You’re right. He’s not going to be able to save them on the level they planned. They’re not landing any of the 3 5 star CB’s they penciled in. Two are already committed elsewhere and now there’s Cormani in Lakeland and they apparently have a Lakeland problem.
He's going to have trouble convincing people he didn't have the resources he needed his entire career too, and he's never been regarded as a guy you brought in for scheme. He's not just getting shoved in a locker, the guy that's doing it is effectively the archetype for Napier's one path to success.
I’m not so certain he will. Even blue chip recruits want to win. When the momentum turns the way it has for them, that’s when we start hearing “Florida was always my dream school, but I’m going to play football at the university of Miami. Respect my decision.” I wouldn’t count on many of these commits to stick, because just like with al golden, they’ll be able to see what’s happening on the field.
Literally a few days before Mario I believe. Maybe a week???
I wonder if he'd have hesitated to take the UF job had that order been reversed.
Rebuild? What the f*ck has billy done to convince anyone he's rebuilding anything?
Well he's done a fairly good job with the tear down part so far.
Pretty sure Napier was the first hire before Mario, Riley or Kelley
Results on the field won’t help him. He’s not bringing in the talent he needs and he’s not a Mullen level OC. He really needed to knock it out of the park with recruiting which is why I yapped on here about how critical it was that the gator not get Rashada. I knew they had nothing else and it would kill them plus Rashada would’ve fixed their offensive recruiting problem. Literally the dude looks like a dead man walking and he hasn’t coached a game.
He lost those players Mullen had locked down because he wanted a letter explaining why they wanted to be gator plus a workout video - Evers and Gibson - right before ESD. Those guys would have been the 1st line of backups this year and he didn’t get anyone better.
I don’t know but I think if he knew that NIL would dominate and that their boosters wouldn’t step up above Miami and Tennessee, I would think that might change things for him.
Such a rookie mistake trying to act like the smartest guy in the room and it’s going to destroy him
Couple with the fact that he’s not even a gator alum, so this “what would being a gator mean to you” bs is especially egregious
Totally overestimated the value of the gator brand along with his own resume.
They wanted to get him before any one else did.
