Napier to be hired at Florida?

[Brains]

This is like a Kirby Smart hire for them or Dabo?

Dabo is the ultimate CEO coach.

Kirby knows D and uses bags

 

[aelmiami]

It’s not a bad hire. Kinda surprised they’d rush into hiring him if that’s the truth. I guess they want a seat at the table but this seems like a panic move by Strickland.

 

[The Iceman]

I'm really surprised LSU didn't really try with Napier. Solid hire

Woodward at LSU wants a big name like Riley, Jimbo, Franklin, Matt Campbell, etc.

 

[CaneThang2020]

Thought for some odd reason Franklin may end up there.

Franklin would wind up here before he winded up at UF. My $$$ is on him going to USC. I wanted us to hire him when he left Vandy for Penn St

 

[BigDikCane]

Who selling the most rocks tho?

 

[Gru]

Might be a good coach but weird to think they can Mullen and get a Napier type instead of some sure fire thing . Hope it fails miserably for them.

 

[IamaCane4Life]

Timeline

6 days UF hires pretty good coach

14 days..... No AD


30 for a coach?

 

[Zbrod95]

He’s hired.

 

[Zbrod95]

Don’t know why y’all can’t see it but it’s bleacher report announcing it

 

[Lokest]

Gators official account as well

 

[RedPill Stepdad]

these dudes fired, then hired a new coach in like a week. meanwhile we're still interviewing ADs and debating on keeping a lame duck coach.

 

[nycane]

he might not be a bad hire. I mean can he get staff and recruit at an sec level? I think he has alot of potential to be decent for them

 

[ajkreider]

It doesn't appear to be a poor hire, but people were very bullish on Mullen so . . . .

 

[Lokest]

Weird how they moved so fast and made the hire that they did.

 

[FL Cane]

these dudes fired, then hired a new coach in like a week. meanwhile we're still interviewing ADs and debating on keeping a lame duck coach.

Agree, but they’ve done this with every search since Urban left. And we all know that Muschamp, Mac, and Mullen ended up being disasters.

 

[Dghustla]

The spin will say he’s elite but the reality is that they settled.

There are experienced P5 coaches out there who could have potentially be had.

I think he’s a solid options but time will tell if he’s up the task for consistently out recruiting and beating UGA.

Food for thought LSU was content to let him sit out there for months.

 

[Deleted member 16870]

I think this is a good hire for Florida.

The fact that they committed to all the resources Napier has been asking for shows they want to win.

Seems like LSU is going to be left empty on there top options right now.

 

[Handsome Squidbum]

Might be a good coach but weird to think they can Mullen and get a Napier type instead of some sure fire thing . Hope it fails miserably for them.

He sort of looks like Mario Cristobal after a hard night of drinking.

 

[insaneinthecane]

That was fast!!

 

[TemplarCane]

I like Napier, but this is the exact hire that we said we didn't want. A G5 guy, up and comer with promise and potential but no proven success at the P5 level.

Exactly. We should be happy UF hired him. One less competitor.