Will Billy Napier last until the end of the season?

I don’t think he lasts.

It's going to be a long season for gata but a shorter one for Napier.

Who will the interim be? Doesn't make much sense to fire him right now.

Alabama was very smart to get DeBoer when they did. He was a coveted coach in the industry and his style of play with offense would be very appealing at a program like Florida. UF is so bad and it’s hard to understand why with their in state high school football talent.

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UF is so bad and it’s hard to understand why with their in state high school football talent.

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It's truly baffling. They have somehow just about removed all prestige that Spurrier and Meyer had created with UF and are really kind of an afterthought again. Under those two legacies UF was a tank. But even Urban couldn't get out of there fast enough. Sure he wasn't thrilled with having Saban at Alabama, but Urban wanted the hell out of Gainesville anyway. They hired their "dream replacement" twice with Muschamp and Mullen and neither could recruit. Just really hard to understand.

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I still believe that Mario Cristobal is not a good football coach and will continue to believe it until Miami wins the ACC and makes some noise in the postseason

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I feel that way as well. . One thing I will say, that UM O Line looks like a brick wall and the QB looks nice as well. All of that could be simply because UF is awful, but those two aspects impressed me yesterday.

Cristobal is good at the recruiting and administrative side of things and is mediocre to terrible at situational football and not getting his QBs injured unnecessarily.

Napier, having to lead a power 4 program, seems to be struggling at every aspect of running a major program on and off the field. If the rumors are true they don't have a strong NIL group (relative to their peers) in the market, his location in a fertile recruiting market will be nullified. He looks doomed.

NIL transfers are saving Cristobal.

I’ve been saying since the spring when I saw UF’s schedule there was no way Napier survives October. By Halloween, they will have an interim coach. That’s a shame, too. I really thought Napier was ready for the big time when he made it to Gainesville. He obviously was not. IMHO, his biggest mistake has been sticking with Mertz all this time. Mertz is a journeyman and a game manager not a game changer, unless you mean for the opposition. Billy’s days are numbered. $30 million ain’t chump change but it’s not outlandish compared to Fischer’s and Kelly’s buyouts. If they want him gone, they will find the $30 million.

They have as brutal of a finish as I've ever seen. They should probably wait until after they finish the season simply because that'll save them some money (I think). They're gonna be 4-8 at best.