Brad Lawing is the new Florida DL coach (former Gamecock DL coach)

[socraticsilence]

Originally Posted by theologator

They do some of it every game, but I noticed more in the Louisville and UGA games. I'm not blaming it on that entirely but I see it as symptomatic of a lack of real focus and preparation, along with buckets of dumb penalties, missed tackles, turnovers that sort of thing. Being jacked the way they were for UGA vs. the way they were for LSU or FSU - there is a difference that is noticeable right away.

It may be that I notice it more when things are going wrong.

Easley did play his best game of the year vs. Louisville with a season high 4 tackles, 3.5 for losses. How many other games was he a serious factor?

Four DL including two freshmen had more tackles than Easley. Who had a whopping 2 per game (though he did lead the team in sacks with 4.)

I'd like to see him be the dominant player he can be. He's young. I expect he will.

2 Things in Easley's defense:
1) He's working back from injury
2) He's not at a position on the DL that racks up counting stats.

[sflagator]

Odd that he'd leave that D Line behind at SC - they would have made him look like a coaching genius next year.

Strange circumstances, but happy to have him

[GatorChamp96]

I'm 99% sure the reason Lawing left was due to "personal reasons" It had nothing do with Florida being a better program then SC or whatever.. He loved working with Steve Spurrier and loved South Carolina, but due to some issues he felt that he had to get away and do something else..

This is a guy that all together coached about 15 years at South Carolina.

He will be a good addition to the staff, just like Adams is a good edition to SC staff. Hell he doesn't have to do much with Clowney leading that line.

As far as Spurrier hanging it up soon.. You can forget about that, because he loves the job.. I give him 4 or 5 more years at SC.

Originally Posted by G8tr69

They are replacing him with Deke Adams from NC Tarheels.

This was out on the garnetandblack website.

Rumors began popping up on message boards that the decision may have been made, in part, due to some marital strife in the Lawing household, and - though he didn't get into specifics - defensive coordinator Lorenzo Ward confirmed on Monday that Lawing and his family "felt like they needed a new start" and that the situation had become about "a little bit more than football."

[denny_crane]

Maybe if he needed a change of scenery and told SOS up front, SOS may have recommended him to CWM..

[Swampmaster]

the dancing and strutting by uf players after making routine plays in the sugar bowl game while getting blown out? incomprehensible.

[GATORAZ]

Originally Posted by theologator

They do some of it every game, but I noticed more in the Louisville and UGA games. I'm not blaming it on that entirely but I see it as symptomatic of a lack of real focus and preparation, along with buckets of dumb penalties, missed tackles, turnovers that sort of thing. Being jacked the way they were for UGA vs. the way they were for LSU or FSU - there is a difference that is noticeable right away.

It may be that I notice it more when things are going wrong.

Easley did play his best game of the year vs. Louisville with a season high 4 tackles, 3.5 for losses. How many other games was he a serious factor?

Four DL including two freshmen had more tackles than Easley. Who had a whopping 2 per game (though he did lead the team in sacks with 4.)

I'd like to see him be the dominant player he can be. He's young. I expect he will.

I think people just notice it more when we are losing. They talked a ton of crap in the FSU game.

I dont think sack or tackles really tell the whole story of DL play. That being said Easley was coming off knee surgery and he struggled with it all year. The Louisville game was probably his first healthy full recovered game he played.

[UFFL]

It makes me nervous about Ronald Powell. He could potentially destroy QBs next year, but who knows how healthy he'll be. He'll have had over a year to recover though, which is obviously very good

[Tebowism0823]

Originally Posted by UFFL

It makes me nervous about Ronald Powell. He could potentially destroy QBs next year, but who knows how healthy he'll be. He'll have had over a year to recover though, which is obviously very good

Not to mention how big he's gotten. He could have a man amongst boys type year.

[RepubliGator84]

With Lawing and Young- watch out SEC offenses

[gatorsfan530]

Originally Posted by JerseyGator01

Two NC commits (one DE, one DT) are from the same Jersey HS that Damiere Byrd (SC WR) attended and were actively pursued by Spurrier's staff. Recruiting will get real interesting in the next few weeks. The Evil Genius seems to always have a plan B.

I'm glad our resident Gamecock is here to tell us more.

[Bazza]

Originally Posted by Swampmaster

the dancing and strutting by uf players after making routine plays in the sugar bowl game while getting blown out? incomprehensible.

I would like to see this addressed.

Until we win another national Championship...what is there to celebrate?

[AFCyberGator]

Originally Posted by Bazza

I would like to see this addressed.

Until we win another national Championship...what is there to celebrate?

Even if the Gators win a national championship, I prefer humble celebration.

[Bazza]

Originally Posted by AFCyberGator

Even if the Gators win a national championship, I prefer humble celebration.

+!

"Act like we've been there before." is appropriate - in all things Gator!

[ofmgator]

More money, more exposure, more recognition and a real chance to play in big games.

[thedyc09]

I love watching our players jawing back and forth with opponents, because usually we're lighting them up (rewatch the FSU game - Matt Elam's jaw never stopped flapping). Is it annoying when we're getting curb-stomped and they're still doing it? Yeah, but this is a game and smack talk just adds to the fun.

As for Lawing, all signs point to him being an excellent coach, and while he doesn't do a lot of legwork in recruiting in recent years, I believe they used him as a "closer" on big DL recruits. Huge pickup for Champ.

[GatorLaw]

Originally Posted by adamgator96

If he's taking the same job, it's a lateral move. He didn't leave Vandy for goodness sakes. Not only does he have talent like Clowney, USCe has been to Atlanta more recently than us. I'm raising the point that this usually pisses off the former team, coach, fan base, etc, especially when its a move to a team in the same conference.

We'd be pissed if Young left us for the same position at Alabama, and I guarantee their fans wouldn't consider it a lateral move. They'd be wrong.

Why would we care about SOS or anyone else at USC being pissed about this move? I like pissing off other teams and their coaches, it usually means we've just stuck it to 'em.

[Nicho]

Originally Posted by GatorLaw

Why would we care about SOS or anyone else at USC being pissed about this move? I like pissing off other teams and their coaches, it usually means we've just stuck it to 'em.

Good question. That's not the most intelligent post I've ever seen.

[adamgator96]

Why would we care about SOS or anyone else at USC being pissed about this move? I like pissing off other teams and their coaches, it usually means we've just stuck it to 'em.

Originally Posted by Nicho

Good question. That's not the most intelligent post I've ever seen.

You didn't understand the post. I was merely saying that it would be perceived as a lateral move by Coach Lawing's former employer if he came here for the same job. In the business of coaching, that will burn some bridges and it surprised me.

Since my original post, Coach Lawing has been named the AHC, so there is no "lateral move" issue. I've read that he wouldn't have left for the same job/title, which makes sense to me.

Go Gators!

[GATORAZ]

AHC is still a lateral move

[MelBeachGator]

Originally Posted by JerseyGator01

Two NC commits (one DE, one DT) are from the same Jersey HS that Damiere Byrd (SC WR) attended and were actively pursued by Spurrier's staff. Recruiting will get real interesting in the next few weeks. The Evil Genius seems to always have a plan B.

You can't really call someone who hasn't won an SEC title in more than a decade an evil genius anymore, can ya?