Well-framed. I'll give my take. I wasn't reading "the state of the coaching" into those losses. Rather: at the time, we viewed those first two as bad losses to mediocre teams. I'm pushing back against that narrative and only that narrative. That said: Cristobal came from Oregon, Elko from Duke, Huepel from UCF. Billy...didn't. For me, the chance that he still needs room to figure it out (whether high or low) is balanced vs. the risk of rolling the dice on another Zook/Muschamp/Mac/Mullen 3 and out.
If he loses the next four games in triple OT on controversial ref calls he might need to be fired just because he's cursed. That is a joke, before the usual subjects pile on.
I think that is a fair consideration. And not as pushback, but a possible qualifier in that context, is Louisiana really that different than UCF? Duke? I'd say it would definitely be a difference in degree rather than in kind, and for me at least, not much of a degree.
Let me try. Elko is a defensive coach, and turning that around was almost unnecessary as they were already good. They had superior talent on offense that needed maturing. Overall they were much more talented than us. We had to hope Elko would struggle to integrate. Miami also had superior talent. Cristobal prepared specifically for us. He hired a good staff to cover his deficiencies. Let's go to a probable loss ahead. Kelly was a no brainer for LSU over CBN. Adding LSU's resources to poach players and defensive coaches has put them over the top. They will have elite qb play and offense as long as he is there.
I can see the aTm thing but they did it with two of our cast-off coaches and two players. I can't get behind the Miami comments because coach is responsible for talent acquisition and frankly I don't think Miami is talented enough to justify what happened against us. I always thought Kelly had a ceiling but a very high floor so that one is weird for me because I think the way LSU the institution recruits speaks to itself. Kelly has the personality of a gravy bowl but yet they pulled high end talent immediately and didn't miss a beat. Still though, other teams fair better against them than we have.
Speaking of running the table... Try out this big teaser game calculator out. Plug in Gator wins on all these games in the Remaining Conference Games a see where that leaves the Gators. Yep... would be a very nice scenario. mred's SEC FB Standings Generator
To even have this conversation is a good thing. I think with our defense playing better and a DJ led offense, we can be competitive in any game. Hope is a beautiful thing like I said lol.
This is going to be the ultimate test of whether Billy can come up with a good game plan. If he doesn’t, this will get ugly. His past record does not give me confidence.
This is what I don’t want to see here Sunday morning. I don’t want majority of the posters in the "fire him on the spot" wagon again. Because it will mean they were beaten soundly and looked outmatched/outclass in every way possible the whole game. I'm hoping for a UF win. Even if they lose, I'm hoping to see a well organized competent team giving it all against UG.
Me likey Rick, now we just need to win those 4 and The SOW - Playoffs baby! It all there for the takin!!!
Indeed. Compared to the end of week 3 when I had a cyanide bottle and loaded my revolver................
We'll see. It's not like Kentucky was Kentucky with the way Auburn beat them on the road. But we will be down some key players, no Wilson, Marshall, Jackson, Turner is still out (might as well write him off for the year after what 1 play as a Gator). Got our work cut out for us. Napier has to bring his A game or Smart will smoke him like a joint.
Well, hopefully you don't get back to that last statement. Even if they lose always remember, there's a solution to every problem.
Another perspective on running the table is “The Three-Year Test”. It is mathematically impossible for Napier to finish above 0.500 overall and in the conference after year three without running the table. Napier is 15-17 overall, 8-12 in the SEC in his three years at Florida. Granted, Stricklin and the boosters may have other criteria to retain Napier. I am just pointing out the mathematical possibilities of finishing with winning record in three years, which appears to be a good indicator of success.
I get it, we lost in OT, but a loss is a loss to tenn. and they have been scraping by, not sure how they have done it 2 games in a row, but they should have been blown out by both us and Bama! We are already a beat up football team, imagine after the next 2 weeks.... ouch. I truly think to even be competitive the next 2 weeks it will take a remarkable turnover free performance on the field and the best coaching job we have seen since urban. you can't be conservative, you have to go for blood, go long, spread the field, find their 1 weakness and exploit it (don't know what that weakness is) - Not sure if billy has it in him. pull off the perfectly called pass play, the fake punt when not expected. to me it seems he always goes gimicky at the wrong time. That won't work the next 2 weeks, if you need a first down and its 3rd and short, don't try and end around or triple pass etc.
