemed like this program was past that.
I was in Sunrise Saturday and it was depressing…very glad I didn’t go up to Gainesville for tonight.
Chris Dobbertean - December 22, 2009
I just don't get it
How can Billy not be getting through to these guys, three years in a row?
And I appreciate Dan Werner’s hard work for the program, his willingness to play out of position, his nice bounce passes etc., but man it is excruciating to watch him out there at times.
wangalusa - December 22, 2009
Not a very good team
Maybe better than the last two years, but maybe not. Will be hard to break even in the SEC. They may not make the NIT.
oldtimegator - December 23, 2009
The Gators will never get anywhere
so long as Dan Werner is on the court.
Parsons isn’t a whole lot better, as his moments of brilliance are few and far between his too frequent terrible shots and turnovers.
skigator93 - December 23, 2009
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