I don’t care if we make a bowl with a win tomorrow since it’ll be some low tier bowl anyways against someone who’s inspired and will wash us.
I see what Napier wants to build at UF, you see it during the games what it CAN be, but he has to just stack talent, hire an OC, and get out of the way. The YOUNG talent is there, just gotta attack the portal HARD this offseason and get instant impact starters ala FSU. Can’t use the portal only for depth pieces like he did last cycle.
My wish list:
1. Hire an OC and give him full autonomy
2. Attack the portal to shore up the roster as NOBODY (besides EW3) should feel like they’re an automatic starter going into next year
3. Sure up the OT and DT spots via portal.
4. Hire a true ST and new S&C coaches.
Do those this offseason and we’ll turn the corner next year
I agree completely.
I think the offense actually isn't that bad really, but Napier needs to focus on being a game day manager, something which the
@TheGreatShowtime correctly pointed out is a major weakness for him now. I think he's trying to do too much on gameday, and that's where some of these gaffes are coming from. I'd like to see a passing game coordinator tweak the WR routes. Honestly, I think Billy G has got to go and someone needs to be upgraded too. I'd also like to see him bush Sale and Stapleton, even though they seem to be capable of doing a decent job of coaching (as shown in year 1), as their OL recruiting and roster management has been weak, which I think played a factor in the OL being such ass this year.
Jury still out on Armstrong, but we've had 3 different DC's in the past 4 years and the defense has looked horrible each of the past 4 years. The difference between this year's defense and Grantham's defenses is that Grantham's defenses looked like ass with all upperclassmen playing, as Mullen and his staff always played seniority over talent. Armstrong's defense is young and has potential to be solid next year and possibly really good in 2025. Especially with the new recruits coming in. I read somewhere that the starting defensive roster is like 35% freshmen and the team that's closest to that is like at 25% (not sure which team that is). Also, schematically they seem to be in position to make plays unlike under Grantham and Toney where they'd be lost until the ball is snapped. But I think we need to see how the defense looks next year before making a judgment on Armstrong as we can't keep a revolving door of defensive coordinators and expect the defense to come together either.
So it sounds like yall are on board with Napier so far…how long do yall give him to get yall consistently being a top 25 team again?
For the most part.
I think he's done some good things with recruiting and putting together the NIL plan as well as helping the program modernize on the back end. He's also cleaned out the roster of Mullen malcontents and for better or for worse is playing a lot of young talent. His talent evaluation seems to be pretty solid, and I give him credit for turning Mertz into a serviceable qb which is something that I don't think anyone expected.
As I mentioned, his in-game decisions at times can be bad, but as I mentioned I think he bit off more than he can chew being the OC and that's why he needs to hire a play caller next year.
Ultimately, I knew that we were in for an ugly 5-10 stretch when we hired Mullen in 2017, so this wasn't unexpected for me. Maybe some other Florida fans who weren't expecting it might be freaking out a bit more, but I knew we were fukked when that hunchbacked con artist came off that plane. Napier was a bit too unproven for my taste when he was hired to replace Mullen and is making some novice mistakes, but I think he could learn from his mistakes and improve and I honestly don't think many coaches would have come into Florida and done a remarkable job coming into the situation that it was in at the end of Mullen's time here.
Even though the first 2 seasons have been ugly, I've come to learn to not jump to conclusions too much based on first 2 years. Muschamp won 11 games and played in a NY6 bowl his second season and then went 4-8 the next. Shark fukker won 10 games year 1, 9 games year 2 (but had to cancel a cupcake game due to the hurricane so probably would've won 10 had they rescheduled it) and won the division both times and then got fired year 3 with a squad that finished 4-7. Mullen won 10-11 games his first years and played in NY6 bowls, and then fell apart in year 3 despite having Kyle Trask with 2 first round receiving threats in Pitts and Toney. Year 3 has been the make or break year for all of the coaches we've hired post-Urban, and despite showing some promise the first 2 years, all of the last 3 coaches we hired got fired because they lost control of everything in year 3. That is the year where I feel like we'll really know if Napier is becoming successful in what he's trying to do or if he's just going to leave the next coach some talent to work with.
But if I were yall I’d be more concerned with Ole Miss and Mizzou as programs on the rise that are better than yall right now
Yes and no. I do agree that both those programs are in better standing than Florida right now, but I don't think that we should really sit around and worry about them either. We won't be playing Missouri annually any more, and while we play Ole Miss next year, but I am not totally sure if Missouri is on the rise. They definitely did their thing this year, but Drink was on the hot seat coming into this season and was having 6-7 type seasons annually until this year. They lose a lot of seniors, and I think Burden, next year, so we'll see if this was a one year thing or if they're really on the rise. It does seem he recruits well and gets players out of St. Louis, so maybe they will.
Either way, Florida needs to do what needs to be done to get its act together, so if it does, no need to worry. If it doesn't no need to worry because we'd need to clean house if that's the case. At the end of the day, the potential to win big at Florida is there, the right staff and university backing needs to be there to make it happen. It's as simple as that.
oh ok you so you mean to tell me you recognize good teams better than coaches, administrators and the media who are all paid to watch games every wk. Ok got it 
apparently I can because I said UK wasn't a good team when they were ranking them as a top 20 team. 
what are you even arguing at this point? You still think UK is a good team? Apparently I was right and the people you choose to lean on to tell you who is good and who isn't was wrong in this case. You do realize ultimately UK wasn't a good team just as I and others stated. So we weren't wrong breh.
no they weren't lmao. They were never good, you just aren't able to deduce that.
