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Billy Napier - UF Head Football Coach
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you're giving this admin far too much credit.
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Dude, Muschamp was a bigger hillbilly than this guy.
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Likable blue collar program guy from Georgia with a run first mentality who was raised right and works his ass off. Didn't we already hire this guy once before?
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Ehhh, Muschamp was kind of a poser, though. He takes his SUV to Jiffy Lube. Napier changes the oil in his F150 over a pit he dug in the yard.
More to the point, the administration personnel and their outlook have changed dramatically since then.
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I think we're at the point they would hire Pee-Wee Herman if they felt he could rebuild the smoldering ruin that is Gator football.
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right on. it's imperative that we find a recruiter for crying out loud. Napier made a huge improvement in recruiting for his program.
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That's rich.
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The profession is no longer for long-timers. It’s become a quick-burn line of work. If you get someone successful for six years, you’re breaking the norm. Let’s create that problem before we attempt to solve it.
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and hc
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I don't care if he's safe. Can he recruit. Kirby Smart is safe and he can recruit. Very so so coach but he's kicking our ass because of the Jimmies and Joes. Ditto Saban. I think Stricklin at least get this.
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- Jun 23, 2014
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That's right. Everybody knew that he couldn't recruit. He was a desperation choice so I give Stricklin a break. I would even bet that this was the reason he was fired. The bottom dropped out of everything and no recruits in sight.
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Kriby Smart is safe now, at the time he was a high ceiling low floor risk. Saban was always a high ceiling guy. you are comparing apples and oranges.
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My initial thought on watching this was Napier must be an idiot. Turns out there is some back story that possibly justifies the decision. The play in question was 4th & 2, on their own 35 with a little under 2 minutes to play with Appy having one TO left. Napier's three options were punt, go for it or take a safety. The weather was pretty awful (cold and rainy) and the long snapper had earlier in the game snapped the ball over the punter's head three (yes, three) times and was high twice snapping on XP's.
Here's is his response after the game: "What would you do?" Napier said. "You want to run the snapper and the punter out there and see if we can do that? We can do that if you want. But we felt like the best opportunity to win was to take a safety there and make sure we didn't give up a bad play."
What wasn't asked or noted in the article I found was why on 3rd and 2 before the safety did he try to pass (incomplete as it turned out) if he already knew he wasn't going to punt. On actual running plays (not counting the safety play and the horrible punting attempts), ULL had run for 230 yards. Seems to me better to me to run on 3rd down and force them to use their last TO, particularly given the conditions and the fact your QB was 8 for 22 at that point, and then go for it on 4th. Better to give them the ball at your 35 needing a TD, than run the risk of a long or even good return (which happened as it turned out with Appy starting at their own 45) on the free kick.
Everyone can obviously draw their own conclusions, but my thinking is that while not as bad as I initially thought, it does show, in this instance, a lack of good, in-game, critical thinking. Was it a one off or an example of a pattern?
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That's possible but if so, fire him and hire someone else. Remember Bama, they kept hiring, firing until they found Saban.
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