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**The end is not near, for Billy Napier at Florida**

Discussion in 'RayGator's Swamp Gas' started by 62gator, Sep 14, 2024.

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  1. okeechobee

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    Dude, we've lost 7 straight FBS games with a ton of losses before that. Our rivals have owned us. Of course people are going to bitch. We won 3 natties in the span of 12 years. You go from that to this and yeah, bitching becomes mandatory.
     
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  2. Gatorrick22

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    Why doesn't "X" fix that fake account? Thanks for the heads-up.
     
  3. Wanne15

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    Let’s just hope there is a suitable candidate available.
     
  4. Wanne15

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    We’ve also won three natties in a span of a century
     
  5. Gatorrick22

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    3) Rival coaches are trying to steal food off their table and should be treated with contempt.
     
  6. stpgator

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    As long as you're not doing the Twitter/X Chase Bank ATM hack the Boosters thank you.
     
  7. Skink

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    You apparently think you’re special by virtue of how many times you yell that you want to win.
    News flash: we all want to win.

    The fact that you clearly care about nothing else does not make you more enlightened. It makes you more desperate and also potentially more foolish. That’s who you are and I’m just a little different. I do care how we go about this because character and integrity do matter to me. Not only because I apparently live to a higher standard than you do, but also because I don’t want the next hire to end up being a mistake that sets us back another decade.

    Panic and impulsive behavior are not virtues. Act like you’ve been there before

    Go Gators
     
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  8. TJtheGator

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    Georgia and Alabama placed winning above everything else. Look at their programs.

    If you get a class act in the process good for you. But never sacrifice winning for having a likeable personality at press conferences.

    Better to win with an a$$hole in charge than lose with Billy Napier.
     
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  9. 21

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    Bingo...All of this^^^^
     
  10. Skink

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    Just stop with your made up accusations. I have never “hated” on Meyer. I have stated that he needed great coaches to succeed - Mullen running the offense, and Strong running the defense. When he lost those 2 guys in successive years, his program never recovered. Contrast that with Saban, who persevered regardless of losing coordinators and breaking in new ones constantly.

    I’ve also stated that Meyer has never built a program from scratch. He has always been opportunistic in selecting his moves. He’s very smart. Florida was loaded with talent when he came in (thank you Ron Zook) and so was Ohio State. I don’t say this to “hate” on him. It all goes to what is a good fit for Meyer and what is not. With all the health issues and quitting and un-quitting and checking out totally in 2010 like a zombie on the sideline while the team fell apart in front of him, and the stress issues which he certainly claimed were real — and then adding 15 years to his age when he first quit…… to me this amounts to significant risk for UF to pursue. This is not “hate”. Can you understand the difference?

    If I “hated” Urban Meyer I wouldn’t be consistently arguing that we should induct him into our ROH.

    OK, I’ve shown you the respect to explain myself in the face of your false claims. Accept it or don’t - I don’t care.
     
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    Hiring the Billy types is what already is keeping us back from winning again... your mindset and others like it is why we'll have a long climb back to winning
     
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  12. Skink

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    Profound :rolleyes:
     
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  13. TJtheGator

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    Truth is a simple thing.
     
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    @tilly... so Skink has NEVER hated on and discredited Meyer??? I know you've seen what I've seen over the years
     
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  15. Gatorrick22

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    I laughed, not at you nor what at what you said, but at the reality that makes this... someone else's problem to deal with. They made this happen, and now they have to fix it... You know what I mean?

    It's sad that we're in this situation and sad that we have to wait and see which coach they decide to hire next, and yet... it's exciting to me in that we can soon open a brand new book... waiting for us to read.

    I hope I like this new edition to this saga. I just hope it lasts for more than a decade, this time. I grow tired of these needlessly silly short stories.
     
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    He built up Utah.. and he's won BIG with more coordinators than Strong and Mullen
     
  17. ETGator

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    Please don't put @tilly in the middle. You guys just agree to disagree. We've got a lot of things to discuss.
     
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  18. 62gator

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    True, imho.

     
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  19. TJtheGator

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    I can't imagine one single soul making a case for keeping Napier. Even Napier said at the PC that he himself would boo if he was in Gator fans' shoes.
     
  20. Skink

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    Welcome to the world of ignore
     
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