Gator Country

gulfgator · 03-11-2013, 12:37 PM

of the season on this board, I predict the Gators will start playing their best ball.
It usually happens like clockwork.

grant1 · 03-11-2013, 12:58 PM

Nice first post. Oh wait.

GatorPlanet · 03-11-2013, 12:59 PM

There's some truth to that. We usually don't look as good toward the end of the regular season because our schedule has been back-loaded for quite a number of years. So we stumble through some late losses, and then seem to regroup for the NCAA tourney.

Hope that turns out to be the case again. The good news is, we're getting a little healthier every day. Yeguete looked a little better against UK, but still not his old self. He let a couple of rebounds get away that would have been gimmes for him before his injury. His offensive timing was still a bit off too. If he gets to full speed and Frasier takes better care of the ball, we'll be a tough out.

themistocles · 03-11-2013, 02:28 PM

Hah - good one Gulf.

I like the concept of the Snivel Quotient. I assume you compute that by dividing the total number of complaining posts (e.g. "Those Gators couldn't beat a girl's school in a close road game!") by the total number of posts period. My guess would be, following Saturday's difficult to stomach loss, that the Snivel Quotient is roughly 65-80%.

And Planet has summarized the likely reasons for the change that typically occurs when tournament time rolls around, the incredibly back-loaded Gator schedule. Every year, it seems like 8 of the toughest teams in the league face the Gators in the last 10 games, with too many of those being on the road.

And it does tend to take a few games for players to get back into the swing following a long injury recovery (or even a short one sometimes).

GatorPlanet · 03-11-2013, 08:22 PM

Having a back-loaded schedule is perhaps not a bad thing. Would you rather enter the tournament after clobbering Aubrin, Mississippi State, LSU, Aubrin again, and MSU again, or struggling in road games at UK, UT, Mizzou, etc.? Which group is going to get you tournament-ready?

bullish · 03-12-2013, 07:24 AM

Gulf, very funny. I guess since we will play like clockwork, you have big money on the Gators with your bookie/Vegas.

If Jimmy the Greek was still around, he would be taking all the pro gator action he could get!

All of us Gators want the title or to just play well. Saturday, the collapse on the road, the trend this team has when playing a team with a pulse, if it continues through the end of the season will define this team and taint the coach somewhat. I am hoping you are right!

grant1 · 03-12-2013, 08:54 AM

There are a lot of "hope" and "if" in these posts. I hope as much as anyone that if we start playing better, ... But as we all know what happens if frogs had wings.

I just find it difficult that this team will turn on a switch and suddenly start playing their best ball after playing their worst ball for the last month. But I hpoe we do. And as in the stock market, past performance has not bearing on future performance.

orangeblueorangeblue · 03-12-2013, 09:24 AM

They could. And then you'll bump this thread.

Or they'll play as they have of late, and we'll never see this thread again.

I suppose these types of threads are "win-win" in that regard.

Brewski · 03-12-2013, 09:27 AM

We are 5-3 in the last month. So is Miami. Indiana is 5-2. Michigan is 5-3.

Really, the sky isn't falling.

gulfgator · 03-12-2013, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by bullish

Gulf, very funny. I guess since we will play like clockwork, you have big money on the Gators with your bookie/Vegas.

If Jimmy the Greek was still around, he would be taking all the pro gator action he could get!

All of us Gators want the title or to just play well. Saturday, the collapse on the road, the trend this team has when playing a team with a pulse, if it continues through the end of the season will define this team and taint the coach somewhat. I am hoping you are right!

Well, I do go to Vegas for the first weekend of MM, but I never bet on the Gators.
probably looking to fade the Big 10, because everyone loves them this year. Who do you like?

**ThePlayer** · 03-12-2013, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Brewski

We are 5-3 in the last month. So is Miami. Indiana is 5-2. Michigan is 5-3.

Really, the sky isn't falling.

It isn't rebounding either.

HALLGATOR · 03-12-2013, 11:58 AM

I understand people griping and complaining after a loss since for the most part it's the nature of fans to do so. What I don't understand is those that act as if the team personally, and intentionally, whizzed in their Corn Flakes.

bullish · 03-12-2013, 04:28 PM

Gulf, I like Indiana, Duke is playing well, Georgetown, Arizona, in the heartland, Kansas, a lot of parity in D-1 basketball this year. If we could get back to what we were doing coming out of the gate, I would put us up there. The injuries and a short bench has worn this team down physically and emotionally. I will be watching to see if we can turn it up now the bright lights of Tournament time is here.

if not, Hall might not like the moaning and groaning of disenchanted Florida Fans! LOL

**ovillegator** · 03-12-2013, 04:37 PM

Any season we win more than 20 games is a very good season.

Any Gator who thinks not, hasn't been a Gator fan for many years.

There was a time when making the NCAA tourney as an outside pick was a miracle -- no one cared if we won a game there. Just to escape the NIT was enough (if we even made that!)

I hate losing, but I don't think this team is underachieving. Tired and beat up, short bench. Maybe they could use the football team's strength coach in the off-season. I don't expect a long run, but anything could happen.

But they've done good to get where they are.

A little frustrated, sure. No one likes to lose, and maybe we could use a final-shot play that looks like it was drawn up once in a while.

But overall, gotta love these Gators!

grant1 · 03-13-2013, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by ovillegator

Any season we win more than 20 games is a very good season.

Any Gator who thinks not, hasn't been a Gator fan for many years.

There was a time when making the NCAA tourney as an outside pick was a miracle -- no one cared if we won a game there. Just to escape the NIT was enough (if we even made that!)

I hate losing, but I don't think this team is underachieving. Tired and beat up, short bench. Maybe they could use the football team's strength coach in the off-season. I don't expect a long run, but anything could happen.

But they've done good to get where they are.

A little frustrated, sure. No one likes to lose, and maybe we could use a final-shot play that looks like it was drawn up once in a while.

But overall, gotta love these Gators!

We've had 2 recent 20-win teams go to the NIT and those were not "very good' seasons. There was a time where going to the NIT was an achievement, but we're past that now. Hell, I remember when a winning season was considered goiod.

qwghlmgator · 03-13-2013, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by grant1

We've had 2 recent 20-win teams go to the NIT and those were not "very good' seasons. There was a time where going to the NIT was an achievement, but we're past that now. Hell, I remember when a winning season was considered goiod.

Yep. I was tempted to feel sorry for myself after the game Saturday, but then I saw the documentary on the tornado that hit the 2008 tournament at the Georgia Dome. It helped me remember how I didn't remember it much at all. I was too disgusted with basketball to watch the rest of the SEC Tourney after our beyond-apathetic display against Bama in the first round - with a freakin' bid on the line!

And while those were very dark days my friend, I also remember celebrating our first NIT bid like a madman.

So after I take a moment to remember those days, I'm good. This season has been pretty great.

ufgator90 · 03-13-2013, 11:45 AM

If you'd ever played golf with gulf, you'd understand the origin of the snivel quotient. When you heading to Vegas?, we got to get out..

Our Gators have had a habit of dropping games late in the season and then picking it up in the tourney. Our real problem, IMO, is that we have good back court players when we are clicking, but that none of them have that "it" factor when the team needs a leader to make good decisions during crunch time. Hard to teach, just is innate I guess.

grant1 · 03-13-2013, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by ufgator90

If you'd ever played golf with gulf, you'd understand the origin of the snivel quotient. When you heading to Vegas?, we got to get out..

Our Gators have had a habit of dropping games late in the season and then picking it up in the tourney. Our real problem, IMO, is that we have good back court players when we are clicking, but that none of them have that "it" factor when the team needs a leader to make good decisions during crunch time. Hard to teach, just is innate I guess.

Golf will do that to you.

InstiGATOR1 · 03-13-2013, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by gulfgator

of the season on this board, I predict the Gators will start playing their best ball.
It usually happens like clockwork.

The word quotient is well chosen. It is almost like there is a fixed amount of sniveling for each season and when UF has fewer losses, each loss must absorb a larger amount of sniveling. That is with fewer losses, the snivel/loss quotient is bigger.

grant1 · 03-13-2013, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by InstiGATOR1

The word quotient is well chosen. It is almost like there is a fixed amount of sniveling for each season and when UF has fewer losses, each loss must absorb a larger amount of sniveling. That is with fewer losses, the snivel/loss quotient is bigger.

While I don't view myself as a "sniveler", many here probalby do since I may "snivel" after a win. Your observation of the use of "quotient" is likely lost on many and we certainly have our share of sniveling posts every year.