Paul Finebaum on Billy Napier and the Utah game

[Mojave Gator]

Paul Finebaum 'baffled' by Florida, Billy Napier in Week 1

“To me? I came away from Florida just baffled,” said Finebaum. “I wasn’t expecting them to be a great team but I just expected them to look well-coached, organized. And everything they did was to hand Utah a game. And Utah was about as short-handed as they could be without a star quarterback, a star tight end, defensive players.”

“Billy Napier continues to underwhelm as a head coach at Florida,” Finebaum said. “That is now, what, 14 games into his tenure? It looked like his first game. He looked clueless at times.”

“There’s just nothing he says that really is compelling. He said, ‘Yeah, I saw a lot of good things‘. No! You didn’t see a lot of good things,” continued Finebaum. “I don’t mind a coach who goes up there and just takes responsibility. That says I blew it, it won’t happen again, gives the Tim Tebow promise speech. Just don’t go in there and sound like a high school gym teacher.”

[gatordoll]

Finebaum makes a great point at the end of the article. Don't give Napier a pass because he is great at recruiting as oppsed to success on tbe field. Uh, does this sound familiar? It's what brought this sounding board to life.

[Mojave Gator]

Sept 4, 2023 0:26:11 GMT -5 gatordoll said:

Finebaum makes a great point at the end of the article. Don't give Napier a pass because he is great at recruiting as oppsed to success on tbe field. Uh, does this sound familiar? It's what brought this sounding board to life.

This is beginning to have Zookish undertones. One sportswriter said about Zook, "He can get you the Ferrari, but he has no idea how to drive it."

[tapsgator]

Yeah no pass for recruiting particularly because right now they're all verbal commits. With as easy as it is to add and lose kids in the transfer portal the results have to be there.

[Mojave Gator]

I'm just wondering after Saturday how many kids are going to leave their options open until they hear from Colorado.

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Sept 5, 2023 22:02:48 GMT -5 Mojave Gator said:

I'm just wondering after Saturday how many kids are going to leave their options open until they hear from Colorado.

Etienne put up a pro gator tweet, his brother commented "may be time to check out Colorado little bro," and he clapped back. Meaningless and he did the same thing last year, but if the class starts falling apart and/or our best offensive player (by a good bit) does bail I think it's pretty much the death knell for Real Deal Billy.