Billy Napier - UF Head Football Coach

[Ironhead]

There are tiers in the G5, UCF & Cincy are considered by most as the best G5 jobs. The Sun Belt is a bottom level G5. They aren't expected to compete for a NY6 bowl game like the AAC schools. He's competing against his peers, not Fickell/Cincinnati and he's at the top of the conference (after taking over a 5-7 program who fired it's coach). What Fickell has done is very impressive.....and so is what Napier has done. AAC vs. Sun Belt is apples & oranges comparison.

Just looking for that signature win.
Regular season win against a Power 5 program.
An upset, a sports center type win, ya know?

They’re ranked, that’s an accomplishment.
If he stays there 2 more years, would they be undefeated and ranked in the top 15 ?

I agree on your tiers comment.
Perhaps Billy would be better off at one of the upper tier group of 5 programs instead of an SEC blue blood.

 

[oxrageous]

Oh no, that’s a little too far.
I do not hate the guy.

Okay not killed, perhaps just beaten within an inch of his life?

 

[Ironhead]

Okay not killed, perhaps just beaten within an inch of his life?

Good lord…..no
He’s a football coach, Not an Antifa/BLM activist.

Get real.

:D

 

[lagator]

Interesting call but they ended up winning the game. Lucky? maybe. Ballsy call either way though.

Ballsy? I don't see that at all. Ballsy is to play to win. 3rd and 2 and you already decided you aren't going to punt? Then run clock and try to get a FD. Use 2 downs to run it down their throats, play to win. Or throw an incompletion taking no time off the clock then take a safety that means your opponent just went from needing a TD to only needing a FG. That's Grasseater coaching. Another low IQ guy who relied on run run run and a shltload of luck. Relying on luck (see Napier's W/L record in close games) always catches up with you because stats invariably revert back to the mean.

I'm not as negative as I sound on this hire, if like everyone else has said, he realizes this isn't the Sunbelt and he's going to have to delegate OC duties and basically scrap his sh;tfest offense if he wants to compete for championships at UF. But expecting an alpha who's hardheadedness is a lot of what got him to this point in the first place to recreate himself is probably wishful thinking.

 

[lizardbreath]

everybody wants the next Urban and I get that, but how many top 10./20/30 classes did Urban have at Utah or Bowling Green.

This Napier guy could be the next big thing or he could bust, but if he is at least as good as the last guy, he will be a lot more tolerable than that arrogant prick.

I concur.

 

[lagator]

Exactly right. Our only chance of success is if he decides to be a different coach than he has been up to this point in his career. It's possible but extremely unlikely.

 

[TheDouglas78]

This Napier guy could be the next big thing or he could bust, but if he is at least as good as the last guy, he will be a lot more tolerable than that arrogant prick.

This is the problem, if we are comparing this guy to the last three hires we have accept mediocrity. I got blasted when I said the same thing about Mullen, but it's true. When we are using the last three hires as the bar at UF, then we have truly fallen off.

 

[GatorKen714]

Here is one thing I heard on a podcast with Noah Brindise and Doug Johnson - they want whoever is next to have some x-Gators on the staff and there seemed to be a lack of that in the last 3 coaches. At least there'd be some accountability to what the Gator Standard really is. Put the Pouncey brothers in there to kick some azz.

 

[Mr2Bits]

Here is one thing I heard on a podcast with Noah Brindise and Doug Johnson - they want whoever is next to have some x-Gators on the staff and there seemed to be a lack of that in the last 3 coaches. At least there'd be some accountability to what the Gator Standard really is. Put the Pouncey brothers in there to kick some azz.

Brandon Spikes and Tebow

 

[lizardbreath]

There are tiers in the G5, UCF & Cincy are considered by most as the best G5 jobs. The Sun Belt is a bottom level G5. They aren't expected to compete for a NY6 bowl game like the AAC schools. He's competing against his peers, not Fickell/Cincinnati and he's at the top of the conference (after taking over a 5-7 program who fired it's coach). What Fickell has done is very impressive.....and so is what Napier has done. AAC vs. Sun Belt is apples & oranges comparison.

Thanks for the context.

 

[GatorKen714]

Brandon Spikes and Tebow

Teabow = the good cop. Spike and Pouncey's = bad cop. Keeps everyone on their toes and in line.

 

[Gator By Marriage]

Hopefully the cheapskates at the UAA don't see that and think, "Hey, we can get him a bunch of volunteers and coaches just starting out too!"

 

[Gator By Marriage]

Our only chance of success is if he decides to be a different coach than he has been up to this point in his career.

Isn't this what we needed the last guy to do?

 

[Spurdog98]

Jacquez and Lawrence Wright.

 

[NOLAGATOR]

Allan Taylor, Gator sports writer was on Finebaum...it looks like Napier is their choice.

 

[deuce]

There are tiers in the G5, UCF & Cincy are considered by most as the best G5 jobs. The Sun Belt is a bottom level G5. They aren't expected to compete for a NY6 bowl game like the AAC schools. He's competing against his peers, not Fickell/Cincinnati and he's at the top of the conference (after taking over a 5-7 program who fired it's coach). What Fickell has done is very impressive.....and so is what Napier has done. AAC vs. Sun Belt is apples & oranges comparison.

I like apples and Oranges...

We don't seem to be swinging for the fences on Gator Chatter...

 

[lagator]

He does not recruit well? He's had 4 classes in 4 years, 3 were ranked #1 in his conference....and the current class, which would be his 5th class, is also ranked #1. smh Stop talking out of your ass and learn how to use google. smh

Tallest midget is your proof that he's a recruiting guru? From appearances, he's a white redneck doofus that none of the elite kids in Florida have ever heard of. Will he be a better recruiter than dooshbag? It would be impossible not to be. But can he keep pace with Saban and Shart? No idea but he better have one helluva NIL plan in place because he has zero rep to draw them in and Numbnuts has made us an afterthought.

 

[78]

Here we go aspiring to be Bama again. Pass.

 

[G. Gordon Gator]

The name Billy for a coach brings back good memories............

Ahh that's right Corch, I forgot you rode with The Regulators.

 

[Alagator]

Tallest midget is your proof that he's a recruiting guru? From appearances, he's a white redneck doofus that none of the elite kids in Florida have ever heard of. Will he be a better recruiter than dooshbag? It would be impossible not to be. But can he keep pace with Saban and Shart? No idea but he better have one helluva NIL plan in place because he has zero rep to draw them in and Numbnuts has made us an afterthought.

Speaking of white redneck dufus... but unfortunately that sumb!tch can recruit...