Press Conf 8/31/24

I said we Held the team to 4.4. But 65 yards on 15 carries is not contributing bit not Great. And tbf I was saying that in contrast to last year when we got trampled by RB's like Martinez. This game They killed us with chunk plays through the air, generally after the play broke down. Ward did a hell of a job finding the open man. We need to get more pressure on the QB while also keeping the the QB contained and not allowing him to get loose on the edge. we alsonneed our Secondary to wake up and get there head put their aarse.

 

This Presser is just a repeat of last year. Up today, I was a Napier Fan. Now, I am loosing interest in the Gator Football team.

 

Agree for the most part but how do we reconcile all those positives with still being embarrassed at home? What happens if we revert to norms in those areas?

 

Actually I think it is a mehception.

 

It doesn’t. It looks emotional. Just wait till he clinches a losing season. That way it looks businesslike.

 

I’ll say the same thing I’ve said after every Napier press conference:

ZZzzzzzzzzz

 

Montrell had a good td but I read that um is in a horrible defensive formation which helped.

 

Ironic given that Foleys most well known quote is "what should be done eventually must be done immediately". What needs to be done is cleaning house and bringing in a proven successful coach to fix it. Doesn't have to be championship caliber, but enough to make the program functional. Then go from there.

 

I've been saying it since last season ended. I'm a gator fan and therefore I hope all our hires succeed, but unless billy Napier makes some fundamental changes I don't think he will. His team showed zero progression in any area over 2 years. I didn't expect him to win 12 games, but to show measurable progress. There wasn't any and unsurprisingly there still isn't in year 3.

It reminds me of Billy Donovan's last year as the bball coach, the team made the same mistakes all season long. It was the first time I didn't see progression game over game and I wasn't surprised when he left that year. Coaching successfully isn't about winning, it's about identifying problems and fixing them, which coincidentally usually leads to winning.

 

Yet another stubborn coach. Same approach, same crap results, will he change it up? Try something different? Nope, just shut up and get back to work with the same process that has continued to fail over and over again.

They'll never do it, but it would be so refreshing for a media member to call BS on the process.

 

This is all in your head. He's made a number of changes to the coaching staff and he's obviously tried to improve the roster. Clearly it's not been good enough. But this notion that he's some robot doing the same thing over and over is silly.

 

Did he say that?

 

Have you missed it when he's said it about every other team?

 

Different subordinates, same emotion, same tempo, same "solutions." Deck chairs

 

I don't know, to me there's a realistic chance that this team is actually better with an interim HC and Callaway calling the plays...

 

Well … I’m not sure it could be any worse.

 

Also it's not just me, watch any Gator media. They are all saying it's the same stuff we've seen for the past 2 years. So, if players are changing, assistents and staff are changing and we continue to see the same thing, what is the constant?

 

Because he's not fixing the real problems.

Instead of realizing his inexperienced DC choice was bad he doubles down and hires an "executive head coach" (whatever that is) to help coach up his DC. How about just hiring a proven DC?

Personally I think his offense has been serviceable, but running the offense is not the head coaches job unless you're a revolutionary offensive mind. If you aren't then your job is to hire a good offensive coordinator.

For a good example look at Kirby smart, as much as I hate to say it. He's a great defensive coach but has a defensive coordinator and will muschamp as an analyst. Could he coach the defense? Sure. But it's not his job and he recognizes that

 

He's changing things but not the right things. He will never give up play calling, just like he will never fire his useless buddy Rob Sale.

 

That’s back when he was coaching other people’s players, dudes who’d been taught to play football.