Yep, here we are.
Is there any question among us here at GE at least that the Muschamp era will be coming to an end sometime soon now, at the latest the end of the season?
Should it wait that long? Do we have much choice? Any advantage in waiting til then--or NOT waiting?
Man, this could easily turn into "Questions questions questions" after all... Who's out there? Any brilliant surprises? Even any "obvious" ones, at least for us, now?
OK, let's back up a bit, return to the first level here: How much "maybe" is LEFT re the Head Coach's ultimate fate now? Given the argument, perhaps even likelihood it can't and WON'T happen mid-season, no WAY this early and "eventually" only if the bottom falls out on our season completely from here, does that mean it ISN'T "inevitable" after all? I mean, sure, somehow everything changes and we stunningly win-out from here... Hey look, I'm not Walt Disney and this ain't Fantasyland: I'm gonna assume that isn't in the cards, and we're discussing a bumpy, up'n'down but generally dreary trip, never that good "when it counts" against rivals and/or the best of the SEC. Sorry, but I'm now as sure of that as I was of where this latest contest was headed by the time Driskel handed-off the ball, and the game, to the Tide after our D had handed it to HIM in the 2nd qrtr. I didn't need to "see" any of it, past, present OR future by then to know what was coming--and I don't believe I have to now. We're gonna have trouble with Tennessee; doubt we carve out too many victories among the rest of the League OR the Noles. A winning-record might be doable, but not much more than that.
This has got to be assessed a TEAM-wide expression of mistake-riddled mediocrity. Between us, we have repeatedly identified the damning evidence: Ill-prepared, out-coached, poor-adjustment between 1st and 2nd halves. and so on. Am I wrong? Who sees some eventual "reassertion of discipline and control" and "even a good win or two" enough to refute what we have now seen with our own eyes? (Even me: I just watched a fast-forwarded streaming replay of most of the game on my phone while drinking alone in a quiet corner booth of a dark hotel bar--I feel dirty; gonna go shower, watch an action movie or something, then maybe call and talk to my girlfriend for a while, hope I can just crash after that).
So, two main areas for theory and discussion:
(1) The if, when and how of "making the change(s)" (that "s" added 'cause there IS the smaller-but-nonetheless important "change" at QB screaming to be addressed as well now), and
(2) Who might it BE? (HC, not QB, of course...I mean, were it my call, we'd be playing Harris as starter and bringing in MAYBE Grier as his eventual back-up, unless it is thought that the latter will likely fill out with time, might be the next TRUE run/pass-threat QB AFTER Harris if/when he does, start a kind of eventual assembly-line of great QBs, in which case NOT play him if poss, let Driskel continue as back-up/mop-up--I'm told that was/is Ropers hope/plan regardless, Treon backing Driskel the plan of course coming in, seeing if they could keep Grier under the "play-time-limit" and redshirt him, hoping he'll blossom later, but that clearly Harris was/is closer NOW...Btw, that same "source" says Hargraves, though he returned to limited play, "wasn't the same", has some "deep bruising and possibly worse", will have to see when they get home and back over to Shands' Drs and imaging)
Have at it, Gators. Give it all some thought if you have to and get back to me here.
(Actually, I'm kinda interested in your angry, disappointed or whatever, "shoot-from-the-hip" responses RIGHT HERE AND NOW--but more measured, responsibly-considered and expressed views are also welcome, I suppose. grumble grumble)
Is there any question among us here at GE at least that the Muschamp era will be coming to an end sometime soon now, at the latest the end of the season?
Should it wait that long? Do we have much choice? Any advantage in waiting til then--or NOT waiting?
Man, this could easily turn into "Questions questions questions" after all... Who's out there? Any brilliant surprises? Even any "obvious" ones, at least for us, now?
OK, let's back up a bit, return to the first level here: How much "maybe" is LEFT re the Head Coach's ultimate fate now? Given the argument, perhaps even likelihood it can't and WON'T happen mid-season, no WAY this early and "eventually" only if the bottom falls out on our season completely from here, does that mean it ISN'T "inevitable" after all? I mean, sure, somehow everything changes and we stunningly win-out from here... Hey look, I'm not Walt Disney and this ain't Fantasyland: I'm gonna assume that isn't in the cards, and we're discussing a bumpy, up'n'down but generally dreary trip, never that good "when it counts" against rivals and/or the best of the SEC. Sorry, but I'm now as sure of that as I was of where this latest contest was headed by the time Driskel handed-off the ball, and the game, to the Tide after our D had handed it to HIM in the 2nd qrtr. I didn't need to "see" any of it, past, present OR future by then to know what was coming--and I don't believe I have to now. We're gonna have trouble with Tennessee; doubt we carve out too many victories among the rest of the League OR the Noles. A winning-record might be doable, but not much more than that.
This has got to be assessed a TEAM-wide expression of mistake-riddled mediocrity. Between us, we have repeatedly identified the damning evidence: Ill-prepared, out-coached, poor-adjustment between 1st and 2nd halves. and so on. Am I wrong? Who sees some eventual "reassertion of discipline and control" and "even a good win or two" enough to refute what we have now seen with our own eyes? (Even me: I just watched a fast-forwarded streaming replay of most of the game on my phone while drinking alone in a quiet corner booth of a dark hotel bar--I feel dirty; gonna go shower, watch an action movie or something, then maybe call and talk to my girlfriend for a while, hope I can just crash after that).
So, two main areas for theory and discussion:
(1) The if, when and how of "making the change(s)" (that "s" added 'cause there IS the smaller-but-nonetheless important "change" at QB screaming to be addressed as well now), and
(2) Who might it BE? (HC, not QB, of course...I mean, were it my call, we'd be playing Harris as starter and bringing in MAYBE Grier as his eventual back-up, unless it is thought that the latter will likely fill out with time, might be the next TRUE run/pass-threat QB AFTER Harris if/when he does, start a kind of eventual assembly-line of great QBs, in which case NOT play him if poss, let Driskel continue as back-up/mop-up--I'm told that was/is Ropers hope/plan regardless, Treon backing Driskel the plan of course coming in, seeing if they could keep Grier under the "play-time-limit" and redshirt him, hoping he'll blossom later, but that clearly Harris was/is closer NOW...Btw, that same "source" says Hargraves, though he returned to limited play, "wasn't the same", has some "deep bruising and possibly worse", will have to see when they get home and back over to Shands' Drs and imaging)
Have at it, Gators. Give it all some thought if you have to and get back to me here.
(Actually, I'm kinda interested in your angry, disappointed or whatever, "shoot-from-the-hip" responses RIGHT HERE AND NOW--but more measured, responsibly-considered and expressed views are also welcome, I suppose. grumble grumble)
