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Stricklin Assurance Statement

Michi_Gator

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Two issues:

1. You are basically telling everyone that “we know we have a problem but we aren’t changing”. Never heard Bama “assure” Saban

2. As it appears some are going to pull donations, risky move when you will have to outbid tOSU, Miami and others for DJ, let alone try to actually put talent around him

I just can’t🤣🤣🤣
 
Just getting ready to post that.

I'm fine with it for now. They do play hard. I guess I'm not focused on joining the elite right now......I just want to get back to routine winning records.
 
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Ok, Ocala makes a post yesterday citing to a GatorCounty Article stating that Stricklin “needs” to clarify his intent.

Now people have a problem with Stricklin clarifying it. He can’t win.

And oh by the way, sadgator has been saying this since like week one…

(Pat self on back)….he was never going to get fired.
 
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We're ranked close to 60th in recruiting. It's only getting worse.

Yeah, unfortunately it is going to have to get real bad. Nebraska did this with Scott Frost, he made it until game 3 the next year.

But in typical UF fashion, instead of being the premier opening, we’ll wait until next year when FSU, Auburn, USCw and possibly Michigan are all open🤣🤣🤣
 
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Maybe Billy hopes he can keep Lagway next year and DJ will save the recruiting class
How can a 60th ranked recruiting class be saved with a possible 4-8 record? No 4 star will want to come here, NIL or not.

If it's any consolation, at least Sling Blades buyout will be less. Another thing, where does it say Stricknine states Sling Blade coaching at UF beyond 2024?

 
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Yeah, unfortunately it is going to have to get real bad. Nebraska did this with Scott Frost, he made it until game 3 the next year.

But in typical UF fashion, instead of being the premier opening, we’ll wait until next year when FSU, Auburn, USCw and possibly Michigan are all open🤣🤣🤣
This is true. We always seem to fire our coaches when the market sucks.
 
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Never thought I would see the day that 3 straight losing seasons at UF was acceptable.
It’s not that it’s acceptable. It’s that there are no alternatives that make sense. Mullen has said this himself. You have to stop the revolving door. sadgator agrees that if you are a good coach, you can turn a program quick. We have seen it. Napier hasn’t done that, but there are some signs of hope.

But at this point, we are on a track for Nebraska level failure if we don’t inject some stability into the program. Switching to ANOTHER “up and coming” risk of a coach isn’t going to guarantee us anything. It’s all but certain they would make another “who?” hire, which gets us nowhere. And sadgator has said it a million times, there is no scenario whatsoever…EVER…that Florida would hire Lane Kiffin as its head coach…that is never happening….so we might as well support this guy and be as positive as we can. Anything else is just hurting the thing we are desperate to see succeed.
 
It’s not that it’s acceptable. It’s that there are no alternatives that make sense. Mullen has said this himself. You have to stop the revolving door. sadgator agrees that if you are a good coach, you can turn a program quick. We have seen it. Napier hasn’t done that, but there are some signs of hope.

But at this point, we are on a track for Nebraska level failure if we don’t inject some stability into the program. Switching to ANOTHER “up and coming” risk of a coach isn’t going to guarantee us anything. It’s all but certain they would make another “who?” hire, which gets us nowhere. And sadgator has said it a million times, there is no scenario whatsoever…EVER…that Florida would hire Lane Kiffin as its head coach…that is never happening….so we might as well support this guy and be as positive as we can. Anything else is just hurting the thing we are desperate to see succeed.

Here are the reasons given to keep Napier:

1. We play hard
2. We beat Kentucky
3. We “almost” beat UGa (lost by 14)
4. Look what DJ did Sat (2/6 for 47 yds in a half)

My hope is that IF we lose big in Austin that Lane runs UGa out of Oxford hanging 50 on them. One, dispelling the myth UGa is good and just showing how utterly incompetent the University is. You can keep Billy to “stop the revolving door” but DJ or not, you are never competing for a title as long as he is the coach.
 
Yeah I tend to agree with Sad. There’s no Urban Meyer out there to come in and turn this thing around on a dime and even if there were, they’re probably not coming to UF in its current state. Zook’s players couldn’t all free transfer out when Meyer came in.

So I don’t think it’s crazy to try to stabilize the program some and see what Napier can do with a full season of Lagway (presuming we can keep him with a big chunk of that $10m we had set aside for CBN’s buyout).

Question is can he stabilize it, or are we already in an unrecoverable death spiral? Think we need a recruiting class in the 30s at least and we can give it a go next season.
 
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