Our only chance next season is a competent OC to let Napier spend his time getting the basics right a few times and the big boosters hitting the portal early for some O line help.
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Our only chance next season is a competent OC to let Napier spend his time getting the basics right a few times and the big boosters hitting the portal early for some O line help.
Are they allowed? Analysts can't talk to the players on game day and he has just an acre of those.
Seriously I do not dislike Napier. I actually want to like him. I also like Billy Bob Thornton but don't want Slingblade coaching the Gators. Sorry if that offends anyone, we are used to higher standards under different Athletic Directors, Poor ole SOS, he's probably just shaking his head. I know I am.
Head coaches these days need to be mega recruiters, hire the best staff they can get, and focus on the game situation and direct their lieutenants to carry it out, not micro manage them. Don't produce? You gone! Micromanagement is the perfect recipe for failure, and for the love of Pete, hire a special teams coach.
Drinkwitz is in year 4 at mizzou
Norvell year 4 at FSU
Flip side of the argument is this is year 2 for the U of Washington head coach.
I know we can’t hire and fire every 2-3 years. That’s a fact. Seeing massive sideline game management coaching issues and mistakes doesn’t help the whole patience mentality. If it were losses, but the team plays well, just outclassed, that’s completely different than boneheaded mistakes by coaching.
Norvell year 4 at FSU
Flip side of the argument is this is year 2 for the U of Washington head coach.
I know we can’t hire and fire every 2-3 years. That’s a fact. Seeing massive sideline game management coaching issues and mistakes doesn’t help the whole patience mentality. If it were losses, but the team plays well, just outclassed, that’s completely different than boneheaded mistakes by coaching.
As much as some of you got a hard on for new coach, we're stuck with Napier till at least the end of 2025. No way in hell is the University paying almost $32 million after this season or $26 million after 2024.
Mertz has been a gift this year. I was expecting Miller. That's Willie Taggert material. We could be A LOT worse, This team is missing about 25% of bona fide SEC caliber competitors, and it sucks for the other 75% of this team who play their guts out. I feel bad for them, I'm sure they feel the pain a lot more than just a fan for life.
Get an OC, ST coach - let 1 of the OLine guys go. Keep the recruits incoming and focus on game day decisions next year. That's it.
Something else that pisses me off. The squeaky wheel gets the grease. Arky's coach bitched like a little girl until the officials stopped calling penalties on Arky for ANYTHING other than a false start. Billy doesn't work the officials. We get forked. Pass interference just became okay after that.
Mertz has another year of eligibility left. I was at the game today, and Brown can play right tackle because actually playing without our current tackle would be an upgrade. I still remember you being upset over Del Rio leaving. Saw him playing for the cuse...yuck. By the way, how's your other QB hero Jones doing at Cincy? You yapped about us losing him for an entire season.
Napier sure is unemotional and passive on the sidelines. You don't want him to be a crazy man like Muschamp was, but show some passion, guy!!!
Does next year's tough schedule buy the Napster a 4th year regardless of the results, assuming we win at least 6 games?
I seriously doubt it. We most likely finish 5-7 this year. If we stumble early he may not survive to seasons end. But at some point we have to stop the coaching turnover.
We ain't been losing because of Mertz, who has been better than we expected. The O-line and defense are just trash and coaching brain farts have cost us.
Mertz is by far the MVP of the season and I really hope he comes back next year to give Lagway a year to do whatever he needs to do to be ready in 2025.
Your memory is just as good as anything else about you.
I never wanted xfer Del Rio at all, I wanted Trask to start as a Fr, and him over the other Fr QB, Franks. Instead I got to watch an ugly parade of xfer Del Rio, Appleby, Zaire, then even Franks before Trask. And now it's on to Miller and Mertz over Brown.
Insanity = Doing the same (xfer QB) stupidity over and over again, while expecting different results....
And if you meant the other more recent Del Rio recruit, I never wanted him either. I might have commented on him and the Calif QB because THEY ditched on Billy, which in retrospect was prolly a very good move on their part....
I never especially liked jones, I was an AR-15 guy from the get go. And I said last year that Brown should have been the #2 behind AR getting developmental time not Miller. I only bitched that I'd rather have had Jones over xfer 3 - 30 QB 'Miller-Time'....
Like so many others here, your 'selective' memory badly needs not just a tune-up, but a complete overhaul.... (but hey, I'll at least give you a C- on the attempted troll)
Here, let me show you,way ahead of time, what I'd like to see at QB in 24.
Both QB-pp's Miller and Mertz Gonzo, along with hiring a competent OC/QB's spread-option coach.
1. QB-dt Brown 6-2 220 rsSo
2. QB-dt Leise 6-2 215 rsFr
3. QB-dt Lagway 6-2 225 Fr (unless Lagway beats either of them out in Fall practice)
4. And another depth QB-dt,,, IF he can find one that's willing to come here....
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Some seemed to have learned the lessons of the Meyer/Mullen type Spread Offense with a QB-dt.
UF QB-pp Graham Mertz 6-3 215 rsJr
Passing - 26 of 42, 61.9% for 282 Yds, 6.7 Ave, 3 TD's, 0 Ints, 3 Sacks, L-41 RTG 141.9, QBR 73.0
Rushing - 4 for -3 Yds, -0.8 ypc, 0 TD (anyone calling that a great game by the QB is loony imo) 🙄
LOST the game @ home 36 - 39 to 2 win Ark, their 1st win ever in the SWAMP....
UA QB-dt Jalen Milroe 6-2 220 So
Passing - 15 of 23, 65.2% for 219 Yds, 0 TD, 0 Int, 2 Sacks, L-42 RTG 145.2, QBR 96.3
Rushing - 20 for 155 Yds, 7.8 ypc, 4 TD's
Won the game UA 42 - 28 LSU
(Note: Max Brown 6-2 220 rsFr, Parker Leise 6-2 215 Fr)
LSU QB-dt Jayden Daniels 6-4 210 Sr
Passing - 15 of 24, 62.5% for 219 Yds, 2 TD's, 1 Int, 1 Sack, L-46 RTG 158.3, QBR 97.6
Rushing - 11 for 163 Yds, 14.8 ypc, 1 TD. (3 combined TD's)
However, early 4th Qtr injured out and now in concussion protocol on a hard hit from UA DE.
>>> And that's why imo, if QB-dt Lagway were to start in 24, he'd need both Brown and Leise behind him and ready to actually go play if and when needed. (freakin' hire a competent OC/QB's coach)
What good is 5 QB's on the roster, when the QB coach can only coach them up, one per season....
That or Brown - Leise - Lagway in the depth chart, if Lagway needs a red shirt year.
Others have learned,,,, but some, not so much it seems to me....
UF QB-pp Graham Mertz 6-3 215 rsJr
Passing - 26 of 42, 61.9% for 282 Yds, 6.7 Ave, 3 TD's, 0 Ints, 3 Sacks, L-41 RTG 141.9, QBR 73.0
Rushing - 4 for -3 Yds, -0.8 ypc, 0 TD (anyone calling that a great game by the QB is loony imo) 🙄
LOST the game @ home 36 - 39 to 2 win Ark, their 1st win ever in the SWAMP....
UA QB-dt Jalen Milroe 6-2 220 So
Passing - 15 of 23, 65.2% for 219 Yds, 0 TD, 0 Int, 2 Sacks, L-42 RTG 145.2, QBR 96.3
Rushing - 20 for 155 Yds, 7.8 ypc, 4 TD's
Won the game UA 42 - 28 LSU
(Note: Max Brown 6-2 220 rsFr, Parker Leise 6-2 215 Fr)
LSU QB-dt Jayden Daniels 6-4 210 Sr
Passing - 15 of 24, 62.5% for 219 Yds, 2 TD's, 1 Int, 1 Sack, L-46 RTG 158.3, QBR 97.6
Rushing - 11 for 163 Yds, 14.8 ypc, 1 TD. (3 combined TD's)
However, early 4th Qtr injured out and now in concussion protocol on a hard hit from UA DE.
>>> And that's why imo, if QB-dt Lagway were to start in 24, he'd need both Brown and Leise behind him and ready to actually go play if and when needed. (freakin' hire a competent OC/QB's coach)
What good is 5 QB's on the roster, when the QB coach can only coach them up, one per season....
That or Brown - Leise - Lagway in the depth chart, if Lagway needs a red shirt year.
Others have learned,,,, but some, not so much it seems to me....
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I don't believe Tim Tebow could be productive behind this OL.
Well, less productive.
He has a whopping 2-3 seconds to check down his receivers.
I feel like he gets hurried and takes sacks partly because of the speed of the SEC game, but also because he knows he's getting planted almost every play because his o line is the equivalent of trying to stop a semi with gauze.
He knows they're coming and it gives him happy feet.
I also don't think that CBN trusts him to air it out, so dink and dunk is the plan of the day. I can't decide if he doesn't think he has the arm or he knows his offense line is garbage and doesn't want to risk interceptions.
I feel he would be a better QB if he had some time to think.
This game was on the staff and the D.
Here is a link to our 2024 schedule and it is brutal, as always. Dates not set for 8 of the games.
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No matter what happens next year, I don't see anything happening with Napier at least through the 2025 season. I could be wrong, I just think that the amount of money involve in a buyout, plus the desire to stop the merry-go-round of changing coaches every few years gets him more time.
He’s been the one bright spot in this entire season…and who would have thought that over the spring/summer?
Nap gets credit for bringing him here…it is a shame for Mertz that his talent is being wasted…poor kid…
But he has that smokin’ hot pageant chick, so he’ll be ok…
Dude you were on here posting Jones' QB rating after the first 2 weeks this year!! Another signed QB Nappy head let get away in favor of a transfer was your tag line!!! Same with Del Rio...save your phone selective memory line...Mertz has played outstanding and it's ok for you to admit you were wrong, I was wrong about him. But naahhh...you aren't ever wrong.
And he's done that behind one of the worst offensive lines in the country. I would have never guessed he would have played this well.
Don't you know that if nappy head would just play Max Brown the Gators would have cruised to a 49-6 win?? Come one moe-ron.
This seems factually incorrectly and vaguely racist.
And this hurt my feelings.
Re: Gators 2024 schedule- State is really bad; Vandy level bad. UK probably takes a step back without significant portal help. Speaking of Vandy, I see them missing from your 2024 schedule, replaced by a road game with the Longhorns. Overall your 2024 schedule is just as challenging as your 2023 schedule.Here is a link to our 2024 schedule and it is brutal, as always. Dates not set for 8 of the games.
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No matter what happens next year, I don't see anything happening with Napier at least through the 2025 season. I could be wrong, I just think that the amount of money involve in a buyout, plus the desire to stop the merry-go-round of changing coaches every few years gets him more time.
We lose Vandy and pick up Texas and then trade South Carolina for Texas AM. Shocked the SEC didn't put Bama and OU on there.
Progressive Socialist-U --- Get WOKE, and go BROKE....
i'm now happy with Napier, Mertz, Armstrong and the 5-7 no-bowl losing season they will likely have produced in 2023, moving up and making good progress from their 6-7 2022 bowl embarrassment losing season. Everything is as it should be in hogtown.... 😎 GuuuuuuuuuuuGOATERS.....
PS -- Coaching Excuse Killer
"Bear Bryant can take his'n and beat your'n, and then he can turn around and take your'n and beat his'n." -- Bum Phillips
i'm now happy with Napier, Mertz, Armstrong and the 5-7 no-bowl losing season they will likely have produced in 2023, moving up and making good progress from their 6-7 2022 bowl embarrassment losing season. Everything is as it should be in hogtown.... 😎 GuuuuuuuuuuuGOATERS.....
PS -- Coaching Excuse Killer
"Bear Bryant can take his'n and beat your'n, and then he can turn around and take your'n and beat his'n." -- Bum Phillips
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And ironically, Wisconsin has a FAR greater percentage chance of making a bowl game than Florida this year…
Mertz is probably thinking to himself…
“WTF?!?!?!?”
We lose State after playing them on an annual basis since the late 80s. We get a home game vs Auburn, but like the Gators we have to play the Longhorns in Austin.
Well if he gets three straight top five classes, two on roster and one in the pipes by the end of the 2025 season, then hopefully the ship is steadied and sailing smooth. Sucks we gotta wait, because it feels like forever from January through August for one off-season, let alone waiting years for everything to come together.Here is a link to our 2024 schedule and it is brutal, as always. Dates not set for 8 of the games.
2024 Florida Football Schedule | FBSchedules.com
View the 2024 Florida Football Schedule at FBSchedules.com. The Gators football schedule includes opponents, date, time, and TV.fbschedules.com
No matter what happens next year, I don't see anything happening with Napier at least through the 2025 season. I could be wrong, I just think that the amount of money involve in a buyout, plus the desire to stop the merry-go-round of changing coaches every few years gets him more time.
Can't keep firing coaches as you have correctly pointed out. Need to give Nappy head one more season. Seriously doubt he makes it as some of his mistakes are football 101
Current Gator Football Progression -- Going from Wack-A-Mole (details),,,, to Sack-A-Soul (with 'dink & dunk' low scoring game planning)....
So, when you've got a non dual threat QB, your best bet is to line him up behind a below average OL to see what happens? -- (6-7 progressing down to 5-7) M-A-R-V-E-L-O-U-S
While I'd have rather kept Dan, I've never said to fire Billy. (can't afford to anyway)
I would instead keep him as the HC, but hire a competent OC/QB's, and a ST's coach.
It seems to me that having 2 OL coaches is still not getting the job done, so replace them with just one that can get the job done.
So, when you've got a non dual threat QB, your best bet is to line him up behind a below average OL to see what happens? -- (6-7 progressing down to 5-7) M-A-R-V-E-L-O-U-S
While I'd have rather kept Dan, I've never said to fire Billy. (can't afford to anyway)
I would instead keep him as the HC, but hire a competent OC/QB's, and a ST's coach.
It seems to me that having 2 OL coaches is still not getting the job done, so replace them with just one that can get the job done.
Mullen couldn't recruit but could scheme. Napster seemingly can't scheme but can recruit. Ideally, Napster hires Mullen as OC and Gators profit.....hahaha, we wish.
We have 2 oline coaches and our oline is still awful. They couldn't be any worse with just one coach. Can we swap out an oline coach for a special teams coach? Napier has to make some changes to how he's operating, or next season will be 4 wins.
Instead of firing Dan and hiring Billy, why didn't they just hire Dan that 50+ recruiting staff and give them adequate NIL money to get that job done???
Ans: -- Chitty in-house politics imo.....
