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Brent Pease is now Florida's offensive coordinator. But there's still plenty of doubt among some Florida fans about whether Pease's schemes from his time at Boise State will translate to the SEC, or whether he'll be the home run hire he's touted as being. To get some answers, I reached out to the folks at SB Nation's fantastic Boise State blog, One Bronco Nation Under God, to get a sense of what they think about Pease, and they graciously answered my questions with some really good insight.
Thanks again to Kevan, Drew, and Nick, and make sure to check out OBNUG.
Pease has just one year of experience as Boise State's offensive coordinator, but has been on Chris Petersen's staff for a number of years. How much of the Petersen scheme do you think Pease has absorbed?
How much of the ocean does a sea sponge absorb? Enough for you to know that the sponge came from the ocean, I would suppose (I'm neither a marine biologist nor all that interested in science).
Basically, the Boise State offense is complex and expansive, and Pease has taken in as much of it as his offensive coordinator mind can take. The Chris Petersen offense will be unmistakable once Pease starts calling plays at Florida.
Was Pease's offense in 2011 appreciably different from the one Bryan Harsin ran in 2010 and before? How so?
In no ways was it different than the Harsin offense, which probably explains how much Chris Petersen is still involved in offensive gameplanning. I imagine that the players might have noticed a few different tweaks or tendencies, but the on-field product looked largely the same as the year before.
What are the strengths and weaknesses of Boise State's offense?
The Boise State offense uses leverage, numbers, and grass to get the upper hand on the defense. There was a stellar article written about it at Smart Football a couple years back. Those three elements make it hard for the offense to have a weakness since it is constantly changing and morphing until its weaknesses turn into strengths. For instance, let's say that outside running is a weakness. You change formations, shift extra blockers out wide pre-snap, and suddenly your weakness is a strength.
Where the offense might run into trouble is with very well-prepared defenses with smart players who recognize what the Boise State offense is trying to do. Also, big, fast athletes render some of the leverage and grass moot, if they can fight through leverage and run across grass better than the offense expects.
Will Muschamp has talked about the importance of running a pro-style offensive system. Does Boise State's offense qualify, in your mind?
Absolutely. Dirk Koetter was one of the originals at Boise State, and he has gone on to coach offense in the NFL. You'd see a lot more Boise State quarterbacks in the pros if they were the right size and had less Jared Zabransky to them.
Do you think Boise State's success is due to its coaches below Petersen, or is it all Petersen's system?
I think that Petersen is the reason for Boise State's success. He hired the right guys and installed the right system. Everything at Boise State is so fluid, it's hard to pinpoint anything as the reason for success except Coach Pete. For instance, the system will look different next year because the offensive players and their abilities will be different.
How well-regarded is Pease as a recruiter? Are there any notable players he was responsible for recruiting?
I do know that he has turned out some pretty good receivers as Boise State's receivers coach. I have to think that wideouts liked him enough to come play for him and that they knew he would turn them into great players. Austin Pettis and Titus Young are the two most recent examples.
Are there any specific Pease plays you love? Any you hate?
I love all the plays that use different formations than normal. Boise State has a formation where they split their left tackle out wide and put a tight end in the tackle spot. They have a three-RB formation. They have a package for a WR-QB.
The one play that I have hated over the years is the quarterback option out of shotgun. But that may have been more because Kellen Moore was running it.
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Was just saying in another thread on here, that if Pease can guide our offense next year to say around 50th in the country (just in terms of total offense) and say, about a touchdown more a game on average, I’d be ecstatic. We were 105th last year in total offense and averaged just over 25 points per game, which was about 70th overall. Another touchdown per game would have put us at low 20’s, high 30’s, nationally.
I honestly don’t care whether the improvement comes from the passing game or the running game, I just want to see improvement overall.
FlaGators - January 11, 2012
Yeah, I remain apprehensive
I do like that he’s a college guy more than a pro guy, so the NFLAIDS won’t be as prominent compared to a Shula hire or some such, but after watching Harsin go to Texas and get little more out of that offense, I will remain cautiously optimistic. Right now, the most important thing is really QB development.
Charles UF - January 11, 2012
Obviously everyone is entitled to their opinion
but I keep seeing this somewhat lukewarm reaction to this hire, and I can’t for the life of me figure out why. I suppose some could take issue with Pease only being the coordinator for 1 year, but beyond that what is there not to like? The guy comes from an incredibly well established offensive system, and coaching tree. He runs exactly the kind of offense that Muschamp is looking for, and with great affect. He was a WR coach for 5 years, which has been out most glaring weakness in terms of development for a couple of years now. I just don’t see anything not to like. I keep seeing this ideal of what Florida should hire, and it’s a proven coordinator, with a track record etc etc and the reality is that those guys simply don’t exist. If coordinators have a proven track record of success they become head coaches….
I love the Pease hire, and I can’t wait to see our offense improve next year. My only reservation is a concern over the players having to adjust to another new coordinator. I know that Muschamp said he wants to run the same system/plays etc, but there is no way that Pease takes over an offense, with a defensive minded coach, and doesn’t install his system, and do things his way.
Cardsfan25 - January 11, 2012
I agree
this is an amazing hire. And I don’t understand how quickly people forget the 6 years of OC experience he had at Kentucky and Baylor prior to Boise State. Those offenses were actually pretty good, especially when you consider he was coordinating teams that are at the bottom rung of their respective conferences and divisions (Big XII actually had divisions back then). The fact that he has been under the tutelage of Chris Petersen since 2006 only adds to the luster we should be raving about. I mean this guy was an assistant head coach at Boise State when they beat Oklahoma in the Feista Bowl in 2008 (one of the best Bowl games you’ll see besides the 2006 BCS NC game of UF and OSU.)
ECFIVESTER - January 11, 2012
Coming from a great system/coaching tree doesn't necessarily translate.
Just look at how the Saban coaching tree did this year. The reality is that Petersen has, since 2001, really been in control of that offense. Has Pease done good work in the Boise Receiver Corp? It seems like he got good results with the talent he had, and receivers have definitely been a weak spot, which is positive for us. My issue is this: How much can he bring from Chris Petersen’s offense to Florida? Also important, how well will he be able to recruit in an area he has practically no ties to?
Charles UF - January 12, 2012
so should we have gotten someone from a weak coaching tree?
After a month of speculation about who the offensive coordinator would be, or ideas about who would be the best fit, my only response is….who would’ve been better in your opinion?
Cardsfan25 - January 12, 2012
Unfortunately it's not really a fair question for a fan to answer.
I have a lot of guys I’d be willing to check with considering I think we’re in bigger need of a guy who can really coach up QBs and recruit more than a X’s and O’s guy. I feel like if we got our QBs in order and recruited on offense better, it would fall together anyway. We’re also narrowed down by having to get a pro style guy. To that end, I actually was hoping Major Applewhite was going to be our guy. QB coach experience. Offensive coordinator experience. Roots in the south. Roots in Texas and Alabama.
Charles UF - January 12, 2012
We'll have to agree to disagree
because I wanted no part of Major Applewhite. His offense at Bama was horrible.
Cardsfan25 - January 13, 2012
Texas improved from 58th in 2010 to 54th in 2011 in terms of total offense. In terms of scoring offense, they improved from 88th in 2010 to 55th in 2011. So there is that…
Texas’ FEI, was 70th this past year while they were 72nd in 2010 … so basically the same.
http://footballoutsiders.com/stats/fei
But then again, the entire Texas program has undergone a serious transformation since appearing in the National Championship Game after the 2009 season.
FlaGators - January 11, 2012
I think looking at Texas too closely may be a mistake
That isn’t to say things will go better or worse here than they did at Texas, but we’re talking about a different team, with different players etc. Taking a coordinator and putting him at school X, and then taking another coordinator who runs the same system and putting him at school Y and expecting identical results simply isn’t practical. That being said, If our scoring offense went up to 55, I’d consider that a healthy improvement.
Cardsfan25 - January 11, 2012
Oh I know, I was mainly just pointing them just so they’d be out in the open.
FlaGators - January 11, 2012
Based on the comments above, It sounds like your expectations are in line.
We Texas fans got swept up in the total overhaul and let our expectations get out of hand. Manny Diaz did a spectacular job of building on your coaches work. But our dependence on freshmen for our offense (including our QB) and the Boise remake was less than spectacular. In retrospect, going from 5-7 last year to 8-5, was probably about right. Harsin did have somewhat of a learning curve early on, but we remain cautiously optimistic that we will be back in the 10 win minimum seasons quickly.
Good luck with Pease and be patient (if thats possible)…..and make sure you whip aTm .
MeatchickenHorn - January 11, 2012
We're all fans, so no one can blame you guys for the optimism...
I assure you, that there will be optimism aplenty in Gainesville as well. It sounds like you do though see the benefits of Harisin in retrospect, and I would expect your offense to improve considerably in the coming year. As has been mentioned elsewhere, the Boise offense works, plain and simple. It isn’t gimicky, and I personally don’t think it’s a system that is demonstrably better or worse depending on competition. I think Texas and Florida will both be just fine offensively, provided that patience that your preaching is actually given.
Cardsfan25 - January 11, 2012
Patience at UF is roughly three years. Unless you are a known commodity like Addazio, or a Zook. For someone we haven’t seen before 2-3 years is about what it’ll take before we run someone out.
FlaGators - January 11, 2012
You say my name man?
Gators1 - January 11, 2012
No he said my name man.
Gators1 - January 11, 2012
Given the choice of the two, I’d take Ron Zook back on the staff. At least he can recruit.
FlaGators - January 11, 2012
Agreed. Same.
Gators1 - January 11, 2012
Addazio recruited pretty well
Remember when Meyer had 2 heartattackSabanstrokes and quit and Addazio held together the 2010 recruiting class? Don’t factor in the post-coaching change transfers, those aren’t Steve’s fault. The Brantley dive was though (although, Brantley was so terrible at everything that running him right up the middle doesn’t seem like such a bad idea now).
Chekhov's Spread Gun Option - January 12, 2012
True. But I’d still take Zook’s guys over Addazio’s. But you do have a good point.
FlaGators - January 12, 2012
Also, we’ll take care of A&M for ya. Good luck this upcoming year to you.
FlaGators - January 11, 2012
And good luck to you.....Maybe we will meet in the NC game in the next few years.
MeatchickenHorn - January 11, 2012
Fewer turnovers, about 30th or better in scoring, and enough offense to keep the defense rested
with that, Florida’s got a top 5 defense, and a real shot at Atlanta.
Chekhov's Spread Gun Option - January 11, 2012
Man that article on Boise's offense
gives me so much hope that Florida will be a thing of beauty for seasons on end, especially with Muschamp keeping the defense on top.
ECFIVESTER - January 11, 2012
Yeah it gives me hope as well. To long have we Gator fans had to endure watching an anemic offense.
And yes 2 years is too long.
Gatorbuc15 - January 11, 2012
I count three years. 2009, was stressful as well.
FlaGators - January 11, 2012
True
Gatorbuc15 - January 11, 2012
2009 was stressful because the 2008 team was the best offensive team in the history of the SEC
that set an impossible bar for the 09 team. Still, the Gators won every game except for the Saban-ing.
Chekhov's Spread Gun Option - January 12, 2012
Still though, it wasn’t a very fun year. You just had to know they weren’t going to win. And of course, the Arkansas game….
FlaGators - January 12, 2012
I think since that game
we have had a trouble stopping big backs when we need to. Man is that annoying. I will now formally call this the curse of Dennis Johnson.
ECFIVESTER - January 12, 2012
You’ll get no argument from me.
FlaGators - January 12, 2012
Now will he be our like the QB coach as well
Or will they bring someone else in to help develope Brissett and Driskel?
DustinFLA - January 11, 2012 via mobile
He will probably have too. I think the Gators are at their limit of assistant coaches.
FlaGators - January 11, 2012
Yeah I heard he would be over the QB’s. Which if I was a betting man, I would bet Driskel is the starter for the first game of the season.
Gators1 - January 11, 2012
Hmmm, sounds like we should open the Alligator Army Casino.
FlaGators - January 11, 2012
Yeah.
Muschamp said that much during the presser.
Andy Hutchins - January 12, 2012
White?
Is Brian White going to stay on staff as the RB’s coach? I haven’t heard any news on this…
DCGator - January 12, 2012
I would think so.
FlaGators - January 12, 2012
Just didn’t know if he was going to leave bc he didn’t the get OC gig
DCGator - January 12, 2012
Yeah, I hadn’t really thought of that.
FlaGators - January 12, 2012
Feb. 1 can’t get here fast enough! I get stressed out every year. Diggs and NA just need to go ahead and pull the trigger and commit already we have to get those guys
DCGator - January 12, 2012
Yep. It’s time for the Gators to reload.
FlaGators - January 12, 2012
White
had stated after Weis left that even if he didn’t get the job he would be staying at UF to keep the continuity of the coaching staff going.
ECFIVESTER - January 12, 2012
Diggs info!
"I don’t have a leader or top five or anything like that," Diggs said Tuesday night. "I’m wide open, and I’m planning on waiting until after signing day to make my final decision."
Quote from Diggs to Derek Tyson….
DCGator - January 12, 2012
I think he's just going to show up somewhere in the summer
No announcement, he’ll just walk into whatever school’s coach’s office and say “I’m here.”
Chekhov's Spread Gun Option - January 12, 2012
haha
Do we know anything about this kid’s attitude? I hope he’s not one of these spotlight kids. If so, do we really want someone like that?
DCGator - January 12, 2012
He seems pretty laid back, but I don't know him
Talent/potential probably trumps anything but the absolute worst personality in this case, but I don’t think it’s a problem with him. What is going to be a problem, the California schools and Urban Meyer. That guy needs to go back to talking on ESPN instead of gobbling up top national recruits.
Chekhov's Spread Gun Option - January 12, 2012
Haha. ’Rec.
FlaGators - January 12, 2012
I remember seeing that
but it was prior to the announcement that Pease brings war on the SEC.
ECFIVESTER - January 12, 2012
Gatorsports has Diggs with this in there recent recruiting story
The whole we factor seems to imply Diggs is already bleeding orange & blue.
ECFIVESTER - January 12, 2012
Doh
wrong use of there,their, they’re
*their
ECFIVESTER - January 12, 2012
haha. It’s the featured article on ESPN’s Recruiting Nation right now. looks like Gatorsports.com > ESPN in this situation.
DCGator - January 12, 2012
I wonder if there is any chance this kid could be a 2-way type player. I know he is being recruited as a WR, but jesus….watch some tape on this kid on defense. Pretty impressive. On a punt, he spin-moved a blocker and then blocked the kick. We need to throw the book at this kid and get him. If we lose him to that bastard LaMe Kiffin, that will suck bad.
Gators1 - January 12, 2012
He's not going to USC
Florida’s primary competition with him is Maryland, Virginia, and Auburn.
Cardsfan25 - January 12, 2012
I don't think any of those schools have much of a chance
and every recruit that goes out to USC absolutely loves it. If Kiffin can get him to take the visit, then they are the team to beat.
Chekhov's Spread Gun Option - January 12, 2012
well, he does seem to be swayed by the moment so who knows...
but Florida is the team to beat right now IMO. That being said, Locksley at MD, and Trooper at Auburn at worrisome.
Cardsfan25 - January 12, 2012
If Florida’s only competition is Maryland, Virginia, and Auburn then yeah I love our chances. Maryland is going nowhere fast, Auburn is sinking like crazy, and Virginia is Virginia. Virginia has a pretty good Head Coach but I don’t see them ever being more than a 7-9 win team consistently.
Gators1 - January 12, 2012
One look at Clemson
and you’ll know that it’s not always about where a team is headed, or been, when it comes to recruiting. Eli Harold picked Virginia over Florida. Noor Davis chose Stanford, and Adam Bisnowaty chose Pitt over Florida. On the surface those would seem like head scratchers to us, but to these kids it’s not always about what the program is, but where they feel comfortable…it is what it is.
Cardsfan25 - January 12, 2012
I hear ya. i thought about Clemson after I wrote that. Damn if we could’ve gotten Watkins.
Gators1 - January 12, 2012
or Spiller, or Watkins, or Bellamy, or Steward...
Clem$on is a frustrating school to recruit against.
Cardsfan25 - January 12, 2012
And not a single fanbase is more upset at that, than FSU.
FlaGators - January 12, 2012
yeah
As irritated as I get at Clemson for snaking a recruit or two, it can’t be anything close to what FSU is starting to feel toward them.
Cardsfan25 - January 12, 2012
Yep.
FlaGators - January 12, 2012
To be honest
I love it when they play FSU … let’s jab at those pesky fans anyways.
ECFIVESTER - January 13, 2012
Our hatred of Clemson is at an all-time high
Made the Orange Bowl AMAZING though lol
BobLoblaw113 - January 13, 2012
Haha, I bet it did.
FlaGators - January 13, 2012
I just had to refill my scrip for xanex.
Had’nt had to take em in like 6 months and then I decided to follow The Gator’s recruiting class….
DustinFLA - January 12, 2012 via mobile
Haha, well … that ought help.
FlaGators - January 12, 2012
Last years class was waaaay worse!
Last season, after Meyer bailed, was my first time following recruiting closely. Watch numerous kids de-commit and go to FSU, Ohio State, and Tennessee was awful! This year is shaping up very good minus the whole Mike crazyass Davis/Keith Marshall situation.
GoGators82 - January 13, 2012 via mobile
Yeah, that (almost) always happens during a coaching change. Especially one that has that kind of timing.
FlaGators - January 13, 2012
I'm Confused ...
… which isn’t anything new — but why are we pumped about this hire again? Dood ran a quality offense, with an NFL QB and beat the likes of, umm, Tulsa, Nevada … I mean, the best (and only ranked team) they played was the Dawgs. Playing and beating a ranked team once a year does not a program make. Look, anyone is better than Fatty and Addazi (I refuse to associate any O with his name) but I also have tempered expectations. However, after watching the Title Game, imagine a Gator team with an O and that D? We’d be competitive. We have the talent — so there really is no excuse. Brantley was a gutless coward — I’m sorry to say that but its true. I believed in him and I know he dealt with a lot during his dubious tenure here. But missing the throws he missed and choking the way he did is simply inexcusable. I don’t expect to be in the title hunt every year — but I do expect effort and a scheme that works and we haven’t had that for two years and I’m tired of it. We have the talent on the field — just not off …
alrob11 - January 12, 2012
You just said everything I've been thinking, but more eloquently than I could ever put it.
internet commenter - January 12, 2012
I'll take a shot at it...
" I mean, the best (and only ranked team) they played was the Dawgs" – and they beat them like a drum too. How can you possibly lay your issues with Boise St schedule at the feet of the coordinator? I get it, we all get it, Boise doesn’t play anybody, but what does that have to do with his offense putting up stellar numbers? Is your concern that the offense won’t work in the SEC? Do you think that Boise’s incredibly balanced, and pro style attack is too gimmicky, where Urban Meyer’s clearly wasn’t? As you said, we have the talent, so I fail to see how Boise St schedule does anything to negatively affect the way the new cordinator can use that talent. To me it’s a pretty simple equation…take a solid and productive system, and imput elite Florida talent into it. As long as Pease is a good playcaller, and he’s given us no reason to think otherwise, then what is the problem?
Cardsfan25 - January 12, 2012
And to add
Yet again too many people are focusing on just the Boise State aspect of Pease. There’s also the years at UK when he was OC and they had a effective offense (one that put our offense this past year to shame) with inferior talent to what Florida has to offer. Same at Baylor. The guy beats teams with better talent. And learning from Chris Petersen on how to do it more efficiently is just the icing on the cake.
ECFIVESTER - January 12, 2012
I agree about Kentucky
but his days at Baylor were nothing to write home about…then again, it’s Baylor so what do you expect?
Cardsfan25 - January 12, 2012
Yeah
I went back and i did some more digging into the Baylor thing and didn’t come away with too much besides a conclusion the talent pool drop off at Baylor. Shich is why he went to Boise State, rather than getting picked up somewhere else as an OC.
ECFIVESTER - January 13, 2012
I don't understand the "gimmicky" stuff.
What’s the gimmick, exactly, in a well run and balanced spread offense?
Charles UF - January 12, 2012
The "gimmick"
in my mind is the type of players. Especially at the o-line. Undersized, a tad quicker, the kind of lineman you expect Navy and Army to boast. The fast nimble guys who just don’t do well in overall drop back passing. Was it always that way with Meyer? No. But the guys Meyer brought in that were his, were for the most part that way. The Pounceys just play mean and smart.
That has been the most underrated issue over the past 3 years. The continued decline of o-line play.
ECFIVESTER - January 13, 2012
Meyer always seemed to recruit the best O-line prospects regardless of who they were
When they got here, he tended to focus on speed training though. It’s a workable system though. Oklahoma, who runs a passed based spread, had, if anything, an oversized line.
Charles UF - January 13, 2012
I was speaking more to perception than anything.
I have no issues with a well run spread option, and it’s shown to be extremely effective, but many still consider it to be a “gimmicky” offense. Personally I hate that term, but that point I was making was that Pease and Boise run what could only be considered a very good version of a “pro style” or commonly accepted offensive system.
Cardsfan25 - January 13, 2012
Fair enough.
The gimmick term always gives me some measure of disdain. You can do so much out of the spread at this point, and you can really create a balanced attack. The freaking Patriots basically run a version of the spread.
Charles UF - January 13, 2012
He’s better than Addazio or Weis, just because he isn’t them?
FlaGators - January 12, 2012
Maybe...
Like I said earlier, I can’t for the like of me figure out why any Florida fan is not pleased with this hire, and my response to all of those people is the same…who would you have preferred?
Cardsfan25 - January 12, 2012
For starters…..Mike Sherman. But, that’s beside the point now. We got who we got. I’m done complaining about it and no longer care because the hire has been made. Let’s move forward with that and go from here. I think the next 2 weeks has a lot to say about this hire. If we lose any offensive recruits (I don’t think we will) and gain Diggs and possibly Agholor then I think it will say a lot. Again, it won’t really matter until on game days because any coach can get the recruits and be a great coach every day except Saturday (See: Zook, Ronald). So, I for one, am no longer going to say anything negative about it, and wish Coach Pease the best, and as FlaGators said yesterday, even if we are ranked around 50th in Total Offense next year, that is still a really good job compared to how bad we were this year.
Also, I do have to disagree with something he said.
Gutless? Seriously. Did you see him on one leg in the Georgia game? He’s not gutless or a coward.
Gators1 - January 12, 2012
Gross
Why would you want Mike Sherman? He’d be Weis 2.0. Well, maybe .35 Weis, since Weis is a big fat fatty who is fat all the time and he probably ate all the food at Gator Dining because he’s so fat. HEY CHARLIE WEIS, STOP EATING ALL THE FOOD, LEAVE SOME FOR THE COLLEGE STUDENTS SO THEY DON’T BECOME MALNOURISHED LIKE FLORIDA’S SKINNY ASS DEFENSIVE LINE.
And as far as Brantley, he’s not gutless, but he was made of a very cheap, brittle variety of glass. He had heart to play when he broke, but he broke all the damn time. Also, he was brainless. It’s easy to fault his decision making, but it’s important to remember that it was a triumph that he could make any decision at all, considering he lacked an organ devoted to thought.
Chekhov's Spread Gun Option - January 12, 2012
agree
Not really sure why you think Sherman would be an upgrade, and also what makes you think that Mike Sherman would’ve come to be the OC at Florida. The Bucs are looking at him for head coach, and the guy’s been a head coach for 10 years, but you think he’s chomping at the bit to be the OC for a 2nd year first time head coach? come on….
Also, let’s stop ragging on Brantley. I think it makes look terrible as a fanbase to blast a QB qho had to put up with everything he did. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not gonna shed any tears to not see #12 under center next year, but Brantley was a Gator for 5 season; let’s show him some love.
Cardsfan25 - January 12, 2012
I never said we would get him. You asked who I would’ve preferred. And there is no way you can KNOW he would be like Weis. When Sherman was let go at A&M people felt bad, and really liked him. Sherman is also a tremendous recruiter. EVERYONE and their brother and sister wanted Weis gone a season before he was let go.
Again, why are we even arguing or debating this? As I just said…the hire has been made, let’s move forward and stand behind the hire that was made. I’m still going to support the team and the staff. It’s not like I HATE the hire, I just don’t fully agree with it, but I am going to accept it moving forward.
And yeah….Completely agree with you on the Brantley think. It’s getting a little ridiculous.
Gators1 - January 12, 2012
He would be exactly like Weis in that he'd leave after a year
he’s a head coach. He’s not going to sit around and be a coordinator.
Chekhov's Spread Gun Option - January 12, 2012
well, I'd rather have Bill Belichick
But it’s also unlikely that he would have left the Patriots to take the Florida OC position. I think from amongst realistic candidates, we made a good hire. The mere fact that Saban had interest in him as well, should make us feel pretty good about it. After all, we haven’t beaten Saban in much lately.
skigator93 - January 13, 2012
Yeah. What you mentioned is exactly why I am going to accept the hire and move on. He must be something special. I don’t see it. But if Muschamp and Saban(who just won a NC 4 days ago) see it…then yeah, I mean, there must be something with this guy. I hope it all works out, and if it does…I will gladly eat crow all day long.
Gators1 - January 13, 2012
It's hard to blame him after 2010
Dude was broken beyond recognition by Addazio and Urban and that offensive line and those cockfingery receivers.
Charles UF - January 12, 2012
Because you mentioned cockfingers…I went and surfed the Internet to see what pictures or highlight tapes I could find of the one and only…Mr. cockfingers .
In 4 years this is all I was able to find…
Gators1 - January 12, 2012
Realistically, it all started with that first Miami (OH) game
When you can’t trust your center to snap the ball to you directly, that can seriously damage your psyche.
Charles UF - January 12, 2012
STONEYHANDS STRIKES AGAIN!!!
ECFIVESTER - January 13, 2012
Haha!
FlaGators - January 13, 2012
eyes on the ball Stonehands, eyes on the ball!
skigator93 - January 13, 2012
And this is the senior example we've had to show our incoming recruits
no wonder our wr corp is not up to par with past teams
ECFIVESTER - January 13, 2012
So basically Brantley is
IF he only had a brain (he wouldn’t throw into Quadruple coverage)
ECFIVESTER - January 13, 2012
Just so you know, if you wouldn’t have said “brain” for the scarecrow, I would have had to look up what the reference was. Yes, I know that the movie (and book) is a political allegory and all, but I’ve seen it twice and struggled to say awake both times.
FlaGators - January 13, 2012
^^^ showing signs of Anti-Americanism here
What’s next? you didn’t like Willy Wonka or the Bad News Bears either?!?!
(originals only of course, the remakes don’t exist in my opinion)
skigator93 - January 13, 2012
I like both Willy Wonka and the Bad News Bears. And I haven’t seen any of the remakes they did recently.
But no, I do not like Wizard of Oz. It is sooooooooooo boring. The first time I watched it I was like 10. Then in college, in one of my political science classes, I had to write a paper about it, which was the second time I watched it. Fell asleep again.
And besides, I’m much more of a fan of another movie that came out in 1939. The movie beat out (and rightfully so) Wizard of Oz for best picture of 1939.
Yes … that movie is Gone With The Wind.
FlaGators - January 13, 2012
LOL
um … I feel supremely grateful that I can say with the utmost truth, that I have never ever seen Gone with the Wind. And frankly I don’t give a damn.
(I just know the most quoted phrase of the movie.)
ECFIVESTER - January 13, 2012
Yeah, but probably his best line in that movie is when he says:
“How fickle is woman.”
FlaGators - January 13, 2012
That's more of a rarely stated fact
or is it a question?
ECFIVESTER - January 13, 2012
It’s stated as fact by Rhett Butler (played by Clark Gable of course).
FlaGators - January 13, 2012
I never saw that movie either
despite growing up in Atlanta! I did have to read the book though for American History class. It pretty much sucked….all 1,024 pages of it.
skigator93 - January 15, 2012
Texas
Honestly, there are a lot of similarities between UT and UF. They’re both big schools that always do well in recruiting, they both have defenses and special teams that bail out mediocre offense, and they have former Boise coordinators. You guys will likely have some wildcat next year (Demps would’ve been good for it), and you’ll see trick plays, that well “60% of the time, it works, every time”
vinceyoungismyhero - January 13, 2012
So we are like the “Sex Panther’s” of college football offenses?!?!
I don’t know why, but that sounds fantastic. Considering the past few years anyway. But yeah, it does seem that there are quite a few similarities between the Longhorns and the Gators.
FlaGators - January 13, 2012
I like the ring to that
“Sex Gators”
Of course this would imply we are fielding an offense worth taking a chance with …
ECFIVESTER - January 17, 2012
My Username is Related to the Topic...
As a Gator-alum living in Austin, the parallels between us and the Longhorns have struck me repeatedly over the last couple of years as they multiplied…I think they are about to diverge from this point on, however: Our Gators have changed their nature, stripped themselves of an abundance of 4- and 5-star clowns, talented head cases and prima donna recruiting mistakes in a program run by a once-great coach gone disinterested and distracted, have in effect “walked through the fire” and come out changed on the other side—lean and rededicated to a fresh approach and outlook, and poised to begin a whole new run as a whole new team. While the Texas Head Coach, Mack Brown has turned out to be more steady in his loyalty to and running of “The 40 Acres” than Urban Meyer’s spectacular success-turned-uneven and strangely fractured tenure at the Swamp, that very “steadiness” has begun to work against him: he is belatedly (and somewhat grudgingly) bringing in new blood, replacing longtime offensive guru and compadre Greg Davis and trying to revive a moribund offense, but so far it’s all mainly window-dressing.
With a superb and well-focused recruiting class in the offing and a 2nd-chance “good-fit-this-time” OC with talent and imagination coming in at just the right moment, the Gators may well be poised to begin our much-anticipated climb back to dominance. You don’t get that feeling around the Longhorn program. It’s more a kind of incrementally improving “holding-action” that’s being managed here.
texgator - January 15, 2012
here here
thasa rec
ECFIVESTER - January 17, 2012
Let's return to the original question...
This discussion started out interestingly and on point—then took a wrong turn and degenerated into a “Zook-vs.-Addazio” debate, a ridiculous-to-the-point-of uselessness-and-stupidity argument…Who cares? They were both losers, and they’re both (thankfully) GONE!
Regarding Pease, he’s looking more and more the “right choice” that was more suitable from the start: imaginative and energetic, and a “good fit” that suits us and complements Coach Boom in a way Weis never really did—all of which became more and more clear as last season went along. Let’s face it: Weis’ final misrepresentation of his intentions,and the breaking of his supposed “word of honor” about being here “for the long haul with no higher ambitions to move on”, turned out to be a real break for us, a piece of luck that worked out quickly and neatly. God, what a mess if he’d STAYED!
Pease has already made a difference here, in this 2012 recruiting class AND the extra general jolt of enthusiasm he has added to the improved chemistry of the whole staff—there will be no separate “offensive squad” even slightly “apart” from the rest of the team now. From what I gather, he and Coach Muschamp are “on the same page” as far as where they want the offensive scheme to be headed in the seasons ahead, and he has already begun to influence the further details of how that will be accomplished, what specific forms it will include, and the kinds of athletes they need to make it happen. His prior experience, including the time spent with Chris Petersen at Boise St., will all add an exciting aggressiveness and free-wheeling style to his own evident imagination and flexibility. While it won’t be hard to improve on last season’s 104th in offense in 2012, I think the offense’s dramatic improvement will continue to accelerate in its own right, to eventually become every bit as formidable as the dominant “D” we’ll field in the course of this season, if healthy. That kind of fire-power is still at least a season away, perhaps, but the offense will at least begin to “hold its own” this season, less often prevent our fine defense from a chance to win games—and, if and when one of the two young QBs steps forward, will begin to show flashes of what it can and will be in the seasons ahead.
texgator - February 11, 2012
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