You might be right but it seems incredibly unlikely for it to rise anywhere near where expected with this little time left before ESD and so very, very few highly ranked kids even considering us. A big win against Texas might still have enough time to make an impact, but the window is closing fast. Too many kids have their final options already set and are going to choose from that list. And I fear very few are bothering to wait and see on us anymore, one way or another. As you've said, a huge influx of extra money could still turn heads, but there's no sign of that yet and very soon it will be too late to make a difference in the HS class. I'm still hopeful even a few kids reconsider and the class moves up and settles in a more respectable position. But I simply can't remember ever being in a danger of finishing with a class as low as we are and might still be.
I hear what you’re saying. But unfortunately, I don’t think it’s fair to Judge things based on these last few games unless Lagway comes back. I don’t expect much with a third stringer behind center.
I don't think the offense will do much the rest of the year. But i would love to see the defense Ball out the rest of the season, even if they are gassed by 4th quarter.
Let's just put it this way. The last time we finished so poorly in recruiting they didn't even rank classes, so we have no idea what to compare it to.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion obviously, but to be at The University of Florida, that is a pathetically low bar. This is a bottom line multi billion dollar industry. Win, or you get shown the door
Our nil game is nonexistent at the moment and i think that will have a negative impact on this class. You are probably right that it is irreversible at this point for this class. Itll get better when decisions are made but its too late to build anything like we had last year. If they arent going to fire him, they screwed the pooch by not getting this class to gether earlier. If they are firing him, they still screwed up. They got run over by mack playing hokey pokey in the middle of the freeway with all the indecision.
With Lagway he can. What I’m afraid of is Napier riding Lagway, never winning anything big, then Lagway leaves and he’s garbage again.
I don’t think you can really put the same value on recruiting rankings anymore. Montrell isn’t factored into the rankings. Neither is Badger, Pup, Dike, McClain, Robinson etc. We can have an off year in HS recruiting and still have a solid roster with the help of the portal. Though I don’t think it’s a strategy that is sustainable long term.
I think but am not sure that they re-rank the classes after the initial portal season ends. I just don't follow it that closely anymore now that its just about the size of the paycheck.
I am more concerned now than I was after the losses at the beginning of the season. For me there was no urgency to fire Napier so long as the recruits were coming in, because we could recruit a good playcaller on a solid foundation of players. This is how we did when we sent Zook packing and picked up Urban. But the incoming weak class combined with the scholarship limit increase is a perfect storm. We should be lining up more talent for 2025 not less. It is the most important recruiting year in recent memory. I hope we are shopping behind the scenes.
Unfortunately Napier's patented lack of urgency is more than likely to put us into a hole that will be difficult to climb out of.
