Why would Lane leave Ole Miss for UF? He has an administration that supports him, he has NIL figured out - he's rolling. UF isn't a better job.
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Short term, yes, Ole Miss is a better team/program - long term, it's not.
Disagree - today's college football is ONLY about the coach, administration and NIL. If you have that you have long term success. Btw - what makes anyone think that if LK came here, our administration would all of a sudden be on board? What makes you think we'd do well with NIL?
Doubt he comes here but he will never be able to compete with GA and Bama yearly at Ole Miss. Not enough overall talent. This team might be able to some. Curious if GA is just too much again though this season.
Your gonna find out about talent when he brings the Lane Train to Gainesville this year.
I never said anything one way or another about Kiffen coming to Florida. I was just responding to your position that Ole Miss is a better coaching job. In regards to NIL, Florida has way more money available than Ole Miss, but our leadership (President, AD, UAA, millionaire donors, etc.) have not been nearly as proactive as other schools (including Ole Miss), in using those resources in sufficient amounts to buy players for the football program. The Fact is that UF has the most NIL deals in place of any school in the country and are #4 in having the most generous givers. Also, UF is #8 in revenue generated. No reason we can't compete against any and all universities out there. For whatever reason, our leadership has apparently chosen to support a bunch of smaller NIL deals across 19 different athletic programs and not emphasize doing better and bigger ones for football. Poor leadership, it seems, but the resources are way better than at Ole Miss for doing whatever is necessary. Always have been, always will be.
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We dont have as much talent as our high school recruits have underperformed their rankings. It's why I laughed when people said we had Miami's talent level. The guys they bought in the portal the offseason were already proven in addition to them having a few freshman that showed they were the real deal last year.
And that's as close to understanding the point as is typical of you.
Who was the HC/OC?
How has the offensive system and player development gone so far?
I look forward to nothing you do or say, so nothing has changed there either.... 😏
For as much as sadgator questions his coaching ability…sadgator feels for poor Napier on that one…been there man…
It sucks when one of those plastic bottle caps is stuck to the safely seal ring and you can get it to separate. It will piss you off and make you feel like sh!t. You can see him trying so hard. Poor guy…that was a rough couple of minutes.
That being said, you’d think somebody in the “army” would be tasked with making sure coach has an easy open bottle of water to drink.
You could have planned in advance to have flip top…there were lots of things that should have been planned in advance of that day that apparently weren’t…
You could have planned in advance to have flip top…there were lots of things that should have been planned in advance of that day that apparently weren’t…
Brown is playing for 3-9 Charlotte and against the 11-1 team that won the Conf. last season.
Go look at the game stats and revise your claim accordingly....
WTF was the guy who carries the headphones around during that embarrassing moment? 😂
I think Brown is limited. I am holding out hope Lagway is the real deal and we can keep him here.
Mertz failed to connect on multiple deep shots to AzSt xfer-in WR Elijhah Badger 6-1 192 Sr As Legacy HS recruit Kahleil Jackson 6-3 215 rsJr watched from the bench.... KJ had one catch on the day for 13 Yds and a 1st down.
Not much of a surprise I guess, reviewing last seasons 5-7 results....
Mertz 2023 - 38 pass attempts of 20+ Yds, with only 16 completions.
Vs scUM - 11 of 20, 55% for 91 yds, 0 TD's, 1 Int, 2 sacks, (while going 0/4 on deep balls).
It marked the second consecutive game Mertz had to exit the losing game with an injury.
While true Fr Lagway had the only sustained drive for a TD in the game.... (1/2 on 20+ throws)
https://floridagators.com/news/2024...ators-debut-in-wake-of-mertzs-concussion.aspx
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The highly-anticipated start to Napier's 3rd season, with his own chosen players, could not have gone much worse for the Gators, who suffered their first defeat in a home opener in 35 years, ending their NCAA record win streak for home opener wins. The Gators woke up Sunday morning with a 6 game losing streak and more questions than answers.
Why does Napier deserve all of the criticism coming his way now?
From his own mouth:
"They beat us today, and I don't have a ton of excuses," Gators head coach Billy Napier said at his deflated post game press conference. "Miami outplayed us, they out-coached us, and I give them credit. I mean, it's embarrassing, to be quite honest with you. That's how I feel. That's how our kids feel."
Players have been replaced
Assistant Coaches have been replaced.
While the (6-7, 5-7, 0-1 = 11-15 loser) HC/OC remains the same....
Insanity = Doing the same things over and over while expecting things to change.
Fire the UF Pres.
Fire the UF AD.
Fire the UF Football HC.
Dump Mertz, play Lagway.
Hire Dan Mullen back as HC/OC.
Give him the 50+ staff with recruiting while changing/improving that group as needed.
Hire the best DC available, like when SOS hired Stoops, turning the D over to him completely.
Not much of a surprise I guess, reviewing last seasons 5-7 results....
Mertz 2023 - 38 pass attempts of 20+ Yds, with only 16 completions.
Vs scUM - 11 of 20, 55% for 91 yds, 0 TD's, 1 Int, 2 sacks, (while going 0/4 on deep balls).
It marked the second consecutive game Mertz had to exit the losing game with an injury.
While true Fr Lagway had the only sustained drive for a TD in the game.... (1/2 on 20+ throws)
https://floridagators.com/news/2024...ators-debut-in-wake-of-mertzs-concussion.aspx
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The highly-anticipated start to Napier's 3rd season, with his own chosen players, could not have gone much worse for the Gators, who suffered their first defeat in a home opener in 35 years, ending their NCAA record win streak for home opener wins. The Gators woke up Sunday morning with a 6 game losing streak and more questions than answers.
Why does Napier deserve all of the criticism coming his way now?
From his own mouth:
"They beat us today, and I don't have a ton of excuses," Gators head coach Billy Napier said at his deflated post game press conference. "Miami outplayed us, they out-coached us, and I give them credit. I mean, it's embarrassing, to be quite honest with you. That's how I feel. That's how our kids feel."
Players have been replaced
Assistant Coaches have been replaced.
While the (6-7, 5-7, 0-1 = 11-15 loser) HC/OC remains the same....
Insanity = Doing the same things over and over while expecting things to change.
Fire the UF Pres.
Fire the UF AD.
Fire the UF Football HC.
Dump Mertz, play Lagway.
Hire Dan Mullen back as HC/OC.
Give him the 50+ staff with recruiting while changing/improving that group as needed.
Hire the best DC available, like when SOS hired Stoops, turning the D over to him completely.
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You and a few others ragged on Brown, protecting Napier/Mertz instead.
How has that worked out for ya???
Brown's UF limits were more on his OC coaches inabilities than on his imo.
More feelings/thinking but no review of Brown's first game stats, especially in the 1st half.
Brown can't do it all for a 3-9 team when playing against an 11-1 team....
We would have had Brown & Lagway,,, instead of Lagway and Millin now, with Mertz hurt yet again....
Don't need Mullen back that is for sure
Napier said he doesn't care what us basement dwellers from central FL have to say.
Did Raymond Wolf act this way @instaGATOR before he was fired?
My memory says Dan Mullen fired himself by refusing to dump 3rd and Grantham after years of defensive woes and an utter lack of team discipline on the field. Mullen was a great O/C but not much of a head coach.
Hell, as this point, I'd consider moving WR/QB-dt Kahleil Jackson 6-3 215 rsJr back to QB as Lagway"s backup.
Edit: I don't think that Grantham gave up 41 pts to the scUM....
Feel free to post Grantham's NCAA Defense Rankings to what the new guys have done since....
Also feel free to compare Mullens W/L record to his replacement....
And Mullen/Grantham didn't have a 50+ staff helping them.
Edit: I don't think that Grantham gave up 41 pts to the scUM....
Feel free to post Grantham's NCAA Defense Rankings to what the new guys have done since....
Also feel free to compare Mullens W/L record to his replacement....
And Mullen/Grantham didn't have a 50+ staff helping them.
While my memory says that Socialist-U's Scamdemic response, among other 'in-house' know-it-alls' is what got Dan so disgusted that he mailed it in his last season here, after going:
10-3 his first season.
11-2 SECe-C his 2nd season.
8-4 his 3rd season.
For a combined 29-9 before getting chit on and fired by Socialist-U....
I just said nothing on Brown's tape translated to college as he just ran around until a receiver got wide open. I said Mertz dink and dunk stuff last year wasn't going to turn losses into wins. He just avoided the throws he isn't good at.
Spurrier and Meyer set the bar and that ain't cutting it. It's time for a clean sweep from Prez to AD to Corch.
And that's all I gots to say about that.
FIFY.... ------------- And it's too bad that we can't get an OC Mullen / DC Stoops type combination back now....OC Spurrier/DC Stoops and DC Meyer/OC Mullen set the bar and that ain't cutting it. It's time for a clean sweep from Prez to AD to Corch.
And that's all I gots to say about that.
While gifted recruiter Napier, with a 50+ staff helping him, has brought the Gators to:
6-7 Losers
5-7 Losers
0-1 Loser
11-15 worse than mediocre....
Way to improve through recruiting, while playing transfers instead of developing and playing your own recruits....
Hell transfers though not a great haul were 2 of our best players Saturday.. Badger and Howard.
Am I right that Insta didn't think Ricky Pearsall wasn't worthy of cracking the lineup the last two years? I do think I remember that. 😂
No, as usual, but don't let the details or the context of my posts get in the way or you being right or worng....
And haven't you been on the Napier/Mertz bandwagon until recently??? LMAO!
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The Florida Gators failed the eye test miserably on Saturday with a 41-17 loss in the season opener against the Miami Hurricanes, but a closer look at the numbers reveals where exactly things went wrong.
Since we're talking about college, we will grade on a scale and consider anything above 65.0 as a solid performance.
Graham Mertz had the 2nd-worst offensive grade of the day (42.4), and it's hard to win without good quarterback play. The big criticism from fans regarding Mertz is that he isn't great at letting the ball loose. Pro Football Focus' passing breakdown backs that up to a degree. Mertz was 6-for-7 within 10 yards and behind the line of scrimmage (sameole-sameole) -- Wilson hauled in all seven of his receptions within 10 yards of the line scrimmage, with four coming on screen plays. Mertz was 0-for-4 on balls thrown deeper than 20 yards, including his lone interception. He was lucky in that only one of 3 turnover-worthy plays resulted in an interception.
Some claim it's the OL's fault, but then there's this:
Florida's offensive line received mostly strong grades in pass protection.
Left tackle Austin Barber, center Jake Slaughter and Damieon George Jr. all finished with a grade of 82.4 or higher in pass-blocking situations.
Starter Waites earned a 0.0 grade as a pass blocker on 19 snaps. WTF???
2nd Team Crenshaw-Dickson was a 55.1 on 18 snaps.
While Devon Manuel earned a 70.4 on his 10 snaps...
Coaching decisions on playing the best at the position continues it's recent level....
The real concern with Mertz should be that he seemed to struggle more when Miami didn't send a blitzer (34.9) — PFF gave Mertz a 58.7 when facing the blitz. (but that's still far below their 65.0 minimum)
https://sports.yahoo.com/analyzing-pff-offensive-grades-florida-215805074.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall
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The whole offense, OC, system, play calling, and QB's choice on who to throw the ball to all played a role in that.
And Pearsall did play better than I expected, all things considered. Context.....
While it did still result in a 5-7 LOSER season....
Plus we don't know how things might have turned out had other things happened......
But again, we’re letting bygones be bygones correct? Entitled fans and all that…
Bradley, I'm the one that wanted to keep Dan instead of hiring Nappyhead...
I'm the one that also wanted Brown instead of the Sack King.
But your 'selective memory' is just as sharp as ever.... LMFAO!
Napier may suck but Dan started this...
No fevered-brains, Socialist-U is what put us were we currently are, not Dan.
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Bad-leyGoater:
I was a Gator fan when Spurrier was the QB.
I was a Gator fan when we were hoping we'd win 6 games to qualify for the Bluebonnet Bowl.
I was a Gator fan for Pell's 1st season, 0-10-1 season and the BS Pell/Galen probation by the corrupt SEC.
In All Kinds of Weather, I've remained a Gator fan.
That qualifies me to say whatever I want to say.
And the ENTITLED FAN comment was partly sarcasm, but also how 'BUSINESS' is done in the SEC world.
I have gone to and supported the Gators in All Sports, not just football.
I've long experience in the ebb & flow of the wins and losses, the good and bad Admin, AD, Coaches and seasons over the last 60 years. Fans that have only been here since SOS was the HBC need to SD&STFU instead of trying to tell me how to be a solid Gator fan....
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Bad-leyGoater:
I was a Gator fan when Spurrier was the QB.
I was a Gator fan when we were hoping we'd win 6 games to qualify for the Bluebonnet Bowl.
I was a Gator fan for Pell's 1st season, 0-10-1 season and the BS Pell/Galen probation by the corrupt SEC.
In All Kinds of Weather, I've remained a Gator fan.
That qualifies me to say whatever I want to say.
And the ENTITLED FAN comment was partly sarcasm, but also how 'BUSINESS' is done in the SEC world.
I have gone to and supported the Gators in All Sports, not just football.
I've long experience in the ebb & flow of the wins and losses, the good and bad Admin, AD, Coaches and seasons over the last 60 years. Fans that have only been here since SOS was the HBC need to SD&STFU instead of trying to tell me how to be a solid Gator fan....
I do have to say that events probably do merit a review of the Mullen firing. Mullen unquestionably quit on the job, but did he quit because he was working for a complete bonehead sellout? My impression at the time was that Mullen basically wanted out but they paid him to leave and he’s tweeted quite a bit that he felt his firing was unfair.
In any case, there is no question we’d have been better off keeping a 3/4 invested Mullen than hiring this other knob. And we’re going to have to pay out $40 mill in firing fees to get rid of both of them. So that is a VERY suspect decision by the AD.
sadgator has lived in Florida his entire life and has never been inside of a residence with a basement…just sayin’…
Yes he did. He actually said Whittemore should have been playing instead of Pearsall. And he will tell us how much better Brown is than Mertz although through now 8 quarters of football Brown led offense have put up 16 total points. But to his credit, he, Ocala, Michi and Sad hated the Napier hire. And they were all correct. Based on what I've seen, who the hell knows if we have good players or not, when they are being coached by this staff.
