‘23 FL OT Lucas Simmons (FSU commit)

[csprig9]

So the only options are "stardom" and "trash". Forgive me for thinking he is probably somewhere in the middle.
Nowhere near the play caller that Dan Mullen is, but much better recruiter. What that translates to is still to be determined.

Well why didn’t you say that in the first place!!!!!!!!
I think he’s mediocre at best but I didn’t realize you didn’t think he was a star……

 

[miket4god]

Well why didn’t you say that in the first place!!!!!!!!
I think he’s mediocre at best but I didn’t realize you didn’t think he was a star……

That is all I have ever said. Most calling him Sunbelt Billy or Butch 2.0.
Dooley, Butch and Pruitt all had losing records their first year, Napier probably won't. Doesn't make him great, doesn't make him trash.
Hopefully he is closer to the trash, but he is recruiting pretty well right now.

 

[Sub Par SUPERSTAR]

Sunbelt Billy gonna coach ‘em up……..
Nothing he has done this year has been impressive…. He went 1-3 against the four good teams on the schedule and got lucky having all summer to prepare for Utah. Lost to uk which was embarrassing. Beat a bunch of bad teams…
He’s not bitch 2.0, Beamer holds that title…. But he could be Pruitt 2.0. Both are bald headed special talented coaches we’ll say.

k

 

[Sub Par SUPERSTAR]

Go Noles.

Statement worthy of the electric chair to be honest.

 

[AresTheVol]

Statement worthy of the electric chair to be honest.

that's billys play calling imo

 

[VolFreakJosh]

Billy Napier inherited a more talented roster than Heupel.

Recruiting the state of Florida alone should win you 10+ games every year.

 

[SSVol]

Billy Napier inherited a more talented roster than Heupel.

Recruiting the state of Florida alone should win you 10+ games every year.

And doesn't appear to have improved either offense or defense over last year. Heupel took a 3-7 team to 7-5 and raised offense to #3.

Records may be similar, but nothing else.

 

[Lloyd_Christmas]

k

How has Napier improved performance on the field compared to last season outside of keeping the team from quitting? Disregard the back half of last season when UF had quit. I'm wondering if Napier has coached up that team in any way. I think early season 2021 UF looked like a better team than what 2022 UF has looked like...but that's just my opinion.

 

[Deathandtaxes]

Statement worthy of the electric chair to be honest.

 

[Weezer]

Statement worthy of the electric chair to be honest.

I cannot stand FSU.







But I hope they beat the gators.

 

[Ghost of Archvol]

If FL was smart, they’d let Billy crash and burn next year, send him packing and cut the purse strings for Sonny Dykes. That dude would be near invincible with the FL talent bed.

 

[MemphisVol3]

If FL was smart, they’d let Billy crash and burn next year, send him packing and cut the purse strings for Sonny Dykes. That dude would be near invincible with the FL talent bed.

Don’t give them any ideas lol

 

[Sub Par SUPERSTAR]

Don’t give them any ideas lol

LOL, this team his a very real chance of finishing with 9 wins and a top 15-20 final ranking as Billy is still in the process of tearing this thing to the ground and rebuilding it, not to mention a great recruiting class. Things are fine, we're quite happy with were this thing is headed.

 

[SugarCC]

LOL, this team his a very real chance of finishing with 9 wins and a top 15-20 final ranking as Billy is still in the process of tearing this thing to the ground and rebuilding it, not to mention a great recruiting class. Things are fine, we're quite happy with were this thing is headed.

Dont give a sh!t where it's headed; but, I do know where it's at...0-1 against Josh Heupel and the Vols.

 

[Sub Par SUPERSTAR]

Dont give a sh!t where it's headed; but, I do know where it's at...0-1 against Josh Heupel and the Vols.

That's fair, y'all got a hell of a squad this year too.

 

[BelieveTheHeup93]

Yeah he entertainingly managed to alienate alumni and damn near every high school staff he happened to bump into. Also fractured the lockerroom mighty nicely as well with his handling of DR. Pruitt sucked no doubt but Dools had him beat.

Our offenses were fun to watch under him. Had Justin Wilcox never left I think we would’ve had a pretty damn good team in 2012

 

[FirstAndGoal]

LOL, this team his a very real chance of finishing with 9 wins and a top 15-20 final ranking as Billy is still in the process of tearing this thing to the ground and rebuilding it, not to mention a great recruiting class. Things are fine, we're quite happy with were this thing is headed.

Except that Florida will lose to FSU... which wrecks all of your math.

 

[DaddyChad]

Florida has talent, Florida always will get talent. Something happened in that lockerroom during Mullin’s time there and idk if Billy has managed to get all that cancer out since then. Florida has a culture problem moreso than a talent problem.

 

[Carp]

Yeah he entertainingly managed to alienate alumni and damn near every high school staff he happened to bump into. Also fractured the lockerroom mighty nicely as well with his handling of DR. Pruitt sucked no doubt but Dools had him beat.

You act like I think Doofus was a good coach. He wasn't. But Pruitt was worse, imo. Pruitt had zero clue how to be a HC. It was crystal clear from the start. Probably the worst in game play caller I've ever seen.

 

[peaygolf]

Except that Florida will lose to FSU... which wrecks all of your math.

Please happen

 

[Carp]

Cornbread won a bowl game and beat an SECW team

Blind squirrels and nuts and all that jazz.

Both coaches were abysmal to it's really not worth arguing over.

 

[Carp]

LOL, this team his a very real chance of finishing with 9 wins and a top 15-20 final ranking as Billy is still in the process of tearing this thing to the ground and rebuilding it, not to mention a great recruiting class. Things are fine, we're quite happy with were this thing is headed.

You've got legitimately the most talented QB in the nation and Napier has no idea how to use him properly. You think things are going to get better with a LESS talented QB?

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Blind squirrels and nuts and all that jazz.

Both coaches were abysmal to it's really not worth arguing over.

Good point

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

LOL, this team his a very real chance of finishing with 9 wins and a top 15-20 final ranking as Billy is still in the process of tearing this thing to the ground and rebuilding it, not to mention a great recruiting class. Things are fine, we're quite happy with were this thing is headed.

Stop with the rebuilding BS. Mullen left him in great shape. He doesn’t have to build anything. He walked into the 12th most talented roster in the nation.

 

[TitanicVolz]

So the only options are "stardom" and "trash". Forgive me for thinking he is probably somewhere in the middle.
Nowhere near the play caller that Dan Mullen is, but much better recruiter. What that translates to is still to be determined.

It translated rite into a Big Orange Ass whopping and many more to come...Lube on up Gators its gonna be a long decade.