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No excuse, Napier needs to go

Discussion in 'RayGator's Swamp Gas' started by largartos, Aug 31, 2024.

  1. volungator

    volungator All American

    I used to feel the same.

    He's not the man he used to be.
     
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  2. Wanne15

    Wanne15 GC Hall of Fame

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    be , maybe not. Public persona and reality are often very different. Emmitt can kiss my ass.
     
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  3. WC53

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    should have hired a real DC too?
     
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  4. gatorogue

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    BN won't make it to mid season. I would love a few wins to prove me wrong. Perhaps DJ steps up. But if not, then maybe there's a diamond in the rough among the assistant coaches. Someone players and the other coaches respect. Appoint an interim HC. Shake things up. Who knows. GT was in miserable shape two seasons ago. They fired Geoff Collins early in the season. Hired one of their assistants as interim coach. His name? Brent Key. You'll likely be hearing his name more often. Key immediately changed the trajectory of GT football to finish off the '22 season. Improved to 7-6 last season and a bowl win. Now making big moves on the recruiting trail for '25. Started off this season with a win over FSU in Dublin. Still early in 2024 so who knows where he takes them. But there's no need to suffer through another long season of wait till next year. Clearly, BN is not up to the task; Miami may turn out to be better than advertised but you don't need another game to figure the course UF is tracking. Time to move on, the sooner the better before the damage is irreparable.
     
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  5. WyoGator

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    This goes beyond the playbook, we need someone who can completely reset program and culture. What we’ve had for the last 3 years is smoke and mirrors, with a coach hiding behind the moving parts
     
  6. ufhe15man

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    We hired Grantham after the throat slash. Precedence has been set.
     
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  7. Gatorrick22

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    No more looking for "diamonds in the rough" please... Let's just cut bait and get Kiffin.
     
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  8. Crusher

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    And Randy Shannon telling the press that his HS buddy got killed up in Gainesville when he was a player here, a complete fabrication.
     
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  9. ufhe15man

    ufhe15man All American

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    But cheated to get there, put us on probation and we didn’t get respectable until SOS.
     
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  10. antny1

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    And where did Pell originally come from? Before Clemson...
     
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  11. ThomasD89

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    Dangerous game unless we are just looking to hire a caretaker replacement.
     
  12. uftaipan

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    Seems like it worked out for Ole Miss. Take a page.
     
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  13. Wanne15

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    Why would kid come? 12 mil guaranteed for a decade?
     
  14. Crusher

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    He built the foundation of what the Florida program was (sadly no more). He made mistakes for that era, but put the university on the course for what did happen in the 1990's and 2000's. His biggest mistake was thinking that doing things that happened on a daily basis at Alabama under Bryant would not be a big deal at UF.
     
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  15. Wanne15

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    Do a coach dirty financially? Not a way to get interest from coaches with options.
     
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  16. tec68

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    Did you see Oregon against Idaho? Absolutely terrible coaching, no way should we go for Lanning.
     
  17. 62gator

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    f$u fired Willie Taggart during only his 2nd season in Tally. He coached just 21 games at Florida State. He went 9-12 overall and 0-5 against rivals Miami, Clemson and Florida. He received a $18mil parting gift.

    Billy is 26 games in now with similar records and a marginally higher buyout.
     
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  18. cheatng8tr

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    Is Dabo a more realistic get than Kiffin? I know he got blown out by Georgia but he knows how to recruit Florida and his teams play with intensity. Our current team does not.
     
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  19. shane4three

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    1 game and a 23-5 record! I’ll take him. He will recruit the o and d lines also.
     
  20. ThomasD89

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    No, mostly because Dabo isn't leaving Clemson just now. Pride will not let him walk away and his record is going to keep him from getting fired for at least another year or longer.

    (Not to imply that Kiffin is more realistic - he isn't. Neither are realistic.)
     
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