Article: Everything Billy Gonzales Said After Florida’s 38-7 Loss To Kentucky In Week 11

I can respect a man who will take total ownership of failure.

 

Billy is a good coach. How many would be put in his shoes and succeed? He has players who weren't trained properly, coaches who have no resume nor experience.. Who can he rely on, especially on O? What did Ohare ever accomplish in his career as a coach? How about Calloway? CBN didn't give a crap about coaches resume because he just wanted yes men. On the D side he was forced to hire a pro, especially after Toney/Armstrong. Seems to me that DJ is going through the motions, just collecting a check.

 

Or is he officially benched and will backup?

 

I hope not. Not solely because of his on the field performance but I think he needs time to heal, physically, mentally and emotionally. He needs time to figure out who and what he wants to be or IF he wants to be at UF.

 

I honestly think DJ should not have been benched at UK because it just wasn't fair to put in T. Jones ostensibly to manage a loss. He didn't have a chance, and the abysmal play calling that ate up the clock (runs on 1st and 2nd down) showed that there was no sense of urgency, creativity, and the coaches were calling plays scared. As such was the case, DJ should've stayed in until the end of the game and owned the loss. Then again, DJ was playing so poorly there may have been no other choice but to bench him.

I'd like to see Coach Billy G announce sometime today that Jones will be getting 1st team reps all week and getting ready to start the game on Saturday. If he doesn't then the plan is obviously to start DJ. I won't be watching the game if DJ starts. I just can't watch that anymore. It's no fun at all.

 

It would be nice to see Jones as starter for next week and the practice that comes along with it.

 

I think we have seen enough DJ for this season.

 

Im glad he played. Especially if he plays going forward. He got his feet wet against a hostile crowd on the road. I dont buy into that ruining a kids psyche. They either have it or they dont. You find out quickly when thrown in the fire. He didnt break.

 

Lagway stats:
112th in passer rating
57th in completion %
75th in Yards
75th in passing TDs
499th in INTs - dead last in football -- This stat is unimaginable (is that a word)

 

The staff Napier assembled is sub SEC. Billy cannot fix that overnight, although I was hopeful they could do better than Napier.

Looks that way. You wouldn't think he's trying to get better bc he's terrible. What happened to that guy? We need him off the NIL payroll asap. He's bad for the team at this point.

 

Well, 499th in INTs is unimaginable.

 

Unfortunately, it is.
un·im·ag·i·na·ble
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adjective: unimaginable

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The long INT he threw was horrific. Was he coached poorly since HS, is the system counter intuitive for his sensibilities, is he just at this level a bad QB? Who knows. It's unlikely he's a starter next season even with a new coach and better coaching. The new HC is not going to want to rehab his psyche, more likely going to want him gone so the NIL money can be better spent.

 

He will start. Not a doubt in my mind. The question is how long will his leash be. I don’t mind him starting, but he better bring his A game and show some damn heart.

 

We put way too much stock in his deep throws. Easiest throw to make. Not worth a crap anywhere else. Combine his weaknesses with abysmal coaching and we have what we have. Both he and AR were vastly overrated with no chance to get better.

 

Can we just start the qb that earned it in practice regardless of what their last name is? Is that asking too much?

DJ needs to spend his time ingraining the basics of footwork and internal clock. You simply can't play qb at this level if you have to think about your footwork in-game. It should be muscle memory at this point which will also help with timing.

 

Either Jones and Warner can probably move the team well. But maybe not until the last game.

 

They both have better fundamentals than DJ.
Trammel has a gun of an arm and scrambles well, Adrian has crisp short to medium passes. Either could move this team’s offense. DJ has lost his confidence and has many coaches in his ear confusing him. He needs a reboot somewhere else to help him get better. If Lane does come, I don’t think he would stand for forcing passes, side arming passes or not getting in the pocket.

 

I think if TJ plays in the last 3 games he loses a redshirt year so he might want to sit out the Ole Miss game and then finish the last two...why burn a year when you don't have to and the rest of these games mean nothing.

 

The guys up front better put dome effort into blocking for him.