I don't agree with the talent evaluation comments. I think Meyer was and is very good at talent evaluation. I do agree with the discipline issues and obviously we didn't coach the talent very well in those last two seasons of Urban. He didn't have the staff and didn't have the personal commitment to the program. Obviously we've had issues at receiver. There are some busts but, across the board we've got and had a lot of talent. Best coaching staff is yet to be seen. When I see that we can make some good in-game adjustments to find a win, I may jump on that Bandwagon as I do like the Muschamp staff. But, hard to beat Urban, Mullen, Strong, and Mattison and/or McCarney. Those two coaching staffs (with Mattison in 06 and McCarney in 08) were pretty good. A bunch of head coaches there and one really good defensive coordinator who made Michigan defense look like night and day last year compared to their Rich Rod experiment.
On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Randy Lyons <rlyons.jax@comcast.net> wrote:
--Me, too.
Randy
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I have to say I believe Shane.
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Subject: [gatornews] Gator Legend Shane Matthews Blasts Urban Meyer's Coaching, Recruiting | College Football News, Opinion and Analysis | Chuck Oliver.Net
Reply-To: gatornews+owners@googlegroups.comGator Legend Shane Matthews Blasts Urban Meyer's Coaching, Recruiting
Legendary Florida quarterback Shane Matthews recently joined Dan Hicken as a guest on 1010XL radio in Jacksonville. Matthews is coaching at Nease High School in the the Jacksonville area. As their conversation turned to the Gators' upcoming season, Matthews pulled no punches in placing a majority of the blame for the team's struggles last year - and expected struggles this season - at the feet of Urban Meyer.
Matthews has had well-publicized run-ins with the former Florida coach over the years, most notably when Meyer publicly chastised Matthews, who at the time was a talk show host in Gainesville, for making comments critical of the Gators.
With Meyer now in Columbus, OH it's unlikely he'll respond to these comments:
"(Muschamp) was dealt a bad deck of cards, I don't think people realize how bad that situation is and was," Matthews told Hicken.
This comment strikes a familiar chord about the end of Meyer's tenure in Gainesville. The Sporting News published a dramatic account of how a lack of discipline and character corroded the team concept at Florida in Meyer's final seasons contributing to the program's quick fall from college football's pinnacle. Meyer's lack of discipline at Florida drew my own ire. My "pathetic excuse for a man" column remains as fiery as I've ever been.
Matthews believes poor talent evaluation and development are at the heart of the Gators' problems. "We ain't put anybody in the league the last couple years so that shows you how we were recruiting...they missed big time...we had a track team... track teams don't play on Sunday...you can be able to run like a track team, but you better be able to play football."
Urban Meyer often said he wanted the fastest team in college football, Matthews obviously thinks he took that emphasis too far.
Matthews, who is a major supporter of new coach Will Muschamp, added, ""They're (Florida's new staff) recruiting football players now." Matthews' praise of Muschamp and his staff continued, "This coaching staff at Florida is the best we've had at that school - hands down. It's gonna take time because we just don't have the athletes that the other big boys in the conference do."
As Florida's slide from college football's mountaintop began almost two years ago, my colleagues Chuck Oliver and Ingram Smith were among the first to highlight the "brain drain" on Urban Meyer's staff. Losing top assistants Dan Mullen and Charlie Strong left the Gators short on experienced coordinators, discipline and leadership.
As Matthews' continued to discuss the Gators' troubles, he made no attempt to sugar-coat his dissatisfaction with the previous regime. "I think we'll be much better in the next few years with Brent Pease calling plays. He's creative. Nothing against Charlie Weis. Our QBs the last few years have not been coached. There's no other way to put it they have not been coached." Matthews continued, "When Brantley stepped in he had nobody (playmakers) around him. There's not a whole lot of guys who you can say "'I can rely on this guy to run a good route and get open.'"
Gator fans hoping for a brighter tomorrow with Muschamp should take heart from this final quote from Matthews which I'll leave you with. When discussing Muschamp he said, "I love him. I played for Nick Saban...(Muschamp) is a combination of a little bit of Spurrier and a lot of Nick Saban."
Not a bad combo.
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