Orlando Sentinel: UF AD Scott Stricklin Insists Billy Napier Is Not On Hot Seat

For the love of God, Smart's success was paved by winning football games. And now Meyer killed the program? What planet are you on?

 

Come on, how can we even have conversations when just 5 posts prior he said:

The Saban and Kirby comment is ridiculous too. Excluding Covid shortened year, those 2 coaches have combined for 22 consecutive 10+ win seasons. 22 years in a row. Twenty Two. If you truly believe that please call an ambulance as I think you have had an lethal amount of whisky.

 

If that is how you want to do the math, Alabama has had 2 coaches in the last 1 season. Talk about musical chairs, my goodness.

 

If it is all relative, as you yourself say, why would Florida not be expected to perform to a level befitting their presence in a "semi-pro" league? UF RELATIVE to the SEC finished with a middling recruiting class as you pointed out. Stanford RELATIVE to the PAC 10 finished 7th in both 2007 & 2008, Jim's first 2 years. So, either you don't understand what RELATIVE means, or yet again you are just tossing crap against the wall to see what sticks.

 

It has been flowing ! Way to come in hot walrus or turd or whatever you are .

 

Reading wci347 got me fired up, a little whisky could probably do me some good.

 

No matter how many vultures pick over the carcass of our last failed season, there is no hot seat. CBN will get 4 or may 5 years to turn this around. IMO, if we have patience it will be rewarded.

 

You are only strengthening my point. My point was Harbaugh had two disastrous years at Stanford (4-8, 5-7) and then won a national championship with Michigan. Someone argued that I could not compare Stanford and the Pac 10 to Florida and the SEC. Napier has had two disastrous seasons and should be allowed to develop our program into the successful program that it once was. Florida has been elite in a semi-pro league. Our program is down now. We can't keep jockeying coaches and expect our program to suddenly hit the jackpot.

 

That is a stupid comparison. Saban retired. He was not fired. The new coach does not have a track record established with Alabama (good or bad), and Alabama's recruiting and player personnel have taken a hit even with his leaving. Try to keep up with the conversation.

 

I find it interesting that as soon as harbaugh finally won a NC he bailed on Michigan and those that are supported him to greener pastures. He is not unique in that regard.

Coaches, even when they win aren't necessarily around forever. To me that is a bit of an indictment on having faith in a l/t process. As soon as the process finally yields the results fans have been pining for the coach often bails out and the fans get to start over.

It will be interesting to see how much patience Mich, bama even Washington have if their new coaches don't win big out of the gate.

 

I tend tend support our coaches 100% until it’s impossible not to fire em. The shoe throw was pretty much it for me when the dipstick stayed on the field. Grantham not being fired before the last season made him a dead man walking. Mullen should have just quit with the shoe..
Napier is full steam ahead to me and we haven’t seen where he’s going but he’s definitely not there yet. It’s been sketchy so far but he hasn’t given up like some and us fans shouldn’t be throwing in the towel just yet either.

 

That’s some bad math. I don’t think any coach coached 2.6 years.

 

It's laughable that people are in complete denial about the realities of the problems with our football and basketball programs.

You look at Clemson, Alabama, and Georgia- the most dominant programs this and last decade and they all have stability in their head coaching positions. Dabo was 19-17 his first three years including a 6-7 year his THIRD year. Under your analyses, this would be UNACCEPTABLE, and you would call for his head. But Dabo went on to win 2 NCs and 7 conference championships because his fans and the administration were patient, and HS talent saw the stability of the program. Kirby Smart and Nick Saban are to Georgia and Alabama what Spurrier and Meyer were to Florida. They came and they won immediately and had tremendous results. There are a handful of coaches that can do that for a program.

In 6 of Kiffin's 12 years with Tennessee, USC, Florida Atlantic, and Ole Miss he has lost 5 or more games. He won 2 conference titles at FAU after 5 years of substandard outcomes at UT and USC. Napier won 2 conference titles. But no one is putting Kiffin on the clock in Oxford. You guys are ridiculous. I could go on and on and give examples all over the country. Look at Deon. 4-8 and 1-8 in the conference, and top players are flocking to him because they sense the appreciation Colorado has for him there and they know the university and fans are 1000% behind him.

Why not create your website for the 5 of you, and bash Napier and Golden all you want? I was where you were when Zook, Muschamp, and McElwein. However, they were closer connected to the Meyer years and had no excuses for not at least being able to maintain the level of recruiting that Florida was renowned for. Napier is 4 head coaches from the last time we were ranked number 1 in the country, and he inherited dysfunction. Now there is the portal and NIL. Give him time and we will see some amazing results.

At some point and time, we have to stop shooting ourselves in the feet.

 

Most coaches at UF don’t have a lot to brag about. There’s a few in the last 50 years.

 

No, you are just not good at it. 13 (2023-2011= 13 seasons) 13/5 = 2.6. Stop embarrassing the university. My 4-year-old granddaughter could do that math.

 

I’m for giving him time and supporting him while he gets that time.

 

Which coach got 2.6 years? I understand perfectly your faulty math.

 

I never said a coach got 2.6 years I stated that the average tenure of a Florida Head Coach from 2011- 2023 has been 2.6 years. So your problem is not math it is reading comprehension.

 

Richt to made is possible for Kirby to slide right into a well run program. That’s not an opinion, that’s a fact.

 

I read it perfectly and any numbskull could see you sliding Meyer in to skew the numbers to an unrealistic representation of reality.