Florida strength coach Craig Fitzgerald accepts same position at Boston College

I'm not sure it's even a 50/50 shot. Fitz signs with Florida and has severe misgivings about his job security. I could hear his conversation to himself...

* Billy's a great guy, but there is talk about the environment here;

* Recruiting is pretty good for Florida, but it could drop in a day (15th overall but 8th in the SEC and 3d in the state);

* The Portal is always a crapshoot;

* Florida Victorious isn't exactly opening up the bank vaults for NIL;

* Haven't had a consistently strong team in 15 years;

* Last two seasons were losing seasons for a team that is usually strong, and 2024 has Florida potentially playing their toughest schedule in 20 years, and the toughest in the nation.

* Not sure of Billy can survive three straight losing seasons, even if every opponent is as good as Georgia;

* Florida's fanbase is among the most passionate and demanding in the nation;

* If Billy gets fired, the new head coach would want his own people;

* I have plenty of money, but job security is still important to my family;

***RING! RING!!*** "Hi, Fitz, it's Bill. I just got hired at Boston College, and I seriously doubt I will be fired in three years. I'll pay you as much as Florida if possible, and you can also have the peace of mind to know that no one is going to ride my nuts to get rid of me. Job security is yours for the asking! We need you here..."

I know this is not popular to the "how DARE he? Doesn't he know we are Da Mighty Gators" crowd, but everyone has to weigh all the options...

 

And he probably has a job already. Make him an offer offer. He can’t refuse.

 

I’m sure that’s a very likely scenario, but anybody who accepts a job and quits five weeks later is still a shithead

 

He should have thought about that before he took the job. Nothing changed with Billy's program during the five weeks he was here.

 

Don't know the entire story. If I began a job, only to learn that it is basically an organization of rats fleeing a sinking ship, I'd bolt as soon as I could, and I suspect you and most people would do the same.

 

Maybe he didn't think it was as bad as it MAY be before he arrived.

 

Looks like he is the only rat fleeing the ship

 

Im a Florida Gator fan. I was a huge fan of the Napier hire. I am still a Napier fan. I want Florida to win every game. I’m also a realist.

If we win 6 games he should be fired, if he wins more he should be kept, if he wins them all we should build a statue. Virtually everyone in the college football world agrees with that statement. It is only on GC where some people think we should keep him if he turns in a third losing season. Thats not hate.

 

Why don’t you list the seven teams on that schedule that you feel like Napier should beat.

 

Yep it’s a no brainer job security wise.

The job hopping thing doesn’t hurt him because if BOB gets fired he’d have been there for at least 4 years.

The reasons not to take it is it’s probably a paycut (but he has to factor in the odds of him losing his job) and the odds of Napier winning a title is still greater than BOB.

If we beat Ark and Mizzou I bet he is still here and that we have a top 5 recruiting class. It is what it is

 

I have before. And obviously no game is 100% win or 100% lose. But in Y3 you should be a top 15-25 team at minimum. I’m talking about our play not the actual ranking.

Only UGA and Texas are clearly above that.

Samford, Kentucky, Miss St are clearly below that. So 3-2 there

Everyone else is kind of right in that range. LSU maybe a little better and someone like UCF/Miami closer to the bottom. 4-3 or 3-4 is the baseline there.

The problem is you are looking at the schedule from a lense of a shitty team. Of course a shitty team is going to get wrecked. I’m looking at it from what should a coach in Year 3 with it being 100% his program at UF do. The bar shouldn’t be lowered because Napier lowered it the last two years.

Top 15-25 in Y3 is incredibly reasonable.

 

And maybe he has acid reflux and prilosec is cheaper in Boston.

 

I'm just wondering why anyone thinks job security had anything to do with his decision to leave. This is a guy who barely stays anywhere past two years anyway even when things are good. He's not shown any desire for long term stability up until now. Why would he change now?

He's known in the business so don't think he'd have any problem picking up employment even if BN is potentially fired next year. Do you think O'Brien wouldn't give him a job next year?

 

Loads of them at Non 5 P schools…

 

Being the 20th best team could possibly get you seven losses. This isn’t most years where we play four decent teams and we suck and go 8-4. If we suck this year, it could be really embarrassing. Let’s hope some of the teams on our schedule aren’t as good as they might be. It’s possible to have 5-6 top ten teams on our schedule.

 

Boston>Gainesville

 

Well Prilosec shouldn’t be taken long term… so you may be on to something.

 

I worked a job four hours once, went to lunch on the first day and never went back.

 

There is more to it than just an offer from a friend. It’s not even a parallel move.

I’ve had offers like that before, shortly after taking a new job, and I’ve never left. However, if I had found the new job wasn’t as I expected, then I would have considered it.

The few comments about him having a history of this is nonsense. His prior shortest stint was 2 YEARS. He barely stayed a month here. Not the same…

 

Not picking on you at all. But, one of the OL coaches just left today. Hopefully, not the beginning of a trend.