Featured Napier firing imminent; Fuchs and Stricklin go into hiding

[Theologator]

She didn't handle the best but she did rev readily, although making a lot of noise in the process. Sure beat not having a ride.

What about the car?

 

[Swamp Donkey]

What about the car?

It was mehh.

 

[GatorScotty]

Napier will be fired this season. It's imminent.

If they actually attempt to bring him back for another year, there may be nothing left of the fanbase by the start of next season.

Breaking news: an offer has been made to this "person" (don't want to misgender) to join our UAA to help lead the search for a new coach. Folks, I really feel warm and fuzzy about this development and the confidence I have in this plan working to bring us the next Gator Great to roam our sidelines. #savior #dei

 

[78]

Napier will be fired this season. It's imminent.

If they actually attempt to bring him back for another year, there may be nothing left of the fanbase by the start of next season.

That's true. And it's not like the powers to be couldn't see the ever present risk when Sasse resigned. Beleaguered coach, tough schedule, interim president. If the powers to be were actually powers to be.

Instead you had Strick doubling down on dumb 24 hours before the opener. Whether he was doing it out of evasiveness, self-preservation or ignorance matters not. He can't be trusted.

We're hopeless until he gets replaced.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Instead you had Strick doubling down on dumb 24 hours before the opener.

Dreaded vote of confidence.

By the time the "journalist" has the balls to even ask the question you know the result is a given.

 

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Dreaded vote of confidence

Sirens.

 

[Silverback Gator]

Instead you had Strick doubling down on dumb 24 hours before the opener. Whether he was doing it out of evasiveness, self-preservation or ignorance matters not. He can't be trusted.

The question is, did he believe it or was he just being supportive already knowing he was going to have to fire before end of season? Spurrier, Saban, Meyer all would have known the team is not in shape to play SEC football.

 

[cartman302]

Nobody bought a Fiero for the performance. Nobody bought one for the reliability. It was the wannabe midengine look. It appealed to the X1/9 crowd.

Performance was relative in 1985.
The 86 GT wasn’t bad even though you had to pull the 2.8 V6 to change the plugs.

Roommate in college had an 81(?) X/19.

Fix

It

Again

Tony

Terrible. I’d rather drive Napier’s offense around town. It’s faster than that sh*tbox Fiat.

 

[cartman302]

The Allante, too.

The 4.1 Allante wouldn’t pull a greased string out of a cat’s ass.

The Northstar Allante was an oil leak with a car wrapped around it.

Don’t get me started on Buick Reattas.

 

[Sec14Gator]

Seeing as Napier was born in 1979, and where he grew up, I think you guys are using your own ages for his likely ride. By mid-90's when he could drive, likely sporting a barely over the neckline creepy mullet with the same shaved topped he has now, and with a HS football coach's salary as head of household, i think lil Billy was driving a 10 year old XR4Ti with either an Oakley Thermonuclear Protection or No Fear (ironic I know) sticker on the back.

 

[oxrageous]

Take the car chat to the automotive forum.

 

[neteng]

Just like a plague was put up on the wall for the Tim Tebow Promise, there needs to be a plague put up in that very spot where Scott Stricklin told us all what he thought on 30 August 2024.

"Billy is a man of substance. He's a leader of substance. He is very methodical, which probably, long term, is going to be really good for Florida and for our football program because he's not gonna cut a corner, he's not gonna take a shortcut. He's gonna build a really, really solid foundation. And he's gonna get this thing going to be at the level that all Gators want it to be at, which is competing for championships, playing in meaningful postseason games. Once he gets it to that point, it's gonna stay at that point.
I see the steps he's taken, the caliber of young people he's brought in. He's improved the roster, he's improved the overall structure of the team. I think we have been patient as a university. That patience is gonna be rewarded. I really believe Billy Napier's gonna be the head coach at Florida for a long, long time."​

 

[cartman302]

Take the car chat to the automotive forum.

I’m not sure I’d categorize Fieros and Reattas as “cars” but point taken.

 

[78]

The question is, did he believe it or was he just being supportive already knowing he was going to have to fire before end of season? Spurrier, Saban, Meyer all would have known the team is not in shape to play SEC football.

We've gone round and round on that point. Strick doesn't have a football IQ. He has an administrative perspective. One would hope that includes a media awareness that says don't say that, it could come back to bite you.

I'm not sure I even care at this point. Just replace him.

 

[Sec14Gator]

there needs to be a plague put up in that very spot where Scott Stricklin told us all what he thought on 30 August 2024

Oh, there's definitely a plague there already.

As a matter of fact, this scene could not possibly better describe the death of the Napier era. It's a perfect analogy:



For those who'd rather read the perfect script for this thread (we are just waiting for someone to hit Billy over the head and end this):

CART MASTER - Bring out your dead!

CUSTOMER: Here's one.

CART MASTER: Nine pence.

DEAD PERSON: I'm not dead!

CART MASTER: What?

CUSTOMER: Nothing. Here's your nine pence.

DEAD PERSON: I'm not dead!

CART MASTER: 'Ere. He says he's not dead!

CUSTOMER: Yes, he is.

DEAD PERSON: I'm not!

CART MASTER: He isn't?

CUSTOMER: Well, he will be soon. He's very ill.

DEAD PERSON: I'm getting better!

CUSTOMER: No, you're not. You'll be stone dead in a moment.

CART MASTER: Oh, I can't take him like that. It's against regulations.

DEAD PERSON: I don't want to go on the cart!

CUSTOMER: Oh, don't be such a baby.

CART MASTER: I can't take him.

DEAD PERSON: I feel fine!

CUSTOMER: Well, do us a favor.

CART MASTER: I can't.

CUSTOMER: Well, can you hang around a couple of minutes? He won't be long.

CART MASTER: No, I've got to go to the Robinsons'. They've lost nine today.

CUSTOMER: Well, when's your next round?

CART MASTER: Thursday.

DEAD PERSON: I think I'll go for a walk.

CUSTOMER: You're not fooling anyone, you know. Look. Isn't there something you can do?

DEAD PERSON: [singing] I feel happy. I feel happy.

[whop] - HITS HIM IN THE HEAD WITH PADDLE

CUSTOMER: Ah, thanks very much.

CART MASTER: Not at all. See you on Thursday.

CUSTOMER: Right. All right.

 

[GatorScotty]

Seeing as Napier was born in 1979, and where he grew up, I think you guys are using your own ages for his likely ride. By mid-90's when he could drive, likely sporting a barely over the neckline creepy mullet with the same shaved topped he has now, and with a HS football coach's salary as head of household, i think lil Billy was driving a 10 year old XR4Ti with either an Oakley Thermonuclear Protection or No Fear (ironic I know) sticker on the back.

Joe Dirt

 

[78]

If nothing else, this thread is resurrecting some inglorious car names from the past. I'd all but forgotten the XR4Ti.

 

[GatorScotty]

Just like a plague was put up on the wall for the Tim Tebow Promise, there needs to be a plague put up in that very spot where Scott Stricklin told us all what he thought on 30 August 2024.

"Billy is a man of substance. He's a leader of substance. He is very methodical, which probably, long term, is going to be really good for Florida and for our football program because he's not gonna cut a corner, he's not gonna take a shortcut. He's gonna build a really, really solid foundation. And he's gonna get this thing going to be at the level that all Gators want it to be at, which is competing for championships, playing in meaningful postseason games. Once he gets it to that point, it's gonna stay at that point.
I see the steps he's taken, the caliber of young people he's brought in. He's improved the roster, he's improved the overall structure of the team. I think we have been patient as a university. That patience is gonna be rewarded. I really believe Billy Napier's gonna be the head coach at Florida for a long, long time."​

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I don't give a damn how methodical or detail oriented or meticulous or organized someone is. I don't give a flip if you're Joe The Builder when it comes to diagrams and blue prints. IMPLEMENTATION AND EXECUTION is the name of the game. If you can't execute as a coach then you're useless to a program and useless to young players that are coming to our school hoping and expecting to be developed and coached and molded into men and great football players to help catapult them to the next level. Maybe Billy would've been a great "architect" at building the internal structure/org for our program. The "back office" guy who structured our program and was focused on the minute details, but he is not and never will be a coach of men that will lead us to success as a program.

 

[GatorScotty]

If nothing else, this thread is resurrecting some inglorious car names from the past. I'd all but forgotten the XR4Ti.

You weren't scoring chicks if you didn't have a Yugo.

 

[Sec14Gator]

If you can't execute the coach then you're useless to the Gator program

FIFY