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What other coach would call that with a 240 lb QB that can run and then follow up on another drive with Mertz running it in that situation. Moronic playcalling.
I would have put the ball in DJ's hands and went for 2 and try to win the game in regulation time
Scared money don’t make no money is the exact opposite of what we did. Instead of rolling the dice on the two point try we played it safe and went for OT. I guarantee you Tennessee fans exhaled when we did that.
Yep, got to go for it there and put the pressure on.
We are much better than week 1. Team is improving but Napier holding us back
Yep a freshman QB on the road I think going for 2 is the choice. Maybe play for OT if it's a home game.
That is true. It was a damned if you do/don’t kinda thing. But you had to win the game at some point.
sadgator understands why he didn’t do it, but if you want to be a hero, sometimes you have to take risks. He shoulda said “fvck it,” and thrown his best 2 point play out there.
That is a ridiculous statement by the way.
sadgator is no Napier apologist, but good golly, everybody needs to cut the guy some slack. If you wonder why Florida is in the terrible predicament it is as a football program…this line of thinking is exactly why.
The next revolving door candidate will do no better if we don’t display some patience or aren’t willing to even see the positive when it presents itself…
It feels so hopeless for us…
sadgator will also point out, for what it is worth, that with the time left, going for 2 didn’t ensure a victory. They could have still kicked a field goal to beat us, which would have made the 2 pointless.
If we had scored on the last play in regulation or with like under 10 seconds left on the clock, sadgator thinks the “go for it” analysis is a bit different since the win would be definitive.
I'm sorry my love, I didn't mean to upset you. You are right, we must be patient
On Rocky Top, Billy Napier wastes another chance to change the narrative
Scared money don't make money. That's what Billy Napier said. If only he coached that way ... On why the latest loss at Tennessee should be the final straw.
www.saturdaydownsouth.com
Of course hindsight is always 20-20 but I’ll say it anyway. I would rather give them 29 seconds to make 50 yards than 25 yards and all the time they need. The missed FG in OT forced the defense to try to get a takeaway or a TFL. Tennessee having to burn that timeout on the 2 point try increased our chances had it been successful.
If coach Napier had just some of Mullens play calling ability. I go back to the 2pt conversion in the SEC championship against Bama. How brilliant was that? If you make ( which he did) you win it with the kick after TD. Or if you don’t you get another try to tie. Some here will of course remind me of the ill use of timeouts in the same game.
I don’t think it feels hopeless. We’re right there with the Tennessees of the world as we just saw. We just need a coach who doesn’t trip over his own d**k so much.
I mean we’re in year 3 and we’re still losing games because we can’t get lined up right on special teams. I don’t think I ever saw that once until CBN came on the scene.
Crazy thing is if Napier beat KY and LSU in the Swamp he might not be 100% gone. I think losing to LSU and beating Ole Miss would be too late to possibly save him. Whether it should matter or not Mertz getting hurt ups his chances of keeping his job if we did beat KY and LSU.
I think if he wins 5 or 6 games he’s got a real good chance to keep his job. Stricklin does not want to write this guy a check for $30m.
There is a better chance since the Mertz injury can be used in their arguments. I could see a scenario where they force an OC on him. The boosters already pooled the money to fire him if needed though. It could come down to whether a Kiffin or someone like that was going to take the job or not if Napier was able to beat KY and LSU. If they said no then Napier might survive.
Yeah I was going to say if they have a deal with Kiffin, that could change things. Better chance of that now I would think with Kiffin looking to miss the playoffs.
I wanted the HS recruit instead of yet another LOSER xfer QB in 2023.
They lied to Max Brown resulting in his xfer-out at the end of 2023.
Graham's 'statistical accomplishments' resulted in a 5-7 season with not even a crap bowl to go to...
Collar bone - Concussion - ACL = 7-10 as the starter in his last 1.5 xfer-in seasons.
I didn't want him back for 2024, but Billy did and now we see the continuing loser results....
Nothing personal here, I don't know either personally, they seem to be decent enough people, but
"YOU ARE WHAT YOUR W/L RECORD SAYS YOU ARE."
Would the team be in any worse condition, and maybe in much better condition, if DJ had been invested in, coached up hard, and groomed all off season to be the 2024 starter?
Now add to that the incompetent OC that Napier hired to run his offense. 🤓
Coaching decisions, GOOD AND BAD, make or break a HC's career.
The Gator defense beat the rubber-dollies, but the OC chocked yet again.
The DEI hires at Socialist-U are going about as expected imoho.....
"If not for ridiculously conservative play calling from the offensive staff, the Gators emerge from Knoxville as an upset winner." -- SI article
"While he has plenty of playing time and a start under his belt this season, next week against the Wildcats, the DJ Lagway era will begin in earnest." --- SI article
The remaining major problem with that is having the same OC, system, and game day play caller....
"With three years of eligibility remaining, hitching a ride on the Lagway bandwagon looks like the prudent gesture at this time and place." -- SI article
Sorry, too little and too late for Napier IMO, because Billy himself is the one that remains un-coachable....
And for a 2nd opinion there's this....
As the iG as said repeatedly and now this SI writer agrees.....
"Florida, in this game showed why Billy Napier should probably head out of town. They possess talent all over the roster, teeming with speed and playmaking ability. Yet, they cannot get over the hump. Florida loses not because of a lack of talent."
Billy Napier Failed Florida Gators in Loss to Tennessee Volunteers
The Florida Gators outplayed the Tennessee Volunteers through much of the game, but were carrying a distinct disadvantage.
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That's it, almost half the losses Napier has piled up would be wins if he wasn't dumb. Biggest staff in UF history and from the top down nobody is on point.
We don't have a single current starting Oline that is projected to play on Sundays. Vandy has 2.I wanted the HS recruit instead of yet another LOSER xfer QB in 2023.
They lied to Max Brown resulting in his xfer-out at the end of 2023.
Graham's 'statistical accomplishments' resulted in a 5-7 season with not even a crap bowl to go to...
Collar bone - Concussion - ACL = 7-10 as the starter in his last 1.5 xfer-in seasons.
I didn't want him back for 2024, but Billy did and now we see the continuing loser results....
Nothing personal here, I don't know either personally, they seem to be decent enough people, but
"YOU ARE WHAT YOUR W/L RECORD SAYS YOU ARE."
Would the team be in any worse condition, and maybe in much better condition, if DJ had been invested in, coached up hard, and groomed all off season to be the 2024 starter?
Now add to that the incompetent OC that Napier hired to run his offense. 🤓
Coaching decisions, GOOD AND BAD, make or break a HC's career.
The Gator defense beat the rubber-dollies, but the OC chocked yet again.
The DEI hires at Socialist-U are going about as expected imoho.....
"If not for ridiculously conservative play calling from the offensive staff, the Gators emerge from Knoxville as an upset winner." -- SI article
"While he has plenty of playing time and a start under his belt this season, next week against the Wildcats, the DJ Lagway era will begin in earnest." --- SI article
The remaining major problem with that is having the same OC, system, and game day play caller....
"With three years of eligibility remaining, hitching a ride on the Lagway bandwagon looks like the prudent gesture at this time and place." -- SI article
Sorry, too little and too late for Napier IMO, because Billy himself is the one that remains un-coachable....
And for a 2nd opinion there's this....
As the iG as said repeatedly and now this SI writer agrees.....
"Florida, in this game showed why Billy Napier should probably head out of town. They possess talent all over the roster, teeming with speed and playmaking ability. Yet, they cannot get over the hump. Florida loses not because of a lack of talent."
Billy Napier Failed Florida Gators in Loss to Tennessee Volunteers
The Florida Gators outplayed the Tennessee Volunteers through much of the game, but were carrying a distinct disadvantage.www.si.com
I just think Billy Bozo is dumb, not just in any particular subject matter but overall plain dumb.I wanted the HS recruit instead of yet another LOSER xfer QB in 2023.
They lied to Max Brown resulting in his xfer-out at the end of 2023.
Graham's 'statistical accomplishments' resulted in a 5-7 season with not even a crap bowl to go to...
Collar bone - Concussion - ACL = 7-10 as the starter in his last 1.5 xfer-in seasons.
I didn't want him back for 2024, but Billy did and now we see the continuing loser results....
Nothing personal here, I don't know either personally, they seem to be decent enough people, but
"YOU ARE WHAT YOUR W/L RECORD SAYS YOU ARE."
Would the team be in any worse condition, and maybe in much better condition, if DJ had been invested in, coached up hard, and groomed all off season to be the 2024 starter?
Now add to that the incompetent OC that Napier hired to run his offense. 🤓
Coaching decisions, GOOD AND BAD, make or break a HC's career.
The Gator defense beat the rubber-dollies, but the OC chocked yet again.
The DEI hires at Socialist-U are going about as expected imoho.....
"If not for ridiculously conservative play calling from the offensive staff, the Gators emerge from Knoxville as an upset winner." -- SI article
"While he has plenty of playing time and a start under his belt this season, next week against the Wildcats, the DJ Lagway era will begin in earnest." --- SI article
The remaining major problem with that is having the same OC, system, and game day play caller....
"With three years of eligibility remaining, hitching a ride on the Lagway bandwagon looks like the prudent gesture at this time and place." -- SI article
Sorry, too little and too late for Napier IMO, because Billy himself is the one that remains un-coachable....
And for a 2nd opinion there's this....
As the iG as said repeatedly and now this SI writer agrees.....
"Florida, in this game showed why Billy Napier should probably head out of town. They possess talent all over the roster, teeming with speed and playmaking ability. Yet, they cannot get over the hump. Florida loses not because of a lack of talent."
Billy Napier Failed Florida Gators in Loss to Tennessee Volunteers
The Florida Gators outplayed the Tennessee Volunteers through much of the game, but were carrying a distinct disadvantage.
Two Time NC OC and winning record Gator HC Dan Mullin says to sad ----
HOLD MY BEER! 🤓
Well then, looking at the past 60+ years of watching Gator football, that ends the HC'ing discussion right there,,, 🙄 as the senseless distraction confetti settles on the SWAMP....
BTW, who recruited, signed, and is in charge of coaching up those OL'men anyway?
Maybe they should fire his/their ass/s for the incompetent job that's being done..... 😎
EDIT: I just found this article that seems to pertain to the thoughts on the Napier OL.
After adding an offer from the Florida Gators last month, Riverdale (GA) Charles Drew three-star offensive lineman Jahari Medlock is slated to make his first ever visit to UF this weekend. The current Cincinnati commit will get the entire weekend in Gainesville, as he set to take an official visit this coming weekend when the Gators host the Kentucky Wildcats. His main contact at Florida has been assistant offensive line coach John Decoster, and the two have gotten pretty close in the last month.
I wonder if he's projected to the NFL after college???? 🙄
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