Billy Napier Postgame Press Conference 11/26 (f$u)

I hope you are correct, I really do, I have my doubts he isn't green lit for 2 more years regardless.

 

well, we have no choice but to wait and see how that will turn out.

 

Until Napier's recruits produce superior results to Mullen's, they are no better. Simply not able to compare yet, not a statement either way.

 

"Hate his lack of in game awareness."

definitely his biggest fault. and i would add his lack of being animated during the game. so many times he looks like dead wood standing there

 

Billy Napier's individual recruits are producing better than mullens. The total team output isn't. Etienne, Wilson, James, Moore, Collins, etc are showing out well on the field. Outside of a few transfers early on, mullens additions to the program have been few and far apart. It's a moot point given the current state of the program but Napier is bringing in much better talent across the board. O line and D line are yet to be determined

 

We seriously need to stop using the youth excuse. You don't have consistent mistakes over 2 years in all facets of the game and blame it on players. It's freaking coaching. This staff compared to the programs we want to compete with is lacking in SEC experience. Until that changes expect more of the same.

 

Recruiting is critical and so far seems to be something Billy excels at, but it doesn't mean it will translate into wins if your coaching skills are not there. All it means is that you would make an amazing recruiting coordinator but maybe not a head coach if you can't win with the players you recruited.

 

People disagree and then can't back up their disagreement with any facts.

Non qualifiers, head cases, non to little contributors, eventual transfers etc from Mullen's classes:

2018)
Jahari Roger's
Fraziars
Pouncey
Braun
McDaniel
Wilcoxson
R. Torrence
Isaiah walker
Jalen Lee
Goods
Fenley Graham
Mincey

Guys that played significant minutes but transferred or just filled positions include Henderson, helm, Odom, APR, crawshaw. Wingo, AR, Leonard and Princeley were in that class. Devastating number of attrition and non performers.

2019)
Steele
Jalon Jones
Harrod
Marks
Simonds
Weston
Pierre
Whittemore
Humphries
Summerall
Black NQ
W. Wilson...visa issue
Arjei Henderson...no chance at making grades yet we took him even though he never even visited....
Deyvie Hammond.

Not going to go in detail with the rest. Again, staggering number of issues even before the class set foot on campus. Hopper, diabate, Wright etc were good players but not nearly enough to make up for 2 classes of attrition and issues. I didn't go in detail with every transfer since some left with the coaching change because of the change.

2018)
Banks
Langham
Clement
Russell (medical, sad situation)
Huggins- bad stuff
Watkins-bad stuff
Bleich
Mcdowell
Krull
Copeland

2 of those classes were ranked top 10 ish. They were never top 10 once non qualifiers were taken into account let alone in hindsight...

One of the things he has gotten right is recruiting although a lack of results will eventually hurt that if it hasn't already.

 

Mullen sucked at recruiting, I and most posters with any ability to see past the surface of 247 numbers know this. I, not necessarily others, am just saying we can't crown the Napier recruits until they do something worth being crowned for.

 

It's this years "AR has only started X games" sooner or later the X is high enough that the statement becomes asinine.

 

Next year it will be new youth and the schedule.

 

exactly new youth and probably the hardest schedule in the country.
And another season for teams to break down Napier's offense and his reliance on analytics which in the long term becomes predictable.
The opposition will learn pretty quickly that 2nd and long, we run the ball up the middle etc.