Uhh. Yeah. Most of us do. We understand enough to question why Billy is one of the only coaches who does things this way. Are there any playoff coaches who act as their own coordinator? It takes his attention away from other head coach duties such as time management, substitution patterns, special teams, etc because he is mostly focused on calling the offense. There is also the margin for error, or lack thereof, in this offense. If a play requires almost perfect execution to work, that is an issue. Why not try to scheme a play to get wide-assed open against a given coverage/tendency instead of a play that could work against most coverages with a near-perfect read and throw. Maybe Billy can recognize the weaknesses and tendencies he has in his scheme and adjust, but time will tell.
Both you and Skink are on to something. Reasons for optimism, but questions that can only be answered next season. We're like passengers on a plane experiencing turbulence, hoping our Captain his it under control. No doubt.
I have understood that in sports you find the other teams weakness and attack it. If he doesn't adjust, you keep on attacking.
Pretty much disagree with this entire post. Did you watch the playoffs? Ohio St rotates Judkins and Henderson, Texas used Blue and Wisner (were deeper before injury), UGA used Frazier and Etienne (also deeper before injury), Penn St used Allen and Singleton, ND had Love and Price plus qb Leonard ran for 1000 yards. Those were all rotations comparable to UF....everyone tweaks according to situation and skill set, but all the names listed were rotational. It's what everyone who has quality depth does. The only teams that don't rotate backs have a huge gap between 1st and second team...which is generally a bad thing. Sure you keep Jeremiah Smith or Skattebo on the field, they are unique. UF didn't have that, nor do most teams. UF did not remotely have the OL rotation you suggest vs Miami. Devon Manuel got some snaps at OT (and played pretty well, we missed him post injury), and BCD came in for starter Waites because he was struggling. Lovett got a few snaps as the 3rd guard. That's what you consider some extreme rotation? You would have been screaming bloody murder if they didn't sub out Waites. As for UT game, running a qb sneak there was a reasonable call. Didn't work out but Monday morning qb on play calls is weak. But that play really doesn't have anything to do with substitution patterns anyway.
New coaches don’t just fire good coaches, maybe a Nick Saban or someone but not a wide receiver coach that they are hiring as an experiment. Napier was fired because he is predictable and hard headed.
Those guys have been better than average at those schools. Billy was worse than average. It’s not hard to understand ASU didn’t have a shot and didn’t care like we do when they were in the Pac 12. Now they are playing there competition and have a good coach. It’s not the same ASU as 2017. You know this though you just enjoy arguing.
Good grief, you can spin with the best of them....impressive in a weird, deranged sort of way. We get it, you want to be free to determine whatever criteria is appropriate to fit your viewpoint. Unfortunately reality doesn't work that way.
Reality is Billy Napier is very average at being a play caller and he should delegate that role to someone more antiquated to today’s game and take a CEO role that every other coach with championship aspirations is doing. This is only debatable if you somehow want to put Billy Napier and his feelings over the University of Florida.
