Yeah, 2026 will have to be better, with the exception of Alabama getting added. I think Napier's fate will be sealed one way or another by then, though. And, yep, we're in a meat grinder in the SEC, and, I wouldn't trade it for an ACC schedule. But, I would change the non-conference scheduling approach, and also maybe just rotate between all the SEC teams. We would still play everyone every two years that way (and even more if we make it to Atlanta and to the playoffs). Go Gators!!!
Sooo… We finally got through the M’s, now into the N’s. You are saying we need to proceed alphabetically from here?
Sure, but considering the record of accomplishments and the fact there's no track record of success at this level it's very generous. The up and coming coach worked well for us a few times in the past, but that doesn't mean it's the only formula we should use.
Look at that roster and tell me that's a quick rebuild. Now granted the portal could have accelerated things but I'm giving Napier benefit of doubt that the program had a ton of things to fix internally so he was trying to build a foundation. That doesn't excuse the gameday errors but again, look at that roster. Also consider Napier brought in torrence, Johnson and Ricky.... Mullen left hot garbage for a roster.
Im not advocating the up and comer formula at all. Just stating the problem as i see it. Clearly we have failed at attracting the proven winner all the way back to RG’s replacement in 1970. We are in esteemed company in not being able to accurately predict how a coach will turn out (as in every other team in college football, bar none) Time to transition to watching the 2024 season unfold. Its been too long since we last played.
He was a disgrace. Disses UF, know he's content to see us fail, and has to be happy nobody in the media has reviewed his time here and discussed what a failure he was. Lucky guy.
Gotta start doing better at Dtackle and Oline. Seems like our higher end guys get flipped each year. At least at DT. We haven't even really had many top Oline guys even commit at all to get flipped.
That all depends on how deeply they analyze his time at Florida. He was 34-15 (.694). How many people will be willing to analyze Mullen's tenure deeper, to the point they blame everything bad that happened to Florida since on Mullen? Larry Coker was a constructive example at Miami. He was 61-15 (.802) at Miami, which is SOS/Meyer level. They COULS say he won with Butch Davis' players, but... UNC: 28-23 (.549) FIU: 24-32 (.429) Was it the coach, or was it the Zeitgeist?
Gameday coaching and program building are two completely separate things. One he is great at and they other he is terrible.
It seems like shooting fish in a barrel, but game day coaching and program building intersect, at least in the case of Napier, in the Special Teams product on field. And we know how that's working out. Specifically our special teams have been a hot mess and no one has ever been assigned or hired to fix it.
All our national championships came from up and comers. Urbs took one to osu and Saban went to Bama. Are there more?
Dude keeps saying 34-15 while ignoring the last 2 years and what he left us. Look at that roster from 2 years ago. How does an offensive minded coach leave us with that receiver room and qb room? How does Pitts have the year he had and other than zipperer no other viable tight ends are left? A converted lineman to play tight end. 34-15 and the dude wants to talk about analytical scrutiny. Come on. For the thousandth time, I don't know if Napier has the gameday coaching chops to succeed like Mullen did but he's running absolute circles around him running a program.
He had about 20 of those wins first two seasons, then it fell apart and he wasn't trying to recover. Hard to believe there was not a "hello agent, is my buyout with Florida solid if I do nothing egregious? .... Oh great, cause I don't feel like working another day."
