The Head Coach Hot Seat Rankings for 2024.

[bamaga]

So you're saying "Saban to Florida"?

No, I’m hearing ‘ Saban to Ohio St’ , I really have heard that. No confidence in Ryan Day already. Bucknuts are really Nuts. Oh , and Urban Meyer to Florida.

 

[bamaga]

Coaching Carousel starting to spin after the first game

 

[Bazza]

If you don't mind me offering a comment about Florida........I think the problem we have is not just who is our coach. I think there's a culture problem.

What I mean by that is I don't think the football program is being taken as serious as they should, if that makes any sense.

Starting off, I'd say the AD Scott Stricklin is not the right guy. Because that is where the buck stops.

I wonder how hot his seat is with the Bull Gator boosters? If it's not...it should be.

I'm also of the opinion a good offensive coordinator could fix most of the problems. But there'd still be the culture issue. No killer instinct.......

Thanks for letting me have a say in things, FWIW......

 

[DawgAlum2054]

If Florida fires Napier today his buyout is 28 million I believe. They still owe Mullen a few million as well.

Thats not the most painful thing I’ve heard in college football, but Billy’s 50 plus million dollar contract is insane when considering the lack of results

 

[Bazza]

If Florida fires Napier today his buyout is 28 million I believe. They still owe Mullen a few million as well.

Thats not the most painful thing I’ve heard in college football, but Billy’s 50 plus million dollar contract is insane when considering the lack of results

Listening to Finebaum just now - he reminded a disgruntled Gator fan/caller that during an appearance with the show last Friday, Scott Sticklin said Billy is going to be our head coach for a long long time.

So guess we all just need to get used to it, I guess...... 🤷‍♂️

 

[Con]

Listening to Finebaum just now - he reminded a disgruntled Gator fan/caller that during an appearance with the show last Friday, Scott Sticklin said Billy is going to be our head coach for a long long time.

So guess we all just need to get used to it, I guess...... 🤷‍♂️

Scott Stricklin sounds like he is giving the dreaded vote of confidence. Big name/dollar donors start holding on to their money and he will change his tune.

 

[Bazza]

Florida AD Scott Stricklin: "I really believe Billy Napier is going to be the coach at Florida for a long, long time."

 

[Slowpoke Catracho]

 

[Slowpoke Catracho]

If you don't mind me offering a comment about Florida........I think the problem we have is not just who is our coach. I think there's a culture problem.

What I mean by that is I don't think the football program is being taken as serious as they should, if that makes any sense.

Starting off, I'd say the AD Scott Stricklin is not the right guy. Because that is where the buck stops.

I wonder how hot his seat is with the Bull Gator boosters? If it's not...it should be.

I'm also of the opinion a good offensive coordinator could fix most of the problems. But there'd still be the culture issue. No killer instinct.......

Thanks for letting me have a say in things, FWIW......

The "Losing for Lane" folks need to understand that coaches also check into who their boss will be as well as how much money is thrown at them.

 

[AUDub]

It sucks because Napier was simply a miss. He had a decent enough pedigree coming in and tore it up in his first opportunity to be a HC at ULL.

Not a Harsin level miss because at least he recruits and seems like he gives a damn about his job, but a miss nonetheless.

 

[Bazza]

The "Losing for Lane" folks need to understand that coaches also check into who their boss will be as well as how much money is thrown at them.

100% and this is what many just don't understand.

No coach of any value is going to want this job now - and I can't blame them.

Maybe we'll get a new AD one day - but even that doesn't guarantee the culture changes......

 

[CrimsonTitles]

I still think it's too early to judge Napier. I get that the new trend is to have a kneejerk reaction and fire the coach if he's not performing immediately, but firing their coach every 2-3 years is the reason Florida is in the mess that they are in. McElwain went to 2 straight SEC Championship games, and they fired him after a slow start the next year. Mullen went to 1 SEC championship, and was also fired the next year. Napiet just had a very good recruiting class last year. The year before that was pretty good also. He's having to rebuild the program, and sometimes that takes more than 2-3 years. Next year is the year I'd wanna start seeing the results start to come. Additionally, if they fire Napier, they may lose most of last year's recruiting class, and then that would set them back another couple of years. At some point they're just gonna have to give a coach time, or they're gonna continue to be mediocre.

 

[teamplayer]

No, I’m hearing ‘ Saban to Ohio St’ , I really have heard that. No confidence in Ryan Day already. Bucknuts are really Nuts. Oh , and Urban Meyer to Florida.

I seriously heard someone say Saban to Florida last week. I just laughed but the guy said he had heard Saban missed being part of a team and was already thinking about coaching again. I can't see it, but who knows these days.

 

[Slowpoke Catracho]

I still think it's too early to judge Napier. I get that the new trend is to have a kneejerk reaction and fire the coach if he's not performing immediately, but firing their coach every 2-3 years is the reason Florida is in the mess that they are in. McElwain went to 2 straight SEC Championship games, and they fired him after a slow start the next year. Mullen went to 1 SEC championship, and was also fired the next year. Napiet just had a very good recruiting class last year. The year before that was pretty good also. He's having to rebuild the program, and sometimes that takes more than 2-3 years. Next year is the year I'd wanna start seeing the results start to come. Additionally, if they fire Napier, they may lose most of last year's recruiting class, and then that would set them back another couple of years. At some point they're just gonna have to give a coach time, or they're gonna continue to be mediocre.

I hope they continue to wallow in mediocrity at the bottom of the SEC.

 

[Bamabuzzard]

I still think it's too early to judge Napier. I get that the new trend is to have a kneejerk reaction and fire the coach if he's not performing immediately, but firing their coach every 2-3 years is the reason Florida is in the mess that they are in. McElwain went to 2 straight SEC Championship games, and they fired him after a slow start the next year. Mullen went to 1 SEC championship, and was also fired the next year. Napiet just had a very good recruiting class last year. The year before that was pretty good also. He's having to rebuild the program, and sometimes that takes more than 2-3 years. Next year is the year I'd wanna start seeing the results start to come. Additionally, if they fire Napier, they may lose most of last year's recruiting class, and then that would set them back another couple of years. At some point they're just gonna have to give a coach time, or they're gonna continue to be mediocre.

The bigger problem is they were non-competative in Napiers first game of year three. That is alarming. It's one thing to lose a close game against Miami, but to be non-competative? Not good

 

[teamplayer]

The bigger problem is they were non-competative in Napiers first game of year three. That is alarming. It's one thing to lose a close game against Miami, but to be non-competative? Not good

Agreed! I like Napier and thought UF would beat Miami; however, they were pathetic. You can't look pathetic in year three. He's done.

 

[Bazza]

I still think it's too early to judge Napier. I get that the new trend is to have a kneejerk reaction and fire the coach if he's not performing immediately, but firing their coach every 2-3 years is the reason Florida is in the mess that they are in. McElwain went to 2 straight SEC Championship games, and they fired him after a slow start the next year. Mullen went to 1 SEC championship, and was also fired the next year. Napiet just had a very good recruiting class last year. The year before that was pretty good also. He's having to rebuild the program, and sometimes that takes more than 2-3 years. Next year is the year I'd wanna start seeing the results start to come. Additionally, if they fire Napier, they may lose most of last year's recruiting class, and then that would set them back another couple of years. At some point they're just gonna have to give a coach time, or they're gonna continue to be mediocre.

The common denominator of all of this.......is an AD that doesn't have a handle on things. Period.

Get a new one and that would be a good start.....

 

[crimsonaudio]

Scott Stricklin sounds like he is giving the dreaded vote of confidence. Big name/dollar donors start holding on to their money and he will change his tune.

Stricklin extended McElwain's contract (fired), hired Mullen (fired), and hired Napier. If Napier goes I'm 99.99% sure Stricklin goes as well. I can't see how he'd survive that.

IOW, his vote of confidence is likely wishcasting as much as anything else.

 

[bamaga]

The common denominator of all of this.......is an AD that doesn't have a handle on things. Period.

Get a new one and that would be a good start.....

Flush the whole football side of the athletic department, After the Rashada debacle something should have been done then.

 

[Bazza]

Flush the whole football side of the athletic department, After the Rashada debacle something should have been done then.

Yet here we are......right? 🤷‍♂️