Florida's Jon Sumrall Happy With Teams Attitude, Despite Recent Losses

In what looked like a season where Florida football was going to be back at a very high level, the program has struggled a bit in recent weeks. 

Florida was absolutely dominated against Georgia just two weeks ago, dropping the contest 27-8. 

There was a lot of hope that the Gators were going to respond in a positive way and beat a decent Oklahoma team, but they weren't able to do so, falling 23-7.

To say the season has been a bit disappointing would be an understatement, but there are a couple of factors that we must consider. 

For one, Florida is definitely a lot better than it has been in the past, and in the grand scheme of things, the program looks to be in a much better position than it has been. 

As long as Florida and Jon Sumrall continue to improve on both sides of the football, there's reason to believe that things are going to be better in the near future. It was always going to take a year or two to figure things out, and relatively speaking, I don't think it's crazy to say that Florida might even be ahead of schedule a bit. That might be a bit unfair because of some of the losses it has, but this season has still been a bit better than most would have expected entering the year. 

As for how Sumrall feels, he's never been somebody who's going to beat around the bush and be happy with losses. However, he also believes that this is good adversity for his team, and he's happy with how his team has responded to some of this poor play.

“I think our attitude has been, for the stretch we've been on, relatively good, if you will,” Sumrall said, per Jack Chambers. 

“I define attitude as your demeanor, your drive, and your desire. Demeanor is your body language. Drive and desire is how badly you want to do something. I think we're learning that right now. I told our team that when you go through really tough things, that reveals what you're made of. I'm frustrated. Our whole team is frustrated. Our fan base, I know they're frustrated. I'm appreciative that we have a fan base that's pissed off that we played the way we did tonight.”

I know most fans don't want to hear about poor play and how their team reacts when it's losing games. 

However, for Sumrall to come out and say that his squad doesn't seem to be giving up or showing any attitude is a positive sign, no matter how we want to spin it. Of course, we want these to result in some wins, but Florida has a chance to do so over the next three weeks and possibly save its season.