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Post by tapsgator on Jul 16, 2024 8:48:23 GMT -5
I don't know when or how this happened, but in the face of:
1) 3 straight losing seasons for the first time since since 1944-47 2) our best players on both sides of the ball leaving one to go to a winning program and the other to improve his development/draft position 3) 4 of our top 6 commits flipping in the 2 weeks before NSD 4) a Vegas win total of 4.5 5) a coach considered somewhere between 13-15th best in the 16 team SEC 6) a recruiting class ranked either 67 or 69 dependent on the service
the fanbase is saying "if he can just get to a bowl game we've gotta keep him."
I said for years that lowering the bar/accepting mediocrity was more damaging than hiring a Zook or McGoober in the long term, but I really can't wrap my head around what we've become. He needs to win 8 games this year. That's as low as the bar should be, especially given the inability to win recruiting battles on the kids everyone wants. There's no Lagway or McCray coming to save this recruiting class, in fact we will be lucky if those 2 guys are still here next year.
I get supporting the team and the cheering for the current coach, but I really believe that any informed fan that is on the "7-5 is a huge win and a sign of things to come" train has officially crossed over from being a Florida Gators fan to being a Billy Napier fan. That's fine, to each their own, but if you are a true Gator 7-5 is unacceptable. Always has been and always will be.
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Post by tapsgator on Jul 16, 2024 11:29:08 GMT -5
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Post by wahhappen on Jul 16, 2024 11:49:38 GMT -5
This may have been an embarrassment, but we will really shine whenever each of the coaches discuss their pending lawsuits against them at media days. Which day is that event anyway? Wait, we're the only ones? Oh, well. It will be interesting to see how the others fare when the All American blocking RB list is released.
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Post by g8rfan on Jul 16, 2024 16:01:44 GMT -5
The damn Etienne / Johnson conversation still makes me chuckle.. Pass blocker…
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Post by Mojave Gator on Jul 17, 2024 15:30:09 GMT -5
This may have been an embarrassment, but we will really shine whenever each of the coaches discuss their pending lawsuits against them at media days. Which day is that event anyway? Wait, we're the only ones? Oh, well. It will be interesting to see how the others fare when the All American blocking RB list is released. And you guys will act surprised when Trevor Etienne isn't on it. As I type this, I am sitting in a cigar lounge literally across the street from Colorado State University. Try as I might, I haven't been able to find the 50 foot Jim McElwain statue. I'm beginning to believe that the story is just a hoax. It's probably in Gainesville, although I didn't see it there either.
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