Just saw the turnover margin numbers for Florida last season and it's genuinely shocking that a program spending $11.2M on assistants let that slide. -8 in turnover margin, 3rd fewest forced turnovers in the SEC. That's not just bad luck, that's a fundamental schematic problem that has to be addressed in spring ball.
The crazy part is that turnover margin is the single most predictive stat for wins and losses, and Florida was sitting near the bottom of the entire country. You can spend all the money you want on high-priced coordinators but if your defense isn't creating takeaways and your offense is giving the ball away, you're just spinning your wheels.
What gives me some hope is that Jon Sumrall built his reputation at Troy on havoc rate and creating negative plays. His defenses forced 24 turnovers in 2024 at Troy, which ranked top-20 nationally. That tells me the $11.2M assistant pool was specifically allocated to guys who can teach ball disruption, not just scheme.
The fix is...