Will Muschamp is aware of offense is the important thing to success at South Carolina

HOOVER, Ala. -- Will Muschamp isn't running from his past. He is aware of things failed to determine at Florida, and he's trying to his past to avoid derailing his future.

The final analysis is that throughout his 4 years in Gainesville, his offenses weren't good sufficient to prolong his time in the Sunshine State. And if he'll make a new name for himself at South Carolina, Muschamp has to make the offense much more of a priority.

"i'm taking full responsibility of [the offensive issues at Florida] and making it stronger in this situation," Muschamp pointed out.

Will Muschamp is confident his offense at South Carolina will be better than it was in his tenure at Florida. Jim Dedmon/Icon Sportswire

The luxurious Muschamp has now could be that he's yet to instruct a down of soccer for the Gamecocks, and he has four full years to be trained from to be able to write a stronger chapter in Columbia. whereas some people have puzzled if Muschamp simply could not get out of his personal method with Florida's offense, he admits that the Gators' approach played a massive half within the offensive struggles. method can simplest take you up to now if there may be an absence of belief in your means to get things executed.

"should you lose confidence [in] your players of what you're making an attempt to do, I feel it's tough," Muschamp talked about. "Our third 12 months created a lot of skepticism about what we had been doing. then you definitely have a couple instances where you don't play smartly and it creates that doubt. That was difficult to beat."

The stats haven't proven up in Columbia yet, however Muschamp insists his approach may be better. And it must be. South Carolina returns a really younger, unproven offense and he simply cannot duplicate the issues he had at Florida -- now not with 34 of his 42 scholarship offensive players being inexperienced persons and sophomores.

For South Carolina to rediscover the wins and fire Steve Spurrier dropped at the application, Muschamp can't have an offense that ranked no larger than 96th nationally in complete offense and no more advantageous than 56th in scoring during a four-year span. The predictable nature of Florida's offense beneath Muschamp -- which at times changed into damage pushed -- can not creep into the Gamecocks' plan.

but Muschamp is extra assured heading into q4. while the Gamecocks have been atrocious on offense last year (rating in the backside half of the SEC in all principal statistical categories), Muschamp sees hope in the talent coming back that perhaps others have not seen.

He likes the unproven capability of receiver Deebo Samuel, who has the actual tools but ought to dwell suit. He sees advantageous bodies alongside the offensive line. He could not know who his quarterback is, but he'll enter camp with 4 guys competing. one in every of them -- freshman Brandon McIlwain -- could be a savior. one among them -- sophomore Lorenzo Nunez -- will play some receiver. There aren't many collegiate wins to move round with this bunch, however Muschamp has the depth he lacked in Gainesville.

If Muschamp can get a tackle on his quarterback place -- some thing that eluded him for many of his four years at Florida -- he feels definitely respectable about Samuel being a legit go-to option in this offense. Which, again, is something Muschamp under no circumstances basically had at Florida.

"I consider he has some elite skill," Muschamp observed of Samuel. "When he is been suit, he's very productive and a guy we need to preserve suit. For us to be a hit offensively, he needs to play well."

Muschamp also has religion in his offensive coordinator. The Kurt Roper experiment in Florida wasn't the success Muschamp vital, however the Gators did get pleasure from their best offensive season all over Muschamp's time while below Roper's watch. whereas Florida simplest ranked 96th nationally in complete offense (367.6 ypg) and 56th in scoring (30.3), Muschamp talked about he was completely satisfied with the play calling and the style of offense Roper desired to run, which may be comparable to what South Carolina ran under Spurrier in contemporary years. Many scoffed on the reconnection, but Muschamp admired Roper's composure all through a tough 2014 season.

"I believe in a year of transition, under the instances, we have been in our closing year in knowing what was at stake, which he understood what he was moving into," Muschamp said of Roper.

And Muschamp knows what he's entering into. There are lots of pitfalls for this team to stumble via, however he's trying to the offense to be a guiding gentle, despite the fact that all and sundry is questioning that unit.

"within those unknowns, I do feel we now have some proficient avid gamers," he talked about. "I truly do. I have been in this league for a very long time, and that i feel there may be some very talented guys in there."