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Hey, Gator Fans: It's Your Fault Billy Napier is Failing (article)

Discussion in 'RayGator's Swamp Gas' started by DeepPurpleGator, Sep 5, 2023.

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  1. gatorpa

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    Sorry Clay, the poor execution in even the simplest part of the game for the last year would get called out by anyone with an ounce of football IQ. Kids watch the games too they aren’t on message boards looking at fan posts near as much as you suggest, they are watching games and highlights, and when those highlights show continued ineptitude they aren’t gonna play that.

    As far as SOS it wasn’t the fans. It was more of Foley not stepping up and his desire to try the NFL(something he said he always wanted to do).

    If you watch the netflix special Meyer doesn’t blame the fans at all it was his internal drive to keep winning.

    UF fans didn’t run off either of them.
     
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  2. 95Gator

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    Totally. What a horrible piece of writing. Even if I understand the point the writer WAS trying to make he did it with zero correlations and I want my brain cells back after reading this crap click bait. Don’t post this shite.
     
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  3. Zepgator

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    Why can’t you? Mullen was not focused on recruiting- which is clearly documented. Napier is and he appears to have a much better organization which I believe will pay dividends. Mullen also wanted to jump to the NFL and seemed to have one foot out the door. I think it is completely reasonable to assess the circumstances and make decisions accordingly.
     
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  4. Zepgator

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    Maybe. If we didn’t fire Mullen, are we worse the next year and fall further behind in recruiting? Also something to consider.
     
  5. Matthanuf06

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    I was all for firing Mullen

    Right now Napier does have fatal flaws. His offense being one, and surprisingly the total lack of detail and preparedness. He can preach it all day and hire as many analysts as he wants, but there is no denying it. Just like Dan he will get another offseason to correct it, but I don’t think he will survive if he mirrors Dans ego.
     
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    I didn’t. Whether it was or not, what did it as to the conversation?
     
  7. Wanne15

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    I dunno if I’d call the portal a bust just yet. We have a ton playing this year tgat came from the portal and you can only consider one game. There’s a good percentage of our snaps being taken Fromm portal guys.
     
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    He hasn’t looked like dam’s ego to me in the least.. the offense is suspect and our oline doesn’t look good but ego?
     
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    Mus-take wanted Derrick Henry to play linebacker. That is all you need to know about what would have happened. And as I said on my original post, where did the article say that a coach was canned and then became good at another major college football program?

    Otherwise, it is about as sound as saying "well, if the sun had come up in the west instead of the east, things would have been different." Somewhat correct but essentially missing the point.
     
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  10. gatorpa

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    Thus far I’m underwhelmed.
    Mertz seems a bit better than he was in the spring.
     
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