Florida has 15 returning starters

How many games does UF win in the regular season?

  • 5 or less

    Votes: 31 23.8%
  • 6

    Votes: 21 16.2%
  • 7

    Votes: 38 29.2%
  • 8

    Votes: 31 23.8%
  • 9

    Votes: 4 3.1%
  • 10 or more

    Votes: 5 3.8%

  • Total voters
    130
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Alagator

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If BiLLLLLLLy is the adult in the room, it is still a special ed event.

Also, that "article" says nothing, except he knows his job is on the line. I hope no one actually got paid for that garbage.
Are you kidding me? With top-notch writing like this, I was at the edge of my seat!

"Regardless of whatever odds Vegas possesses on Napier's job security, the coach completely no-sells that fact and does his job. Until he's not, Billy Napier coaches the University of Florida football team."

I mean, we need more quality writing like that. I need to go back and find the author's name so I can follow all his riveting works.
 

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Most likely doesn't want to lose but you couldn't make the case losing affects him. He seems just fine when his team loses. Haven't you noticed?
That's my concern with BN. It doesn't seem like he HATES to lose. I know he "wants" to win. But to do so on this level a coach seems to have to hate losing more than he loves winning. I will never forget how much Meyer hated losing.

- I remember when Mullen came into the swamp and defeated UF, and when a door swung open during Meyer's presser, you could hear MSU celebrating and he just groaned out loud in front of all the reporters.

- Or, when he was visibly and audibly upset when a reporter told him the ball appeared to be going forward on that fake kick LSU pulled off for the win.

- Or the picture of that guy sitting alone on the golf cart after a loss, holding a piece of pizza he didn't seem to have the stomach to take a bite of.

THAT GUY HATED TO LOSE and that made him a winner. I'd like to see BN have that kind of drive (minus the esophageal spasms of course)
 

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Most likely doesn't want to lose but you couldn't make the case losing affects him. He seems just fine when his team loses. Haven't you noticed?

As I said before it’s not debatable whether or not he’s ok with losing. He’s actually said it himself, just weeks ago, that the process, not wins and losses, should carry the most weight and get the most attention. His words. And to add to this, his actions of not making major overhauls in key areas that have lost us games in recent years, including the Ark game that kept us from being bowl eligible last November, are further indication that he doesn’t care about winning or losing. Of course he’d prefer to win. But he isn’t going to change something he doesn’t want to change to achieve it. So, il repeat, he’s perfectly content to lose as long as he’s doing it his way. There’s really not a valid discussion beyond that.
 

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As I said before it’s not debatable whether or not he’s ok with losing. He’s actually said it himself, just weeks ago, that the process, not wins and losses, should carry the most weight and get the most attention. His words. And to add to this, his actions of not making major overhauls in key areas that have lost us games in recent years, including the Ark game that kept us from being bowl eligible last November, are further indication that he doesn’t care about winning or losing. Of course he’d prefer to win. But he isn’t going to change something he doesn’t want to change to achieve it. So, il repeat, he’s perfectly content to lose as long as he’s doing it his way. There’s really not a valid discussion beyond that.
Not going to lie. I do not like Napier. Don't like him as the face of The Gators, do not like his demeanor, do not like his amateurism. He mimicked the Alabama structure, and we might have needed that long term. It's nice. But what do all these people do? Has not impacted wins. Mark Hocke still has a job although no direct responsibilities apparently. Napier doesn't have a coaching tree and does not attract SEC level coaches. We all know that so nothing new here. I heard we landed a long snapper. Great, but it's just an odd position to be securing under the circumstances.


Good>great coaches have great staffs. It's always that way.
 

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I heard we landed a long snapper. Great, but it's just an odd position to be securing under the circumstances.
actually i think its a very logical position to be shoring up given the circumstances. we are going to be long snapping and punting a lot. expect to see another scholly burned on a punter as well. napier is one of the few coaches that can really sell playing time for special teamers.
 

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Are you kidding me? With top-notch writing like this, I was at the edge of my seat!

"Regardless of whatever odds Vegas possesses on Napier's job security, the coach completely no-sells that fact and does his job. Until he's not, Billy Napier coaches the University of Florida football team."

I mean, we need more quality writing like that. I need to go back and find the author's name so I can follow all his riveting works.
You barely scratched the surface of this journalistic masterpiece. Consider the following hidden gems...

Certain pockets of fans and media prefer the demonstrative coach that makes for great content. If you don't lose your mind on a weekly basis, labels like "apathetic" or "nonchalant" surface. Neither fit. Not showing your hands should rank high on every coach’s list.
Billy has this high-level coaching technique mastered by default. When you're a smooth-brain, your hands are perpetually down your pants.

Whoever mythical apparition Boo Boo the Fool is, rest assured that Billy Napier is not him.
Quality writing. I was inspired to throw away my "Billy is Boo Boo the Fool" Gameday poster.

Napier can read...
Do we have actual evidence of this?

For months, bank on the fact that the Florida coaching staff studied 2023 film and gathered information, in order to gameplan.
The author is such a master of the English language that he completely threw out centuries of sentence structure rules and created his own!

At the same time, you don't see histrionics or telling reporters to come after him because he's a man and he’s forty.
And yet I would readily trade Billy's comatose demeanor for the the mullet-headed manchild from Oklahoma if it came with the same passion and win percentage.

Despite the immense pressure on Florida to win, Napier continues to conduct business as usual.
Someone should remind this exemplary columnist of the definition of insanity.

As everyone knows, Florida is a recruiting hotbed, with not only local schools, but national ones pour over the border, hoping to pilfer talent.
I feel like I just had a bucket of dumb poured over my eyes.

And then the crown jewel of this masterpiece:
Until he's not, Billy Napier coaches the University of Florida football team.
It is what it is. That's the way the cookie crumbles. Such is life. Whatever will be, will be. Wherever you go, there you are. Whatever happens, happens. They don't think it be like it is, but it do. Hallelujah, holy sh*t! Where's the Tylenol?
 

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Most likely doesn't want to lose but you couldn't make the case losing affects him. He seems just fine when his team loses. Haven't you noticed?
In all seriousness, do you want the guy to overturn the podium or something? Remember when Muschamp used to throw fits and punch things?

All of this is moronic. You guys love nothing about him because he's losing, which I get. If he was winning, nobody would GAF about his clothes, his hair, his dialect, his attitude, his interviews, whatever.

The effing season just needs to begin so I can start settling scores. Up to 43 on the ban list.
 

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In all seriousness, do you want the guy to overturn the podium or something? Remember when Muschamp used to throw fits and punch things?

All of this is moronic. You guys love nothing about him because he's losing, which I get. If he was winning, nobody would GAF about his clothes, his hair, his dialect, his attitude, his interviews, whatever.

The effing season just needs to begin so I can start settling scores. Up to 43 on the ban list.
Would given you a like until you went full retard at the end.
simple GIF
 
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