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Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: Dooley: Unacceptable outcome
Dooley: Unacceptable outcome
Florida Gators head coach Will Muschamp on the sideline against the Missouri Tigers during the first half at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014 in Gainesville, Fla. (Matt Stamey/Staff photographer)
The Gainesville SunPublished: Saturday, October 18, 2014 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, October 19, 2014 at 12:17 a.m.
Before the season, there were a lot of people who thought Will Muschamp had to beat his alma mater to save his job.
But after what we witnessed Saturday night, I'm not sure the Georgia game will matter.
Let's put it this way — after Missouri's 42-13 thrashing of Florida, the Georgia Southern game from last year doesn't seem so bad.
The smell of this performance is something the Gator fans in attendance won't be able to get out of their clothes for awhile. It was a rotten milk and burnt hair poured into a used diaper and left in the sun for a month.
The facts are simple — Florida has lost 10 of its last 13 games, four out of it's last five SEC home games and has been dreadfully dull in doing so. Losing is never fun, but it's rare that it is this numbingly miserable.
Florida has been shut out in the first half of two of its last three games. On Saturday night, the Gators were dumpster-fire awful in two phases of the game (offense and special teams).
Florida lost to a team that was shut out at home last week, gained 20 yards in the second half Saturday night and had only seven first downs on the night. Florida turned it over six times to a team that came into the game with zero turnovers gained in SEC games.
Muschamp's insistence on sticking with Jeff Driskel has backfired so many times he's covered in gunpowder. Saturday night was the worst yet. I'm not saying Treon Harris is the answer after leading Florida to a pair of scores after the game had been decided.
I just know Driskel is not the answer and his performance over the last four games should eliminate him from consideration at the most important position on the team.
“The offense was just abysmal,” Muschamp said. “We've got to narrow it down to things we do well and it's not much. So figure it out.”
Wait. Weren't we told this offense had the most talent Muschamp has had at Florida before the season? And that Kurt Roper was going to be the answer for an offense that had been anemic for three years?
Here's what Florida is now that it wasn't under Brent Pease and Charlie Weis — a turnover machine.
Muschamp talked after the game about the turnovers, about how the blame falls on his shoulders and then proceeded to blame his players for their mistakes.
And there is no question that there has been a lot of underachieving by the players on this football team. But players are a reflection of their coaches.
Muschamp can blame Austin Hardin for not booting the opening kickoff in the right area of the field, but I recall seeing 10 players in blue jerseys running down the field and not laying a hand on Marcus Murphy.
He can blame the offensive line and his starting tailback but the starting quarterback was involved in four of the six UF turnovers.
Last week's loss could be attributed to bad luck. This was bad football.
I don't know if he can survive what has transpired over the last month starting with the debacle in Alabama. There isn't a person outside the football building who believes this can be turned around. And that means there will be three bad seasons in four tries for Muschamp.
That's unacceptable at Florida. Heck, it's unacceptable at South Florida.
Muschamp said he's not going to worry about things he can't control, such as his job security and apparently his quarterback's penchant for giving the ball to the other team. The chants of “Fire Muschamp!” were loud, the boos were plentiful and the stands emptied early.
The fan base has has enough. The ones who were ready to dump Muschamp after last season are screaming “I-told-you-so” with the decibel level rivaling that of sticking your head in a jet engine. Which would be less painful.
The ones who have stuck behind him are easing their way out of the back door of the room now that Muschamp is only one game over .500 in SEC games.
It's going to be an ugly bye week in the Gator Nation.
Contact Pat Dooley at 352-374-5053 or at dooleyp@gvillesun.com. And follow at Twitter.com/Pat_Dooley.
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