Crow for Thanksgiving all around GC... ....and it would be glorious Thanksgiving feast! "...pass the gravy plesse...I can still taste the crow....".
Point taken, but the Kentucky game this past week showed a convergence of potential, desire, a tolerable amount of imperfection, and killer instinct--things that have been absent for 2.5 seasons. The greatest frustration under Napier, especially this year, was knowing the capability of this team, and witnessing self destruction and an enormous gap between capability and delivery. For once, that gap was finally closed (or at least reduced to a an acceptable, serviceable level). This team can play with and therefore beat anyone. NB: Tennessee and Kentucky are top level teams. Tennessee was another frustrating self inflicted wound, but showed the potential was starting to bubble forth; Kentucky, we got out of our own way. I'm back to believing, until proven otherwise.
I'll eat crow, that's what No way will we run the table unless it's at a Golden Corral. It was a great win, an awesome win, but it was at home against an impotent offense, the worst offense in the SEC, whoops, nope, Oklahoma has that distinction (I used to think of Oklahoma when it came to high-powered offenses). We have 3 very strong teams left on the schedule - 3 teams that excel in all phases of the game. I am not going to be Charlie Brown ever again. No way am I going to fall for Lucy setting up that kick only to pull it out at the last second. The elephant in the room is named Napier and he called a great game against Kentucky. What happens when he has to go toe-2-toe with Kirby and Lane? Will they turn him into Coach Klein and he cowers away into usual corner? He has shown he can't handle the limelight and even Kentucky wasn't perfect. I'm happy that the 2 minute offense didn't end up biting us. He still can't manage the clock.
Ha --- it's impossible, can't happen -- would be the greatest in season turn around in the history of football and the greatest season in the history of football. The sec is a gauntlet -- brutal. so many teams have 2-3 brutal games left -- georgia -- texas, Gators, ole miss, then tenn LSU -- a&m, bama, Gators texas and Tenn have the most favorable schedules left The most difficult Nov in the history of Sport, imagine if FSU wasn't trash.....
What would happen? I think it would be something close to this: And that's just the fans! BTW, I think we will do exactly this...just as I win the $500 Million Lottery.
In this case I don’t think it is the relevance of the bowl games- it is more likely the timing. Bowl game will be 3-4 weeks or even longer after the regular season finale. Dozens of head coaches will be fired and hired within days after the regular season ends. Assistants will be changing jobs and new staffs being filled. You would risk losing out on major coaching candidates and good assistants if you waited until after the bowl game to decide.
Me too. We have nothing to lose and everything to gain by supporting the gradual turnaround of this team that was a dumpster fire 2 years ago. Any alternative is loaded with risk and uncertainty
imho, if we continue playing like this & beat fsu Napier is probably retained. I'd support another year. If we start over, how long will a rebuild take? It seems we're entering another phase from the NIL/portal to probable paid employees/contracts. I assume this reduces whatever limitations we've had from NIL/portal usage. Perhaps this bodes well for the type of organization/team Napier wants to build.
That would be a great finish and it's also quite within reach, given the performances in the last 3 games and the apparent trajectory of the Jimmies and Joes. Please just no more serious injuries to our current starters and no reappearance of the "November Gator Slump" of recent years!
This is a down year for most teams in the SEC but for Cocks and aTm, only one of which we faced. So even 7 wins with a superb qb isn't easy to stomach. Having a qb like him is only for 2 more years, then we see if the coach's floor is as low as it seems. I am of the mindset that if we have a lost recruiting class anyhow, we might as well hire a coach that can turn around programs quickly while we have a superb qb and maybe get a championship.
They are irrelevant unless you lose it to go 6-7. No matter how much one can say they don't matter, it still counts in the record, and it would not stop the naysayers from saying Billy has three losing seasons in a row.. Example: 63-3 No matter how much the Noles whine and cry about it, it is still there. The team of quitters...
Zook committed the unpardonable sin of succeeding Spurrier. I said it could be worse than Zook at the time and was laughed at. How would fans feel about 8-5, 8-5 and 7-4 today?
Oh, thank goodness it's that easy. Might as well indeed! Firing is the hard part, right? Hiring...piece of cake!
Cignetti is making it look easy right now against an easy schedule, but they play 9 teams more talented than them. That tells me there are coaches who get more out of less. Meyer was one of those also. As was Spurrier. Yes, we have no history of finding great coaches. We might as well stick with mediocrity because that is who we are told we are.
The biggest changes I have seen is personnel choice on defense and better play by the OL. That is appreciated but way overdue. I am interested to see how what we did against UK translates to Georgia and Texas offensively or if they can rattle Lagway and if our defense can give Georgia and Texas qb fits like the better defenses in the SEC have been able to do. Some of my consternation with CBN has been the inconsistency but also the inability to take advantage in a season where most of the SEC teams look vulnerable. That doesn't bode well for the future.
1 in 6 of our post Spurrier coaches worked out. Great math, very convincing. If you have confirmed that Cignetti wants the job on reasonable terms, please show your work. If you believe that he is in the bag…I don’t believe you. Panic fire might lead to panic hire. Firing feels good, especially spending $26m of other people’s money. The hiring is hard and needs to be treated a lot less cavalierly.
