re: When Does Florida Fire Sun Belt Billy & Offer Lane Train The Job?

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That really depends on what he wants. Winning a couple games and banging college girls without repercussions I can see. Having a competitive program more years than not would be a no.

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He has been to 2 access bowls and by every betting service is a favorite to make the playoffs this year. What does this mean? Top 11 is extremely feasible at Ole Miss.

Actually I do know smart guy. Florida played in the Tangerine, Aloha, and Blubonnnet bowls to name a few in the 80s. Not exactly an eye catching group of bowls. In that same decade, UGA played in 3 straight Sugars, LSU 2, Auburn and Tennessee rounded it out, with a few themselves. The Gators had a solid roster, but did it translate into getting to New Orleans on Jan 1? No it did not. Playing in the Sugar was the gold standard for the SEC in those days. The Gators cheated, and still couldn't make it there. So i am old enough to remember that. Spurrier completely changed the culture of that program. Oh, BTW, you can really thank Bill Arnsparger for leaving LSU and hiring him as head coach.

So since the consensus is that Lane isn’t an option, then who is? What level of coach are we talking about?

It’s not like there are a ton of younger coaches that are having success in a major way that aren’t already fairly locked up. Who is a “name” that matches, or even comes close, to Kiffin if he isn’t an option?

I view the job as a damned if so, damned if you don’t type of scenario. If they can Napier, and with the schedule they have you have to at least admit it is a possibility, then you have to at least start on the ground work to replace him. So what needs to happen then is an honest assessment of who can Florida actually get.

So since Lane is a “no” according to the Gator fans, who is a viable option? Give us your potential list of options.

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Why would you sign 30 high school kids and have to re- recruitment them for 3 years twice a year?

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So that you can evaluate, develop them and play them?

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Lane takes elite high school talent if he can.

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Absolutely. And would love to sign more just like they do at UGA, Bama and all of the other elite tier SEC schools.

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A 3 star HS kid or a 2 year player at Troy is a really easy choice. Some of you blue bloods still don’t grasp this new landscape.

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Absolutely. Supplementing your base roster with key veteran transfers makes a ton of sense.

Bama supplemented huge gaps the last four years Saban was there:

Jameson Williams
Jahmyr Gibbs
Tyler Steen
Jermaine Burton

All of those guys helped Bama win SECCGs they wouldn’t have without them.

But in order to have an ultra elite roster and competent depth, it’s not at all clear you can do that by using the portal to build your base roster rather than just filling gaps.

Kiffin isn’t choosing to let these elite guys go to other schools, he’s signing what he can because that’s all he can do where he’s at. Credit to him it’s elevated the program to be a competitor this year and it’s a great strategy for a program with recruiting limitations.

But saying that this is his ideal approach isn’t realistic either.

It’s akin to marrying the girl you wanted in college after she’s had two kids and a divorce. It’s great that you’re with her now, but no one would rather let her go with someone else for a few years rather than just locking her up to begin with.

UF is a school where you can sign those kids right away and hold onto them if you want them. And thats why UF is a threat for Lane if they come after him.

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Miss St is basically a mid major program, I don't really count that.

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Mississippi state is not a mid major program. That's a ridiculous statement. Are they in a loaded division? Yes. Do they have resource limitations in relation to alot of schools? Also yes. Look at ole miss currently. It takes hiring the right coach and that's it. Miss state competed pretty damn well in the west under mullen given bama. Lsu and at times auburn were monsters. During his time at Mississippi state I bet someone from just his division of the sec won the national title 30% of the time.

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Why? They’re a buy low opportunity for an elite coach to come in with lowered expectations and win big.

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lane would not want to deal with the uaa or our boosters

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Can't sustain that long term... He's gotta get some HS kids in at some point. Depth.

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Yall have this completely backward. High school kids that don’t play as Fr and don’t look like they are going to play as So leave. Kids will not wait til their 3 year to play.

People saying Ole Miss doesn’t have NIL is ridiculous. We may not be top 3 in the country but we are top 15 easily. Our portal classes prove that.

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Name an elite school without crazy boosters? If

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He doesn’t deal with booster much in Oxford. Never does the hand shake deal or kiss babies. We are one of the few schools where that is possible. A few boosters didn’t like it early in his tenure but came around when he won. Same thing Saban did at Alabama.

Lane recruits just fine in HS. Ole Miss had the #21 composite high school class with only 19 signees. 9 of the 19 signees were 4*+. He invested more in the portal last year because it made the most sense for his team - Ole Miss didn't need to rebuild this year, they just needed to reload. A lot of key pieces were already there.

If you need an indicator of the NIL differences between Ole Miss and Florida, let me remind you that a sitting All-SEC player chose to transfer from Florida to Ole Miss this offseason. That should tell you all you need to know about the difference between the two programs currently.

If Kiffin goes to Florida, it will simply be because they are paying him an extravagant amount of money to come coach there.