Jon Sumrall losing his mind seconds before Duke Clark's TD run was poetic justice

Jom Sumrall is a bit of a psycho and I say that in a good way. 

The Florida Gators coach had a lot to be happy about from his team beating No. 4 Ole Miss, 52-28 at the Swamp, but that doesn't mean he didn't have to sacrifice a headset during the game.

Duke Clark had one of the game's biggest plays — a 45-yard touchdown scamper that gave the Gators a 24-14 lead and they never looked back. 

It's hard to believe that, prior to that play, Sumrall was livid about something. What that was, we'll never know because the coach isn't going to say, but it was enough for him to break his headset.

"I was still a little bit ticked off about the play right before it. I wanted something called that I can't talk about. All right? I'll get fined, so I won't say anything. They called a great game there," he said. "And obviously Duke scoring. I was like, all right, great, it's worth losing a headset over."

Even when Florida makes mistakes, good things happens

Sumrall has perfected this balance of being intense and charming at the same time. The guy is so locked in during a game that it seems like distracting him would be the equivalent of touching a live electrical wire, but there's also something endearing about it because he doesn't just spend every minute on the sidelines screaming like a maniac. There's a method to his madness and it's one that doesn't conjure negative images. It's something Florida fans are getting a close-up look at right now too.

The environment within the football building is so much different. I don't know the full extent of Sumrall's support staff compared to the last guy, but I do get the feeling that everyone knows what their jobs are and they all contribute to the shared goal of winning. The last guy had a bunch of coaches roaming around wondering what they needed to do because he wouldn't delegate anything. That's not a problem with Sumrall. He'll give you a task and you better execute it. 

Florida football is still building a lot. Sumrall still hasn't had his first recruiting class come through the door yet, and we'll see how well he can replace quality staffers, as guys will certainly get poached, namely Buster Faulkner. We now see that Sumrall inherited some very good pieces from this Gators team, but much of this roster was the same as the group that won four games last year. 

Coaches will coach, but the players have to make plays. Sumrall has empowered his coaches to coach, but more importantly, the collective staff is letting the players be the best versions of themselves. Whatever mistake happened before Clark's touchdown is one we'll never know because Clark's touchdown happened. The chaos on the sideline didn't bleed into the huddle. Even though Sumrall was frustrated, he was composed enough to isolate the incident. That's the mark of a winner.

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