Why does the internet think Napier is a home run?
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I think it's a risk but if I'm UF it's a risk I take. Napier had good teams at ULL but I don't think he's a sure fire home run. We will see though. Honestly the one I compare him to the most is Cristobal
Pretty sure Dannygator was comparing Cristobal to Taggart. Cristobal did get fired from FIU and has just been OK at Oregon. I think Cristobal is much better than Taggart. Napier, Norvell and Cristobal all started at G5 jobs. I mean you have to start somewhere. Napier did do much better than both Norvell and Cristobal at the G5 level. He had a better winning percentage and rebuilt a G5 program. As of right now neither Norvell or Cristobal has proved much of anything at the P5 level. We will see what Napier does.
Pretty sure Dannygator was comparing Cristobal to Taggart. Cristobal did get fired from FIU and has just been OK at Oregon. I think Cristobal is much better than Taggart. Napier, Norvell and Cristobal all started at G5 jobs. I mean you have to start somewhere. Napier did do much better than both Norvell and Cristobal at the G5 level. He had a better winning percentage and rebuilt a G5 program. As of right now neither Norvell or Cristobal has proved much of anything at the P5 level. We will see what Napier does. He’s not a home run although outside of Saban, Dabo & maybe a few others there really isn’t any home runs out there
I think that is logical, I view it as high risk high reward. Napier has always been a good coach. Mario just got ran over by Utah twice and Norvell can't win a game against JSU....
Mario lost to a 3-9 Stanford team as well but did manage to beat Ohio St. Cristobal will up the talent level and recruiting for Miami but I don’t believe he’s a good enough coach that he won’t drop a game he shouldn’t here and there.
I mean I do think it is kind of funny that the new head coach of Miami was actually fired by FIU.
Who is his first commitment since we cant ready it on the main page? Why post something if we have to have a membership to read it?
Gators flip ULL OL commit Christian Williams
Gators add first commitment under Billy Napier
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We dont need a 3 star OLGators flip ULL OL commit Christian Williams
Gators add first commitment under Billy Napier
That's fair enough - truth is though outside of about 4 coaches there's a fair amount of risk with any coach.
Fsu fans are calling him "sunbelt billy" lol every now and again those dumbasses come up with something funny
I don't associate with them but I'm a fan of fsu. They are the most annoying fan base on the planet besides UGA fans
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This is all fine and good, but in 2023 the fans will want on-field results.
Sometimes this guy talks like he is getting a 6 year honeymoon period
Don’t work that way in the SEC
Year two, Urban Natty, Saban in SECCG. History shows it isn’t a long term project if you are good.
I think his structure will be in line with UGA and Bama. But I will stick to my prediction after year 2 SOS and him have a chat about offensive expectations at UF
What the dumb FSU fans don’t seem to realize is their own coach came from a G5 conference and actually had a worse record at a G5 program than Sunbelt Billy.
That's why I think it's funny. UF fans called Norvell "G5 Mike" for the longest. I honestly find humor in all the names.
Too much time spent on this crap
4-loss Fisher
Brian Kelly sucks
blah, blah, blah, blah
W/L will be the ultimate judge of all of it.
The great ones win. Period.
I’m fairness Meyer was handed a much better roster than what Napier is inheriting. Also Napier isn’t Saban or Meyer. It would be nice but I don’t think those are fair expectations is for Napier to be as good as Meyer or Saban. Those 2 aren’t good. They are college football GOATs.
I get that. And won’t disparage him if he doesn’t hit either of those
At the same time you can’t be saying “trust the process” in year 3 or 4 without significant results
of course we're in like week 3. So. Calm yourself a bit, eh?
what are you eluding to? i know next year will be tough.
But “trust the process” is fine. But we need to see the process by year two.
Mark my words, Billy will kill it, but his offense will be his downfall. SOS will step in at some point. You heard it hear first.
His confidence will lead to a ton of off-field success, some of which we already see. But it will also be his on-field downfall.
Disagree with me all you want. But as an SOS junkie you know if we aren’t winning with his offense, SOS will be heard.
I don’t think SOS gets involved as much as you may think.
Agree. SOS hasn’t been actively involved in our program in over 20 years…and has no plans to be…
I think we'll know in 14 months. Essentially by the bump class you'll know if "build the process" really is a thing he can do at this level. He's done that before so I do have hope but we'll have to see here.
At that point he's either able to do it, or we'll hear a lot of "trust the process" until he's fired lol.
At that point, we're talking in measurables: bump class Top 5-7 depending on counters spent etc, high ranking on the average counter, full coaching staff with several top end recruiters as well as developers, his ability to fire someone that's not getting it done etc.
Even if all those come up aces is it a sure thing? No - then he just has a chance imo to go big time. You can still do all the right things and just be a bit unlucky, but those are the things you can measure an look at by Feb signing 2023.
