John Brantley's future at Florida is cloudy

Posted by Tom Fornelli

John Brantley's first season as a starter in Gainesville probably didn't work out as well as he thought it would when he committed to Florida a couple of years ago. The fact is that Brantley's strengths just don't match what the Gators and former offensive coordinator Steve Addazio tried to do on offense. It seems this was apparent to everybody but Addazio and Urban Meyer, who refused to adapt to their new quarterback and seemed content trying to force Brantley to adapt to them.

So you would think that while part of Brantley is sad to see Meyer and Addazio leaving Gainesville, he'd also be pretty excited to hear that Will Muschamp plans on running an offense more suited to his strengths. Which he says he is, it's just that Brantley isn't sure if he's going to be around to play in it at this point.

"We're worried about the bowl game right now," Brantley told The Gainesville Sun. "I'm going to give it all I got for that game and then we'll sit down and discuss everything."

"It's tough to say right now because we haven't discussed anything at all. I really haven't thought about it to be honest with you. I'm just trying to finish out this season right and win this bowl game for coach (Urban) Meyer and these seniors."

Honestly I don't see why Brantley would leave Florida, and if he did, I wouldn't understand his reasoning at all. He's not a bad quarterback, and is much better than the player people saw in 2010. It's just that Brantley mixed with Addazio's offense made as much sense as Ted Nugent doing ads for PETA. Brantley may be confused right now and just upset about Meyer leaving, but I think that once he sees what Muschamp is planning on doing, he'll know that Florida is the place for him.

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jeffbear Since: Mar 29, 2008	Posted on: December 15, 2010 12:51 pm John Brantley's future at Florida is cloudy I always kind of felt like Urban Meyer was the reason that Brantley was even in the game. Meyer is known to be extremely loyal to his players, i.e Tim Tebow, and lending more evidence is the fact that even when the other guys were out-performing him, he still got PT. Will Muschamp be as loyal while undertaking one of the most competitive programs in the country? I'm thinking not. This season reminded me of the season when Zook was at Florida and he had Rex Grossman trying to run around and be out of his element. Both situations it was a square peg in a round hole. It don't work. Florida needs to go back to throwing the football like they did in the Spurrier era. They have the kind of storybook rep now that attracts big time QBs, i.e. Jeff Driskel, and I think this is the way to go. The spread is for teams who need to hide a subpar QB or a weak O-line. Florida doesn't have either one of those. [ Reply to Comment ]

I always kind of felt like Urban Meyer was the reason that Brantley was even in the game. Meyer is known to be extremely loyal to his players, i.e Tim Tebow, and lending more evidence is the fact that even when the other guys were out-performing him, he still got PT. Will Muschamp be as loyal while undertaking one of the most competitive programs in the country? I'm thinking not. This season reminded me of the season when Zook was at Florida and he had Rex Grossman trying to run around and be out of his element. Both situations it was a square peg in a round hole. It don't work. Florida needs to go back to throwing the football like they did in the Spurrier era. They have the kind of storybook rep now that attracts big time QBs, i.e. Jeff Driskel, and I think this is the way to go. The spread is for teams who need to hide a subpar QB or a weak O-line. Florida doesn't have either one of those.

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