camp_steveo
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I like what he is saying for the most part... But i dont believe we are a few years behind UF as far as roster goes, if we secure this upcoming class the case can be made we are equal in terms of overall talent...i maybe wrong but just my two cents
I think he just tries to judge a team on the merits and when it comes to TN, we have not been good enough to make bold predictions. In other words, the potential is getting there but we need to see some proof. So yeah, it will take a couple of more years before UT is a true dominant powerhouse that is on the level of Alabama. It is coming though. It is coming my friends.I like what he is saying for the most part... But i dont believe we are a few years behind UF as far as roster goes, if we secure this upcoming class the case can be made we are equal in terms of overall talent...i maybe wrong but just my two cents
This. And that needs to change. I also think their coach is part of the reason for that significantly better QB play.Mullen inherited a 4 win roster just like Pruitt and both have had similarly rated recruiting classes. The difference has been UF has had better significantly better QB play and Pruitt was outcoached
Mullin inherited 12 draft picks last two years...how many Pruitt inherit?
It really is a mental thing with Florida. Florida owns us the way we own Kentucky.
I get what you're saying...even though we all liked Mac on the FL sidelines, we all knew he wasn't a long term guy...but he had just won back to back SEC E championships, so they at least had some recent banners to tout.Mullen inherited a 4 win roster just like Pruitt and both have had similarly rated recruiting classes. The difference has been UF has had better significantly better QB play and Pruitt was outcoached
But the overall talent, mindset, and QB play was never close to Florida. Coupled with they actually having a S&C program vs Butch Jones not having one, CJP inherited a worse program than Dan Mullen.Mullen inherited a 4 win roster just like Pruitt and both have had similarly rated recruiting classes. The difference has been UF has had better significantly better QB play and Pruitt was outcoached
I agree with you but to think we passed Auburn is dumb. We got lucky beating them a couple years ago. Don't let that fool you in thinking we are better than them. Hell they beat Bama more in the last 15 years than us. Are we getting closer to passing them sure I'd agree with that.I think that you are significantly underemphasizing the value and the difference in QB play. I said it at the time and I will say it again - keeping all the coaches the same, you switch the two starting quarterbacks last year and Tennessee beats Florida. It's unfortunate, it's also unfortunate that Florida lost their starting qb at the start of the season, because their backup was dramatically better than the original starter. Is that great coaching by Florida, well no. Was it great recruiting by their current staff ? Well no. More like blind squirrel nut activity. If he had been our backup and if JG went down with an injury .... again we would have beaten Florida.
Qb play drives the engine and dictates the success of the offense, with it, you put up points and keep defenses off balance, without it you are just not very good and barely beat inferior teams in bowl games. Right now, I like our staff better than Florida's, including the head coach. Right before your eyes we are moving past the Mississippi States, Kentuckys, and now the South Carolinas and the Auburns. I am starting to set my sights on Florida - other than qb - I don't think their talent is better than ours. We might have to get to a season where the offense is led by a different qb - but we are not as far away as you think.
We are passing them as we speak. Look at our recruiting rankings vs. theirs - look at who we are in on - vs. them.I agree with you but to think we passed Auburn is dumb. We got lucky beating them a couple years ago. Don't let that fool you in thinking we are better than them. Hell they beat Bama more in the last 15 years than us. Are we getting closer to passing them sure I'd agree with that.
I like what he is saying for the most part... But i dont believe we are a few years behind UF as far as roster goes, if we secure this upcoming class the case can be made we are equal in terms of overall talent...i maybe wrong but just my two cents
Hope your doing well DD
I think this "mental thing" has to do with UF having better coaching. The only time we've won 2 in a row in the last 30 years was Zook against Fulmer....Every other time in the past 30 or so years, they've had the better coach..
I call BS on this.
Better players make better coaches. More to the point, the really good QB's make really good coaches. (case in point LSU) Late last year the Bama god started to look more like a fallen angel than the best ever. Clem's wonder looks less than "god in waiting" when his QB is less than great. What I'm saying is "the best players make the best coaches". Then you have Dan Mullen, think he is not near the top of the pile? Look what he accomplished in the Miss. boondocks. Give the man his due, he's good. Let's hope we keep recruiting better than he can......