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Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Re: [gatortalk] Fwd: [gatornews] [SUN]: Dominators: 20 UF athletes who ruled their sport

Are you cutting onions again? ;-)

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On Mar 28, 2018, at 10:20 AM, Oliver Barry <barryo@realtracs.com> wrote:

My eyes got a little watery as I was reading this. Anybody who speaks badly of Jeremy Foley should have their mouth washed out with soap!

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From: Shane Ford <goufgators01@gmail.com>
Date: March 28, 2018 at 8:04:17 AM CDT
To: GatorNews <gatornews@googlegroups.com>
Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: Dominators: 20 UF athletes who ruled their sport
Reply-To: gatornews+owners@googlegroups.com

Dominators: 20 UF athletes who ruled their sport
By
Pat Dooley
(Gainesville Sun) -
March 28, 2018
1
27
Florida quarterback Tim Tebow not only was the face of Gator football, he was the face of college football. [File]
Earlier this month, ESPN put out a list and that's all you need to know to predict that there was some controversy. That's what lists are there for, to make you disagree and inspire social engagement.
This list was to celebrate 20 years of ESPN the Magazine (who knew?) and it was of the 20 most dominant athletes of the last 20 years. It wasn't a very well thought out list in that it had Peyton Manning at No. 3 and Tom Brady at 20 and excluded Michael Phelps, had Serena Williams way too low and included two athletes I have never heard of.
But it accomplished its goal in that it offered up chum for talk radio.
It also got me thinking about what that list would look like if we were talking about UF athletes, especially because the last 20 years have been the most dominant we have experienced at Florida.
During the last two decades — since late March of 1998 — Florida has won 26 of its 40 national titles and 108 conference championships in different sports.
So narrowing it down to the most dominant players isn't easy and the criteria depends on how you view dominance.
But because I am a sucker for a list, I came up with mine anyway:
1. TIM TEBOW
It wasn't just what he did on the field, although two national titles and a Heisman Trophy would be enough. Tebow wasn't just the face of Florida football during his time in Gainesville, he was the face of college football.
2. THE OH-FOURS
Sorry, can't separate them. Al Horford, Joakim Noah, Corey Brewer and Taurean Green (aw, let's throw Lee Humphrey in as an honorary member) owned college basketball for two seasons and could probably have won it again if they came back. Only one school had consecutive national titles in the last quarter of a century and that was these Florida Gators.
3. CAELEB DRESSEL
Talk about a guy who just keeps getting better. No swimmer has gone under 18 seconds in the 50 meters and he did it twice on Thursday. Dressel is a true superstar in a sport that a lot of people only pay attention to every four years.
4. ABBY WAMBACH
As a freshman, she led Florida to a national soccer title along with teammate Danielle Fotopoulos. She went on to be named SEC player of the year twice and Florida would win the SEC in all four of her seasons.
5. BRIDGET SLOAN
When she arrived in Gainesville, Florida had no NCAA gymnastics titles. When she left here, Florida had three. It was no coincidence. Sloan was dominant on the beam and in the locker room with her infectious personality.
6. MATT LAPORTA
Scientists recently discovered an object on Mars that looked like a ball. The best bet was that it was hit there by LaPorta. His UF career home run record of 74 may never be touched and places him ninth in the country all time.
7. LAUREN HAEGER
Anyone who draws comparison to Babe Ruth is going to be on this list. Haeger helped Florida to a pair of national titles with both her bat and her arm and dominated her sport as a senior.
8. PERCY HARVIN
He was an absolute freak and a huge reason why Florida won two national titles in three seasons. Don't think he was dominant? Try tackling him. Best combination of power and speed ever at UF.
9. LAUREN EMBREE
Embree not only clinched a pair of tennis national championships with the winning point, she went 38-0 in singles in SEC play. She was the three-time SEC player of the year including the first ever as a freshman.
10. ALEX MCMURTRY
Her career isn't over yet, but it has been spectacular including winning an individual national gymnastics title last year despite her ongoing back issues.
11. STACY NELSON
You want dominant? How about 88 wins in the softball circle during her last two years and a career ERA under one?
12. ALEX FAEDO
One of the best competitors to ever lace them up for Gator baseball, Florida rode his incredible postseason on the mound to its first national title.
13. MARQUIS DENDY
Whether it was the long jump or the triple jump, Dendy was usually collecting some hardware. He won seven NCAA titles and won the last 10 college events he competed in.
14. BILLY HORSCHEL
You can't do much better than being a four-time golf All-American. Especially for a guy who signed for the minimum scholarship.
15. MIKE ZUNINO
The stats are impressive, but can be ignored because Zunino was the man in charge of a team that went to the College World Series three straight times.
16. SHANNON GILROY
Lacrosse may be the newest sport at UF, but Gilroy wasted little time establishing herself as one of the best athletes ever at UF as a three-time All-American.
17. ALEX BROWN
The King of Sacks, Brown was certainly dominant if you were trying to block him. His 33 sacks are still the most ever in Florida history and his 13 are the single-season record.
18. JEFF DEMPS
This may be one you wouldn't have thought of, but he is the only man to ever win the 60 meters three times at nationals. And he ran the anchor in the 4×400 that clinched a national title. And he was a pretty good football player too.
19. RYAN LOCHTE
Lochte is best known for his antics, but his talent as a swimmer at Florida was undeniable. He won seven national championships as a Gator.
20. AURY CRUZ, RHAMAT ALHASSAN (tie)
It's my list so I can have ties. The two powerful volleyball players had something in common — they led Florida to the national finals.
Contact Pat Dooley at 352-374-5053 or at pat.dooley@gvillesun.com. And follow at Twitter.com/Pat_Dooley.

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[gatortalk] Fwd: [gatornews] [SUN]: Dominators: 20 UF athletes who ruled their sport

My eyes got a little watery as I was reading this. Anybody who speaks badly of Jeremy Foley should have their mouth washed out with soap!

Oliver Barry CRS, GRI

Real Estate Broker

PARKS Real Estate Services

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From: Shane Ford <goufgators01@gmail.com>
Date: March 28, 2018 at 8:04:17 AM CDT
To: GatorNews <gatornews@googlegroups.com>
Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: Dominators: 20 UF athletes who ruled their sport
Reply-To: gatornews+owners@googlegroups.com

Dominators: 20 UF athletes who ruled their sport
By
Pat Dooley
(Gainesville Sun) -
March 28, 2018
1
27
Florida quarterback Tim Tebow not only was the face of Gator football, he was the face of college football. [File]
Earlier this month, ESPN put out a list and that's all you need to know to predict that there was some controversy. That's what lists are there for, to make you disagree and inspire social engagement.
This list was to celebrate 20 years of ESPN the Magazine (who knew?) and it was of the 20 most dominant athletes of the last 20 years. It wasn't a very well thought out list in that it had Peyton Manning at No. 3 and Tom Brady at 20 and excluded Michael Phelps, had Serena Williams way too low and included two athletes I have never heard of.
But it accomplished its goal in that it offered up chum for talk radio.
It also got me thinking about what that list would look like if we were talking about UF athletes, especially because the last 20 years have been the most dominant we have experienced at Florida.
During the last two decades — since late March of 1998 — Florida has won 26 of its 40 national titles and 108 conference championships in different sports.
So narrowing it down to the most dominant players isn't easy and the criteria depends on how you view dominance.
But because I am a sucker for a list, I came up with mine anyway:
1. TIM TEBOW
It wasn't just what he did on the field, although two national titles and a Heisman Trophy would be enough. Tebow wasn't just the face of Florida football during his time in Gainesville, he was the face of college football.
2. THE OH-FOURS
Sorry, can't separate them. Al Horford, Joakim Noah, Corey Brewer and Taurean Green (aw, let's throw Lee Humphrey in as an honorary member) owned college basketball for two seasons and could probably have won it again if they came back. Only one school had consecutive national titles in the last quarter of a century and that was these Florida Gators.
3. CAELEB DRESSEL
Talk about a guy who just keeps getting better. No swimmer has gone under 18 seconds in the 50 meters and he did it twice on Thursday. Dressel is a true superstar in a sport that a lot of people only pay attention to every four years.
4. ABBY WAMBACH
As a freshman, she led Florida to a national soccer title along with teammate Danielle Fotopoulos. She went on to be named SEC player of the year twice and Florida would win the SEC in all four of her seasons.
5. BRIDGET SLOAN
When she arrived in Gainesville, Florida had no NCAA gymnastics titles. When she left here, Florida had three. It was no coincidence. Sloan was dominant on the beam and in the locker room with her infectious personality.
6. MATT LAPORTA
Scientists recently discovered an object on Mars that looked like a ball. The best bet was that it was hit there by LaPorta. His UF career home run record of 74 may never be touched and places him ninth in the country all time.
7. LAUREN HAEGER
Anyone who draws comparison to Babe Ruth is going to be on this list. Haeger helped Florida to a pair of national titles with both her bat and her arm and dominated her sport as a senior.
8. PERCY HARVIN
He was an absolute freak and a huge reason why Florida won two national titles in three seasons. Don't think he was dominant? Try tackling him. Best combination of power and speed ever at UF.
9. LAUREN EMBREE
Embree not only clinched a pair of tennis national championships with the winning point, she went 38-0 in singles in SEC play. She was the three-time SEC player of the year including the first ever as a freshman.
10. ALEX MCMURTRY
Her career isn't over yet, but it has been spectacular including winning an individual national gymnastics title last year despite her ongoing back issues.
11. STACY NELSON
You want dominant? How about 88 wins in the softball circle during her last two years and a career ERA under one?
12. ALEX FAEDO
One of the best competitors to ever lace them up for Gator baseball, Florida rode his incredible postseason on the mound to its first national title.
13. MARQUIS DENDY
Whether it was the long jump or the triple jump, Dendy was usually collecting some hardware. He won seven NCAA titles and won the last 10 college events he competed in.
14. BILLY HORSCHEL
You can't do much better than being a four-time golf All-American. Especially for a guy who signed for the minimum scholarship.
15. MIKE ZUNINO
The stats are impressive, but can be ignored because Zunino was the man in charge of a team that went to the College World Series three straight times.
16. SHANNON GILROY
Lacrosse may be the newest sport at UF, but Gilroy wasted little time establishing herself as one of the best athletes ever at UF as a three-time All-American.
17. ALEX BROWN
The King of Sacks, Brown was certainly dominant if you were trying to block him. His 33 sacks are still the most ever in Florida history and his 13 are the single-season record.
18. JEFF DEMPS
This may be one you wouldn't have thought of, but he is the only man to ever win the 60 meters three times at nationals. And he ran the anchor in the 4×400 that clinched a national title. And he was a pretty good football player too.
19. RYAN LOCHTE
Lochte is best known for his antics, but his talent as a swimmer at Florida was undeniable. He won seven national championships as a Gator.
20. AURY CRUZ, RHAMAT ALHASSAN (tie)
It's my list so I can have ties. The two powerful volleyball players had something in common — they led Florida to the national finals.
Contact Pat Dooley at 352-374-5053 or at pat.dooley@gvillesun.com. And follow at Twitter.com/Pat_Dooley.

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Tuesday, March 27, 2018

[gatortalk] Baseball

Gators 1-children of the Devil 0 Final

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Sunday, March 25, 2018

Re: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [SUN]: Waiting is hardest part for UF’s transfer receivers

Yeah, Jefferson said something in his quote that made me think they are waiting to see what happens with Patterson. Maybe the point is that, if Patterson is successful, they will make the same argument, but if he isn't, then they will take a different approach.

Rob

On Mar 25, 2018, at 9:55 AM, Shane Ford <goufgators01@gmail.com> wrote:

I know! I was shocked by that too. Someone said on a podcast that hardship transfers rules have changed recently, and it's much more difficult to get a hardship transfer without having to sit a year. Whichever podcast I heard it on, also said that UF is waiting to see what happens with Shea Patterson & Michigan before filing for Jefferson. I don't understand that strategy...? I'm not sure that information is 100% correct, and I wished that I could remember which podcast I heard it on.

Go Gators!

SHANE

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On Mar 25, 2018, at 9:29 AM, Charles Simpson <imagator@outlook.com> wrote:

Quote from the article. To find out Jefferson and possibly Grimes have not turned in paperwork is kind of shocking. I was under the impression the paperwork had been filed a long time ago.

Charlie

Jefferson has yet to petition the NCAA.

"I have not turned it in yet," he said Thursday. "I need to. We're going to talk to compliance and everything like that and get those things done and go from there."

It is uncertain whether Grimes has turned in paperwork to the NCAA, either. But according to UF, both players are currently going through the process.

On March 24, 2018, 8:54 PM, Shane Ford wrote:

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Re: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [SUN]: Waiting is hardest part for UF’s transfer receivers

I was puzzled by that, too. Surely the compliance staff is on top of this. There is a deadline and it hasn't been reached yet. I guess...

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On Mar 25, 2018, at 8:29 AM, Charles Simpson <imagator@outlook.com> wrote:

Quote from the article. To find out Jefferson and possibly Grimes have not turned in paperwork is kind of shocking. I was under the impression the paperwork had been filed a long time ago.

Charlie

Jefferson has yet to petition the NCAA.

"I have not turned it in yet," he said Thursday. "I need to. We're going to talk to compliance and everything like that and get those things done and go from there."

It is uncertain whether Grimes has turned in paperwork to the NCAA, either. But according to UF, both players are currently going through the process.

On March 24, 2018, 8:54 PM, Shane Ford wrote:

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Re: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [SUN]: Waiting is hardest part for UF’s transfer receivers

I know! I was shocked by that too. Someone said on a podcast that hardship transfers rules have changed recently, and it's much more difficult to get a hardship transfer without having to sit a year. Whichever podcast I heard it on, also said that UF is waiting to see what happens with Shea Patterson & Michigan before filing for Jefferson. I don't understand that strategy...? I'm not sure that information is 100% correct, and I wished that I could remember which podcast I heard it on.

Go Gators!

SHANE

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Go Gators! & Skål Vikes!

On Mar 25, 2018, at 9:29 AM, Charles Simpson <imagator@outlook.com> wrote:

Quote from the article. To find out Jefferson and possibly Grimes have not turned in paperwork is kind of shocking. I was under the impression the paperwork had been filed a long time ago.

Charlie

Jefferson has yet to petition the NCAA.

"I have not turned it in yet," he said Thursday. "I need to. We're going to talk to compliance and everything like that and get those things done and go from there."

It is uncertain whether Grimes has turned in paperwork to the NCAA, either. But according to UF, both players are currently going through the process.

On March 24, 2018, 8:54 PM, Shane Ford wrote:

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[gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [SUN]: Waiting is hardest part for UF’s transfer receivers

Quote from the article. To find out Jefferson and possibly Grimes have not turned in paperwork is kind of shocking. I was under the impression the paperwork had been filed a long time ago.

Charlie

Jefferson has yet to petition the NCAA.

"I have not turned it in yet," he said Thursday. "I need to. We're going to talk to compliance and everything like that and get those things done and go from there."

It is uncertain whether Grimes has turned in paperwork to the NCAA, either. But according to UF, both players are currently going through the process.

On March 24, 2018, 8:54 PM, Shane Ford wrote:

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Saturday, March 24, 2018

[gatortalk] Fwd: [gatornews] [SUN]: UF roundup: Another record for Dressel

Oh, by the way, Dressel just beat his own world record in the 100 yard free style, with a 39.9. Yes, that's a super human under 40 seconds for the first time ever.

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Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: UF roundup: Another record for Dressel
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UF roundup: Another record for Dressel
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March 23, 2018
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Florida's Caeleb Dressel celebrates after winning the 100 butterfly Friday, March 23, 2018, at the NCAA men's swimming and diving championships in Minneapolis. (Anthony Souffle/Star Tribune via AP)
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Another day, another record swim for Florida senior Caeleb Dressel at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships.
On Friday, Dressel set an American record with a 42.80 in the 100 Butterfly. It is his third national title of this meet. Teammate Jan Switkowski placed second with a career-best 44.49.
"Two roommates and seniors who are really on top of it. Jan swam a perfect race, he was really great coming home," UF coach Gregg Troy said. "It was a different event for him, he has never swam the 100 fly at this level. Caeleb is just really good. I actually thought we might be a tad faster, but he handled things really well."
In other noteworthy UF finishes Friday, the 200 Medley Relay team of Michael Taylor, Chandler Bray, Mark Szaranek and Dressel finish third in a school record of 1:22.33.
Khader Baqlah finished fifth in the 200 free with a time of 1:31.98 to earn All-America honors. Szaranek won the 400 IM consolation final with a time of 3:37.64 to earn Honorable Mention All-America accolades.
Florida has one final opportunity Saturday, as the meet comes to a close. The team sits in fifth place with 246 points, only six points away from fourth-place NC State. Indiana (325 points) leads the meet and Texas (306) is second.
"It was a good day overall and we are in a good position," Troy said. "We need to come in tomorrow strong. We have our work cut out for us."
Softball: Florida continues action at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium this weekend with a three-game series against No. 8 Texas A&M starting at 5 p.m. today.
The Gators (24-3, 4-2 SEC) are coming off a midweek win over USF where Kelly Barnhill (12-1) hurled another no-hitter. Nicole DeWitt ended the game and secured the 9-0 win with a three-run home run, her sixth homer of the season.
Florida and Texas A&M have only met 17 times prior to this upcoming series with the Gators leading 13-4. The last time the two teams met was during the 2017 Women's College World Series where the Gators downed the Aggies 8-0 in five innings to start their deep run.
This weekend's series will be broadcast on 92.1-FM/1230-AM and 100.1-FM/900-AM. The games slated for Saturday and Sunday (7 p.m.) will be broadcast on ESPN2 with the series finale airing at 7 p.m. Monday on the SEC Network.
Men's tennis: At Ring Tennis Complex, the Gators (11-6, 6-1 SEC) earned their third consecutive win when they defeated Mississippi 6-1.
Early in doubles, Ole Miss (9-8, 1-6 SEC) got the better of Florida with leads on two of the three courts. The Gators never panicked and slowly chipped away on courts two and three, while on court one the No. 1 doubles team in the country rolled to a 6-1 win and give the advantage to the Gators. After falling on court two all eyes turned to court three and Chase Perez-Blanco and Oliver Crawford. The pair, ranked eighth in the country, never wavered after the match was tied midway through the match and walked away with a 6-2 win and the double point for Florida.
Florida then picked up singles wins by Crawford at No. 3, Perez-Blanco at court five, McClain Kessler at court six.
Track and Field: At Florida State Relays in Tallahassee, UF had wins by Elisabeth Bergh (women's 800m, 2:09.35), men's 4×100 relay (Timpson Jr.-Sawyers, Grant Holloway, Ryan Clark, 39.45), men's 4×400 relay (Sawyers-Poole-Johnson-Lobo Vedel, 3:05.22), women's 4×400 relay (Stephens-Manson-Ward-Ghee, 3:34.34), men's high jump (Jhonny Victor, 2.15 meters, 7-0.5), men's long jump (Holloway, 8.00 meters, 26-3), women's long jump (Darrielle McQueen, 6.43 meters, 21-1.25), men's triple jump (Clayton Brown, 16.40 meters, 53-9.75), men's shot put (Connor Bandel, 18.76 meters, 61-6.75), women's shot put (Lloydricia Cameron, 16.52 meters, 54-2.5), men's discus throw (Bandel, 55.03 meters) and men's hammer throw (Anders Eriksson, 71.75 meters, 235-4).

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Friday, March 23, 2018

[gatortalk] Caeleb Dressel

Just set a world record in the 100 fly. 42.8 first human below 43 seconds.

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[gatortalk] New commitment

Ethan White, a four star TE from Clearwater is in. 2019 commit.

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Thursday, March 22, 2018

[gatortalk] 17.81 & 17.63

Caeleb Dressel's times in the 50. No one has ever done it under 18 seconds. Dressel did it twice!

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Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Re: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] Florida Gators basketball: What to think of Mike White in wake of Gators loss to Texas Tech

While some may attribute this strictly to the absence of Egbunu and I concur that was a big absence It seemed to me the problem was deeper than that. White's inability to "get through" to his team was troubling as he was obviously exasperated when many times they just didn't follow his instructions.

Every now and then, a team has one or two key players who are more concerned about their stats or pro potential than they are about listening to the coach and playing within the system.

No matter who the coach, there's not much that can be done.

I think that that was happening this year.

Re: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] Florida Gators basketball: What to think of Mike White in wake of Gators loss to Texas Tech

I absolutely agree. I do think it is difficult to evaluate this year's team because of the lack of big men. We have really been playing some forwards as center with our real centers only contributing a few minutes a game.

Jerry

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Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] Florida Gators basketball: What to think of Mike White in wake of Gators loss to Texas Tech

This is certainly a level headed article with many good points. I certainly am not calling for Mike White's head after this season. In my opinion that would be foolish but it would also again in my opinion be foolish not to have concerns about White. This years Gator team was maddeningly inconsistent with the ability to beat anyone and lose to anyone. While some may attribute this strictly to the absence of Egbunu and I concur that was a big absence It seemed to me the problem was deeper than that. White's inability to "get through" to his team was troubling as he was obviously exasperated when many times they just didn't follow his instructions.

I certainly support coach White going forward and hope he is the long term answer but to me there are some caution flags being waved.

Charlie

On March 20, 2018, 9:07 AM, Shane Ford wrote:

https://www.readandreaction.com/2018/03/18/florida-gators-basketball-think-mike-white-wake-gators-loss-texas-tech/

Florida Gators basketball: What to think of Mike White in wake of Gators loss to Texas Tech

Posted on March 18, 20184

By: Will Miles

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https://www.readandreaction.com

Minutes after the Gators basketball team lost to Texas Tech in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, Twitter was awash with calls for head coach Mike White's firing, so much so that Scott Stricklin felt he needed to issue a vote of confidence immediately after the game.

This isn't anything new for anybody using that particular app this season. The Gators have been maddeningly inconsistent, especially considering the way they looked early in the season.

The win against Gonzaga and the late loss against Duke early in the year made it seem like this Gators team was ready to compete for a championship. The thought was that any inconsistencies would resolve themselves with center John Egbunu returning from a knee injury.

But Egbunu was never able to come back from that injury and the inconsistencies persisted. Even worse, Egbunu's absence was perceived by some as an excuse similar to those used by Jim McElwain's defenders who wanted to give him another year of offensive futility.

I understand that sentiment.

But by the end of his third year, there were clear statistical reasons to part way with McElwain. Add to that the way he alienated many within the athletic department and then the ridiculous death threat fiasco and most reasonable people had to admit the time had come for him to leave.

But what does the statistical record say about Mike White?

The Billy Donovan Standard

Billy Donovan was a great coach, and certainly the first thing that comes to mind is that the standard he set is championships.

He won the SEC regular season six times. He won the SEC tournament four times. And of course, he won the national championship twice.

But Donovan was not Mike Krzyzewski. Coach K has a .787 winning percentage at Duke along with his five championships. Donovan was not John Calipari either, at least not Calipari at Kentucky. Calipari has compiled a .811 winning percentage with the Wildcats. He wasn't even his mentor Rick Pitino, who compiled a .767 winning percentage at Kentucky and Louisville.

Instead, the coach I would use as a comparison to Donovan is Syracuse's Jim Boeheim. Boeheim is 925-367 at Syracuse, for a .716 winning percentage. Donovan was 467-186 (.715) in his time at Florida. Boeheim only has one championship, but could easily have another instead of two runner-up finishes.

For a 35 game season, that .715 winning percentage equates to 25 wins. That also means that his teams lost 10 games on average. 25-10 is a very, very good record. But it isn't a record that portends constant national championship contention.

Again, I think Boeheim is a good comparison. Syracuse makes the tournament nearly every year. But they are only a true contender for a championship every once in a while. The supposition that Florida built a program like Duke, Kentucky or UCLA under Donovan is misguided.

The Mike White Standard

In White's time at Florida, he has a winning percentage of .657. In that same 35 game season, he would average 23 wins, a tick off of Donovan.

The same gap in performance is seen if we look at point differential, something I think is a better measure than won/loss record (especially in smaller sample sizes). White's teams have averaged 77.1 points for and 68.2 points against, for a differential of 8.9 points. Donovan's teams averaged 75.8 points for and 65.5 points against, for a differential of 10.3 points.

Of course, if we look at Donovan's first three years at Florida, his point differential was 4.6.

As many people will point out, that isn't completely fair to Donovan, as the program he inherited was worse than the one White inherited from Donovan. It is true that the Gators were coming off of a 12-16 season, but they were also only two years removed from an appearance in the Final Four.

I will stipulate that there was more work to do for Donovan than there was for White, but let's not pretend that Florida was the equivalent of Northwestern prior to Donovan's arrival.

And if you look at point differential, there's actually a fairly promising story to tell for White.

The chart above shows the Gators point differential since the 1996-1997 season. The red circles indicate Final Four appearances. There appears to be a threshold for teams to reach that point, and White's teams have not yet achieved that threshold.

But the good news is that he is getting close. After achieving a point differential of 5.5 in year one, the Gators increased that to 11.4 in his second season. That metric took a step back this year to 9.9, and so it shouldn't be a surprise that this team wasn't quite as good as the one from the 2016-2017 season.

And that leads us to a discussion of talent.

Recruiting

One of the reasons that Donovan is more Jim Boeheim than Coach K is based on recruiting.

In Donovan's last six seasons at Florida, he had a national recruiting ranking average of 24.3. His best ranking was 5th and his worst was 58th. In the same timeframe, Duke had an average ranking of 11.3. More than that, Duke brought in 1.8 5-star recruits per year in that span, compared to 0.8 for Florida.

Mike White started out rough in his transition year, with a national recruiting ranking of 69th. He has followed that up with rankings of 20th in 2017 and now 17th in 2018. That 2018 class includes 5-star point guard Andrew Nembhard (26th nationally) and 4-stars Noah Locke (69th nationally) and Keyontae Johnson (80th nationally).

And that is important when looking at the differences between the 2016-2017 seasons and the 2017-2018 seasons. That 69th ranked class consisted of three 3-star recruits: Eric Hester (140th nationally), Dontay Bassett (290th nationally) and Gorjok Gak (248th nationally). None of those players played major minutes this season.

But the team lost 5-star talents Kasey Hill (8th nationally) and Devin Robinson (18th nationally) from the team that made the Elite-8. That meant White had to lean on transfers Jalen Hudson (197th nationally) and Egor Koulechov (340th nationally) as starters. Those players played quite well, but they also have limitations.

White had to lean on Hudson and Koulechov because he's still making up for that transition year lapse in recruiting. But White has also is recruited at a level on-par with Donovan the past two cycles.

The national rankings of Donovan's last six classes were 5th, 58th, 18th, 34th, 14th and 17th. White's three classes at Florida have ranked 69th, 20th, and 17th.

The loss of Chiozza (44th nationally) will be a hit. But Nembhard, Locke and Johnson will immediately be three of the most talented Gators. If Egbunu decides to come back after testing the NBA Draft waters, this team could be a contender as soon as next season.

Takeaway

My freshman year, I watched in my dorm room as Florida lost to Mateen Cleaves for the championship and assumed that it was the beginning of a dominant era of basketball at Florida. Instead, Donovan's teams followed that season up with losses in either the first or second round of the tournament.

Then in the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 seasons, Donovan caught lightning in a bottle with Joachim Noah, Al Horford and Corey Brewer (who were ranked 73^rd, 42^nd and 23^rd nationally, by the way). That's true both from the perspective that they turned into the players they became, but also because they decided to stay an extra year in an era when nobody stays.

Mike White is going to be held to the championship standard that Billy Donovan set, and I think that's fair. But let's also be fair to White. He inherited a program coming off of a 16-17 season that had a point differential of 3.6 points. It wasn't a very good team, and turning that around will take some time.

White has proven that he can coach, shown by his impact on the point differential metric referenced above. In the past two seasons, White's teams have been better or close to the average under Donovan (10.2 points). He's also showing he can recruit at Donovan's level. This isn't a McElwain situation.

With McElwain, his recruiting lagged well behind his three predecessors in every way in each of his first three years. Heck, Dan Mullen just put together a class that rivals any of the ones put together by McElwain in his time at Florida.

But ever since his transition year, White has proven that he will bring in similar quality players to Donovan. That bodes well for being able to accomplish similar things to what Donovan accomplished. That doesn't mean he'll win multiple national championships. But it does mean he should be able to compete for SEC Championships.

I love Florida fans. They are passionate and really care about their teams. Part of that passion means that when things don't go well, questions are asked about what needs to be changed, sometimes forcefully. When it came to the football team this past season, they were correct to want to move on from McElwain, many of them sooner than I was.

But I don't think that makes sense with White. His teams are performing the way you would expect based on the quality of player he has, and he has reinforcements coming soon. Give him two more years to develop them and bring in more talent, and if we're having this same discussion at that point I'll have to eat some crow.

But I think it may end up the other way around. These metrics suggest the program is moving in the right direction.

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