Billy Napier is a stupid *****

[MertzJay26]

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[Silverback Gator]

I am not sure how can say he's built a good foundation. We lose to any teams with an offensive pulse. I don't think he and his staff know how to ID the right players and develop the ones he has recruited.

I meant organizationally and bringing in good players though one could argue he created a large payroll but in areas that do not naturally improve on-field play. There's so much to improve, and I don't know if he and his staff can correct all of it. Really.

 

[Mr2Bits]

his buyout,

i will add, i was never a Nappy fan, His offensive scheme just plain sucks, barely worked in the Sun Belt, damn sure doesn't translate to a Power 5 conference.
He inherited a complete clusterfuch of a program. He's doing the right things behind the scene in regards to off field improvements,, more analysts to help out (not sure when they start to have an impact...? ) getting HIS recruits blah blah

The problem is, his staff.. and him, he's a lousy OC, we've all said he needs to hire an OC, if he wants to survive here, it is imperative he does it NOW. and then get the fuch out of the guy's way and don't try to throttle him with a ball control , TOP of possession scheme, score and don't stop scoring.. He brought his Sun Belt staff with him, there is a reason they were in the Sun Belt and not at a Power 5 school.. and with the 2nd year of them here, is shows they aren't up to the job of coaching these kids at this level.

Bottom line, everything he does off field is for naught if the doesn't have the staff to get the W on Saturdays. and that's where we are. If he goes down the Mullet road of sticking with his 'friends' (yea,, they have better character than Grantham and Heavesey..) this team won't be able to compete in the SEC. He needs to get better coaches,, get the OC and ST coach, , be the CEO

1-7 not at home

 

[Concrete Helmet]

I am not sure how can say he's built a good foundation. We lose to any teams with an offensive pulse. I don't think he and his staff know how to ID the right players and develop the ones he has recruited.

This X1000.....now sprinkle in loads of game mismanagement, no preparation. no inspiration, no creativity and the talent level/development will start to leave skid marks circling the bowl while the better players go elsewhere.
That's why this has got to end sooner than later.

 

[Tunaboat]

So, overall we're lookin' good

 

[Tunaboat]

And today Auburn, Ole Miss and Georgia running high octane pass games, going for it, being successful. Ours seems mistake prone and ultimately conservative.

Slingblade operates in a different time zone. Slower. Way slower

 

[RocketCityGator]

Vacationing in Greece so couldn't watch the game. Glad I didn't. Got thru page 2 of this thread and have no desire to go further.

Simply put, Napier has to go this year.

 

[Spurffelbow833]

This. If and when Slingblade gets the axe, he should be preceded by Stricklin. And Sasse should personally physically kick Foley's ass all the way off campus and tell him to never set foot on it again. We'll mail him his chit.

Then bring back "Gator Bait" and move "Won't Back Down" to the end of the 1st quarter.

 

[G8trwood]

Watching Bama yesterday and Saban’s old ass going around getting in everyone’s shat… vs our sideline. We wanted a warrior monk CEO and we got a grief counselor

 

[SGG]

10 years later and here we are. Fans and media are all morons who don’t know ball. Feels all too familiar.

Discuss.

He is a less enthusiastic version of Muschamp.

Good recruiter, schitty head coach.

I have no idea if hiring an OC would do any good, Billy strikes me as the type who would still try to meddle in the play calling and game planning.

 

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[Gatorraid81]

Our rivals are loving the hell out of this sh!t show.

 

[MertzJay26]

He is a less enthusiastic version of Muschamp.

Good recruiter, schitty head coach.

I have no idea if hiring an OC would do any good, Billy strikes me as the type who would still try to meddle in the play calling and game planning.

Ya he’s an offensive (no pun intended) coach. Qb in college, former OC…he’s not going to remove himself from the offense

 

[Double Gator Dad]

Here’s a good way of looking at it. If his contract included clauses that if his experiments as OC and QB coach could ultimately cost him money and his family would be severely impacted, do you think he’d have changed by now? If he even chose to go that route at all? Of course not. That would directly hurt him. I really hate that it keeps coming to this, but the unbridled criticism is absolutely warranted because he’s choosing to do this and drag UF football through the mud. And do you know why? Because he’s getting paid regardless and couldn’t possibly care any less. That’s why you see the vitriol. These are self inflicted wounds and he’s ok with it.

So you are suggesting that UF approach its football program like a business would?

For years I have chuckled when people stated that college sports is a big business and therefore involves high pressure to succeed and cut throat attitudes.

Having worked for Fortune 100 companies my entire career, I can assure you that college athletics is NOT big business. No CEO would be given the time and the latitude that coaches are given and if the Board of Directors (AD and administration) continued to hire bad CEO’s they would be removed as well.

College athletics is not a business it’s a hybrid government agency that has mastered gathering revenue and allocating funds only with no meaningful accountability or demand for results.

 

[fischerwood]

I kinda wonder when OX is going to get off the Billy train...

 

[Double Gator Dad]

This. If and when Slingblade gets the axe, he should be preceded by Stricklin. And Sasse should personally physically kick Foley's ass all the way off campus and tell him to never set foot on it again. We'll mail him his chit.

Two AD’s in the building with FIVE bad football coaching hires should make it easy to figure out what to do but when was the last time a government agency did what obviously needed to be done?

 

[Double Gator Dad]

Then bring back "Gator Bait" and move "Won't Back Down" to the end of the 1st quarter.

I am expecting our rivals to start playing “Won’t Back Down “ very shortly to mock us justifiably.

Kinda hard to reconcile when we back down consistently.

 

[Mr2Bits]

Someone needs to get Brenda Tracy on the phone ASAP!

 

[soflagator]

I kinda wonder when OX is going to get off the Billy train...

It was hard to get too excited about McElwain just because he came across as such a moron. Then Mullen was Mullen. In many respects, Napier was the closest thing to Meyer we’d seen when he was hired. Young, appeared hungry, said all the right things and had won at his previous program. I don’t blame Ox or anyone for getting on the train. Nor do I blame him or anyone for not wanting to hop off and on to the next given the past 14 years. This one felt like it should’ve worked which makes it tougher to me than the others.