Consistently Inconsistent

It’s official. Steve Addazio needs to go.

On the day after the Florida Gator’s third straight loss (to Mississippi St. nonetheless), changes need to be made.

The Gators hardly showed up Saturday in the Swamp, for the third straight week. It’s just an awful sight to see really. Florida’s offense is just miserable.

We continue to flip flop back and forth on what we are doing offensively. We put John Brantley in to do a couple zone reads and option plays and then we punt. Then, Trey Burton comes in and does the same thing. Next drive, Brantley will drop back and throw it three straight times until, you guessed it, we punt.

Now, before I go into a rant about Addazio and explain how his lack of hair correlates to his lack of intelligence, let me defend him for a second.

Addazio was able to help lead the team to an undefeated regular season record last year with the leadership of Tim Tebow and Aaron Hernandez. We also showed flashes of how good our offense was with the 52 points we scored in the Sugar Bowl last year.

In lieu of Urban Meyer’s “resignation”, Addazio was able to step in and seemingly keep control of the program in what seemed a very unstable time.

Addazio was instrumental in retaining many of the recruits as well as getting even more top recruits to commit. And for that, I thank him.

However, times have changed.

Now, to some extent the offensive struggles fall on the shoulders of Meyer because he is the head coach. This is his offense. There’s no excuse for Meyer.

But Addazio’s inability to make decisions is costing the Gators.

Make up your mind. Either start Brantley or Burton.

If it is Burton, keep running our spread offense. He is the exact quarterback we need to run it, a dual-threat QB. With Burton, the defense must respect his running and play-making ability; therefore, the option works much better. Also, through the last several games Burton has showed that he is simply better at making decisions when running the option.

If Addazio sticks with Brantley, we cannot stick with our spread offense like in the days of Tim Tebow. Brantley is just simply not built for that kind of offense. He is a drop-back passer.

Just make a decision, Steve!

Chris Low from ESPN said it best when he described it as watching a little kid trying to stick a square peg in a round hole.

The fact is we only scored seven points on Mississippi St. in the Swamp. For the third straight game, Brantley was unable to throw a touchdown pass. We were shutout in the first half for the first time since Auburn came to Gainesville in 2007. We have not scored points in the first quarter in six of our seven games.

Unfortunately, our offensive woes aren’t just hurting us this season, but also in the future as well. Recruits considering Florida have been unhappy with the play calling as well. A.C. Leonard, a commit since last November for the Gators has de-committed, citing the offense does not utilize the tight ends enough.

Mike Bellamy, a top-5 running back recruit left at halftime against LSU. He left at halftime. In one of the biggest games of the year for Florida, a top recruit left at halftime.

It’s undeniable. Something needs to change. We need a change at the top with our offense, either Meyer or Addazio. And I guarantee you…it won’t be Meyer.