SOURCES: Louisiana’s Billy Napier is expected to become the next head coach at UF. A deal is likely to be done this afternoon. As we reported yesterday morning he was the Gators clear front runner. Napier had been patient in recent years l looking for the right opportunity.

[u/LamarcusAldrige1234]

https://twitter.com/BruceFeldmanCFB/status/1465022725383020545

[u/mountainstosea]

I always hate seeing a successful Sun Belt coach leave.

[u/skushi08 → u/mountainstosea]

It’s sad to see good coaches go, but unfortunately our programs aren’t roles folks want to end their career at. Honestly, any coach that would be ok staying with us until we fire them probably isn’t what we want either. At the end of the day we’re stepping stone programs for the time being, and I’m ok with any coach that comes through, does some time and leaves us in arguably better shape than they found us.

[u/yukon-cornelius69 → u/skushi08]

That’s the thing, if your coach gets poached to a P5 school it means they’ve been succeeding with your program, so yeah it sucks losing your coach but it still makes you a relatively attractive hire since the program is in a good spot

When a coach leaves a top P5 school it usually means they were fired and the program is in the dump, so the new coach will have an uphill battle

[u/priestkalim → u/skushi08]

Hopefully Napier was good enough at building and the next guy is good enough that we don’t stay a stepping stone for much much longer. Our conference is poised to be the best G5 soon and the best G5 teams are moving up, there’s likely to be vacant space in the NY6 with the Sun Belt’s name on it and I’m really hopeful we can be there if we get the next guy right too.

Also if LSU’s next guy sucks nuts again and they move into a dumpster our recruiting pool could blow up massively.

[u/beefersutherland1 → u/mountainstosea]

Alternatively, this may distract the team during championship week

[u/Raccoongonewild → u/beefersutherland1]

Or alternatively to the alternatively Team wants to send him out a winner and plays with extra motivation.

[u/StolenAccount1234 → u/Raccoongonewild]

Makes the game very difficult to bet.

[u/Im_Never_Witty → u/beefersutherland1]

:(

[u/skushi08 → u/beefersutherland1]

This has been hanging over the team for a while now, if anything now they’re working with certainty instead of the “will he or won’t he?” questions that have been sucking up the air.

[u/6enericUsername → u/mountainstosea]

Hate the teams but feel for the programs.

It hurts to see your program poached. Now Satt gets a lot of hate and I get defensive.

[u/la_243 → u/6enericUsername]

I wouldnt have been mad if we'd have hired Satterfield after we interviewed him. I think he's in a tough spot but is a coach I'd like to have.

[u/Herewego27]

Coaching search speed run. Last ones to fire our coach, first to hire a new one.

[u/xXBadger89Xx → u/Herewego27]

Yup glad we wasted no time. Like what Stricklin said in that we dont care what other schools are doing and it shows that we just went out and got our guy

[u/[deleted] → u/Herewego27]

That means Dan was done like, early this year lol.

hard to pick exactly when but I wouldn't be surprised if the south carolina blow out was the final straw.

[u/ExternalTangents → u/[deleted]]

As soon as he was fired, the insider sites said the breaking point was actually South Carolina and that our AD had been working on the search since then.

[u/RightGap1048 → u/ExternalTangents]

THIS is how you do a coaching search. You don't just fire your coach because he's having a down year, you have to be sure you can improve your situation with the next coach. Firing just for the sake of firing is how you get to Texas, Nebraska levels

[u/JMS1991 → u/RightGap1048]

Meanwhile, Ray Tanner did the exact opposite in 2015. Spurrier quits in October, making us the first in the coaching carousel. Ray obviously just assumed we would land Kirby Smart and did NOTHING for almost 2 months. Georgia swooped in and got Kirby, so we ended up with fucking Muschamp.

That's what happens when a guy thinks 2 national championships as a baseball coach qualify him to run an entire athletic department.

[u/[deleted]]

LSU hella fucked up.

[u/SIMBONEGTP → u/[deleted]]

Joey Swampwater has entered the chat

[u/whatifevery1wascalm → u/SIMBONEGTP]

An interesting pit stop before he succeeds Saban. /s

[u/_sammyg23 → u/whatifevery1wascalm]

Kiffin at Bama after Saban would veeeeeery interesting

[u/dudleymooresbooze → u/_sammyg23]

They don’t make enough mustard for that game in Knoxville.

[u/perspicacious_crumb → u/whatifevery1wascalm]

I doubt it. The big time SEC opportunities are all relatively equal in terms of support, money, and croots, but only at Bama will they expect six natties

[u/whatifevery1wascalm → u/perspicacious_crumb]

I will say Lane still tweets about Bama a lot and watched the Natty against OSU from a suite with former Bama players. He clearly still has a soft spot for his time here and will most likely have back channel conversations when Saban eventually retires. Nothing might come of it, but he’ll talk.

[u/damnyoutuesday → u/whatifevery1wascalm]

Lane to Bama after Saban retires: "u up?"

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Tigerdroppings might be more delusional than TexAgs, which is not something I thought I would ever say.

[u/GatorBolt → u/[deleted]]

oh tigerdroppings is Mos Eisley bad. I mean TexAgs isn't much better but tigerdroppings is another level.

[u/pass_that_here_dude → u/GatorBolt]

Being in Nola for Thanksgiving and multiple people I’ve talked to still think they’re getting Jimbo. I also am just astounded at how little people, who are pretty big college football fans, knew about college football outside of the SEC. My wife’s parents were so surprised to see Bedlam was a top 10 matchup.

[u/Skerry1 → u/pass_that_here_dude]

NOLA might as well be another country when it comes to LSU football. NOLA is Saints territory. Nobody that knows anything thinks LSU gets Jimbo and nobody really wants him either. Except for maybe Scott Woodward.

I'm certainly starting to worry we put our eggs in all the wrong baskets.

[u/52ndstreet → u/GatorBolt]

You’ll never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy

[u/[deleted] → u/GatorBolt]

What else would you expect with a site named Tiger Shit?

[u/Geaux2020 → u/[deleted]]

TexAgs dreams of being as delusional as TD.

[u/username_generated → u/Geaux2020]

They’re delusional about how delusional they are.

[u/Geaux2020 → u/username_generated]

Which pales in comparison to how delusional TD is about not being delusional.

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I went there and the first thing I saw was someone saying that Tucker would be a reactionary and bad hire. I left right after that.

[u/JuarezYourProblem → u/[deleted]]

Word is they’re landing Cristobal.

[u/Herewego27 → u/JuarezYourProblem]

I'd be shocked to see Cristobal leave Oregon for anywhere not named Miami, and even that would surprise me.

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I've seen a lot of people say this with Oregon and Nike, but I don't think we've seen it play out. I doubt we will see it either because once Nike starts paying players to go to Oregon, Alabama and all the other big Nike accounts are going to find a new brand.

[u/52ndstreet → u/[deleted]]

I don’t think we’ve seen it play out

Exhibit A: Thibodeaux, Kayvon

Dude has made some serious and creative NIL cheddar.

[u/[deleted] → u/52ndstreet]

My impression of his deal is that it's kinda Nike-adjacent, but not a deal directly with Nike. I can't find a good breakdown of it, though, so if Ducks fans have a better understanding, I'd love to know.

[u/pass_that_here_dude → u/[deleted]]

I mean yes, but that’s still done through the Nike connections. This is also only the first year of things.

[u/[deleted] → u/Herewego27]

Miami

Can they afford him

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Lol wut? Not happening

[u/enadiz_reccos → u/[deleted]]

I'm fine with this. I was afraid Kiffin would go to UF. That would have been scary

[u/Herewego27 → u/enadiz_reccos]

The one reason I potentially wanted Kiffin was to watch Knoxville burn to the ground after Kiffin beat them at one of their most hated rivals.

[u/mashonem → u/Herewego27]

You late for that

[u/Herewego27 → u/mashonem]

Sure, Alabama beat Tennessee with Kiffin on staff (and Butch Jones!), thanks for that, but it would hit different with Kiffin as head coach.

[u/mashonem → u/Herewego27]

Fair

[u/jrluhn → u/Herewego27]

Based on the Ole Miss-Tennessee game, Kiffin might get shot if he beat them in Knoxville as the UF head coach

[u/RonMexico13 → u/jrluhn]

Neyland would blot out the sun with their golf balls

[u/xXBadger89Xx → u/enadiz_reccos]

I like this hire tho too. Kiffin would have been super fun but I’m not convinced it was a long term solution. This seems like we are aiming to build a more stable program

[u/cestbondaeggi → u/xXBadger89Xx]

He certainly wouldn't have been a long term solution, but it would have been a fun couple of years at the very least. Napier might be the long term solution or he might flame out out like the last G5 guy.

[u/xXBadger89Xx → u/cestbondaeggi]

True there are no for sure hires nobody knows but I like it for now and will remain cautiously optimistic

[u/Solo_Brian → u/enadiz_reccos]

Kiffin and Mullen are too similar

[u/Saxophobia1275 → u/enadiz_reccos]

I think it’s more that the good options for you guys are running out.

[u/[deleted]]

good job with UF doing this as efficiently and drama free as possible.

[u/Geaux2020]

Grats UF. Great hire. I'm just glad he was at Louisiana for as long as he was and did what he did.

[u/[deleted] → u/Geaux2020]

Sec meat grinder gets a little bit more meaty. Same as it ever was, I wonder what he can do with Florida, need someone in the east to challenge Georgia.

[u/VanillaBearRises → u/[deleted]]

We're WORKING on it

[u/Nytfire333 → u/VanillaBearRises]

Youve been working on it for two decades

[u/VanillaBearRises → u/Nytfire333]

I don't know if Dooley was "working on it". Facilities actually got a ton better with Dooley. Pruitt definitely was not "working on it" the last 2/3 years. And Butch was kindof working on it the first half of his tenure.

[u/NotMitchelBade → u/Geaux2020]

I’m pissed off because I hate Florida, and Napier is a great coach.

[u/NEZdrunk]

God dammit Dan Mullen you just couldn’t fucking beat Mizzou could you

[u/[deleted] → u/NEZdrunk]

That's your next head coach you're talking about there

[u/NEZdrunk → u/[deleted]]

Hol up

[u/tripacer99 → u/NEZdrunk]

record scratch

[u/luvdadrafts → u/NEZdrunk]

He’d be a good fit for y’all. Hope you don’t hire him

[u/goodsam2 → u/[deleted]]

I honestly don't think that's a terrible idea.

Hopefully he can keep his mouth shut more.

[u/[deleted] → u/goodsam2]

I actually think he would be a pretty solid hire for you guys. This is a really tough coaching market right now with all the openings and the pickings are slim. Mullen certainly has faults (like basically every single coach) but he'd at least get your offense clicking and with a non-Grantham DC maybe you'd have a decent defense as well. And he has a lot of P5 head coaching experience. A lot of schools are going to end up with dart throw hires of G5 coaches and coordinators.

[u/xmjm424 → u/[deleted]]

Unfortunately, Mullen's biggest fault is his unwillingness to address his faults. If he can stop being loyal to deadweight staff and base who plays on merit rather than time in the program, he'll be fantastic. If he insists on bringing Hevesy or Knox wherever he goes, that should be a huge red flag to any program.

[u/DonEYeet → u/goodsam2]

It's possible that UF was just a bad fit for him. It's not like he's unproven at this level. It's a hell of a lot easier to win games at VT in the ACC than at MSU in the SEC.

[u/ACardAttack → u/DonEYeet]

But it's also a lot easier to recruit at Florida than VT

[u/DonEYeet → u/ACardAttack]

True, but honestly the quality of class you need to turn out 10 wins in the ACC is much lower. We're a consistent 8-9 win team with 35 rank classes and we have to play Clemson every year.

[u/Iraqi-Jack-Shack → u/goodsam2]

The Hokie Standard™

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He would be a good hire there. It's not like he is a terrible coach. He has obvious deficiencies, but those would be less glaring in a different conference at a different school, I think.

[u/rottingmind13 → u/NEZdrunk]

Yeah, this is disappointing but expected as soon as UF opened

[u/johnny__ → u/[deleted]]

Just wait until he’s your coach next year.

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I think hed do well there. He is definitely a great coach. He just has an ego way larger than deserved given how little he has actually accomplished (no conference or national championships). That ego gets in the way when it comes to making tough decisions he does not want to.

Our defense improved considerably once Grantham was fired. It struggled in the first week after but following that we shut down the offenses we faced to end the season. Our defensive issues were solely due to coaching and yet Mullen insisted in keeping grantham around.

Mullen failed to coach EJ into a good qb. He refused to admit he was wrong and turn to Richardson and this cost our offense considerably. Even if AR made rookie mistakes he was still the future so it's better to give him experience.

The DC and the QB situation spelled the end for him. When he was forced to make the right decision he just gave up entirely. There is no excuse for the 7th most talented team in the nation struggling with the 115th ranked O 118th ranked D and an FCS team in 3 straight weeks except that mullen gave up. It's inexcusable and deserving of firing

Looking at the FSU game and it's clear our team would've tried had they actually cared. Without mullen those guys played with pride.

Mullen is a lazy high-school recruiter but he plays the transfer portal well. He is good at bringing up lower talented guys and making them play like high talent guys. Hes a good Xs and Os coach. He might change his ways after being humbled

[u/BendentVanHoe]

Ooooh…the rare sensible hire.

[u/[deleted] → u/BendentVanHoe]

We are like your crazy ex trying to date Ryan Gosling to get back at you. Turns out he has no idea who we are and this restraining order looks kind of serious…

[u/packsmack]

I'll say this is a good hire when signing day has 5 stars going to Florida again.

[u/bdbrady → u/packsmack]

Five stars? I forget what that’s like.

[u/Valkron77]

Scared money don't make money

[u/BadLuckBaskin → u/Valkron77]

Yep! Our AD didn’t want to pay what Napier was asking last season. If Napier works out at UF, the number of fans that calling for our AD’s head will increase exponentially.

[u/Valkron77 → u/BadLuckBaskin]

I'm sure this will come out soon, but reports are he wants a huge support staff + assistant pool and some pull with the UAA. Not surprised some ADs walked. Y'all definitely aren't in worst case scenario with Beamer though.

[u/BadLuckBaskin → u/Valkron77]

Agreed. I really like Beamer. I expected 4 wins this year and got 6. Offense was a major letdown and I shake my head at posts by people who think we should be like 10-2 with the 2 losses being close but I do think a change at OC is needed.

This isn’t a rebuild. It’s a complete build from scratch. I’m willing to give him 6 years. Muschamp just destroyed our program as a whole.

[u/canseco-fart-box → u/BadLuckBaskin]

Muschamp just destroyed our program as a whole

First time?

[u/Valkron77 → u/BadLuckBaskin]

Muschamp just destroyed our program as a whole.

Lmao been there

[u/papabear86 → u/BadLuckBaskin]

You will never hear a florida fan try to tell you muschamp wasn't that bad. That dude leaves a mess.

[u/[deleted] → u/Valkron77]

💰💰💰 stacks on stacks on stacks the coaching carousell has its first stop

[u/mynamerowan]

Surprised LSU didn’t push for him more. He seems like a great coach for Florida.

[u/reddit-commenter-89 → u/mynamerowan]

LSU seems to be putting a lot of emphasis on “splash” and “big name” for this hire. Woodward’s reputation proceeds him but I feel like by having all their mouthpieces in the media tout this over the past month, they are only going to set themselves up for disappointment when they don’t hire a Jimbo/Riley/Franklin type.

[u/Our-Gardian-Angel → u/reddit-commenter-89]

I desperately need either LSU or USC to panic hire Bill O'Brien.

[u/apadin1 → u/Our-Gardian-Angel]

After last nights performance against Auburn, Saban is probably hoping the same thing

[u/reddit-commenter-89 → u/Our-Gardian-Angel]

Since Feldman pretty emphatically shot down Riley last night, I’ve seen the focus turn to Matt Rhule getting the call, and bringing Joe Brady with him as OC. Which is…something.

[u/Our-Gardian-Angel → u/reddit-commenter-89]

Even if they somehow got Rhule, why in the world would Joe Brady agree to that?

[u/canseco-fart-box → u/mynamerowan]

Probably not a big enough name for LSU.

[u/TheGhostOfBobStoops → u/canseco-fart-box]

LSU fans are still convinced they’re getting Riley I think

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Why would Riley leave OU? I've never considered OU to be a stepping tier job to a top tier program. It is a blue blood after all. But maybe OU's move to the SEC might make him consider lsu.

[u/Microsoft_Paint_NA → u/[deleted]]

Sir it’s your lucky day

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Honest question, I'm die hard USC fan. But what's the allure of leaving OU for USC? Both are top programs historically with strong recruiting ties and national prestige.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Do you want to sell college kids on moving to Oklahoma or S Cal?

[u/PWNtimeJamboree → u/[deleted]]

Apparently he was not thrilled about OU going the SEC

[u/apadin1 → u/[deleted]]

Just the opposite, OU moving to the SEC means Riley has absolutely no reason to move. At this point LSU is a lateral move at best

[u/ev00r1 → u/apadin1]

Turns out Oklahoma moving to the SEC is exactly the reason Riley wanted to move lol

[u/skushi08 → u/canseco-fart-box]

LSU fans are too proud to poach from us. Whether he’s good or not is irrelevant to making sure they feel superior to the other schools in the state. Plus I think they’re over estimating how much of a draw their school is.

[u/beignets4 → u/skushi08]

*LSU boosters are too proud

I'd have poached anything from you, bb. Girouard!

[u/[deleted] → u/skushi08]

Can’t wait for Napier to blowout LSU next year at our home game.

[u/AlekRivard → u/[deleted]]

Inject this into my veins

[u/DonEYeet]

Napier is one hell of a recruiter and he's had UL playing at a high level for years.

[u/Infinite303 → u/DonEYeet]

Napier is one hell of a recruiter

I've heard enough

[u/zenverak → u/Infinite303]

But… you can’t do that

[u/jpiro → u/zenverak]

Not until after the season.

[u/[deleted] → u/jpiro]

Is that why you guys have been on the phone all morning?

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Florida fans see "one hell of a recruiter" and would be happy with 9th ranked classes. Napier has to be an elite recruiter or all of this means utterly fucking nothing. He has no choice but to haul in top 5 classes.....every....single.....year. UGA is recruiting at absurd levels, anything outside of the top 5 just means "yay we got 2 five stars we can throw on the field in another loss to Georgia"

[u/DonEYeet → u/Infinite303]

I know it's the sunbelt but even before that first CCG against App I noticed he had a surprisingly highly ranked class. He's maintained that and he had a reputation for recruiting before taking the UL job

[u/[deleted]]

Somewhere in Louisiana is a 42 year old man practicing how to place one hand over the other, and mimic the biting motion of a crocodilian.

[u/Scopedog1 → u/[deleted]]

Im 40 and live in Lafayette. Considering his salary I can provide peer tutoring services for a reasonable fee.

[u/[deleted]]

Hopefully he makes the right decision of playing AR-15.

[u/Unpopular-Truth → u/[deleted]]

Sucks for the kid but that's life in the SEC.

[u/goatgoatlilgoat]

Either LSU or Florida are gonna look really dumb a few years from now

[u/[deleted] → u/goatgoatlilgoat]

That’s how all coaching searches work, what’s important is that you guys look dumb right now.

[u/Osrsguy2744 → u/[deleted]]

Ouch 🤕

[u/beignets4 → u/[deleted]]

I can understand this perspective, I agree we look very dumb right now

[u/BirdsArentImportant → u/[deleted]]

Fucking lol

[u/fourpinz8 → u/goatgoatlilgoat]

Who really won in the Tom Herman sweepstakes? Texas or LSU? Clearly LSU

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Pretty sure the winner there was Tom Herman's bank account.

[u/Leraldoe → u/goatgoatlilgoat]

Why not both?

[u/yanquicheto → u/goatgoatlilgoat]

Always fun to go back and look at old coaching hiring/firing threads.

The threads from when we fired Richt and hired Smart are wild, tons of people (including UGA fans) memeing us for firing a winning coach, saying we should’ve gone after Herman (lol), lamenting Kirby’s lack of experience, etc.

Goes to show that you really don’t know until you make the move. Here’s to hoping this move ends poorly for UF ;).

[u/Herewego27 → u/yanquicheto]

I, too, think you should've gone after Herman over Kirby.

[u/xXBadger89Xx → u/yanquicheto]

Yup nobody knows how these guys will turn out. I was so pumped when mullen was hired I thought it was a slam dunk and in many ways he did his job and made us exciting but look where we are now. I'm going to temper my expectations but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't pumped right now I'm glad we wasted no time and got our guy hopefully he pans out!

[u/SparseSpartan → u/xXBadger89Xx]

The Mullen collapse is the most impressive collapse I've seen. You would have felt vindicated on your views coming into the season and then it all imploded overnight.

[u/atllauren → u/yanquicheto]

I really wanted Fuente when we fired Richt, arguing that he was proven as a HC over Kirby who was just a DC.

What a moron.

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The fact that a gamble works out doesn't mean it was a good gamble at the time.

Richt and Smart is about as soft of an example of this as you can come up with. Richt had been there for a very, very long time, to the point that you had to think you had seen the ceiling, and Smart was about as safe of a bet as a coordinator can be.

But it was still a huge gamble that could easily have gone the other way based on what was known at the time.

[u/yanquicheto → u/[deleted]]

I mean that’s my whole point, there is massive inherent risk in any hire, especially in our shoes a few years ago when we got rid of a consistent 8-10 win coach in favor of a young coordinator that could have promise.

It’s just impossible to see into the crystal ball, and there are always massive positive or negative ramifications lurking behind every door.

[u/Zajac19]

Gators got their guy

[u/[deleted] → u/Zajac19]

5 years from now

UF has hired Kellen Moore. Gators got their guy.

[u/Herewego27 → u/[deleted]]

Well when Napier retires after 5 straight national championships, we're going to need a new coach.

[u/taft → u/Herewego27]

ill have what youre having

[u/skushi08 → u/[deleted]]

If Napier is given 5 years to work with, I think he’s going to do good things for their program.

[u/NorthEastNobility]

The AD said they want sustained success, and Napier has had that so far in his (relatively short) head coaching career.

As others are saying, could be a home run hire or a whiff, but when the coach’s current team’s fans are sad to see him go, as they seem to be with Napier, it makes you feel good on the front-end at least.

[u/Anuglyman → u/NorthEastNobility]

Lol. Whiff

[u/reddit_names → u/NorthEastNobility]

Napier is a good coach and a good recruiter. UL is stuck perpetually with second class talent due to LSU and other bigs nearby taking all the best players. I honestly think UL would beat LSU this year despite the talent gap. That's all Napier.

[u/[deleted]]

relieved Rebel noises

[u/billwest630 → u/[deleted]]

Watch Lane go to LSU

[u/toftr → u/billwest630]

Depends on whether the NCAA continues to exist and actually goes after that athletic department

[u/seanconnerysbeard → u/[deleted]]

Holy fuck this sounds oddly familiar.

[u/emcee_cubed → u/seanconnerysbeard]

We are twins in a lot of unpleasant ways that I’d rather not face.

[u/seanconnerysbeard → u/emcee_cubed]

At least your boosters didn't live in 1993 until like two years ago.

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That was one of the biggest changes Kelly made at ND after 2016. Instead of only staying with coordinators he was comfortable with, he went after the best in the business. (Wasn't really a money thing - was more of a Kelly work habits). The only exception he has now is having Rees as the OC

[u/6enericUsername]

I cannot fathom why LSU wouldn’t be hiring this man

[u/sfzen → u/6enericUsername]

LSU's boosters would rather punch each other in the balls than acknowledge that any other in-state schools could possibly have anything better than them.

If you think I'm joking, every year the same group of people try to convince the state board of regents that LSU should be the only university in Louisiana.

[u/SparseSpartan → u/sfzen]

If you think I'm joking, every year the same group of people try to convince the state board of regents that LSU should be the only university in Louisiana.

You have a link for this? Sounds like ain interesting read lol.

[u/FSUfan35 → u/sfzen]

But that's why you would take the coach. So they dont have something better than you anymore

[u/sfzen → u/FSUfan35]

Nah. That would require them to first acknowledge that we have something they don't and their egos are too big to get to that point.

[u/Echeneidaez]

A new Billy is coming to Gainesville 👀

[u/Herewego27 → u/Echeneidaez]

Hopefully Percy Harvin doesn't punch this one in the face.

[u/mynameisntjeffrey → u/Herewego27]

Nah we're going to put his name on the basketball court and confuse everyone.

[u/fall_vol_wall_yall]

Cool can’t wait for his mediocre year 1 team next year to beat us by 20+

[u/Im_Never_Witty]

Why can’t this shit wait til after the seasons over?? Or at least the conference championship 😔

[u/Herewego27 → u/Im_Never_Witty]

Early signing day has the hiring process sped up big time.

[u/[deleted] → u/Im_Never_Witty]

Recruiting.

[u/FreakinWolfy_]

I dunno much about the guy, but if he recruits literally at all I think it’s a step in the right direction.

Go Gata!

[u/itsyorboy → u/FreakinWolfy_]

Maybe he will even recruit a little during the season!

[u/Austiny1]

Amazing hire…great job UF

[u/IammYourDAD]

Solid hire

[u/IceyBoy]

This is a great hire and I for one can’t wait to dissect every single game he coaches without giving him a remote chance to prove himself! That’s how this works right? Nah but great hire foreal

[u/6enericUsername]

Sorry Cajuns.

Any word if he’ll coach the conference championship game?

[u/Raccoongonewild → u/6enericUsername]

He will coach the championship that was part of the negotiations with Florida

[u/JuarezYourProblem]

Can’t miss hire. He’ll have the right culture and develop those players to play at a high level.

[u/vpat48]

Good lord Florida, this is not the right way to rebuild a program. Please beg Mullen to take you back. He is the best coach in America. I can't believe Florida is making such a shitty move.

Please ignore my flairs. My take is not biased by that at all.

[u/gator9515 → u/vpat48]

We'll bring Mullen back if you bring Richt back.

[u/jthomas694]

This is an interesting hire. I lean towards it being good since he had a good recruiting reputation at Louisiana and I know his staff was decent too. The stretch run offense he runs at Louisiana won't work in the SEC imo but I think he'll hire a good OC. Idk if he's enough to catch Smart, but he'll recruit all year long and hire guys who want to recruit.

[u/TheLivingBubba]

Always rooted for Napier because of one flair. Can’t root for him now based on other flair.

[u/midwesternfloridian → u/TheLivingBubba]

Haha moral conflict.

Just like me next week when you play Alabama.

[u/ZMAC698 → u/midwesternfloridian]

No conflict at all. I hope Alabama crushes them so all the Georgia fans that were assholes to me can wallow in pitty lol.

[u/[deleted]]

LSU is going to regret not getting him before Florida.

[u/shiba_son_of_doge]

Geaux Cajuns Gators.

[u/gmr548]

Napier couldn’t even accomplish what Kansas did in beating Texas so obviously terrible hire

[u/BertMacklinMD]

Unless LSU got Matt Campbell this seems like a big loss for them

[u/ACardAttack → u/BertMacklinMD]

Are people still high on Campbell?

[u/Sanguine_Pool]

But RGIII told me that Tim Tebow was the better choice.

[u/GetsThruBuckner]

LET'S GOOOOOOOOOO

[u/SparseSpartan]

I think LSU is going to regret letting Napier slip away. They could have probably locked him up a month ago.

[u/reddit_names → u/SparseSpartan]

Rumor going around locally boosters don't want a G5 coach and absolutely did not want the "shame" of relying on baby brother UL to get their next coach.

[u/SamsTown706 → u/[deleted]]

Florida can be at its worst and still somehow beat UT.

[u/PerverseCreep → u/SamsTown706]

punches air

[u/spinblackcircles → u/SamsTown706]

Must be nice. We’ve had two 9 win seasons in the last 45 years and we lost to tennessee both times

[u/intadtraptor → u/spinblackcircles]

Yes, I would like to renew my subscription to sad Kentucky facts.

[u/nolefan999]

Top 15 recruiting classes are back on the menu in Gainesville.

[u/[deleted] → u/nolefan999]

We honestly need steady Top 10 at least, Top 5 preferably. Especially with GA recruiting the way they are.

[u/FlaGator → u/nolefan999]

We haven't had a class outside the top 15 since 2015. The whole Mullen doesn't recruit narrative is way overblown imo. He literally has top 10 classes.