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Carry over to Gator 2023-24 Basketball :-)

No Lee Humphrey? Absurd. J Will starting over Taurean Green? Ridiculous.

I get it’s no fun to write an article like this where you just roll with the 2006-7 lineup, but give me that roster and they’ll beat this one by double digits.
 
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Just about the entire roster has to be flipped again. Golden has some tough sledding ahead of him for sure.
 
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So is anyone surprised by us getting blown out by UCF? Not I. The men's basketball program is sub-standard and not acceptable. AD to blame.
I don’t blame Napier or Golden. I’m fact we have gone way past blaming the coaches IMO. The athletic program has gone backwards with Stricklin in charge. All he knows how to do is fundraise. He doesn’t know how to lead. He doesn’t know how to win. He doesn’t know how to support his coaches. He doesn’t know what it takes to build a championship level football or basketball program.
 
I hope Foley is consulted heavily about Stricklin’s replacement. We need to get back to being Florida. I don’t know what I’m watching currently.
 
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I don’t blame Napier or Golden. I’m fact we have gone way past blaming the coaches IMO. The athletic program has gone backwards with Stricklin in charge. All he knows how to do is fundraise. He doesn’t know how to lead. He doesn’t know how to win. He doesn’t know how to support his coaches. He doesn’t know what it takes to build a championship level football or basketball program.
I don’t blame Napier, because he appears to be working his ass off and seems like a talented guy besides. He inherited a bad situation and hopefully in a year or two we see something resembling a top SEC roster.

I don’t blame Golden either because he never should have been hired. How are you going to compete in the SEC if you don’t know how to recruit? Golden did a nice job holding this year’s team together but his roster was godawful and it looks like it’s going to get worse.
 

The last time UF football and basketball were under .500 in the same year was 1979.​


Get rid of Stricklin. It can’t happen soon enough. He’s too busy fundraising for facilities but not directing that money towards NIL or the football or basketball program.

We are 9th in the SEC in basketball when it forms to what we put towards the program. So you get what you pay for.
 
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Been a series of bad hires in both programs. Golden inherited a roster lacking talent, and his portal decisions were shaky. Then I read where Kugel may not stick around. He and Richard the only two we need to keep.
 
Been a series of bad hires in both programs. Golden inherited a roster lacking talent, and his portal decisions were shaky. Then I read where Kugel may not stick around. He and Richard the only two we need to keep.
It’s just not the coaches. The commitment isn’t there. You could hire Spurrier/Meyer or Billy D tomorrow and they wouldn’t be able to replicate their previous success because of our athletic departments lack of commitment to the the landscape of what is needed to succeed in today’s environment.

IMO as long as Stricklin is around we aren’t winning anything in the major sports. Firing coaches and keeping Stricklin isn’t going to make anything any better.
 
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It’s just not the coaches. The commitment isn’t there. You could hire Spurrier/Meyer or Billy D tomorrow and they wouldn’t be able to replicate their previous success because of our athletic departments lack of commitment to the the landscape of what is needed to succeed in today’s environment.

IMO as long as Stricklin is around we aren’t winning anything in the major sports. Firing coaches and keeping Stricklin isn’t going to make anything any better.
I agree. He has significantly upgraded the facilities, which candidly needed to be done 20 years ago. Problem is that now nobody gives a crap about facilities. It's all about NIL and personal player perks. When Deon is recruiting 5 stars to the middle of nowhere crapville Mississippi that tells you all you need to know. We sat behind the facilities proverbial eight ball for years, now I guess we will miss out on the NIL train.
 
I agree. He has significantly upgraded the facilities, which candidly needed to be done 20 years ago. Problem is that now nobody gives a crap about facilities. It's all about NIL and personal player perks. When Deon is recruiting 5 stars to the middle of nowhere crapville Mississippi that tells you all you need to know. We sat behind the facilities proverbial eight ball for years, now I guess we will miss out on the NIL train.
Yes. We are late to adapting to whatever the current landscape is dictating. We were always behind in the facilities race. Now we decide to upgrade the facilities when they aren’t as much of a priority or need as they were before. Now we are upgrading facilities but behind in the NIL race which has now become the most important aspect.

Stricklin has done a good job fundraising and getting the money but it is being diverted to the wrong needs.
 
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https://247sports.com/college/florida/Article/Florida-basketball-Todd-Golden-Colin-Castleton-Riley-Kugel-Gators-UCF-Knights-NIT-transfer-portal-206620702/

Tied for the worst home loss (-18) in the last 45 Years, One & Done NIT (UF 49 - 67 UCF).
'In front of the smallest home crowd of the season.'

With the defeat, the Gators finished their season with a 16-17 overall record, 9-10 SEC, for just the second sub-.500 mark by a Florida basketball team since the turn of the century and the first since 2014-15, Billy Donovan’s final year at the helm of the program.

Seniors leaving:
PF/C Colin Castleton
C Jason Jitoboh
PG Myreon Jones
PG Kyle Lofton
PF CJ Felder


Already announced that they are hitting the Xfer Portal to GTF outta Dodge:
SG Kowacie Reeves Soph
SG Niels Lane Jr

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SG Riley Kugel Fr???
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But hey, I'm still 100% behind the job that AD Stricklin, HC Golden, & Socialist-U are doing.....
see-ya...
 
When he was good he was good, when he was bad he was really bad. Problem is he was bad most of the time.
Reeves was a big time recruit with a ton of talent. I won't be surprised at all if he becomes a star at his next school. He just needs a coach who can harness his abilities and give him confidence.
 
Jitobah and Felder could apply for a COVID waiver and get another year, but if they do they may not stay at UF.
 
Jitobah and Felder could apply for a COVID waiver and get another year, but if they do they may not stay at UF.
Neither one of Jit or Felder are SEC caliber players. I agree that Reeves has potential to maybe be decent in the right situation but he also needs to learn to play more under control
 
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Absolutely love Jit, but he needs to go mid major or maybe even D2. Felder's personal issues seemed to get in the way. He regressed under White and then went even further backwards. Golden will have to completely overhaul the roster.
 
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https://247sports.com/college/florida/Article/Florida-basketball-Todd-Golden-Colin-Castleton-Riley-Kugel-Gators-UCF-Knights-NIT-transfer-portal-206620702/

Tied for the worst home loss (-18) in the last 45 Years, One & Done NIT (UF 49 - 67 UCF).
'In front of the smallest home crowd of the season.'

With the defeat, the Gators finished their season with a 16-17 overall record, 9-10 SEC, for just the second sub-.500 mark by a Florida basketball team since the turn of the century and the first since 2014-15, Billy Donovan’s final year at the helm of the program.

Seniors leaving:
PF/C Colin Castleton
C Jason Jitoboh
PG Myreon Jones
PG Kyle Lofton
PF CJ Felder


Already announced that they are hitting the Xfer Portal to GTF outta Dodge:
SG Kowacie Reeves Soph
SG Niels Lane Jr

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SG Riley Kugel Fr???
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But hey, I'm still 100% behind the job that AD Stricklin, HC Golden, & Socialist-U are doing.....
see-ya...
Going to miss Castleton for sure. Hopefully Kugel sticks. The others we thank them for being Gators but they are not SEC caliber guys.
 
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