Florida Expected To Name Brent Pease Offensive Coordinator, According To Report
by Andy Hutchins on Jan 10, 2012 12:34 AM EST
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PrintScout.com's Bob Redman is reporting that Florida has found its next offensive coordinator. Redman, citing sources, says that Brent Pease is expected to be named Florida's offensive coordinator "in the very near future," leaving the Boise State family he has been a part of since 2006 and the Broncos offense he was in charge of as the offensive coordinator under Chris Petersen in 2010 to run Will Muschamp's offense at Florida.
We heard this story, sort of, on Friday, when the Gainesville Sun's Pat Dooley kinda sorta said that Pease was Florida's man, but other reports over the weekend had Pease deciding between Florida and Alabama.
My guess: If news is leaking now and Pease's supposed meeting with Alabama's Nick Saban was coming on Tuesday, Pease has likely already verbally agreed to a deal with Florida, and the GatorZone staff is writing up its features on him for Tuesday as I type. (Redman writes that it is unlikely Pease will have that meeting.)
If so, I think it's a wonderful hire for Muschamp, and look forward to explaining why to all of you — and I'll point out that Florida beat the national champions for something on Monday.
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I like it. I think Pease will be a good fit for us.
Listen to them, the children of the night. What sweet music they make.
If he can replicate that surgical destruction of UGA...
I’ll love him forever.
I think it’s a good hire. It’s not flashy like many people wanted, but he’s not an NFL dud like we were all dreading.
Oh, come on. Don't leave your uncle T-bag hangin'.
It’s not flashy like many people wanted, but he’s not an NFL dud like we were all dreading.
Bingo. I think we’re all tired of the “splash” hire anyway. We just want someone who is going to put in some work, teach/develop some players (and coaches for that matter … like replacements for himself) and get things done.
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by FlaGators on Jan 10, 2012 1:56 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
here here
Coach Boom: Emperor Palpatine, I mean Saban, when I get to Florida who should I get to run my offense?
Emperor Pal ...err Nick Saban: Charlie Weis is better. He goes in first and screws the offense. Mike Shula is better. He leaves the fanbase devoid of hope and life. Oh, really, fool? Really.
[Notices Kerwin Bell walking up.]
Nick Saban: Stop looking at me, Bell.
Good solid hire.
He is a lot of things Florida fans want and even more of what we need.
It seems everyone has been asking for a non-NFL washout hire at OC who has a track record of play calling that is a few things. 1) Not repeated dive plays or options with a non-Tebow QB, 2) Has experience on a big stage, and 3) a name that a program like Florida should be pulling in.
Now I know Boise State does not play week in and week out the caliber of teams that are in the SEC but there are only 14 of those jobs. What he has done is help build a gameplan to beat the big schools he gets the opportunity to face, be it Oklahoma, Georgia, Oregon etc. I think he is inventive enough while staying within the Pro-style that he can do even more with the caliber of player he will have at his disposal at Florida than he could at Boise.
As for the Kerwin Bell supporters, he needs to get into a job at a much higher level before he can be thought about for the Florida OC position, that is just the way the world works.
Hopefully moving forward Muschamp can take his new fancy toy and parade him and his playbook in front of all those recruits that are considering Florida and get some big names in the last few weeks before signing day.
Hopefully moving forward Muschamp can take his new fancy toy and parade him and his playbook in front of all those recruits that are considering Florida and get some big names in the last few weeks before signing day.
Exactly. We need some extra help on the offensive side of the ball.
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Florida's 2011 defense, with Boise's 2011 offense
could have beaten either of the teams in that sorry excuse for a national championship last night.
In all kinds of weather we'll all stick together
Pease isn't the architect of the Boise offense
but he just spent 5 seasons learning under one of the best offensive minds in college football and he nailed his audition this year. He’s more likely to develop one of the Gators’ freshmen QBs next year, rather than by the time they are seniors, giving Florida a better chance of winning now and saving Muschamp’s ass. Plus, even though there’s probably only 11 recruits in the country who know who Pease is, everyone knows who the Broncos are.
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by Chekhov's Spread Gun Option on Jan 10, 2012 8:24 AM EST reply actions
I don’t like the hire personally. BUT, If a Coach at a Non-BCS school is good enough to QUIT his job before having another one because he knows he will get a job at the school that is the National Champion or the school that has won 2 National Championships over the last 6 years then something must be there with this guy.
You don't like the hire, but admit that Pease is probably really good?
Who do/did you want?
by Andy Hutchins on Jan 10, 2012 10:06 AM EST up reply actions
I don’t like bringing on someone that was only a Coordinator for one season at Boise State. I wanted someone with more big time experience and more recruiting experience at a big time school. I know that didn’t work with Weis but Weis has been useless for awhile. But that’s what I was saying….Foley and Bama’s AD must see something there….I don’t see it…But they obviously do.
What is there not to see?
Pease isn’t the architect of that Boise O, but he sure did fine job with it when he had it. The guy has been solid everywhere he’s been. I know that we throw out this concept of what we want our coordinators to be, but the reality is that there simply aren’t many options that fit that definition.
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in fact there are none
if there were a really successful OC somewhere at a major program with a strong resume with tons of recruiting experience – he wouldn’t be in the market for another OC position.
In all kinds of weather...
But doesn’t Boise run a spread? I thought we were getting away from that? Also, how did Texas do with that Boise-like offense? 86th in passing yards?
Dude
Ya gotta give Pease a chance!
Seriously though, have you seen what Texas has to work with as QB’s? I think we have a bit better shot of making an improvement.
I witnessed the Kentucky - Western Kentucky derpfest of '11 and survived to tell the tale
I like it
If Bama really wanted him and we got him that’s a win in my book. I’m also glad we have someone in place so we can really go after these recruits that are waiting to see who we would hire… Do you guys think this is a good or bad hire in the recruits minds??
Good hire for the Boise factor
he’s not a big name by himself, but everyone’s been watching the blue turf for the last seven years, so being able to leverage that is a win.
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by Chekhov's Spread Gun Option on Jan 10, 2012 10:35 AM EST up reply actions
Bama wanting him is not necessarily a good thing
BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT BAMA’S OFFENSE
In all kinds of weather we'll all stick together
I just hope
that he brings our offense some pease.
by ParadigmShift35 on Jan 10, 2012 10:40 AM EST reply actions 3 recs
great point
because last year our offense was pretty much a pease of crap.
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by skigator93 on Jan 10, 2012 11:03 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I love the hire but...
I’m not celebrating until I see the anouncement come across the bottom of the screen of ESPN
"Courage is being scared to death but saddlein up anyway"
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by DustinFLA on Jan 10, 2012 11:49 AM EST via mobile reply actions
what a bummer
I don’t know if I could handle watching ESPN all day
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Yeah I'm off of work today so I've been glued to the tv waitng to hear the announcement
I have’nt ever been to that site, guess I’m not missing anything huh?
"Courage is being scared to death but saddlein up anyway"
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by DustinFLA on Jan 10, 2012 12:17 PM EST via mobile reply actions
sh*t meant to do a reply there
"Courage is being scared to death but saddlein up anyway"
John Wayne
by DustinFLA on Jan 10, 2012 12:21 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I used to check it everyday
It’s good for post game reviews and the recruiting section can be good when they update it. I’ve just found that Espn is on their game especially since they currently have two former Gatorsports.com writers working for them.
Don't forget game photos
Gatorsports has good game photos most of the time too.
Other than that you probably already know the info they are just putting out. The Sentinel and the the Miami Herold seem to be more on top of info than even the paper in G-ville’s own backyard. And the Times Union in Jacksonville is crappier than them … so don’t waste your time on them.
Brent Pease for UF!
I also like Pat Dooley and Robbie Andreu’s columns.
by GatorJustin on Jan 10, 2012 12:39 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I'm a Robbie fan
I like both of those guys except Pat makes Robbie look like his side kick on the post game videos haha
The BOOM M'FER bit is my favorite.
Though that reference really should be cited for a scholarly article on wikipedia.
Go gata!
Figured it was somebody from Gator Nation. So when is this OC hire going to break out and be on the news I’m beginning to think it’s a rumor…
Haha. Yeah it was me. And I have no idea. I would think the whole “He isn’t going to meet with Alabama” thing isn’t true, but who knows. Would you turn down the chance to be the OC of the defending National Champions before interviewing for it? I wouldn’t.
Haha. I remember when Wikipedia was only around 300,000 articles in English. I was a first semester senior in college (so yes, like fall 2005 … but still) and Wikipedia was just starting to but not really making a name for itself, and this history professor (Colonial Latin America 1601-1825) gave us an assignment.
I’ll never forget it.
It was an assignment on the guano exports of Peru. The professor, made a Wikipedia page, with fake footnotes that lead to his personal school webpage, and did it as a test to see who would use it without checking their sources.
Something like 19 out of the 27 kids in the class got busted. I figured it out at the last second when I was just surfing the web and noticed that the amount that was being exported in a decade didn’t add up.
When he announced what he had done, everyone who turned in a falsely cited paper got an “D” and everyone else who didn’t got an “A” … it was hilarious.
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Hahaha. That is hilarious. Love me some Wikipedia…It has a great schematic advantage over other sources. See what I did there? ;)
I like the hire, but hasn't this guy had like 3 different jobs in the last 2 months?
Not exactly what I like to hear
October 28th, 2011-- a date which will live in infamy--
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Haha, well I looked, but couldn’t find him. The only Brent Pease I could find was some bicycle racer from Georgia.
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oh well, I’ll just wait for tomorrow when ESPN announces that he is going to BAMA and we are back at square one and recruits start sprinting away from us. If I think for the worst possible outcome I can’t be disappointing haha.
No, Saban's trying
he may be too conservative for the Bronco guy to want to go there, though.
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by Chekhov's Spread Gun Option on Jan 10, 2012 3:19 PM EST up reply actions
I’m hoping that when they sit down and start talking X’s and O’s that Peace just starts going on a rampage about trick plays and crazy blocking schemes and Saban says, “Hold on just a minute there bud, you do know this is Alabama and we Run, Run, Pass, TD in that exact order right?” Peace says, " Well thanks but no thanks sir I’ll be leaving now. Oh here’s your trophy back, thanks for letting me hold it throughout the entire interview." Sounds about right… haha
I just got a text from ESPN Insider
Apparently Edward Aschoff, formerly of Gatorsports.com and now with ESPN Florida Nation, is reporting this as confirmed. Just thought everyone would be interested.
Guy may be a good or great hire, I don't know.
Other than watching Boise State’s success, I have nothing else to judge him by. My question is how quickly do you think the 2 freshman QBs will adjust to having to learn a new offense? These kids were immersed in the Charlie Weis offense and now must learn new plays, formations, and terminology. Do you believe this will hamper the Florida offense next season?
well
based solely on how poorly both of them ran the Charlie Weis offense, I would at least surmise that they are excited to learn something new!
In all kinds of weather...
Poor Debose.
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by FlaGators on Jan 10, 2012 10:43 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
But he’s got to learn a new offense. Which to this point, hasn’t been a strong suit of his.
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