Recruiting Football Talk VIII

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#50,556
UTK said:
could be blind optimism, but right now feel like we beat UF by 4+ scores and get Billy fired. I think we match up well against if our coaches use the correct formations (aka 12 personnel). Gators can’t stop a competent run game, if Gators line up in the same defense Arkansas played, we should rush for 300+ yards on them
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I would love for this to be the case and like your optimism, but until Heup shows me he can adjust, hold slackers accountable, and step on someone's throat instead of being a Butch Jones against competition, I'm under the assumption and preparing for us to squeak by with a single digit win that is very underwhelming and just adds more questions to where this team and staff are headed all of a sudden compared to where they should be according to talent and what the national media sees...
We should be rising with this roster in year 4 and performing like a well- oiled machine, even with a young QB at this point in the season, and I don't see it yet. We have a veteran Oline performing like a D-2 undersized bunch of misfits the last two games when they should be flexing and gelling at this point... The fact that the national media has picked up on Heard's blatant laziness and half-ass play should be more disturbing at this point with this staff than anything else. We should be well past the Jeremy Banks type situations/Heard. These guys are now getting paid a lot of money in addition to a free education, so nut up and you are either 100% in or GTFO and go find someone else to waste their money on you.

Heup has worked his tail off and has done more with less, I will certainly give him that, and his new offense threw folks for a loop (bama home win), but real coaches have adjusted and smartened up, along with the fact that Heup now has talent galore up and down his roster.

I'm running out of excuses for the guy if things go off the rails Saturday. He may be in over his head and UCF may be more his speed if we don't see an abrupt adjustment and a focused team coming out and meticulously playing with their hair on fire wanting to bury FL.

We have proven we have the talent on our roster to whip anyone in the country, we just simply have to put it together and adjust during the game to our opponent's changes/adjustments. Heup has NOT done a good job of this so far. We've now seen that we have played some bad teams that made us look good. Maybe we are that good, but Saturday looked more like a regression to me and the fact that their coaches flat out-performed our coaches.

Hey Heup, did you not think about the fact that you had Slaughter and Nichols on the other team, who know everything about our offense and obviously spent plenty of time educating Arky on it, and this would have them anticipating our every move? Me, I'd adjust based on that fact alone... Heup? instead he trotted out there a watered down vanilla scared version, hoping not to lose. Thems the facts no one can argue with, you may not want to acknowledge them, but you can't argue them.

Really hoping this was a wakeup call for both the team and staff... really do. I am so sick of getting my hopes up that we've turned the corner. Because as of today, we certainly haven't.
 
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volinbama256 said:
I would love for this to be the case and like your optimism, but until Heup shows me he can adjust, hold slackers accountable, and step on someone's throat instead of being a Butch Jones against competition, I'm under the assumption and preparing for us to squeak by with a single digit win that is very underwhelming and just adds more questions to where this team and staff are headed all of a sudden compared to where they should be according to talent and what the national media sees...
We should be rising with this roster in year 4 and performing like a well- oiled machine, even with a young QB at this point in the season, and I don't see it yet. We have a veteran Oline performing like a D-2 undersized bunch of misfits the last two games when they should be flexing and gelling at this point... The fact that the national media has picked up on Heard's blatant laziness and half-ass play should be more disturbing at this point with this staff than anything else. We should be well past the Jeremy Banks type situations/Heard. These guys are now getting paid a lot of money in addition to a free education, so nut up and you are either 100% in or GTFO and go find someone else to waste their money on you.

Heup has worked his tail off and has done more with less, I will certainly give him that, and his new offense threw folks for a loop (bama home win), but real coaches have adjusted and smartened up, along with the fact that Heup now has talent galore up and down his roster.

I'm running out of excuses for the guy if things go off the rails Saturday. He may be in over his head and UCF may be more his speed if we don't see an abrupt adjustment and a focused team coming out and meticulously playing with their hair on fire wanting to bury FL.

We have proven we have the talent on our roster to whip anyone in the country, we just simply have to put it together and adjust during the game to our opponent's changes/adjustments. Heup has NOT done a good job of this so far. We've now seen that we have played some bad teams that made us look good. Maybe we are that good, but Saturday looked more like a regression to me and the fact that their coaches flat out-performed our coaches.

Hey Heup, did you not think about the fact that you had Slaughter and Nichols on the other team, who know everything about our offense and obviously spent plenty of time educating Arky on it, and this would have them anticipating our every move? Me, I'd adjust based on that fact alone... Heup? instead he trotted out there a watered down vanilla scared version, hoping not to lose. Thems the facts no one can argue with, you may not want to acknowledge them, but you can't argue them.

Really hoping this was a wakeup call for both the team and staff... really do. I am so sick of getting my hopes up that we've turned the corner. Because as of today, we certainly haven't.
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Dude get a hobby lol
 
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therickbol said:
Saw same thing a few times. And the good news coming out of that is this is where we see Nico grow. We got QB coaches, plural, who will digest everything with him in film review. Nico will get more comfortable with decisions as he gains experience. That's the typical progression. Sometimes players will struggle and it will never click. It's possible that will be the case with Nico. Just like it could be the case with all young players. But fans losing all confidence in Nico because he is still growing in his 6th start in a tough environment might just be a little over-reactionary.
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☝️👍Good post!
 
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volinbama256 said:
I would love for this to be the case and like your optimism, but until Heup shows me he can adjust, hold slackers accountable, and step on someone's throat instead of being a Butch Jones against competition, I'm under the assumption and preparing for us to squeak by with a single digit win that is very underwhelming and just adds more questions to where this team and staff are headed all of a sudden compared to where they should be according to talent and what the national media sees...
We should be rising with this roster in year 4 and performing like a well- oiled machine, even with a young QB at this point in the season, and I don't see it yet. We have a veteran Oline performing like a D-2 undersized bunch of misfits the last two games when they should be flexing and gelling at this point... The fact that the national media has picked up on Heard's blatant laziness and half-ass play should be more disturbing at this point with this staff than anything else. We should be well past the Jeremy Banks type situations/Heard. These guys are now getting paid a lot of money in addition to a free education, so nut up and you are either 100% in or GTFO and go find someone else to waste their money on you.

Heup has worked his tail off and has done more with less, I will certainly give him that, and his new offense threw folks for a loop (bama home win), but real coaches have adjusted and smartened up, along with the fact that Heup now has talent galore up and down his roster.

I'm running out of excuses for the guy if things go off the rails Saturday. He may be in over his head and UCF may be more his speed if we don't see an abrupt adjustment and a focused team coming out and meticulously playing with their hair on fire wanting to bury FL.

We have proven we have the talent on our roster to whip anyone in the country, we just simply have to put it together and adjust during the game to our opponent's changes/adjustments. Heup has NOT done a good job of this so far. We've now seen that we have played some bad teams that made us look good. Maybe we are that good, but Saturday looked more like a regression to me and the fact that their coaches flat out-performed our coaches.

Hey Heup, did you not think about the fact that you had Slaughter and Nichols on the other team, who know everything about our offense and obviously spent plenty of time educating Arky on it, and this would have them anticipating our every move? Me, I'd adjust based on that fact alone... Heup? instead he trotted out there a watered down vanilla scared version, hoping not to lose. Thems the facts no one can argue with, you may not want to acknowledge them, but you can't argue them.

Really hoping this was a wakeup call for both the team and staff... really do. I am so sick of getting my hopes up that we've turned the corner. Because as of today, we certainly haven't.
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Well, you’re definitely giving 100% effort with these unintelligent monologues. I’ll give you that much.
 
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