WHY Billy Napier Isn't Fired Yet - How can the Florida Gators Still Improve this Season?

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  • @barrone71
    @barrone71 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Maybe Montrell is not 100% from that knee scope. But I definitely want to see more Jaden a Baugh and Jacoby Jackson. Those dudes have the best vision out of all the RBs. Jackson slithers like a snake and Baugh will lower the shoulders like a Ram

    • @mad5219
      @mad5219 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If he's not 100% why is he even starting

    • @thomashoyle1935
      @thomashoyle1935 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I think even at 100% he’s slow he’s not shifty he’s not the best back

    • @therolandx
      @therolandx หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@mad5219 - Billy has a loyalty over performance issue and an even more serious issue with not adapting to game day play.

  • @mitchgordon6463
    @mitchgordon6463 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Napier should have been let go after 5 straight losses to finish last season. Never saw UF wait so long to fire a failing coach. As a 41 year booster and season ticket holder, I will not donate or renew my tickets until Napier is gone and I see an all out effort to hire a grade a coach.

    • @Gatorfan38
      @Gatorfan38 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      So 3 years is all a coach gets? I think there should be a rule where coaches get a mandatory 5 year contract, unless they are let go for disciplinary reasons.

    • @treytrump3234
      @treytrump3234 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😮

    • @djej-tpa9930
      @djej-tpa9930 หลายเดือนก่อน

      4th head coach he hired Mac

    • @dawnofthewalkers4915
      @dawnofthewalkers4915 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Gatorfan38when that coach has consistently gotten worse season after season then yea 3 is all he gets and he’s got a losing record overall as UF’s head coach.

    • @FrankBevins-kh7mq
      @FrankBevins-kh7mq หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Gatorfan38 a first year coach just beat him😂 that’s embarrassing

  • @jovi922
    @jovi922 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you! This made a lot of sense. But this isn’t acceptable. Change is needed.

  • @i.d.modisett9176
    @i.d.modisett9176 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Help me understand why if a coach fails to meet his quota for wins and gets fired, why we continue to pay him. I get the contract but he signed the contract with an agreement to win football games, which he has not done. So why do we pay someone to fail at a job. It actually gives an incentive to suck and then get paid to do nothing

    • @MichaelWinter-zv8yk
      @MichaelWinter-zv8yk หลายเดือนก่อน

      You’re silly. No coach will take a job that is “at-will” and has zero security. You must be a Nazi (Republican) to have such a stupid idea. If a coach doesn’t win enough games, it was a mistake by the employer to hire him. If the coach isn’t trying to win, that would be just cause. But there’s no evidence that Napier is not trying to win. He’s just not what you thought you were getting when you hired him. Why give a coach a long contract when you hire him if you’re not confident you made the right hire? I’m sure there are coaches that would sign for a lower term guaranteed contract. Florida wanted Napier so badly they, basically, gave him EVERYTHING he asked for. Now, after doing so, you think it’s okay to not live up to your obligations? I bet you are a supporter of the Fuhrer, Donald Trump, aren’t you? He has the same outlook . He refuses to pay his bills and is a well known deadbeat that no American financial institution will do business with because he doesn’t pay his bills. Even after getting elected President, he tried to get a loan and was turned down. He whined (he whines about everything) that he was going to be President…the bank said that didn’t change the fact that he was still Donald Trump, the deadbeat who doesn’t pay his bills.

    • @jer3887
      @jer3887 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The contract does not include performance requirements such as wins and losses.

    • @charlieisbill8096
      @charlieisbill8096 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I think they should

  • @jaesea6125
    @jaesea6125 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    There's no one to replace him. We need a big name. Simple

    • @Gatortrackstar
      @Gatortrackstar หลายเดือนก่อน

      That’s what I have been saying. They have to hit big with a name coach that can come in and produce quickly. Chances are our future coach will be coaching the playoff. He most likely will not want to leave his team during that time. We are stuck with Nape.

    • @pnut3844able
      @pnut3844able หลายเดือนก่อน

      Bc no one wants that trash job lmao 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @Gatordoll1
    @Gatordoll1 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Only one solution. Boycott games.

    • @pnut3844able
      @pnut3844able หลายเดือนก่อน

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 i love it! Y'all are in shambles hahahahaha Miami ruined your program

  • @williamfisher866
    @williamfisher866 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My thing about the edge rushers is that they are more productive as edge rushers elsewhere because they are playing traditional edge. What is the percentage of snaps at new schools that they drop into coverage compared to when they were at UF. Also probably on the field way more snaps than they did at UF.

  • @19mindmechanic55
    @19mindmechanic55 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Fire Scott Stricklin; Fire Jeremy Foley. Again (?); Fire Billy Napier...
    Go Toledo!
    I think your suggestion regarding the run game was brilliant. I imagine it is done on other teams at other times, so why not here? I think a big part of it is the sense that they believe they know best - the best/worst example of this is the fact that, no matter who is running the ball, no matter who they're playing or what's happening in the game, they're running the same plays in the same situations. Over and over and over and... Which is the best guess as to why this coaching staff is NOT likely to be going to the backs and line and talking to them about what they feel confident or comfortable running together (line and back). I specifically didn't say "didn't ask them what they wanted" or "thought" because I get the sense that for this coaching staff, that would somehow show weakness to allow the players to make that kind of decision, or even suggestion. Which is just one other reason this staff sucks. And by the way, someone should tell them that that kind of coaching is a sign of insecurity - a coach who was secure in his ability and decisions would not be threatened to integrate the players into those kinds of decisions.
    Regarding Ron Roberts, I don't know that its that he lost his touch, I think, given what we've seen in the previous two years, that the head coach has veto power over everything, and is not only trying to run the offense to the point of calling plays in spite of that being a glaring failure, but also trying to run the defense. So I wonder if Ron Roberts is not either being ignored or overridden. I think that may have been the reason why Austin Armstrong performed so much worse last year than in previous positions - because he wasn't allowed to run the defense how he wanted. I think that this year is just a continuation of that horrendous dictatorship. And by the way, may also be the reason the edge play is not what it needs to be - that they continue to drop them into coverage way too much, maybe because it worked once at Louisiana or something but it ain't working here. And the rotations that don't make sense, particularly playing DJ Douglas 60 snaps and your best players 30?? And Douglas has 7 missed tackles, three times worse than anyone else, and he's out there longer - twice as long - as much better players. Maybe the head coach who brought him in on that transfer portal wants to prove that it was a good decision. Somehow.
    I agree with everyone who says that Billy Napier is not a bad person, by any means. I don't think he's doing the things I believe he's doing for bad reasons. I think he believes that the head coach has to be the Father Figure for the team, and has to have ultimate decision-making in all areas of the game. He has to know more than everyone else, better than everyone else, and makes final decisions in every aspect of the game. Has to have the C-word (Control) over everything. That may work in other leagues, but he does not have the knowlege or ability to coach - not as Head Coach - in the SEC.
    One final word (finally!), I saw a journalist on another show talking about, when you fire the head coach, you're also firing all the assistants, everyone else he brought in - he said "hundreds," I don't know how many were brought in with Napier, but I do remember hearing that he was bringing in a much larger staff. So that is true, and it is yet another reason why firing a head coach should not be taken lightly. But when it is painfully clear that he is not only incapable of doing his job but also incapable of being at all objective in judging how well he is doing, e.g., play calling, and changing things that are just not working, game after game, season after season, it is time to change leadership.

  • @jpb588
    @jpb588 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Webb Baugh Jackson needs more carries just give each back a full start

  • @samuelkent2933
    @samuelkent2933 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great point on the rotations… They literally sub multiple defensive lineman every play it drives me crazy…

  • @tristanbradshaw7625
    @tristanbradshaw7625 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can someone explain the Ron Robert’s off the field stuff? I missed it

  • @orriecherasia1595
    @orriecherasia1595 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Trust me when I say "it WILL get better". As a fan of Miami I can tell you that we went through the same thing over and over. I remember 55-0 loss to Clemson years ago and coach being fired right after that. Didn't change anything. Last year we (Miami) were completely betrayed by our coach in the Ga Tech game. I think it was last year or the year before Memphis State mollywhopp us at home! Losing 45-3 at home in prime time to FSU . Could prob give you 20 examples of how bad it was. Look at FSU right now! They are the definition of a mess . I'm not saying Napier should be retained at all. It looks to me like he knows the game but is lacking in the enthusiasm department. That being said it appears they will give him a chance to save his job ,they can still pull it together and win some games. Put a beating on FSU and win 6 games. Maybe pulling off an upset ..Georgia? You have a potential future top 5 qb in Lagway . At the end of the day, it's painfully obvious that Napier isn't a good fit for UF , but he'll probably have an opportunity this season. I truly believe they wait until the offseason to make any coaching changes. They are in far better shape than the Seminoles.

    • @pnut3844able
      @pnut3844able หลายเดือนก่อน

      Lmao y'all are BARELY better than FSU.

  • @AlignmentCoaching
    @AlignmentCoaching หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice start tho I think it’s “I may not be able to explain…but I can try.”
    I think they may be trying to negotiate his separation. And maybe they think it’s a good buffer as they search for the next guy…

  • @Speakthetruth21
    @Speakthetruth21 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think rushing back from the knee injury has affected Montrell. A meniscus injury does affect explosiveness

  • @andrereynolds7318
    @andrereynolds7318 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’ve NEVER heard a coach say another coach should be fired. It’s like a clean cop saying a dirty one should face consequences, it’ll never happen!

  • @MichaelWinter-zv8yk
    @MichaelWinter-zv8yk หลายเดือนก่อน

    A very sober and realistic post. Jeremy Foley should have NEVER been hired in the first place. He has some skeletons in his closet that, if known, would shock you that he was hired at UF. Maybe he has something on other important people at UF that keeps them
    In line. I have no doubt that Foley is still
    in charge enough that he has veto power. Everything you said about Florida’s decision makers is true. They’re awful people! That said, if UF leaves Starkville with a loss, the paradigm may shift . How can you justify losing to a team that was just dominated by Toledo?

    • @gatorsron
      @gatorsron หลายเดือนก่อน

      Scott Stricklin is the current AD, replaced Jeremy Foley

  • @Sue_me347
    @Sue_me347 หลายเดือนก่อน

    it's a logistics thing. Hard to get a quality interim in place right before road game. The HC has a better feel of travel logistics than an interim would. Once the miss st game is over tho, he needs to be fired.

  • @tomjarnagin1175
    @tomjarnagin1175 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Make the fans happy

  • @WMGamingE.
    @WMGamingE. หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think you should at least keep him around until the end of this season and maybe extended contract other three years and let him get the program together. Signed a Vols fan

  • @ToddHodges-d6u
    @ToddHodges-d6u หลายเดือนก่อน

    Get prepared for Lane Kiffen to be coaching at Florida next season.

  • @wellseenow3711
    @wellseenow3711 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Could it be that the Univiersity does not have the fund to fire Napier?

    • @deerodriguez8992
      @deerodriguez8992 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      2 of the boisters already confirmed they will split the buy out the money is their

  • @NathanielPenland
    @NathanielPenland หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    By the way. Billy Napier is not fired for several reasons. 1 is because they are not going to fire him mid season. They aren’t. There is no benefit in doing so. 2 secondly because there is an interim president who has gone on record that he does not want to fire a coach.

    • @mstafford368
      @mstafford368 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Because, Florida has never fired a coach during the season??
      No benefit? How about showing the universe you're committed to WINNING?

    • @Sue_me347
      @Sue_me347 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Are you kidding me? No Benefit? We are 3 games into the 2024 season and the team has quit! get rid of the guy asap, get an interim that the players respect that will be the complete opposite of Billy so we can actually win a few games this year and get an early start on rebranding this program.

    • @KerryCarson-r3n
      @KerryCarson-r3n หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      No one is leading this team to win a few games. Your season is over.move to next year but with the same schedule looks bad for the gators next year also ​@Sue_me347

    • @Sue_me347
      @Sue_me347 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@KerryCarson-r3n I get it you’re a rival fan trolling. Have fun now because rebuilds happen fast and the right coach will get it turned around. Nobody stays on top or down forever. enjoy it while it last.

    • @djej-tpa9930
      @djej-tpa9930 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Wasnt muschamps fired and dj durkin went to bowl game, as was mullen and LB Coach took over

  • @CJGREEK-c8g
    @CJGREEK-c8g หลายเดือนก่อน

    Twiddledee and Twiddledum right there in the thumbnail😂

  • @synitarthrax5618
    @synitarthrax5618 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Since I'm in ranting mode, let me add I think the Florida money people need to figure out if they are all in on the CFB program. Unless the checkbook is open and there is 100% backing for playing CFB, Florida will never get a great coach and will become what they are now ... the new Vanderbilt. Remember. Just because the fans want to win it all, doesn't mean the school cares. Also, with the 12 team playoff, you don't have to go to a Florida type school that's all in which is why you can forget getting Lane. In other words, it's the school itself. Napier is just the symptom of a bigger problem.

  • @synitarthrax5618
    @synitarthrax5618 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I don't agree with your take on why they don't want to fire Billy because of Strickland. It's more likely a combo of 2 things. One is the longer into the season the less they have to pay for Napier's buyout. Two is the optics. Firing a coach after 2 games in his third year doesn't look inviting for getting a decent head coach down the line. They will stick to Bill until they have 7 loses which creates a losing season and then they will can him. It also doesn't hurt things to keep Napier. The Gators issues won't be fixed this year no matter who the interim coach is. Might as well let Billy keep on demonstrating to future coaches just how much leeway we will give them.

  • @6gatornation
    @6gatornation หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I want to hear from the dude that hires Scott Stricklin
    Somebody needs to make a statement

    • @maceomaceo3153
      @maceomaceo3153 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If they hired Ben Sasse, don't e xpect anything different.

  • @nathanhelms2600
    @nathanhelms2600 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fire Scott Stricklin? We arentt winning football games, so I get it, but I’m not sure I agree. He took over a programs that was terribly deficient in facilities, staff, operating budget and recruiting budget. He has fixed all those problems that Foley refused to address. Hiring football coaches is hard. If we define sustained success as more than Dan Mullen, who we fired. Then there are only two power 4 coaches that meets UFs expectations….kirbi Smart and Ryan Day. Even Foley whos coaching hires have won a bunch of national championships was 1-3 when it came to hiring football coaches. Obviously we have not had the success on the field that is required, but I certainly don’t think Stricklin has been a failure as an AD. Lots of off the field success that’s going to make future on the field success possible.

  • @thebigdogangel6222
    @thebigdogangel6222 หลายเดือนก่อน

    We what win anymore this season we got a tough schedule

  • @BrianKorth-nu7gw
    @BrianKorth-nu7gw หลายเดือนก่อน

    Spurrier didn’t say anything positive about Napier. He simply said the man has been paid and paying an intern coach seems silly. He acknowledged several times the state of the program

  • @bobbymiller5742
    @bobbymiller5742 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Montrel is hurting. He was rushed back for the Miami game. 41-17 may I add😁. So yeah…. The lizards are screwed royally ‼️🙌🏾😘

    • @Lottoboi100
      @Lottoboi100 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Go Canes 🙌🙌 Florida Gators please "Keep Billy"!!!

  • @CJGREEK-c8g
    @CJGREEK-c8g หลายเดือนก่อน

    Defensive coordinators have had a lock on florida's offensive tendencies since Billy's first year. Everything he's doing is extremely predictable on top of the fact that the players are not motivated and they do not execute.

  • @danburt2631
    @danburt2631 หลายเดือนก่อน

    One more year....Give him uno mas...

  • @andrereynolds7318
    @andrereynolds7318 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Cam Jackson gives us absolutely NOTHING! Micahi should get more of his snaps

  • @tomjarnagin1175
    @tomjarnagin1175 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It’s simple clean house now

  • @RayGravesGoat
    @RayGravesGoat หลายเดือนก่อน

    18:52 this is the energy we all have forcing us to assume coaching is intentionally mismanaging personnel or just that bad at common sense.

  • @BrianKorth-nu7gw
    @BrianKorth-nu7gw หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just pass the ball

  • @garyfurman
    @garyfurman หลายเดือนก่อน

    Don't be misled. The hierarchy recently installed two very influential people. He cannot act with the autonomy he once had. Scott will NOT be a problem.

  • @mstafford368
    @mstafford368 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Gator Nation Football is on fire....Fire him already! FFS

  • @gatorrob3713
    @gatorrob3713 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Mertz shouldn't be QB1
    Montrell is not even RB 3

    • @drewn5271
      @drewn5271 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      If dj lagway played the entire a&m game would have been 66-10

    • @gatorrob3713
      @gatorrob3713 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@drewn5271 also. Didn't lagway get 2 of the TD scoring drives? 1 by passsing and one with a handoff to RB?

  • @littlefinkle7757
    @littlefinkle7757 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Post Nick Savage the strength and conditioning has been HORRIBLE! When Nick was there we saw drastic physical changes in players each year. Since then, nothing but getting whipped. Napier is just 1 of many failures on the football staff. Obviously he is the largest since the others were picked by him, but they are all failures.

  • @brianbolton8199
    @brianbolton8199 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Once fired, players may hit the portal, and decline playing.

  • @davidshawn1609
    @davidshawn1609 หลายเดือนก่อน

    GBO

  • @andrereynolds7318
    @andrereynolds7318 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why is Mike Peterson the edge coach when he was a Mike linebacker 😂 the idiocracy 😂😂

  • @garyprinty8652
    @garyprinty8652 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Interim president cannot hire coach and Athletic Director. So we need a new president. The new coach will only sign on with the new president because that is his boss

  • @tomjarnagin1175
    @tomjarnagin1175 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’m not happy at all to see Napier and Stricklin not fired

  • @andrereynolds7318
    @andrereynolds7318 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Princley looks like the exact same player at Ole Miss as he did at UF 😂 they have way better pass rushers than him.

  • @maceomaceo3153
    @maceomaceo3153 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Montrell Johnson is slow. Travis E. made the right decision. Billy is not SEC calibre.

  • @andrereynolds7318
    @andrereynolds7318 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I dgaf how you spell his name. Fire Scott Stricklin AND Strickland!!

    • @1NariC
      @1NariC หลายเดือนก่อน

      😂😂😂 Dat part!

  • @littlefinkle7757
    @littlefinkle7757 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The new university president will fire the AD and the new AD will hire the next coach for UF football. The sooner the better. Scott Stricklin is done !

  • @DaveWilliams-if7dq
    @DaveWilliams-if7dq หลายเดือนก่อน

    It sux to be a florida gator!😂😂

  • @Gatorfan38
    @Gatorfan38 หลายเดือนก่อน

    $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ is the reason.

  • @nathanhyatt2364
    @nathanhyatt2364 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Damage control? We are the Aar*n H*rn*nd*z university.

  • @drdoc7508
    @drdoc7508 หลายเดือนก่อน

    napier is still coach because AD and Admin are Cowards

  • @jbrudert
    @jbrudert หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fans need to boycott and not show up to any games

  • @jkmarshall3553
    @jkmarshall3553 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Give him a few more years... trust the process... he's turning the ship about as we watch! Napier will be better than Urban!

    • @macattack87
      @macattack87 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      You're high

    • @antonchigurh7820
      @antonchigurh7820 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      As a damn kite...

  • @therolandx
    @therolandx หลายเดือนก่อน

    If the players want to complete the year under Napier and his system with him as HBC you let him finish the season. Flip side the fans want to ignore the players and get (revenge now?). I'm siding with the players and the thirst for a "revenge" firing now takes a back seat. There is no HBC in waiting to come to the rescue midseason and have a more positive outcome to the end of the season.

    • @jer3887
      @jer3887 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It’s not a revenge firing….. it’s a firing based on very poor performance. Players don’t get a say. Wins and losses are the bottom line and Napier has failed.