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Discussion in 'RayGator's Swamp Gas' started by garettk, Nov 7, 2024 at 11:15 AM.

  1. Distant Gator

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    You don't know Cignetti will leave after this year.

    Coaches usually stay at least 2 years unless they are jumping divisions. (App state to Mizzou for instance.)
    Lane didn't but it was Lane.
    I can't think of any 1-and-done in the Power 5 to change schools. (Perhaps I've forgotten.)
    It sounds like Cignetti is old school so IMO it's not a done deal he will jump after 1 year.
     
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  2. Pasco08

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    Welp we are cooked, This is an unserious program about Football.
     
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  3. Skink

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    Answer: stand by our coach through the end of this season, and come January, if Cignetti is interested in looking at UF, then consider this new option and make an informed decision
     
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  4. Claygator

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    If you haven't noticed, they also seem to be staying out of trouble and not embarrassing UF.

    A lot of good things have happened under Napier, unfortunately winning a lot of games hasn't been one of them. We fixed our defense, that's for sure.

    I understood when Napier was hired that he was promised 5 years; not sure if that is true. But given that there is no real savior out there chomping at the bit to come to UF, firing Napier now is not only stupid, it is a bad look. But on this board, stupid is as stupid does.

    And as for all of you yapping about how Stricklin is soon to be fired, you might want to check some legit sources of information instead of just banging your keyboard.
     
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  5. Skink

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    so you say….
     
  6. ajoseph

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    I don’t think January hires are viable anymore. It HAS to be by very early December so the new guy can do what he can to salvage recruiting class, and a portal class. I think January is too late.
     
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  7. Skink

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    The meltdown continues
     
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  8. murphree_hall

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    I can't tell if this was a shot at my post or if you were agreeing with it, but you are saying the same thing I said. People here tend to think that the entire fanbase thinks like this board, which is heavily anti-Napier. In reality, the average fan is not quite as down on Billy.
     
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  9. gators1994

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    This is all in an effort to salvage a dire recruiting situation. We will see if it works.
     
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  10. murphree_hall

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    Some context appears to be missing, here.
     
  11. TrueGator

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    I agree. The Stricklin letter doesn't say anything except Napier is continuing on as our coach (which is implied if he's not fired as our coach anyway). The lead-in Marcinko article on the main GC page does say the administration "plans to keep head football coach Billy Napier for the 2025 season", though. Not sure if that was based on interpretation or inside knowledge. Either way, Stricklin's letter is only as good as Stricklin's job...
     
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  12. Skink

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    Well if Cignetti is leading his currently undefeated team into the playoff, what makes you think he’s gonna want to walk this way in early December?
     
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  13. ajoseph

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    He wouldn’t. I agree. But, he can reach a deal and coach his current team through the playoffs, which is doubtful, or it might be best for everyone to run a different direction.

    I do agree, though, with the expanded playoffs, the coaching hiring becomes that much more difficult.
     
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  14. freedomgator

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    I think he owes IU like eight million if he leaves after one year, decreases from there.
     
  15. gatorbait23

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    Yes, but Scott Frost had the moral victory rally cry behind him until he lost to Northwestern in Ireland.

    We are delaying the inevitable and it is painfully obvious
     
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  16. gatorbait23

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    3 losing seasons is impressive! They enjoy the slop!
     
  17. ajoseph

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    I’ve said it before (and taken bacon for for some reason), Napier seems like a genuinely good person. He has worked hard to recruit good kids. I hope however is at our program recruits good kids.

    But, I am a fan. I don’t hang out with the kids.n I watch them play football for my school. And while these good kids are playing their hearts out, they aren’t winning games. This will be 4 losing seasons in a row.

    In my opinion, these good kids deserve not only a good man to lead them, they deserve a great leader to teach them the game and the science of football, and to put them in the best place and scheme to maximize their talent. That has been sorely missing. I have seen nothing this year that leads me to believe that these kids will ever generate championship-level play in Napier’s system, ever.

    We have a daunting schedule next year. Should .500 next year be acceptable to our fan base? How much more losing can our athletic program survive?

    As a fan that has grown to expect excellence with the team, four losing seasons is never be acceptable at Florida. At least it isn’t to me.

    Apathy is building. NIL has changed the sport, and there’s a group of fans that have just lost interest (I’m not one of them). But now compound the free-agency in our amateur sport, with serial losing, and apathy grows. And when apathy grows, who is growing, where is the NIL money going to come from?

    In solely my opinion, Stricklin is deriving us to an uncontrollable downward spiral so that we will become a Nebraska.
     
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  18. thom1507

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    Hmm...can we at least have the stipulation BN hand over the OC duties or go out and hire a good one? Is that asking too much?
     
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  19. gatorranger7

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    "We"? "WE?" Like, the posters on Gator Country?
     
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  20. Gatorfred

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    Wasn’t there a PR from Strickland earlier in the season stating the commitment to making UF football great again to turn a phrase?