Doug Gottlieb - Who’s to Blame for the DJ Uiagalelei/Florida State Disaster?

welcome welcome welcome in so here we are game week we're a day and a half two days removed really from our kickoff of the NFL season and yeah I mean I'm excited who's not excited yeah let's get after it but before we get to that we got to clean up everything that happened in college football and few things will make you look like a more average or below average coach than poor quarterback play don't get me wrong the Florida state seminal inability to stop the run is probably what's derailed them the most right because when you can't stop the run you're giving up long sustained drives it beats you up it slows the pace you don't get enough possessions etc etc etc that's why they lost to Georgia Tech probably why they lost to Boston College some as well but the bigger issue is they have no offense and they have a quarterback who was one of the top three in his class going back several years ago when CJ strab was coming out of course we remember him as a freshman when he replaced Trevor Lawrence when Trevor Lawrence was hurt and he looked like the ER parent and then when he was the a parent he was okay and then when Cole Kella came came in he was just okay and then he went to Oregon State last year and he was outstanding and the Pack 12 was a great great quarterback class and unbelievable League last year and it's last year of existence now he goes the SEC and you're like oh this guy's been doing a while look at all the you know the uh all the quarterbacks last year how many of them were in their fifth year and were able to have Far and Away the best year as a college athlete why well kind of simple they just done it forever everything slowed down it got super simple to them it hasn't gotten there for DJ angele just has not doesn't make up a bad person what it does do is it it it reinforces some of the things that I thought as a basketball coach and it's also gave me a different perspective as a basketball coach what you're about to hear is the absolute reality of all Athletics but especially College athletics okay what we have to try and figure out is is DJ just not any good and Jonathan Smith who's a former quarterback quarterback Guru now the Michigan State head coach he's that good that he could make him look better than he was is Mike norvell's system not fit for how he wants to play does he lack confidence and why does he lack confidence he was good last year in the in the pack pack 12 why would he be good this year in two ACC games when he's played in the ACC before and then as a commentator col basketball coach like if I kill him like DJ Ang's dad is by all accounts a really good dude he's a big presence on social media but he's also a guy who was taken lots of kids under his wing Polynesian kids and cheered for them as they played collegially and professionally he's not necessarily a player in the basketball world but if I clown a college kid because he was massively overrated am I not putting myself in the crosshairs of hey at some point those are the kind of kids you're going to want to get at Green Bay and maybe I have at Green Bay we're trying to fix him right is it too high a level does he have The Yips is it something in the system is he just not that good and it doesn't matter of level and this and the the only reason you wonder if it's confidence or something else is he was good last year with organ State wasn't he now here's the part where it it reinvigorates my belief because that goes counter to the in the past I always thought and I still think and I think it's going to get worse these are essentially professional athletes they'll be treated as such when they stink they'll be told they stink they won't be told hey they're kids they'll do better they get better next week maybe the backup's the guy when they stink it becomes a huge problem for the whole program because you've likely had your biggest donors donate your biggest sum of money to nil to help you get that quarterback and you spend a couple a million to a couple million on a quarterback you don't have any money for a backup quarterback so you have to play him and exhaust all possibilities of him actually being good I think it's super interesting here we have a quarter a coach who was 130 last season hold you know quarterback gets hurt whole team you know that matters doesn't play in the balll game they get blown out then they they go get the next best quarterback in the portal got him super early got him ready he's been there he's been through the tough stuff he came out the other side and now they can't win a game but my perspective has changed because I think you do have to worry about all the other connectors and how you treat a kid you understand that sometimes and this is from being a player you actually are good you just don't have the confidence and believe yourself as being good and then oh yeah by the way maybe most importantly uh here's the parts that it does um it does go along with what I've always been thinking what I've always thought and what I've always thought was that if you're a basketball coach and you don't have a point guard or two you're Co you're a football coach you don't have a quarterback or two you're going to look like a far worse coach than you actually are far worse coach if you can't get the ball from A to B in basketball it doesn't matter what B C B to C and C to d looks like and in football it doesn't matter how pretty the plays are how good the wide receivers are how great it all seems to come together if you don't have a guy then get to A to B you can probably see your way out of a winning season I don't solely blame the quarterback I don't think the kid stinks because he didn't stink last year year and enough people recruited him wanted him where Florida state would have been the only one making such a colossal mistake in terms of their decision- making but something isn't working something isn't right so something isn't working something isn't right here's Mike norell after the loss you got a football team that's that's hurting you got a football team that uh nobody envisions being you know ever being where we are uh you know and having you know having disappointment having failure you know I do believe in what this team can do and I believe in what this team can accomplish I know there's going to be plenty of negativity around this program I understand that right when you perform the way we you know way we just did you know that's all that's all part of it uh but for a football team you know you got to stay together and you got to make sure that you're there for each other you know we've been knocked down we know how to get up but we've got to go do that you know it's one thing to talk about it it's another thing to put in action and then to be able to perform in the moment what's interesting about Florida state is they're going to have opportunities here they got SMU on the road Clemson at home Miami on the road and Notre Dame on the road and you got plenty of opportunities to go and get quality wins so in this world of hey you know you could still lose two games but losing two within your league makes it hard to get to your league championship game without getting your league championship game it's really hard to get to the playoff without winning your your league through winning your league championship game but we have seen them that's a snapshot of what they look like in August and September I guess we'll find out what that looks like from this point forward but maybe in the New World Order I just if you can't beat Georgia Tech and you can't beat Boston College what makes you think you're going to beat Notre Dame Miami and uh and Clemson let's get you to Dan berer get a quick update and then we'll Circle back to John middleof in a second Dan how are you this morning good Doug still waiting on those numbers for Trent Williams no word on how much of a pay r he is going to get but he is on the practice field today ending his hold out that lasted the entire training camp more good news for the 49ers not only is Trent Williams on the practice field so is Christian mcaffrey who had been dealing with a calf strain in Brandon auk practicing today he had been with the team during his hold in but obviously got his new contract last week there is still a hold out in New York it's hisan reic and the Jets continue to be without their Edge rusher as he looks for a New Deal New York Giants head coach Brian dble confirmed he'll call plays on offense this season Florida state has completely fallen out of the AP Top 25 college football poll not a surprise after back-to-back losses to start this season a bunch of shakeups in the week two poll including at number three where the Texas long horns have moved up so is Alabama and Notre Dame is up to five Oregon fell from 3 to7 despite a win against Idaho this past weekend Clemson hanging on at number 25 down 11 spots after losing to Georgia and us USC jumped 10 spots to 13 they were at 23 they got that win in Las Vegas against LSU LSU previously was 13 they dropped five spots down to 18 at the US Open women side of things second excuse me 13 seated American Emma Navaro is onto the semi-finals with a straight sets Victory President's Cup teams filled out today in Gulf captains picks for both the US and Internationals Jim furick the US Captain filled up his Squad by adding Keegan Bradley Sam Burns Max hom Brian Haron Russell Henley and Tony feno and the Edmonton Oilers gave Senator Leon dry saddle an 8-year extension worth $112 million