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Who thinks BN will be HC in 2025?

Discussion in 'RayGator's Swamp Gas' started by gatorfan828, Sep 3, 2024.

  1. paidinfull

    paidinfull GC Hall of Fame

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    Jimmy likes himself, he has no problem having that conversation. He likes using his clients against each other during negotiations. He’d still be getting paid on both sides of the deal.
     
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  2. DieAGator

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    Probable. I would guess there are a number of criteria an AD has to be good at. If hiring a football coach is his only deficiency, and his bosses want to keep him, they will oversee the hiring process.
     
  3. Gatorhead

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    Waddaya mean, Skraklin is already making the rounds in the Sunbelt for potential hires.
     
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  4. Porschegator

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    Some vacancies are much easier to fill than others. Example; if Walton, Holloway, or Sully left, the best coaches in the country would be lining up to replace them.
     
  5. SewaneeGator

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    That sounds right. And then there's the mysterious black hole jobs like our women's basketball program which can't seem to catch a break. Carol Ross was encouraged to go elsewhere because no one else at the time was Pat Summitt, and it's been either mediocre or a mess ever since, despite the resources put into it.

    Generally speaking, our non revenue sports are extremely well funded and resourced in comparison to other schools, which is why so many of them are as successful as they are. You'd think top coaches would be eager to be a part of a system like that, but maybe some of these sports are snakebit.
     
  6. phideltgator

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    Cam Ward is being paid between 1-2 million to play UM NIL deal in his 5 th year
    What do you expect is going to happen?
    Napier was left chewing gum watching super human athletes kick his butt.

    Transfer Portal has totally changed the game.
     
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  7. Wanne15

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    Did Napier make bad choices in the portal or did he have insufficient funds in the portal?
     
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  8. Endless Excuses

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    Pointless...guy is toast...its like discussing if he will be here in 2095. Answer is no... Ill go further. As a matter of fact if Billy Napier is here in 2025 I will eat dog poop out of a red Solo cup (please dont put this on twitter).
     
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  9. paidinfull

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    A lot of work, a lot of talent, and a lot of luck for everything to fall into place. Perfect storms come around, but they’re few and far between for most of us.
     
  10. paidinfull

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    It like discussing who should or could have been hired instead of coach x, y, or z a decade ago. Or discussing who will be hired this go around and what their contract terms should be. Or threads for every dumbass retard in their basement doing a podcast. Pretty much every conversation here is useless and unproductive in the grand scheme of things. :p
     
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  11. DieAGator

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    I tend to believe he and his staff are not great evaluators, nor do they coach well.
     
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  12. paidinfull

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    Could be one, the other, both, or neither. You decide and spread the word to the masses. We will follow you.
     
  13. RealGatorFan

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    If there isn't a massive difference by Game 4, he's gone. A&M and FSU appear to have opened up for us to win and if we can't beat A&M at home, I'm not sure there is another game we can win. There are a couple of easier games but those are on the road (I haven't forgotten UCF is a home game) and we don't win on the road very much, maybe once a season we win a road game. If we don't have a winning record headed into the Georgia game, we are guaranteed a losing season, possibly as bad as 1-11, but most likely 3-9.
     
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  14. gatorfan828

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    I agree. This weekend is going to be about style points IMO. Winning 38-14 will not satisfy anyone. I think this thing needs to be somewhere in the 35-3 ish area at the half. The ball needs to be moving and the defense needs to be flying to the ball.

    Then the A&M game just needs to be a win no matter what. If we look bad in that game, then yeah I think BN is gone immediately.
     
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  15. Wanne15

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    It’s one or the other. If he had a wad of cash and bought reserves, good lord.
     
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  16. yarmond1

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    No 2 ways about it ladies and Gentleman but that was just some foul ass football. Been seeing the same quality since he's been here. We got sold a bill of goods this off season by the staff and most of these talking heads that want clicks for pay. Where is the real hard to hear but honest assessments of what we are and have been seeing?
     
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  17. gatorpa

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    lol does BN even have a read option in the playbook?
     
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  18. urbangirl

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    If so, need to move them back to original spot.
     
  19. 31g8r

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    Ran it with mertz and twice with lagway’s 1st series. Missed the read the 2nd time when he kept it

    try watching the games
     
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  20. gatorpa

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    It was sarcasm smart ass.

    As far as watching the games last week I was there until just before Mertz got hurt.
    Had seen enough and had a 2.5 hour drive home.

    Earliest I’ve ever left Florida field in 35+ years of going to games.