Team Progress and Future Outlook

The offense has progressed, but we still need an experienced OC with the freedom to run his own system. Napier continues to fail with regards to situational playcalling (see the 3 runs down 10 last night), personnel use (Pearsall and EW3 disappear late in games), 2 minute offense, tempo, use of timeouts, and everything that is Football 101.

I’m afraid the play of the offense the past 2 weeks will encourage Napier to continue calling plays and be too distracted by that to address special teams, motivating the team, and all HC/CEO duties.

Big changes are needed.

 

Offense is NOT the problem. We scored 35 points with a defense that let LSU run up and down the field. Our problem is so obviously D that I can't believe people still whine about our offense

 

We scored 1 TD against Charlotte.

 

There have been other games played since then.

 

Agree with the terrible lb play. Some of them don't belong on a div1 D. LSU rushed for 329 and our 2 main LBs played 90% of the snaps, totaling 3 solo tackles and 6 assists. Easy to see how LSU set some records against us. 17 had 1 solo tackle, seeming to be out of position on a majority of plays.

 

Pick your lane.. offense is no good, defense is no good. Maybe it's both?

 

What are you even trying to argue right now? Anyone with working eyeballs can see the defense is poor and the OL is subpar but we're doing alright on offense in spite of it.

 

Agreed thru 10 games all below are per offensive game averages, ncaa rank, sec rank

Points 29.5 56th 7th
Rush 138.7 89th 10th
Pass 278.6 26th 6th
Total 417.3 46th 6th

Middle of the pack without much (hell any help from defense with turnovers). Did I mention we have a suspect OL especially at OT?

Hardly, the main reason for our current record.

 

This question raises my two biggest concerns with BN.
1 - Last year our team did not get better thru the year. We limped into the off season on a losing streak. I could suffer thru some loses this year given our schedule, but that Arky loss was just ugly, and it appears, again, that the team is really no better in the last game than the first (some units are better, some worse, but the team is no better).

2 - BN talks of complementary football but that is the last thing we play. If the D looks good, the offense is in a shell. If the offense is firing, the defense lays an egg. Special teams is at least steady - unfortunately, steady means consistently a risk of failure.

For 2 years we have watched BN play whack a mole. Make progress here but lose b/c of there, with little to show at the end. BN is not going anywhere this year but he needs to fix his “system” to prevent variable failures and create consistent progress (as he talks about) or next year will be very precarious.

Coaches cannot make average players great, but they can make average players ann above average team thru discipline, technique, and effort. Giving up 700+ yards is just a joke that must include not caring at some level by some folks in the chain. Not expecting championships, but consistent progress - and that is not showing on the field.

 

Our poor OL play and defensive woes certainly predate CBN. The question then becomes what has he done to correct them and were those efforts successful.
Recruiting, Portal and assistants oh my

 

This was posted to FB by Brandon Spikes:

@coach_bnapier has done a lot right. More than our fans give him credit for. He’s a supreme talent evaluator. Best players we have are ones he brought in. Given time he will build this program back to the glory days and remember Rome wasn’t built in a day !! #GoGators



As I've posted elsewhere, Florida is MUCH closer to turning a corner than it may appear to many. If you knew some of the things I can't post you wouldn't despair as much. I'd like to keep this thread from turning into bashing please. Thanks!

 

I have suspected this much and now it has been confirmed by a reliable source. I hope he sends that to the current recruits (if that is okay) and they all heed his words.

 

Brandon Spikes is the man!! I would believe what he says more so than most people affiliated with our program. Patience is required by all of us. We need to let CBN fix this..
I would rather we support him even if it requires a few more years. I don't want to go back to 3 and out with our coaches. IMO, there is a very good chance we will get there.

 

It is all about winning and loosing. Can't get any worse than it is now so the future has to be better. Football team currently has a worse winning percentage than any of the other 18 Florida athletic teams. Never
thought I would see that happen.

 

We need Spikes back in some fashion, analyst of motivation? Be fun to see Tebow and Spikes roaming the sidelines pumping the team up! I know I know wouldn't happen but one can dream.

 

we've improved tremendously since then

 

Spikes works for the team and is on the sideline every game.

 

Suspected what? I'm confused by this post.

 

Did not know that, great info. What is he doing? Can he teach tackling?