Gators Fired Napier

Now we need to find the right fit and get back to being relevant again.
A lot of Gators like the thought of Lane Kiffen. I like Kiffen myself.

 

Bill I cannot remember a football season with so many coaching changes with coaches being fired.

 

Especially mid-season!

 

All I can say about our firing is that it should have happened last season.

Not that Napier is a bad man but he is not a good Head Coach.

 

Besides Kiffen, who are likely candidates? Franklin?

 

Not sure why UF would want Franklin, unless the goal is to just be competitive and not return to top dog like the Meyer years.

 

I bet L$U would let ya talk to BK.

 

Fair enough. Then who?

 

The Georgia Tech guy, excellent coach. The USF guy, SMU guy. Don't forget Urban was the Utah coach in the Mtn West.

 

I think the USF guy would be a good gamble. I mentioned him earlier for the Penn State position, but he’s in kind of the same position Napier was in when Florida hired him. Anyway, I’m sure the UF folks have thought about it before today and probably already had some conversations. It just seems like all of the proven, successful coaches are tied up. And we forget that Franklin took Penn State to the playoffs last year and lost a close game in the semifinals. I’m not a big fan of his but he’s only 6 games from that very successful season.

 

Don’t see Franklin as a Gator.

Right now I see us going all in on Kiffin.

 

The Athletic mentioned Fisch of Washington and Drinkwitz of Mizzoo as potential candidates.

 

Marcus Freeman is a name some Gators are dreaming about. I don’t see that as realistic.
Another name is Jedd Fisch of Washington.

 

Gov of Florida pours cold water on Saban rumors:

 

Tell me if this article will link here.

https://www.gatorcountry.com/feature/florida-head-coach-hot-board-who-will-replace-billy-napier/

 

The link works Bill!

 

Personal favorite is Kiffin, if that’s a no go then test the waters with Freeman. A hard no on Franklin.

Here’s another article from CBS Sportsline.

Florida coaching search odds: Ten candidates to replace Billy Napier

 

I thought I posted another reply but it apparently didn’t take.

So I will try again. Go all in on Kiffin, if that’s is a no go test the Freeman waters. A hard no go with Franklin.

Here’s an article I like

Florida should hire Lane Kiffin if it wants to compete with Kirby Smart

 

Another prospect getting traction from some of our posters on GatorCountry is Brian Hartline

 

I would be very surprised if Heartline would even consider the offer if made, as we prepare for what we hope to be another National Championship.