Welcome home, fellow Gator.

The Gator Nation's oldest and most active insider community
Join today!

What would be best for UF football

Discussion in 'RayGator's Swamp Gas' started by lagorcegator, Oct 12, 2025.

  1. iam4uf

    iam4uf GC Hall of Fame

    14,401
    9,534
    2,963
    Apr 12, 2007
    Gainesville
    Stayed in bed all morning just to pass the time
    There's something wrong here, there can be no denying
    One of us is changing, or maybe we just stopped trying

    And it's too late, baby, now it's too late
    Though we really did try to make it
    Something inside has died
    And I can't hide and I just can't fake it
    Oh, no, no, no, no (No, no, no, no)
     
    • Like Like x 1
    • Agree Agree x 1
    • Funny Funny x 1
  2. Wanne15

    Wanne15 GC Hall of Fame

    24,388
    5,735
    3,338
    Jan 18, 2015
    Ill do it
     
    • Like Like x 1
  3. gatorgrl

    gatorgrl GC Hall of Fame

    1,649
    407
    1,893
    Apr 11, 2007
    Jacksonville
    Ugh. He had his chance to hire an OC but he thinks he’s a genius. He has his good traits, but it’s time. I think the players are frustrated too. This team is too talented to be subject to ineptitude. Let him go. He’s set for life just like every other stubborn bonehead we’ve hired over the years. I don’t have much confidence in Stricklen to make a competent hire. All he can do is keep throwing money at this failed coach.
     
    • Agree Agree x 1
  4. gatorgrl

    gatorgrl GC Hall of Fame

    1,649
    407
    1,893
    Apr 11, 2007
    Jacksonville
    Geez Kiffen would be better. We shouldn’t have let Ole Miss have him. His arrogance be damned. At this point I’d rather an arrogant butthead that wins over one that loses. 21-23 is not ok.
     
    • Agree Agree x 1
    • Winner Winner x 1
  5. ETGator

    ETGator Long-Time Gator Stuck In East Tennessee Moderator VIP Member

    17,070
    10,540
    3,413
    Sep 15, 2007
    Your post made me remember this:

     
  6. gatorgrl

    gatorgrl GC Hall of Fame

    1,649
    407
    1,893
    Apr 11, 2007
    Jacksonville
    Right? I’m not sure what he was saying but it wasn’t friendly.
     
  7. dabigunit

    dabigunit GC Hall of Fame

    1,670
    93
    263
    Apr 29, 2007
    WRONG. Billy is the worst coach in football. He is TRASH. he must immediately be fired.
     
    • Agree Agree x 3
  8. plantado

    plantado GC Hall of Fame

    1,042
    457
    248
    Dec 28, 2023
    Don’t care. We are a basketball powerhouse. Three weeks till our first game. And that team will not forget how to score, rebound, defend, etc.
     
    • Fistbump/Thanks! Fistbump/Thanks! x 1
  9. plantado

    plantado GC Hall of Fame

    1,042
    457
    248
    Dec 28, 2023
     
    • Informative Informative x 1
  10. Gatorologist

    Gatorologist GC Hall of Fame

    3,372
    189
    278
    Apr 3, 2007
    The firing season is in full swing...UCLA, Penn st etc.

    If we don't fire him after the miss st. game and start aearches/negotiations we will be picking up scraps
     
    • Agree Agree x 2
  11. gatorinin

    gatorinin Sophomore

    83
    26
    133
    Mar 23, 2025
    Firing him tonight would be what’s best for Gators football
     
    • Agree Agree x 1
  12. SeabudGator

    SeabudGator GC Hall of Fame

    1,524
    946
    2,203
    Apr 23, 2014
    BN's chance to hire an OC and fix the offense was last year (and the year before). BN has proven he is arrogant and lacks any mental flexibility. Also, we have no assistant on staff suitable to take over - what does that say about his staff? As to "the roster" - several coaches have been fired this season and there was no mass exodus. Teams aren't picking up NIL mid-season and players want the rest of their NIL contract for this season. The NIL turnover will happen at the end of this year for all teams.

    As for recruiting - what brings players to a team? NIL - sure. You think alumni are eager to fund a top 10 NIL roster as they did this year for a team that loses to USF? BN is killing that gravy train. Also, all things being equal, players want to play for winning teams (more exposure and fun). Think BN is going to keep "recruiting in place" with another losing season, fans screaming, and donors pulling back on funds?

    Nah, man. To maximize roster/recruiting we need to win, and BN has proven he can't do that.
     
  13. sierragator

    sierragator GC Hall of Fame

    18,128
    13,653
    1,853
    Apr 8, 2007
    It is clear that Napier is not the man to take UF football where it wants to go. Not an IF but a when.
     
    • Agree Agree x 1
  14. tripsright

    tripsright GC Legend

    776
    338
    1,688
    Dec 2, 2021
    Florida
    Abort Mission.
    Repeat. Abort Mission.
     
    • Funny Funny x 2
  15. bullish

    bullish GC Hall of Fame

    3,606
    1,355
    1,853
    Nov 14, 2010

    That is what we do! How many more nationally televised games do we half to get embarrassed by ridiculous coaching. Bad for the Brand and tells all opponents/rivals the play calls and don’t worry about the last two minutes of either half, Billy will just take his time and run it being behind and take time outs on defense to help the other team.

    This is lost in space!
     
    • Like Like x 1
  16. tilly

    tilly Superhero Mod. Fast witted. Bulletproof posts. Moderator

    I agreed with the plethora of people saying this 2 years ago.

    Today? No freakin' way
     
    • Agree Agree x 3
  17. uftaipan

    uftaipan GC Hall of Fame

    11,303
    2,652
    1,733
    May 31, 2007
    Land o' Lakes, FL
    Without reading them, I’m guessing this is just a paraphrase of about every other response to this post so far:

    That ship sailed at least 12 months ago. I don’t want a head coach who takes this long to realize what the right course of action is … and even then has to be forced to take it.
     
    • Agree Agree x 1
  18. ajoseph

    ajoseph Premium Member

    8,704
    3,004
    2,998
    Jan 15, 2008
    Was this post bumped from last year? Sounds almost identical to what we heard after Georgia last year.
     
  19. uftaipan

    uftaipan GC Hall of Fame

    11,303
    2,652
    1,733
    May 31, 2007
    Land o' Lakes, FL
    Kiffin. If we want him, we need to start spelling his name correctly.
     
    • Agree Agree x 2
    • Like Like x 1
    • Funny Funny x 1
    • Best Post Ever Best Post Ever x 1
  20. ajoseph

    ajoseph Premium Member

    8,704
    3,004
    2,998
    Jan 15, 2008
    Hmmmmm. In that case, maybe we do need to give Napeyear another chance.
     
    • Funny Funny x 2