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Pros and cons of Florida football for coaches.
Posted on 11/18/25 at 11:21 am
Posted on 11/18/25 at 11:21 am
Pros
Money
Recruiting, the state is loaded with talent
Culture, a winning tradition
Location
FSU and Miami continue to struggle
Cons
Kirby Smart and Georgia
Expectations
roadgator
Money
Recruiting, the state is loaded with talent
Culture, a winning tradition
Location
FSU and Miami continue to struggle
Cons
Kirby Smart and Georgia
Expectations
roadgator
This post was edited on 11/18/25 at 12:01 pm
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Posted on 11/18/25 at 11:22 am to BuckI
Miami isn’t struggling anymore per se. They can still be a team to reckon with in that JV conference. Free shoes is fricked for the foreseeable future.
Posted on 11/18/25 at 11:24 am to BuckI
quote:Billy Napier got a 4th year after going 19-19 his first three
Expectations
Expectations are not an issue for coaches at Florida
Posted on 11/18/25 at 11:25 am to BuckI
Yankees. 
Posted on 11/18/25 at 11:28 am to roadGator
Such great insight in this thread. Where would we be without that dynamic response to an otherwise thought provoking topic?
Posted on 11/18/25 at 11:28 am to BuckI
Jorts. pro or con?
Posted on 11/18/25 at 11:29 am to TROJANFORCEONE
Pro. Of course.
Posted on 11/18/25 at 11:41 am to BuckI
Pros:
-Still SEC
-The Swamp can be a hellacious advantage when things are going well.
-Location and 4-star / 5-star athletes everywhere pretty much in your backyard.
Cons:
-Expectations. Honeymoon will wear off quickly if you aren’t landing playoff spots and competing for Natties within 2-3 years.
-Still gonna have to compete with, match, and overcome the physicality and grit of top SEC opponents year after year. Those teams aren’t just gonna be awed and roll over at the sight of a high flying offenses.
-Still SEC
-The Swamp can be a hellacious advantage when things are going well.
-Location and 4-star / 5-star athletes everywhere pretty much in your backyard.
Cons:
-Expectations. Honeymoon will wear off quickly if you aren’t landing playoff spots and competing for Natties within 2-3 years.
-Still gonna have to compete with, match, and overcome the physicality and grit of top SEC opponents year after year. Those teams aren’t just gonna be awed and roll over at the sight of a high flying offenses.
Posted on 11/18/25 at 11:42 am to BuckI
Expectations were crushed by Napier worse than any other coach before him and it isn’t even close. He was given a vote of confidence for his fourth year BEFORE they went on that end of season winning streak to get Napier to .500.
I guess another pro is that Florida’s permanent opponents are one of the easiest with Georgia, South Carolina, and Kentucky. A con is that FSU could potentially get good again. But a pro is that their athletic department is and has been in serious financial trouble for quite a while.
It’s a good job with a lot more runway than anyone seems to think. But if anyone can screw this up, it’s our man Scott Stricklin. We’ll see how it goes.
I guess another pro is that Florida’s permanent opponents are one of the easiest with Georgia, South Carolina, and Kentucky. A con is that FSU could potentially get good again. But a pro is that their athletic department is and has been in serious financial trouble for quite a while.
It’s a good job with a lot more runway than anyone seems to think. But if anyone can screw this up, it’s our man Scott Stricklin. We’ll see how it goes.
This post was edited on 11/18/25 at 11:44 am
Posted on 11/18/25 at 11:43 am to BuckI
Pros:
Decent Tradition
Live in Florida
Coeds
Coeds
Coeds
Cons:
Swamp nuts
Geriatrics in speedos at the beach
Decent Tradition
Live in Florida
Coeds
Coeds
Coeds
Cons:
Swamp nuts
Geriatrics in speedos at the beach
Posted on 11/18/25 at 12:06 pm to BuckI
Livable city. BR ain’t it.
Posted on 11/18/25 at 12:10 pm to TROJANFORCEONE
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Jorts. pro or con?
Con in Florida's humidity.
Posted on 11/18/25 at 12:18 pm to Gimme Vaughn
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Geriatrics in speedos at the beach
You’ve been hanging around the wrong beaches.
Posted on 11/18/25 at 12:52 pm to Gimme Vaughn
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Coeds
Coeds
Coeds
Not a consideration for most 40+ year old coaches with wives and kids. Lane would be the outlier.
Posted on 11/18/25 at 12:55 pm to BuckI
That’s a lot of pros for a program that hasn’t been relevant for over 15 years.
Posted on 11/18/25 at 1:32 pm to sorantable
Posted on 11/18/25 at 1:42 pm to BuckI
Pro: Not Ohio
Posted on 11/18/25 at 1:48 pm to RelentlessTide
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Pro: Not Ohio
As an Ohioan, I agree. Don’t know why these old buzzards move down there anyway. The winters up here are basically one week of snow and that’s it. Ain’t like it was in the 1970”s, ‘80’s and ‘90’s up here.
Posted on 11/18/25 at 2:08 pm to BuckI
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Cons
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roadgator
What? I like road
This post was edited on 11/18/25 at 2:09 pm
Posted on 11/18/25 at 2:12 pm to BuckI
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Kirby Smart and Georgia
This is a pro.
Elite coaches want to compete vs the best and it being a rival makes it even better.
Then you get FSU at the end of the season.
This has never been a con until society went soft recently.
The way you softies think now, Bowden, Spurrier, Butch Davis, etc would've steered clear of these great programs.
Nut up!
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Expectations
Again the top coached don't run from expectations.
This post was edited on 11/18/25 at 2:22 pm
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