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WHAT Will/Needs TO HAPPEN IN YEAR THREE!

Discussion in 'RayGator's Swamp Gas' started by doctorg8r, Jan 11, 2024.

  1. Mikog8tor

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    That’s not what you said. You said lower expectations and I don’t think expectations can be any lower for the program. Maybe up your expectations from being almost the worst sec team. We can meet in the middle at 7 or 8 wins consistently. Personally don’t care if Billy makes it or gets fired, I’m for UF and not an individual player or coach.
     
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  2. MarineG8R

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    Everyone has different expectations.

    I’m pretty sure most on here are for UF and not just a player or coach.
     
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  3. gatorwalrus

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    This has been an unusually tame thread for this forum. Is saying losing seasons will get coaches fired considered being negative? Sounds to me like a statement of fact.

    Oh no, now you've made me do it. I just said the quiet part out loud and cost us another recruit. Dang, my bad guys.
     
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  4. gatorwalrus

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    oh well, guess the new coach would just need to find a transfer like Bo Nix, Michael Penix, Hendon Hooker, Justin Fields, Joe Burrow, Quinn Ewers, Caleb Williams, Jaydon Daniels... Holding a program hostage over a single player is crazy.
     
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  5. freedomgator

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    Perhaps in year three we'll stop yelling in thread titles.
     
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  6. MaceoP

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    If CBN is let go after 2025, I'm sure you will be here to rant about the new guy when he is hired (unless a Saban clone walks through the door.)
     
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  7. burtjeffson

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    this is ridiculous and total BS - "sports column," suuuure buddy

    anyone who thinks some random posts on the internet matter more than five straight losses doesn't understand the basic nature of reality - step away from the keyboard and go for a nice walk amigo
     
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  8. gatorwalrus

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    I'll be hoping he is the guy to take UF back to the top. Just as I was for the last 4 coaches.
     
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  9. ufstrong57

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    UF can't afford a stadium of empty seats either along with poor merchandise sales. Fans already are about to walk. It's hard enough to watch this team on TV let alone to pay high ticket prices and travel expenses.
     
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  10. MaceoP

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    And if he isn't, i guess you can wait until coach 6 to maybe smile.
     
  11. volungator

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    Should have already happened.
     
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  12. Matthanuf06

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    Dj and others will transfer whether it’s 25, 26, or any year if Napier is gone. Thats the nature of the business.

    You absolutely 100% cannot keep a coach bc you are scared of losing a player

    A new coach will be able to recruit better (and get a bump class) vs one on a mega hot seat

    Either way whether Billy gets 2025 is 100% up to how Billy performs in 2024. Nothing we say here or super popular places like X/Reddit will make a difference.
     
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  13. Matthanuf06

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    No recruit is making any decisions off of Gator Country. We aren’t that important. They are spending far far far more time on actual social media platforms. I doubt most recruits realize this site even exists.

    Either way we are a top academic institution. Recruits shouldn’t have to read a forum to realize a coach with 2 straight losing seasons at the University of Florida is swimming in murky waters. It seems pretty damn self evident.
     
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  14. pd_gator

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    What player would want to come here when we fire HC's hand over fist. I'll wait.
     
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  15. pd_gator

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    What top HC comes here when our idiotic toxic fans put them on a mega hot seat immediately???
     
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  16. Gatorfred

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    Let’s see…. Did firing Zook keep Urbs from coming? Did firing Willie Novell from taking the job. Did firing Shula keep Saban from taking the job. Hell did firing Landry keep Jimmie from taking the job?
    I’ll wait…

    Coaches get fired more than not. It’s the nature of their business.
     
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  17. pd_gator

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    Who has been on Urban's lvl since he quit? I'll wait
     
  18. Gatorfred

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    Now you are just being silly.
     
  19. pd_gator

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    Was Zook fired after being left a total dumpster fire against a top 2/3 SOS where the prior HC refused to recruit? Did Zook open his presser telling Gator Nation that this rebuild is going to be a longer process so please be patient Didn't Zook get a longer leash than our toxic fans are willing to give Billy. Should Michigan have fired JH after his first few season, or Clemson with Dabo, or Georgia with Smart. How many SECC's does Tennessee have running off HC's every 3yrs? Yup, let's copy the Tennessee model. Smfh
     
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  20. pd_gator

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    I am? So since Urban left our AD has hired a hot shot HC that came in and won a NC in year #2?