GAINESVILLE — Florida coach Will Muschamp was not pleased with the Gators' final scrimmage of the preseason.
In fact, he was so upset with what he saw at Florida Field on Wednesday night that he made the coaching staff stay late to watch film and evaluate the depth chart and said there could be significant changes.
"We did not execute very well," Muschamp said. "Mental toughness was not there. Very immature football team at this point not consistently performing at the level we need to perform at.
"[There were] some procedural issues we should not be having at this point. [On] defense [there were] some mental mistakes we should not be having at this point. Overall, pretty displeased. Not what we were looking for tonight, that's for sure."
Muschamp said there were lapses all over the field during the situational work, such as players walking around during the two-minute drill.
"We had no sense of urgency of what we're doing," Muschamp said. "And it's not everybody. We've got a bunch of guys that do it the right way but not enough and not collectively enough guys doing it that way at this point.
Muschamp said the poor performance will cost some players starting jobs and others will drop further down the depth chart.
"Ain't no doubt," he said. "We're going to get the guys that want to compete and play hard. The ones that don't, we'll go on to the next guy."
Muschamp said he did not stop the scrimmage to try and fix the issues because he wanted the team's leaders to do so because that's what would have to happen during a game. They didn't, however, and he called the situation a wake-up call for the leaders.
