I think most agree with the point you were trying to make … it was more of how you expressed it. Throwing out a finite number and declaring ‘it has to be this, or else’ … just isn’t an accurate gauge. Most of us are looking for improvement, what the product on the field looks like and a staff that has limited brain farts. We will know based on those 3 things …not just a number.
Obviously an injury to a major player like Lagway makes an exception but short of that, I think 9 wins is a reasonable expectation. There are always extenuating circumstances but sooner or later you must produce. 8 wins or less in year 4 after the subpar performance we’ve seen in the first three years would be a huge disappointment in my view. Last year was saved by a miserable performance by ole miss and Lagway playing at an elite level. Some posters on this board are sold on Napier. I’m just not. I think we have an elite quarterback who made some outstanding plays to save our season and maybe Napier’s job.
Instead of constantly trying to predict a scenario that ends in our coach’s demise, you could just root for the team and take it as it comes. I don’t particularly care what you’re sold on as it will have no bearing on the outcome.
Was not just because of DJ. Our D played a huge role. I read truth in his post, not someone rooting for demise. I would add, I think 8 wins for our HC is not subpar for his abilities. I will take 8. If more, great. If less, it would be disappointing.
The first one, at best, is someone planning for disappointment. At worst, it’s someone making contingencies for our coach failing. Hence the reason for my somewhat harsh response to a more mellowed post. I just don’t see the point in living in that headspace. Root for your team. Sometimes they win, sometimes they lose, but you’re not accomplishing anything by prepping for possible losses that are still months away. Wouldn’t it be just as easy, and more enjoyable, to prep for wins? Let the folks calling the shots do the worrying and doomsday prep.
Lagway had 12 tds and 9 interceptions i think. He did well for a freshman but didnt carry the team at all. Our defensive improvement was much more responsible for the turnaround than DJ was.
Im seeing 7-10 wins . 7 if every nall bounces the wrong way and 10 if we get some good bounces. I think 8 or 9 is likely. The schedule is tough with big games on the road. Maybe we have alot of guys break out this year and we are a big surprise, that's definitely a possibility. Maybe DJ has 35 tds and five interceptions. Maybe our front seven is top ten in the nation. Im sure hoping for that type of year.
I should have used a comma between Junior and Boomer I was calling him a Boomer. For someone so wet behind the ears I sure am right a lot. Y’all have fun lying to yourself’s.
Over the top? Defensible. But Napier did this to himself. THE brain fart, IMO, was the "black-out" game at home against a damn bad Arkansas team who just got a new OC. That was not in his first year with Mullen cancers, it was after two spring trainings and a season for the lingerers who didn't quite get the memo but now did. And the final game against FSU without their starting QB was definitely bad also. A close second, although Ward has now changed the dialog some with being the overall #1 pick in the NFL draft, was the abomination of a game against Miami in his "a ha" third season, when his plan was going to be seen by all us skeptics. You spent the entire off-season getting prepared to play a rivalry game and those are your results? The end was coming after Texas this past season, but Lagway and Company (and with a HUGE assist from Roberts) changed the outcome dramatically. Anyone think he wasn't a dead man walking after Texas? Just because he was going to get the "Mus-take treatment" (after his debacle against Ga Southern) and a fourth year does not mean he was going to pay dividends. Not at this level of cutthroat competition for money, prestige and players. As I see it, all Napier has done is to get many (most?) entrenched UF folks to buy into the notion that because of a combination of factors - the NIL mess as well as the instant transfer setup with no penalties attached - he is merely one year behind schedule and so his "a ha" moment should manifest this season instead of last. And to me, last season was not about winning 9-11 games but rather how well prepared they looked in any and all games, losses notwithstanding. And quite frankly, in too many games they looked BAD. It is what it is. Lagway appears to be transcendent. He can pull a "Michael Vick" and get a slightly better-than-middling team into the NC game, especially given the teams we have to play as opposed to what Va Tech had to play to get there. Can Napier get it right and let the players play, or will he continue to obsess that the third floor on his skyscraper has a wall socket whose cover plate is a bit mis-aligned and not truly vertical? IMO, THAT is going to be THE question for the upcoming season. And I still say... Stock up on your spirit of choice. You will thank me in the fall.
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