I don't care if theres buzz in highschool locker rooms or if the "culture" is nice. I care that we don't embarrass ourselves on Saturdays. He's batting a fat O-fer in that area. Either strap up and win or GTFO.
Billy’s Buyout
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How does he compare to the Charlotte head coach?
I think our AD didn't have the nuts or business acumen to base compensation on success. It's not his money and he spends it as such. I recommend the slow death.
It's the system(offense), inept and uninspiring. I don't believe for a minute serious players are, as of now, interested in what he's showing on the field. Worse, I don't believe he has an answer, or "knows" better. Honestly, most of us can design a more effective pass game. When they watch film, if they do, do they see the problems? He can be a polite ambassador and that's definitely a good thing. But the record says what you are. He needs help, badly, or it's going to fall apart. And really, the state of the program- wins/losses- is on him. IMO, any good>great coach knows STs is at least one win a season. He's neglected that. A good offense is worth 5 games a season. A good defense, another 5. Nobody is being unreasonably critical of Napier. This is what he did, and I would bet, behind the scenes, he wishes he could start over and do it right.
Hiring a new coach amounts to a leap of faith. It's an even larger leap of faith when he has zero head coaching experience in Div. 1. Now add this: He's had limited success at his own specialty, calling plays.
We're only now beginning to peal back the onion. So far, it's making us all cry.
We're only now beginning to peal back the onion. So far, it's making us all cry.
Not quite that…old.
That’s what I was thinking and afraid of. I was a big fan of his and now the guys dropping microphones and we’re arguing back and forth. Next thing you know I’ll be punching Mickey Mantle in the mouth.
Whatever you do, don't aim for his liver. It's brittle.
Most of his points amount to "I'm a higher level fan than you so shut up." Not much of a mic drop imoThat’s what I was thinking and afraid of. I was a big fan of his and now the guys dropping microphones and we’re arguing back and forth. Next thing you know I’ll be punching Mickey Mantle in the mouth.
I used to say this same thing about sports writers but then I realized that they truly don’t care about impressions or anything else
Oh man. He did get palying time.That’s what I was thinking and afraid of. I was a big fan of his and now the guys dropping microphones and we’re arguing back and forth. Next thing you know I’ll be punching Mickey Mantle in the mouth.
Shane Matthews is tearing up Billy’s play calling.
He said he was excited about this team because of the deep passing concepts that they did during summer practice. He said other than the deep Crossing route, they run virtual none of them during the game. He said they haven’t run 4 wideouts all year.
It’s a slow paced offense and doesn’t attack down the field at all. He said it makes no sense because that’s not what they did during their summer practice sessions. He said the game day play calling is super conservative.
Just as I alluded to earlier, he said there will not be a new OC this year, unless he turns over play calling duties to Callaway.
He said he was excited about this team because of the deep passing concepts that they did during summer practice. He said other than the deep Crossing route, they run virtual none of them during the game. He said they haven’t run 4 wideouts all year.
It’s a slow paced offense and doesn’t attack down the field at all. He said it makes no sense because that’s not what they did during their summer practice sessions. He said the game day play calling is super conservative.
Just as I alluded to earlier, he said there will not be a new OC this year, unless he turns over play calling duties to Callaway.
TV games suck for the limited angles. I was really interested in knowing what our receivers were doing against Kentucky. The handful of times ESPN afforded a north-south view, I was surprised at how few people we had running actual routes during passing plays. There were large empty spaces of activity in the secondary.
It's no wonder Mertz had to scramble like he did. He really was left with limited options.
While I agree with positive recruiting, and better character kids with less off field issues, Karl has glaring issues. He’s to laid back and has zero fire, which bleeds into the overall personality of our team. His O sux and will not win any kind of championship. No ST game day coach is a joke. We keep making the same stupid mistakes a year and a half in his tenure. He can’t get the team hyped for road games. If we were seeing incremental progress that would be one thing, but we are not. He just looks completely overmatched for an SEC job on game day.
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Assign an existing assistant to the additional duties of the gameday ST coordinator.
TODAY
Keep the analyst too. He's one of the cast of thousands. I like the idea of someone concentrating on other teams ST strengths and weaknesses.
Every team in the SEC has a special teams coach that's also an on-field coach. Except us.
What do the analytics say about our special teams unit? Bottom 5% in the country.
What does the eyeball test say? Too many men, not enough men, offsides, missed FGs, fielding punts inside the 10, not fielding punts outside the 10 etc, etc.
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Barber and Mills were integral to Spurrier's passing attack his first year. Those were trying years under the weight of NCAA scrutiny that measured even the slightest hiccup. Those players knew adversity.
