Sounds like Billy is Out
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For those drooling over Kerwin Bell.
I seriously doubt Sun Belt Sling Blade can win at Indiana.
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I seriously doubt Sun Belt Sling Blade can win at Indiana.
Curt Cignetti explains why he had so much confidence at start of Indiana tenure
Curt Cignetti discussed why he had so much confidence at the beginning of his tenure at Indiana with Andy Staples and Ari Wasserman.
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Hammer Time (long post),,, Cain't Touch This.....
Kerwin Bell's Offensive Philosophy adjusts to the available personal.
(taken from a 2019 Article)
When Bell was hired at Valdosta State from Jacksonville University (where he spent 2 years setting up their brand new football program), his offense was described as a professional passing game he learned from Lindy Infante with the Colts, combined with the spread offense that Steve Spurrier ran at the University of Florida.
“I believe in scoring and if we get ahead by 21, we’re trying to get 28. We’re not settling on 21. It’s going to be fun”. K.Bell
Kerwin Bell offense that produced one of the most electric teams in Division II football at Valdosta State. In case you have been living under a rock, the Valdosta State Blazers completed a perfect season at 14-0, and scored 52.0 points per game. To put that into perspective, Clemson just capped off a 15-0 season at Division I and averaged 44.0 points per game. Oklahoma had the nations top scoring offense with 48.4.
The offense was a nearly perfectly balanced attack, with the team rushing for 3,676 yards and passing for 3,658. This resulted with 7.2 yards per rush and 8.73 yards per pass, or 15.18 yards per catch. With 50 passing touchdowns and 40 rushing touchdowns, almost every player on Valdosta State’s roster who contributed found the end zone at some point during the season.
The 52.0 points per game was hardly needed, as Valdosta’s defense kept teams at bay until the fourth quarter when backups were playing.
For anyone interested, here's the 2018 D-2 Championship Game:
Watching his QB play, it seems to me that DJ would flourish in Bell's offense.
Valdosta State vs Ferris State Game Highlights - V.St is in Black uniforms.
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Here's an article from Oct. 2023:
Bell, who had been drafted by the Miami Dolphins in 1988 after throwing for nearly 8,000 career yards at Florida, injured himself off the field prior to the 1990 season and decided to try coaching while he healed. He did go back to pro football after 1990, but mostly in the Canadian Football League, where he threw for nearly 20,000 yards and 101 touchdowns. Bell credited being on Spurrier's staff at Florida for fueling his interest in coaching and for a high-octane offense, which he and his staff employ in their pro spread attack.
"KB (Kerwin) is a player's coach," his son Kade Bell told FanBuzz. "He almost treats his team like an NFL team. If we win, we're off on Sundays. He has that Spurrier mentality, that we're going to work hard and put our time in, but when we're done, we're going to go home to our families. And it makes everyone come to work ready to work. All of that stuff matters, and that culture isn't just with the coaches. "We're going to compete and try to dominate people ... but we want these kids to have fun playing football, too."
Gator's WR Coach Billy Gonzales' son is Bell's QB at WCa.
The younger Gonzales has thrown for 1,532 yards and 14 TD's, 2 Ints in 6 games. Bell's son Kade is his OC.
https://fanbuzz.com/college-footbal...carolina-kerwin-bell-florida-gators-football/
Here's more depth on Kerwin for anyone that wants to understand why the iG ain't just whistling Dixie and wants Kerwin Bell as the next Gator's HC....
Kerwin Bell's Love For Football Has Kept Him in the Game For Over 40 Years
Kermit the Frog? Videos by FanBuzz Nope, we're talking about Kerwin Bell, former Florida quarterback. Bell is a homegrown Florida kid who went from zero college football scholarships to walk-on, to SEC Player of the Year. He rose through the ranks as a player and now is doing the same thing as a...fanbuzz.com
Cignetti said: “To me, you never arrive. You’re either getting better or you're getting worse. You never stay the same. And if you’re not striving towards something getting better, then somebody’s catching you. So, in theory, you’re getting worse. So, it’s a process all the time.”For those drooling over Kerwin Bell.
I seriously doubt Sun Belt Sling Blade can win at Indiana.
Curt Cignetti explains why he had so much confidence at start of Indiana tenure
Curt Cignetti discussed why he had so much confidence at the beginning of his tenure at Indiana with Andy Staples and Ari Wasserman.
2022 - 6-7 - Blown out in chump bowl by OreSt.
2023 - 5-7 - Not even a chump bowl loss.
2024 - 4-3, 2-2 SEC
Looks like the Gator fans are just getting screwed some more....
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I wouldn't mind if it were Bernie Machen coming back as the interim president. At least he would have fired Stricklin and Karl.
Sports at this level is a business, first and last. It's up to you to make the connections from this article....
Building More Ethical Organizations Begins At The Top
The 2020 Edelman Trust Barometer, a quantitative measure of public trust, finds global trust levels in business are at 58%, relatively flat year over year. But it means in aggregate, 40% of the citizens in the 28 countries that comprise this index distrust business.
When finance walks back from these responsibilities, doors that lead to fraud or financial malfeasance open. That is why finance owns risk management and internal controls. Every business and operating decision benefits from the holistic lens finance brings to the picture, and effective internal controls are good for business.
Though there are many elements to these frameworks, “tone at the top” is one that stands out to me. This is the tone set by the board of directors and top management, who are ultimately responsible for risk management. A board with a majority of independent directors should regularly seek executive management’s responses to these questions:
“What are the company’s top risks?”;
“What is their time horizon?;” and
"What is being done to manage them?”
Inclusive of “tone at the top” are well-defined and established codes of conduct and ethics training for all employees. CFOs and the board have an opportunity to create a culture of ethics and trust through detection, prevention and continuous monitoring of fraud.
Unfortunately, there are too many stories of unethical behavior by top ranking executives, and these events shake everyone’s sense of trust.
Boards and finance leaders must take an active, ongoing interest in ensuring their organizations incentivize ethical behavior. Punishing individual transgressions, without looking at the larger role organizational culture plays in ethical lapses, is counterproductive and short-sighted. CFOs in particular have a number of ways to create a culture of ethics. (and imo, Socialist-U ain't the answer)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffth...more-ethical-organizations-begins-at-the-top/
sadgator is fairly well-educated, but still acts pretty much like a moron.
Look, if it happens, it happens…sadgator thinks Baby Kiff is a quality coach. A lot of the antics and garbage he pulled at Tennessee still doesn’t sit well with sadgator, and if you notice, a lot of the time he pulls the “trolling” stuff it winds up biting him in the ass, but sadgator recognizes that he has matured (somewhat) and that he has a pretty good offensive mind. It would make sadgator curious to see him hired, but sadgator would have a hard time ever viewing him as “our guy.”
That said, sadgator genuinely believes that Florida would never hire him…and that he would have no real interest in leaving Oxford. Would he position himself for a good pay raise by playing along? Sure. But at the end of the day, he won’t be the next head coach at Florida.
Assuming the job even comes open…
Yes but he would have made a heck of a linebacker. (Heavy sarcasm)
It just seems too good to be true with how it's syncing up.. the time has never been more now for this to happen
For those drooling over Kerwin Bell.
I seriously doubt Sun Belt Sling Blade can win at Indiana.
Curt Cignetti explains why he had so much confidence at start of Indiana tenure
Curt Cignetti discussed why he had so much confidence at the beginning of his tenure at Indiana with Andy Staples and Ari Wasserman.
I like that guy. The only drawback is his age. Not sure how long he will coach.
Everybody is talking about how he “transitioned to the B10.” Look who he has played so far, let’s see it finish out.
If Sling Blade was given that schedule, he'd still find a way to still finish 5-7.
The unanswered question for right now is this,,, will they give BN another year?
If yes, then this is all a waste of time for now.
IF no, then where do you want the program to go?
For me, 'Just say NO to the Lame Kitten.'
Of the rest that are available, Home Grown Gator Kerwin Bell is the one I'm hoping for.
He looks more like a SOS 2.0 than anyone else in coaching to me.
And like SOS, Kerwin is a 4.0 on a personal level, outside of football coaching which he has excelled at....
If yes, then this is all a waste of time for now.
IF no, then where do you want the program to go?
For me, 'Just say NO to the Lame Kitten.'
Of the rest that are available, Home Grown Gator Kerwin Bell is the one I'm hoping for.
He looks more like a SOS 2.0 than anyone else in coaching to me.
And like SOS, Kerwin is a 4.0 on a personal level, outside of football coaching which he has excelled at....
I think Gary might have said it to someone when someone brought his name up. After Napiers stuff I doubt we would make a non power 4 head coach hiring decision.
It looks like Bell only coached a group of 5 team as their OC in his highest level of college coaching and it didn't go that well on offense. You can't hire someone at UF with that resume.
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So you think the Gators should hire someone with no power 4 experience even as a coordinator and who only coached a group of 5 team as an OC for one year with a bad result. I doubt even our administration and big boosters are naive enough to do that despite him being a Gator great.
These guys all say,,, wait for it,,,, HOLD MY BEER....
Musclecramp/Fired -- McLame/Fired - Mullen/Fired - Napier/Continued..................
I look at Kerwin and see what he's done so far. Seeing that, I believe that he would do well as the Gator's HC.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinions on who they hire.
Judging by the results, it looks to me like Kerwin has been better at his job, than those hiring HC's at UF lately.....
He possibly could but you can't hire someone as the head coach who only has excelled in division 2 and FCS at a place like UF.
I must have missed that LAW when they passed it................ 🙄
And judging by their previous 'failure' hires, I'd rather just have a HC that could actually handle the job, and I wouldn't care if it's his first HC'ing job, or a previous HS HC.
If Meyer decides to stay retired, Ryan Day would be someone worth getting excited about, especially far more exciting than Lane Kiffin.
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Ryan Day's potential next head coaching stops
Potential head coaching positions Ryan Day could take if he decides to leave Ohio State.
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Any thoughts on Brian Johnson? No, not the former AC/DC lead vocalist.
Any thoughts on Brian Johnson? No, not the former AC/DC lead vocalist.
I guess if he end up doing decent with Washington his name might could be up for discussion. The Eagles fans weren't too high on him last season. I think Mullen basically called the plays here in 2020 though so not really sure on him.
Doesn't look like the Eagles are doing so well without him. At DC, he does have Daniels to work with.
Since Billy Napier was hired in 2022, the Florida Gators have seen 65 total players transfer out, and the Gators are now wishing they had some of their former players back.... (well DUH!)
Edge-DE Antwaun Powell-Rowell -- Across his two years with the Hokies, Powell-Ryland has amassed 20.5 sacks. Conversely, in the same amount of time, the entire Gator team has totaled 38 sacks.
DB Donovan McMillian -- In his first season with the Panthers, McMillon led the team in tackles with 105. This is the most by a Panther since 2015. He also had a game last season where he made 18 tackles, which was the most by an FBS defensive back in 2023. Additionally, McMillon already has 56 total tackles in the 2024-25 season. That is 26 more tackles than Jordan Castell, who leads the Gators with 30.
WR Xzavier Henderson -- Through 18 games with the Bearcats, he has made 92 catches for 1,256 yards and seven touchdowns. And in this season alone, he has 34 catches for 474 yards and four touchdowns through six games. His receiving yards would lead all Gator receivers by nearly 100 yards.
>>> Sure, the Gators offense has struggled throughout this season and most of that has been due to the play calling not talent level. But still, you can’t deny how good he has been over the past season and a half.
Just more proof that winning record Dan couldn't coach or recruit.... 🙄
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Gators head coach Billy Napier edges out some notable head coaches to top a rather unappealing ranking:
Billy Napier Named Most Overpaid Coach in College Football
Florida Gators head coach Billy Napier was given an unflattering title. USA Today released their top-five most overpaid coaches in college football.
Napier ranked No. 1 on the list. (Socialist-U's DEI firing/hiring on display)
The Gators are currently paying Napier $7.37 million a season. With a 14-17 record following the loss to Tennessee, Napier is earning, on average, more than $1 million per win. I also punched the numbers myself to confirm, and after his first two seasons, it was approximately $1.3 million per win.
Napier’s annual salary is 21st in college football. Forget the idea of being overrated. This guy has been deemed a financial liability to his football program. On Dec. 1, Napier will have a buyout of $26.7 million. Of the 20 guys ahead of him, all but one of them has had at least one nine-win season. The only one who hasn’t is Fickell. Lo and behold, he’s on this list too.
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Edge-DE Antwaun Powell-Rowell -- Across his two years with the Hokies, Powell-Ryland has amassed 20.5 sacks. Conversely, in the same amount of time, the entire Gator team has totaled 38 sacks.
DB Donovan McMillian -- In his first season with the Panthers, McMillon led the team in tackles with 105. This is the most by a Panther since 2015. He also had a game last season where he made 18 tackles, which was the most by an FBS defensive back in 2023. Additionally, McMillon already has 56 total tackles in the 2024-25 season. That is 26 more tackles than Jordan Castell, who leads the Gators with 30.
WR Xzavier Henderson -- Through 18 games with the Bearcats, he has made 92 catches for 1,256 yards and seven touchdowns. And in this season alone, he has 34 catches for 474 yards and four touchdowns through six games. His receiving yards would lead all Gator receivers by nearly 100 yards.
>>> Sure, the Gators offense has struggled throughout this season and most of that has been due to the play calling not talent level. But still, you can’t deny how good he has been over the past season and a half.
Just more proof that winning record Dan couldn't coach or recruit.... 🙄
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Gators head coach Billy Napier edges out some notable head coaches to top a rather unappealing ranking:
Billy Napier Named Most Overpaid Coach in College Football
Florida Gators head coach Billy Napier was given an unflattering title. USA Today released their top-five most overpaid coaches in college football.
Napier ranked No. 1 on the list. (Socialist-U's DEI firing/hiring on display)
The Gators are currently paying Napier $7.37 million a season. With a 14-17 record following the loss to Tennessee, Napier is earning, on average, more than $1 million per win. I also punched the numbers myself to confirm, and after his first two seasons, it was approximately $1.3 million per win.
Napier’s annual salary is 21st in college football. Forget the idea of being overrated. This guy has been deemed a financial liability to his football program. On Dec. 1, Napier will have a buyout of $26.7 million. Of the 20 guys ahead of him, all but one of them has had at least one nine-win season. The only one who hasn’t is Fickell. Lo and behold, he’s on this list too.
Billy Napier Named Most Overpaid Coach in College Football
Gators head coach Billy Napier edges out some notable head coaches to top a rather unappealing ranking
Free Thinkers will always seem crazy to those who can't see beyond conventions.
Never apologize for evolving beyond people's comfort zones... -- Albert Einstein
Never apologize for evolving beyond people's comfort zones... -- Albert Einstein
I did not know this. Muschamp is an idiot based on this ONE item alone. WTF?
Were you and Albert friends?
Before my time, but we might have had at least one thing in common, unlike many here...
For those drooling over Kerwin Bell.
I seriously doubt Sun Belt Sling Blade can win at Indiana.
Curt Cignetti explains why he had so much confidence at start of Indiana tenure
Curt Cignetti discussed why he had so much confidence at the beginning of his tenure at Indiana with Andy Staples and Ari Wasserman.
An interesting candidate. It would be something if he somehow made the playoff his first year there. If they were to upset OSU they would probably fire Day and hire him if he would go there.
They have been spoiled but I think a loss to Indiana might get them to do it. I think Day has a bad record in their biggest games since Michigan got good again. There is some stat their fans are always crying about saying Day will never get it done.
I'd say Ryan Day needs a change of scenery anyway, perhaps in Gainesville. I'd take him over Lane Kiffin. Day has only 3 CFP appearances. With Lane, we'll get occasional 9-10 win seasons with no SECG appearances.
No HC from FCS could ever be the HC at UF, says the feveredbrain, among a few others that seem to agree....
Just like no 5th string 3-star QB from a Miss. HS could ever succeed as UF's QB...
(Shane Matthews says hold my beer)
And no 2-star QB that never even started for his own TX HS could ever succeed as UF's QB...
(Kyle Trask says hold my beer)
For absolute sure, no WALK-ON QB, with no major ship offers could ever earn the starting QB job at UF....
(Walk-On QB Kerwin Bell: says hello)
SEC Player of the Year (1984) (UF's 1st SEC-C)
First-team All-SEC (1985)
Honorable mention All-American (1985, 1986)
University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame
Florida-Georgia Hall of Fame
Graduated UF with a degree in Psychology in 1987 (A SOS/Meyer Combo)
Drafted by the Miami Dolphins, he had an 11 year Pro career with various teams before retiring in 2001.
His full history can be found here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerwin_Bell
Founding HS HC for Trinity Catholic in Ocala - 14-0 State Champs
He did so well after founding their new program that JU hired him away to establish their new football program. In Bell's second season, the JU Dolphins went 9–4 and won the Pioneer Football League (PFL) championship, and Bell was recognized as the PFL Coach of the Year and was a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Award. The Dolphins won another PFL championship in 2010 with a 10–1 record.
In January 2016, Bell was named the new head coach at Valdosta State. In 2018, Bell led the Blazers to the program's first undefeated season (14–0) and the Division II National Championship.
He spent one season at USF as the OC, but was not retained the following year when the HC was fired.
Bell was hired as the 14th head coach at Western Carolina on April 27, 2021.[40] In Bell's first season, the Catamounts lost their first six games but won four out of the remaining five to finish the season at 4-7 with the program's best win total in five years.
In 2022, the Catamounts enjoyed their first winning season since 2017 with a 6-5 campaign.
In 2023, they finished 7-4 and were ranked No. 23 in the final STATS poll for third time in program history and the first since 1983.
For 2024, they are currently 4-3 coming off a 52-20 win over Furman.
Bell's current 'college' all time HC'ing W/L record is 114-61.
I would love for Kerwin to finish out his coaching career as the Gator's HC.
Because you see, it's what you can do, not what someone else claims you can't do that matters....
