The expert in university football Paul Finebaum made a dark verdict on the time of Billy Napier as a chief coach of Florida. Napier led the Gators to a shocking defeat of 18-16 against southern Florida on Friday.
Finebaum tore the fourth year coach of Florida on Monday while he appeared on the Mcelroy and Cubelic in the morning show. The veteran journalist offered a hot vision of Napier’s prospects as Florida coach. He said:
“He completely exploded it. This is the same problem as we saw in Napier in terms of game management from the start. At this point, there is no reason for optimism. I am sorry, we went through last year. It was a Russian mountain. Terrible at the start, super at the end. You can’t continue to play with fans’ emotions.”
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Billy Napier led the Gators to an 8-5 finish last season, with a file of 4-4 in the dry. The defeats against Miami, Texas A&M, Tennessee, Georgia and Texas characterized the team’s campaign in 2024. Losing a team like the south of Florida as early in the season, a campaign is worse than the previous one.
The Gators will open their dry game next Saturday with a trip to LSU. This will be followed by matches against Miami, Texas and Texas A&M, all expected to be difficult opponents. Finebaum raises his concerns about his chances of winning one of the matches. He said:
“The problem for Napier is mathematical. It only had so much room for the error, with the most difficult calendar of the dry. And now, he has completely thrown a game. When you watch these four or five following games, even if you win one of these … You are back in the box. The chances of Billy Napier winning these four games are close to zero.”
The analyst suggests the replacement of Billy Napier in the middle of hot seat speculation
The Sporting News Bill Bender suggested that the Gators plan to replace Billy Napier with Dan Lanning de l’Oregon. He thinks that the arrival of the Ducks coach could be a second to come from Steve Spurrier. He wrote:
“Lanning, 39, could look like Steve Spurrier’s second coming to Florida fans. He has 37-6 since his takeover in Oregon – one of the four schools with a percentage of victories greater than 85% with Ohio State, Georgia and Michigan.”
Lanning is one of the best university football coaches, with a takeover of $ 20 million if he decides to leave Eugene to train elsewhere.
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