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Do you feel kinda bad for Billy Napier?
Posted on 9/15/24 at 11:40 am
Posted on 9/15/24 at 11:40 am
Seems like a good guy, just in over his head. Am I wrong?
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Posted on 9/15/24 at 11:41 am to Skillet
Getting paid $26mm to forcibly retire?
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Posted on 9/15/24 at 11:41 am to Skillet
No. He's going to get a 27M walking check for sucking at his job. Hard to feel bad for him
Posted on 9/15/24 at 11:43 am to BilbeauTBaggins
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Getting paid $26mm to forcibly retire?
Yeah, I get that. but still he's got to be hurting that it hasn't worked out for him.
Posted on 9/15/24 at 11:44 am to Skillet
Maybe I’m just getting old but yes I do. Regardless of money. Being told you’re not good enough sucks for anyone and if the money helps you sleep better then you’re not coaching for the right reasons.
Posted on 9/15/24 at 11:45 am to Skillet
Wish I got paid that much to be shitty at my job
No
No
Posted on 9/15/24 at 11:47 am to labamafan
I often wonder how many of these coaches are telling their wives "look babe, we're going to make out like bandits when I'm fired, just tune out all the hate from the poor people"
Posted on 9/15/24 at 11:47 am to Skillet
Posted on 9/15/24 at 11:52 am to Skillet
No
He’ll get paid a ton of money to retire
Afterwards, he’ll land on his feet coaching somewhere else, either as a coordinator, an offensive “analyst”, or maybe a HC at a smaller school
I’m sure he’s stressed out now, but the world is his oyster
Some of the assistants and lower levels coaches on that staff, that will invariably be fired in the house cleaning, will have a tougher go of it. But Napier has it made
He’ll get paid a ton of money to retire
Afterwards, he’ll land on his feet coaching somewhere else, either as a coordinator, an offensive “analyst”, or maybe a HC at a smaller school
I’m sure he’s stressed out now, but the world is his oyster
Some of the assistants and lower levels coaches on that staff, that will invariably be fired in the house cleaning, will have a tougher go of it. But Napier has it made
This post was edited on 9/15/24 at 11:54 am
Posted on 9/15/24 at 11:52 am to Skillet
He had opportunities to improve his situation (fire his OL coaches, hire an OC, etc.) and didn’t do it. Time for him to go. He can feel bad counting his money on his own time.
Posted on 9/15/24 at 12:26 pm to Skillet
I felt worse for him before he started bitching about the fans.
You just can’t go there when you’re literally getting paid millions by those same fans to coach a GAME
You just can’t go there when you’re literally getting paid millions by those same fans to coach a GAME
Posted on 9/15/24 at 12:29 pm to Skillet
He is set for life and now his family has generational wealth (assuming no dumbass moves).
He will lose this job but there will be others on the immediate horizon so he will still get paid a good bit to coach. That’s pretty fricking awesome.
On a very basic level it sucks to be told you’re not good enough but his bank account should temper his bad mood.
He will lose this job but there will be others on the immediate horizon so he will still get paid a good bit to coach. That’s pretty fricking awesome.
On a very basic level it sucks to be told you’re not good enough but his bank account should temper his bad mood.
Posted on 9/15/24 at 12:58 pm to Skillet
No...he held out for the "big" job....he was going to be in over his head regardless of where he landed.
Posted on 9/15/24 at 1:00 pm to Skillet
He made a poor choice in going to Florida. Just a bad fit. He'd have been more successful at MSU or South Carolina. People underrate how important fit is at a school.
Posted on 9/15/24 at 1:06 pm to Skillet
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Do you feel kinda bad for Billy Napier?
No.
He was given basically everything he asked for from UF, and hes repeatedly stepped over himself.
- 2 OL coaches - who the frick does this? And its been an issue for 2+ years now.
- 2 DC - again WHO DOES THIS IN THE SEC?
- huge delay in portal evals - AGAIN WHO DOES THIS?
- calling his plays after 3 years of evidence it doesn't work at a high level in the SEC.
I don't feel bad for him at all. I wish him and his family well because they are good people, but if you fail this badly at a job, you're not going to keep it.
Posted on 9/15/24 at 1:09 pm to Skillet
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you feel kinda bad for Billy Napier
Yep. Happy to see him destroy FL though.
Posted on 9/15/24 at 1:09 pm to Skillet
He seems like a flawed individual trying to be a good man. He always says the right things (the central florida basement thing was taken out of context). When needled by the press though, you can tell he gets a little angry and then internally tamps it down before responding. I think someone consciously working against their nature to try to be a good person can be more admirable than it coming naturally.
Oh, and he sucks as a football coach. So no, I don't feel bad for him and his 45-50 million dollar total compensation for 2 1/4 seasons coaching.
Oh, and he sucks as a football coach. So no, I don't feel bad for him and his 45-50 million dollar total compensation for 2 1/4 seasons coaching.
Posted on 9/15/24 at 1:34 pm to Skillet
Yeah, I feel really bad for beta males who make more money in a year than I'll see in a lifetime.
Posted on 9/15/24 at 1:35 pm to Skillet
Financially no. Otherwise yes
People talking about money, I get it, most of us would kill to have that kind of money just to walk away from something, but I think a lot of coaches see it differently.
27m is a hell of a consolation prize but he basically failed massively at the one thing a coach strives to do. He’s got a passion for coaching and he’s not wired like coach O (who actually succeeded). You get to the point where money is a given at a level like college coaching and you inevitably compare yourself to your peers, and he failed, I fully believe he’d coach for free for a few years just to be relevant as an SEC coach. I know enough rich folks to know that eventually they do stop caring about money as much as the average Joe.
This was his dream that he’d been working his arse off for and it didn’t even last for 3 seasons. I dunno if he ever gets a major coaching job again honestly. Who would hire him? Knowing LSU they probably would, if anyone.
People talking about money, I get it, most of us would kill to have that kind of money just to walk away from something, but I think a lot of coaches see it differently.
27m is a hell of a consolation prize but he basically failed massively at the one thing a coach strives to do. He’s got a passion for coaching and he’s not wired like coach O (who actually succeeded). You get to the point where money is a given at a level like college coaching and you inevitably compare yourself to your peers, and he failed, I fully believe he’d coach for free for a few years just to be relevant as an SEC coach. I know enough rich folks to know that eventually they do stop caring about money as much as the average Joe.
This was his dream that he’d been working his arse off for and it didn’t even last for 3 seasons. I dunno if he ever gets a major coaching job again honestly. Who would hire him? Knowing LSU they probably would, if anyone.
This post was edited on 9/15/24 at 1:36 pm
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