Is Billy Napier a Good Play Caller?

The proof of Billy's play calling is in the numbers. We have yet to average 30 points per game in 3 years. In fact our points per game has declined a bit each year from 2022 to 2024.

There have been some games where the opponent is almost saying "knock me out"....as in George Foreman's great quote before fighting for heavy weight title against Michael Moorer: "Late in the fight he's going to ask to be knocked out!" Translation: Moorer's speed will slow down and I will simply nail him and GF did.

In bowl game Tulane had no qb. None. Their offense was putrid. Did we roll up lots of points? No. Fsu's offense in 2024 was led by a 6'6" cadaver with a donut hole for an oline. 8 sacks. Look at the score at the end of 3 quarters. We should have put up 50, at least. 2023 vs fsu, don't remind me. They had no qb, Jordan Travis was their entire offense, and he was out. We did not take advantage of it even with Mad Max Brownie at qb for us....played right into their defense's hands with critical trick play after the safety and ETN return. Boot on throat and we reached down and lifted them up. 2024 UT, run Mr. Mertz on qb sneak instead of Baugh, Trell, DJ or any load. Utah 2023, run blocking TE up the middle on 4th down. I can go on for days.

Answer: He may be the worst play caller for UF in its history of college football. Worse than Lynn Amadee, Whitey Jordan, Charlie Cheeseburger, Peter Pumpkinhead, Doug Dickey, Pepe Le Pew.

 

It “complements” his dry, conservative personality. It is why although he won at ULL, he rarely covered the spread.

 

Would you mind sharing your source for this run play data? Would love to check it out.

 

So, the answer to the thread is NO!

 

I hope he gets it. We have a staff that looks at analytics. It should not be a secret. Whether or not BN is open to ideas is anyone's guess.

 

It's often all about execution. You can call the most brilliant play but if the players can't execute it, what's the point. Now that we have real talent at the talent positions, we'll hopefully see better execution and more athletic playmaking across the board

 

Wow, getting a lot of optimistic votes. I would think with Dallas, VB III, EW III, j Mike etc we should be good at receiver. Our running backs are excellent and our line should be very good. Lagway should take a big jump. Why shouldn’t we expect a great offense? Probably most don’t have faith in Napier.

 

People forget how much Gator fans (especially on message boards) complained about play calling in 2007 and 2008.

 

You sure? I do recall when Dazzz took over we all wondered what happened.

 

Think about the qbs you named. You didnt name coaches.

 

He chose DJ too. We will see if DJ is that guy. Coaching can only fo do much.