Does Sunbelt Billy get fired today?
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Probably. He's still just 3-4, and his win last night had nothing to do with his ability to coach.
It’s official: UF fires Billy Napier after four seasons with Gators
Florida fired coach Billy Napier on Sunday amid mounting losses, cratering fan support, donor discontent and lost confidence in an extensive and expensive plan that failed to resurrect a once-proud…
www.orlandosentinel.com
I wonder if that means they're settling for Dabo.It’s official: UF fires Billy Napier after four seasons with Gators
Florida fired coach Billy Napier on Sunday amid mounting losses, cratering fan support, donor discontent and lost confidence in an extensive and expensive plan that failed to resurrect a once-proud…
Pretty embarrassing. Now instead of getting Croomed you can actually beat us and be Libbied.
He was getting fired regardless of the outcome. That talk has been going on since last week.
Florida looked at the entire situation. All we had to do was to take advantage of the situation and win the game. Florida winning wasn't Billy's doings.
If we almost beat somebody, they get fired....For Cause.
And the US Treasury gets half of that. It'll pay my retirement for a couple of years.
This is the third time since 2020 this has happened.
Gus. Jimbo. Billy.
And you can kinda count Ed O in 2021 also, although he was not fired until the end of the year.
Gus. Jimbo. Billy.
And you can kinda count Ed O in 2021 also, although he was not fired until the end of the year.
LOL
"Croomed": Losing a game to such a terrible coach that you get fired the very next day.
"Lebbied": Winning a game against a terrible coach in such an ugly fashion that you get fired the very next day.
Ron Zook was Croomed. Napier was Lebbied.
"Croomed": Losing a game to such a terrible coach that you get fired the very next day.
"Lebbied": Winning a game against a terrible coach in such an ugly fashion that you get fired the very next day.
Ron Zook was Croomed. Napier was Lebbied.
How does Stricklin spin this? He spent the last few days telling anyone who would listen that mo decision had been made on Napier. So...the decision was made last night?
Terrible liar. It's been made he just did terrible damage control plus he's trying to save face. No idea how he is still the AD there
Have you seen the renderings for the Ben Hill Griffen stadium renovations? They coincidentally made the rounds last week.
With the obvious exception of football coaching hires, Stricklin has done pretty well for the Gators. Particularly with fund raising. Just depends on whether winning football games is still more 8mporyant than all the other stuff
Winning is Important to keep people interested in giving. Our AD is about to find that out. Feel like he did in baseball. But football pays bills. We can't keep giving money into a black hole that doesn't come with wins
I think we probably hold the record for getting opposing coaches fired. Getting one fired after he beats us has to be unprecedented though.
It just reinforces the notion that you can't believe a word that a coach or an AD or anybody else in a high position says, within sports or out.
Stricklin has essentially been put out to pasture. He got 4 more years of salary but essentially no decision-making ability - if what we hear is true.
I have not seen the plans, but the place needs renovating. It's ugly (enhanced by the bright orange and blue, not complementary colors). I've only been there once, but I do like that the playing field is well below grade, with fans coming in about midway in the stands.
I bet Selmon just about passed out last night. His job just got a lot harder.
You can watch his reaction on the final play if you look at him on the sideline for the final play. His delayed reaction made me think he didn’t really know what was going on. But Lenny’s reaction to go behind his players and get down on his knees was a wussy move. Imagine saban or Jackie Wayne would have grabbed Shapen by the facemask and drug him off the field.
Strick does not make decisions like that at UF - he is a little ***** that does what he’s told.
Who got Leached? I guess Gus but that proved to be an incredibly stupid decision.
Gus and to a lesser extent Orgeron (fired later in the season, not immediately after they beat us).
That wasn’t such great decision either.
For every Jimbo there’s a lot of bad firings.