… well, you tell me.
Here lately, the board has been extremely negative and I understand why. I know there are some posters here who have lost all faith. Some are still on the fence as to what’s really going on and how some of these things happen or how they effect our future. I understand but I’d just like to give my 2 cents on everything going on and I hope it puts things into a better perspective and eases some of the negativity we have going on.
#1 – It’s never as bad as it seems. I believe this and it should be taken into account by posters here. We have so much to look forward to this upcoming season and despite what some would call “recent setbacks”, everything is going to work itself out in the end. It makes me want to remind people to not forget where we were under the Muschamp and McElwain dark days. Whether or not you want to relive those days is up to you. I’d personally rather not and will openly admit for the most part, I’m still proud we have CDM as our head coach.
He’s brought UF back to a respectable name in the CFB world after a number of years of embarrassment. He’s turned things around way faster than any of us ever expected, beginning with a very successful first season and followed up by a very exciting second season at the helm. There’s been numerous hiccups along the way during these first 2 years but he’s overcame them by the vast majority of measure. Granted, we all would like to see better effort/results on the recruiting front but in the big picture of things, they really aren’t “bad”. We have a team that’s been fun to watch and successful at that. I think some of our posters demand too much, way too quickly. If you don’t think CDM understands there are some issues revolving recruiting and keeping kids on campus after they sign right now, you’re mistaken. Not all of it his his fault though, even though some posters on here believe it is. This transfer portal has truly changed the game of College Football. I talk with coaches all of the time at different schools and they’ll tell you the same thing. It’s just way to easy for some of you to throw the blame at his feet. While I see why in few cases, it’s not that simple. Things go on behind the scenes that aren’t reported on and then everything becomes speculation.
Jeez. It’s like reading about Mark Richt, except Richt had some conference titles under his belt.
I’m almost at the point that I’m going to have to quit doing these Daily Gator posts, because the “they’re just like we were a few years ago” angle is getting close to becoming a full circle. At some point, they won’t we “like” us. They’ll be us.