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That is exactly why we should stop talking about firing the wrong people. The Florida athletics program will continue to decline across all sports if things do not change now. Focusing on a football coach and an athletic director is just begging for more of the same. The game changer will be...
I stand corrected. This will be the last stat box with positive results.
FLA
MSU
Points
45
28
1st Downs
28
30
3rd down efficiency
6-9
11-20
4th down efficiency
0-0
2-3
Total Yards
503
480
Passing
277
240
Comp/Att
26/28
20/34
Yards per pass
9.9
7.1
Interceptions thrown
0
0...
This might be the last time the Gators look good in a stat box.
FLA
MSU
Points
24
14
1st Downs
17
10
3rd down efficiency
4-5
4-9
4th down efficiency
0-0
0-0
Total Yards
311
216
Passing
196
101
Comp/Att
19/20
9/16
Yards per pass
9.8
6.3
Interceptions thrown
0
0
Rushing...
On the bright side, Napier is doing a better job of alternating QBs.
Player
C/ATT
YDS
AVG
TD
INT
Graham Mertz
15/16
147
9.2
3
0
DJ Lagway
4/4
49
12.3
0
0
19/20
196
9.8
3
0
In today’s era of transfer portal free agency, there is a high probability of 60+ players transferring out no matter when Napier is fired. The reason is not due to the losses, but the way the Gators lost and the way they barely stayed ahead of Samford in the first half.
I mentioned in a couple other threads the idea of interviewing Gruden for head coach but countering with an offer as a GM. That would make best use of his NFL connections while isolating his non-politically correct personality from the public. Also by hiring him as a GM he could start in October...
I hate to be the one to break this to you, but just about any younger Baby Boomer, any Gen X or older Millennial coach says these kind of things in a football environment or an office environment and they are not racists. They are products of their environment and it takes at least a generation...
Gentlemen, we have been through this enough times to know that as long as Florida is cycling through coaches every 3-4 years that we are going to hear every rumor imaginable. In 2022 it was James Franklin, Lane Kiffin, or Kalen DeBoer but we got Billy Napier (ref...
Read my last post on this thread: https://www.gatorenvy.com/threads/top-reasons-to-not-fire-scott-stricklin-just-because-the-football-team-is-not-winning-championships.21268/
This could also apply to your thread “Clear them all out”. The problem with the “fire everyone” approach is that NCAA...
Going back in time to this post with an updated perspective. Here are the problems and potential solutions to fix Florida Gator football:
Problem 1: The Gator football program business model is outdated and entirely dependent on success experienced under Steve Spurrier and Urban Meyer. As...
The only way for Florida to keep the good parts of its 2024 and projected 2025-2026 talent is to hire a general manager immediately! A general manager would operate the Gator football team like an NFL team and work with agents to keep players irrespective of the coaching changes.
Here is a list of coaches with championships and time in a power conference. Chris Klieman is the only coach on the betting odds list above with a championship.
Coach
Championships
Years Power Conf
WL%
Urban Meyer
2006, 2008 BCS Champion, 2014 CFP Champion
13
86.1
Chris Klieman
2022...
The early 2025 mock draft does not have a single Gator projected in the 1st round, but there is a former Gator projected at pick #30, Princely Umanmilien. Just for kicks, there are two former Gator recruits--Harold Perkins and Isaiah Bond.
https://twitter.com/CFBRep/status/1836032520590143769
Lane Kiffin apparently is the favorite on social media. Kiffin has been head coach of the Ole Miss Rebels since 2020, where he has a 37-15 record. His overall record is 97-49 in college, 5-15 in the NFL. He has two Conference USA championships (2017, 2019). There has been discussion on his...
Jamey Chadwell has been the head coach at Liberty since 2023, where he has a 16-1 record. His overall coaching record is 114-58 with stints at North Greenville (2009-2011), Delta State (2012), and Coastal Carolina (2017, 2019-2022). He has won conference championships in Conference USA (2023)...
Betting sites are already posting odds for the next Gator coach in 2025. The ones that I consider realistic will be highlighted in orange for discussion later in the thread. Blue indicates interesting guesses that others have been highlighting on social media. The ones in red are not realistic...
The once mighty 1-2 (0-1) Florida Gators will travel to Stark Vegas to take on the Mississippi State Bulldogs (1-2). For some odd reason, the Gators are favored by 6, and the over/under is 57.5. The last time these teams met was in Dan Mullen's first year at Florida after previously coaching at...