Game 5: The Hat kills, but nothing changes

It got intense, but its hard to care about the stakes because im CONVINCED we wont win another championship with Addazzio doing what hes doing. I mean in the past season and thus far in the current season, there hasn’t been one sign that we can play at the level we did in the past with his playcalling. It shocks me that its just now becoming an issue…I noticed his tendancies last year and started calling for his head when Bama—-who I still feel was not a better team than us—-smoked us in the SEC Champ Game.

Its hard to develop ‘playmakers’ when noone gets the ball sans MOODY. Thats at the point where I rather find TJ Pridemore and give him the carries with our injury concerns. Cant be any worse.

Keep booing the playcalling. Piss them off. Florida is a top tier name, and will be through next year. But if this playcalling naiivity continues, its gonna hurt us in the long run. I dont wanna see them go back as a ‘sorta contender’. This team was set up to be as elite as you can get (tv deals, tv time, popularity, merchandise, skill level, surrounding recruiting pipelines, etc). This is being wasted.

I certainly didnt expect my #2 team (Mich St) would be 6-0 while Florida (obviously my longtime favorite since 1992) is sitting at 4-2 at this point.

This loss has to cost someone their job right? LSU is not a good team. Say what you want about their record, but a disciplined and well coached team should handle them, especially at home, easily.

A wonderful case in point is the fake field goal where the coaches should tell the players don’t play over aggressive and get out of position because should their kicker somehow make a 50+ yarder to tie we still have a shot to drive the field for a game winning FG.

I remember the losses in ‘07 where the offense was scoring all over the place, and the defense was young and learning on the fly. This year is more like wasting talent week to week trying to figure out who’s on the roster, and sorting a depth chart that should’ve been nailed down months ago.

and for their sake in the long-run, as much as I hate to say it, then unless this game is the final straw (which I doubt it is), then I hope they lose out.

They’re not going to go to any championship this year besides the SEC championship, which I doubt will even happen this year. If they get to a bowl game, it’ll be a crap game. If they keep losing, then what needs to happen will probably happen – Addazzio will no longer be the offensive coordinator. Our players aren’t going to develop under him because he doesn’t know wth he’s doing as O.C. and I think it’s safe to say that after all the time he’s been O.C., he’s not going to ‘get it’.

If the coaches keep up their mediocre game-planning and play-calling and keep losing to less-talented teams, less and less talented people will want to play for UF. I don’t care how good Addazzio and Meyer are at recruiting. Nobody wants to play for an idiot who can’t put their players in a position to be successful.

LSU gets into this year/last year—I’m used to it now and do not have to even drink as much to get through the games. I am proud of my Tigers/coaches as I have been all year, because we have played hard and fought with the exception of the fourth quarter vs UNC. Both teams played hard and Brantley is a true warrior with everything considered. Good luck the rest of the season.

I was there. My entire section called that fake FG. Forget “firesteveaddazio.com”. How about “fireurbanmeyer.com”? I am sick and tired of feeling like we have to overcome our coaching each and every week. I lived through the Zook era; I know that just about anybody can recruit at Florida. Can we please get a coaching staff worth a damn in gameplaning / adjustments?

It’s clear he needs a strong strategy type coach “Mullen” to be paired with him. Addazio and Meyer suck at game management and preparation. Hes got us 2 championships very recently so we all know he has skills, but ever since Mullen has left this team just isnt the same. Kind of like when Bob stoops left after 96’, Spurrier could never get back to the big game.

ONE GOOD THING about that game is our players played thier HEARTS out. Meyer can still get these kids motivated, they never give up even when they are getting dominated.

Even if Meyer didn’t call to play it safe, players like Jenkins should know better and be the leader he should be and inform everyone “WATCH THE FAKE”!!’

But this is definitely a valid frusturation. We were patient with Zook for years until we had enough, and fans wernt calling for Strong’s head in 07’. It just doesn’t take a rocket scientist to put 2+2 together and see how much this offense has gone down since Mullen left.

There’s so many excuses for the outsiders like Tebow is gone, Harvin is gone… Blah blah… There is so much more then that. And they can all STFU!

I am by no means an Addazio supporter. I wanted to not only rip his mustache off his face immediately following last night’s game but I also was filled with the desire to tear his bald head off the top of his skull.

But it’s clear that Addazio can’t handle being both the OC and the OL coach. Terrible playcalling/preparation and an underperforming o-line could be the result of an overworked Addazio. Urban seems to believe in Addazio as an OC, so the least he could do is bring in a new OL coach and take that responsibility off his plate. Of course it would be better if he brought in a new offensive coordinator and demoted Addazio to OL duties, but that sort of thing can be toxic for a coaching staff.

All of that said, UF still controls their own destiny. If both the Gators and Gamecocks win out, the Gators would be 5-2 in the SEC and the Cocks would be 6-1. If UF wins, they would be 6-2 with the tiebreaker over South Carolina. This season is far from over. There are plenty of things to be upset about, but we can still accomplish a significant goal.

There is way too much doom and gloom from some Florida fans. It’s good to see you guys keeping some perspective. You have a pretty good team, despite a down year. I can easily see you guys playing in the SECCG.

Also: being an LSU fan this year is interesting to say the least. Just when I thought it could not get any crazier….