At first I chalked this up to a typo but.....
Sept 26, 2023 10:10:00 GMT -5
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Post by tapsgator on Sept 26, 2023 10:10:00 GMT -5
www.onlygators.com/09/24/2023/florida-vs-charlotte-takeaways-gators-disappoint-on-field-billy-napier-frustrates-after-narrow-win/
I didn't read this article until today because I thought the "s" in frustrates was supposed to be a "d," but after review I realized that this is about the most objectively accurate article I've seen in the Napier era. Much like the writer I'm not saying to write off Napier because he's a work in PROGRESS (buzzword), but he needs to actually make PROGRESS on a lot of his PROCESS. Perhaps he should EVALUATE and ANALYZE the results with METICULOUS ATTENTION TO DETAIL. Highlights
"The difference in talent has been on display all season but was immensely notable Saturday night. Johnson (3.9 yards per carry) continued to cut outside while missing open rushing lanes inside, while Etienne (6.0 yards per carry) patiently waited for holes to open and blasted both up the middle and off tackle with ease. And yet, Johnson got twice as many carries as Etienne (16-8) with the latter only having four rushes through the first three quarters. This despite Etienne also dominating last week at Tennessee (172 yards, 7.5 yards per carry) while Johnson (23 yards, 1.9 yards per carry) struggled.
It’s decisions like these that lead talented players to consider the transfer portal."
- I don't know how many guys we have to lose before we realize the portal door swings both ways or how many warning shots need to go across our bow when it comes to our best player (by a good margin) but at some point hopefully reality sets in.
“We didn’t have 10 out there for the field goal. We didn’t get the returner on right there in the middle of the field, and ultimately because of the sack, that’s where the miscue was made. We’re OK with that,” Napier said. “We’re OK with the returner not being on the field in that situation. It’s fourth down and a mile. Look, it’s out there where we think we’re going to be in field goal range and then all of a sudden the punter is out there. Aware of that and very unique situation in the game, and we’re OK with that.”
Huh?
- Huh pretty much says it all. Again, I don't get how reporters even the most sunshine pumping amongst them, keep a straight face when he unloads a pearl like that.
"Florida went 1 of 9 on third down against Charlotte, a team that last season played in Conference USA and entered Saturday night’s contest 1-2 on the season having given up 41 points and 568 total yards to Georgia State just last week. Its lone conversion was on a direct snap to Johnson for a single yard.
UF is now 1 of 17 on third down over the last six quarters.
And then everything reverted to the norm this week, which allows us to repeat what has been said far too often in this space through the first 17 games of his career in orange and blue: Napier needs to hire a true offensive play caller. He must release the program from his conservative play calling and old-school mindset, which hardly makes sense for a guy who claims “scared money don’t make money.”
- In what may be a first I'll be a little more temperate than the writer, the play calling has to improve, I don't care if it's an OC or RDB figures it out, but it absolutely must improve considerably or we are going to fall farther and farther behind. The first step to getting out of a hole, and make no mistake averaging 412 yards and 27.8 points per game when you've played McNeese and Charlotte for 50% of your games is a huge fucking hole, is putting down the shovel. I don't care if he does it himself or hands it to someone else who burns the damn thing, but that shovel has to get broken. He has not shown the ability or inclination to change, but "adapt or die" would be a good new saying for him to start repeating in perpetuity, but actually mean it this time.
I didn't read this article until today because I thought the "s" in frustrates was supposed to be a "d," but after review I realized that this is about the most objectively accurate article I've seen in the Napier era. Much like the writer I'm not saying to write off Napier because he's a work in PROGRESS (buzzword), but he needs to actually make PROGRESS on a lot of his PROCESS. Perhaps he should EVALUATE and ANALYZE the results with METICULOUS ATTENTION TO DETAIL. Highlights
"The difference in talent has been on display all season but was immensely notable Saturday night. Johnson (3.9 yards per carry) continued to cut outside while missing open rushing lanes inside, while Etienne (6.0 yards per carry) patiently waited for holes to open and blasted both up the middle and off tackle with ease. And yet, Johnson got twice as many carries as Etienne (16-8) with the latter only having four rushes through the first three quarters. This despite Etienne also dominating last week at Tennessee (172 yards, 7.5 yards per carry) while Johnson (23 yards, 1.9 yards per carry) struggled.
It’s decisions like these that lead talented players to consider the transfer portal."
- I don't know how many guys we have to lose before we realize the portal door swings both ways or how many warning shots need to go across our bow when it comes to our best player (by a good margin) but at some point hopefully reality sets in.
“We didn’t have 10 out there for the field goal. We didn’t get the returner on right there in the middle of the field, and ultimately because of the sack, that’s where the miscue was made. We’re OK with that,” Napier said. “We’re OK with the returner not being on the field in that situation. It’s fourth down and a mile. Look, it’s out there where we think we’re going to be in field goal range and then all of a sudden the punter is out there. Aware of that and very unique situation in the game, and we’re OK with that.”
Huh?
- Huh pretty much says it all. Again, I don't get how reporters even the most sunshine pumping amongst them, keep a straight face when he unloads a pearl like that.
"Florida went 1 of 9 on third down against Charlotte, a team that last season played in Conference USA and entered Saturday night’s contest 1-2 on the season having given up 41 points and 568 total yards to Georgia State just last week. Its lone conversion was on a direct snap to Johnson for a single yard.
UF is now 1 of 17 on third down over the last six quarters.
And then everything reverted to the norm this week, which allows us to repeat what has been said far too often in this space through the first 17 games of his career in orange and blue: Napier needs to hire a true offensive play caller. He must release the program from his conservative play calling and old-school mindset, which hardly makes sense for a guy who claims “scared money don’t make money.”
- In what may be a first I'll be a little more temperate than the writer, the play calling has to improve, I don't care if it's an OC or RDB figures it out, but it absolutely must improve considerably or we are going to fall farther and farther behind. The first step to getting out of a hole, and make no mistake averaging 412 yards and 27.8 points per game when you've played McNeese and Charlotte for 50% of your games is a huge fucking hole, is putting down the shovel. I don't care if he does it himself or hands it to someone else who burns the damn thing, but that shovel has to get broken. He has not shown the ability or inclination to change, but "adapt or die" would be a good new saying for him to start repeating in perpetuity, but actually mean it this time.
