The problem going forward is Billy and his mindset. HE has to be the one willing to change. getting an OC WONT MATTER if HE still wants the philosophy offensively to be the same. Muschamp was with us for 4 years and had 3 different OC’s but the offensive identity STAYED the same. Look at how Saban at Bama and Kirby at UGA allowed the O to be ran to what the OC they had wanted to run; results be damned. We love Napier because he’s doing things OFF the field that Mullen never did or cared to do but ON the field he’s as stubborn as every coach we’ve had since Meyer left. He’s no different. He will be fired after 2024 if he doesn’t change his offensive philosophy and approach. Even Cristobal has hired a Air Raid OC and allows him to run that style.
That starts with coaching. Even Tony Dungy showed more fire and passion on and off the field than Napier. So yea if it’s the players you want to blame, who’s preparing them during game week and who’s KEEPING them on the field even if they show no passion? The staff. Shemar James said he felt the noon kickoff affected them. Like how is that even possible? Why are they not prepared????
Best post I’ve read since the game ended on Saturday. Billy has to be willing to change. Right now he is dialed in so much into “the process” and so sure of the end resuts, he cannot see just how terrible we look. It is possible to look improved while improving. And it’s not just style points we seek, it’s all the special teams gaffes, personnel mistakes, and missed tackling that we want to see fixed.
I want to believe in Napier, but I cant see that as a reality if the kind of in-games mishaps and lack on intensity/preparation continues to repeat its self the remainder of the season. All of it is to me bottom line for the better or worst, is a reflection on the guy at the top. At year 2 or at the very least........ at the conclusion of year 2, these are not the types of things I expected to see nor should of the administration. Before I retired I had oversight responsibility of a operation that generated almost 1 billion dollars of revenue annually, that encompassed 129 different work sights and several hundred employees and staff. I wouldn't had lasted beyond a year 2 if my end product were yielding the type results we've seen with the product were seeing on the football field with Billy
which is even more frustrating because he was brought in and “known” for being very detailed oriented but we, for two seasons l, have enough sample size from the product on the field to show that he isn’t detailed oriented as a game day coach. we’re inconsistent, unprepared, and predictable. We look like a Zook coached team w/o the offensive output
Johnson will be gone after this year, so Etienne wii start next year. At least early in the game, they were alternating series.
I will come out and state that I do not know Billy, have never met him or spoken to him, and the little I’ve heard from people “in the know” is just that: little. For Billy to do what was stated above which is hire an OC and let them run the offense according to what they have personnel-wise, talent-wise, and opponent-wise, it would take a complete personality transformation for someone like Napier to deviate from “the process,” put things in someone else’s hands, and not interfere. At the moment I do not see Billy doing that. He will see it as a choice between compromising who he is or staying employed at UF. He will continue to be who he is, take his buyout money, and head to a different destination he believes will let him be who he is. At least that is the way I see this playing out. It isn’t too late. I believe Billy is our coach in 2024 and he can make those necessary changes for the program to take a sizeable step forward in 2024.
Unless he gets an OC, his tenure will be short. Imo, I don't think Napier is good at calling plays at this level. Seems to have little ability to adapt depending on how the game is going and at times is over-matched in the SEC. Someone new needs to call plays next yr. If an OC isn't hired in the offseason than once again we'll have a coach unwilling to accurately access his short comings and make the necessary changes. I thought Napier was different. I'm still hopeful he will be. I guess we'll find out.
What OC is going to want to come to Gainesville for a year, walk into the mess that is our program, and face our brutal 2024 schedule? Prepare for a meh OC hire, unfortunately.
The financials you mention are a dynamic, that certainly lends it self to Napier being the HBC come the 2024 season. However, results and or out comes based on who he is now particularly negative outcomes/results, should dictate a resolve to change in the hopes of achieving positive outcomes. Your suggestion that he subsequently rebuke calls for self examination and/or change to me in the end makes him no better than the previous HBC and to me having been through that experience once from a administrative standpoint, would warrant an immediate dismissal......why wait if its really about putting a winning product on the field on Saturdays?
This is for Scott Stricklin to look back on and analyze. He is the one who’s on the hook of Napier fails.
