Once We Go 6-6 This Year

And when to punt or kick a field goal on fourth down. This is not Play Station.

 

This post will age well

 

Zook followed Steve Spurrier. Napier took on a team buried in 10+ years of mediocrity and negligent recruiting. Stop with the comparisons to Zook

 

You're right. In many ways, Zook had it worse. Napier came in with little pressure, with the Gators going 14-11 (.560) the previous two years. Zook was expected to continue what SOS did, as though SOS was the New Normal.

As horrible as the last 12 years have been (outside of 2012, 2015, 2018 and 2019), perhaps some Gators finally realize that we could fare far worse than finishing 8-5 every year. People say that we came close to winning 2-3 more games, but we had two wins with a 3-point margin. We also could have done worse.

This is why I don't endlessly whine about firing coaches or coordinators. I want Napier to do well here, and as head coach, I have to trust his choice of coordinators and position coaches. He's not a head coach with no experience like Zooker or Muschamp. We need to give him a chance, and if his staff isn't cutting it, he alone must accept responsibility. I simply dread us going through the endless 3 year cycle. Since 2000, we've had 7 head coaches. Among the major programs:

Alabama: 4
Auburn: 4
Clemson: 2
FSU: 4
Georgia: 2
Iowa: 1
Kansas State: 3
LSU: 4
Miami: 6
Michigan: 4
Michigan State: 4
Miss State: 5
Nebraska: 5
NC State: 3
North Carolina: 5
Notre Dame: 5
Ohio State: 5
Oklahoma: 3
Oklahoma State: 2
Oregon: 6
Penn State: 3
Pitt: 4
South Carolina: 4
Stanford: 5
Tennessee: 5
Texas: 4
Texas A&M: 5
UCLA: 5
USC: 5
Utah: 3
Virginia Tech: 3
West Virginia: 5
Wisconsin: 4

I am hoping this cycle ends with Billy, and I'm rooting for him.

 

No more scholarship limits would destroy college football. This already happens to some degree, but you'll see a lot more of the Saban's and Kirby's of the world recruiting a guy not because they'll use him, necessarily, but so they won't go somewhere else.

 

I read that was what Bryant used to do at Alabama. But today, the players have the portal.

 

He did that very effectively. OTOH, there were far fewer schools playing football back then. I also think that many didn't offer full rides either.

 

Hello RH.
Yeah, you know how Fandom is: we concentrate on:

Future is always brighter, entitlement, traditions, facilities, alumni, etc.

We tend to ignore facts (I do).

The fact is I am disappointed in the season and CBNs results in year 1.

You lay it our succinctly.

The challenges are immense.

We are in a two year trof that Gator Nation
is not used to.

All things considered I will be patient and look forward to what kind of class comes in, how the transfer portal is used and spring practice. I also expect UF to be better.

Napier knows this and what the business realities are.