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It took so many decades for the NFL to realize the importance of OL. People want to watch their multimillion dollar athletes go score points. They don’t know how to mentally model a reward mechanism for watching open running lanes and clean pockets.

Half of people are always going to be dumber than average. That’s been Florida’s lot for a while. It’s a tough job, but someone has to do it.

They refuse to give up the Seminole War Canoe when they lose the rivalry game. frick em, gig em, whatever needs to happen until Coral Gables is reclaimed by the Atlantic.

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If it was the players that went 4-8 then why did yall fire the coach?

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Are you competing for dumbest poster? You do know the coach put together the roster, right?

Anyhow, I think the roster was far better than 4-8.

Another sensible move. Lagway could turn out to be the best QB of all time, but he's more likely to be a dud. He will demand to start. He's also entrenched and talented enough (at times) to scare off big talents from transferring in. On top of that, before this season started the rumor was that Lagway would need shoulder surgery after the season. If true, that is another offseason with limited work. And keep in mind it is likely his last offseason in college. NFL keeps drafting these bad QBs with raw talent like Richardson.


I believe that he's just too much of a gamble for a first-year coach to count on. Sure, it could pay off. He may be the 2026 Heisman. But, it is smarter to not take the bet.

The guy who threw the shoe was a captain for the coin toss next game. That shows why Mullen's tenure ended so dramatically and suddenly. There was never any accountability for anyone and over time people figure that out. One hell of a play caller though...

Juluke was incredible. Montrell Johnson, Trevor Etienne, and Jadan Baugh. Johnson was pretty good (pre injury especially) and every RB seemed a lot better than the previous.

This year the room had a couple injuries and there wasn’t anyone to really share the load with Baugh. So I guess you could ding him for not having a solid 4th and 5th string ready, but the headliners were all very good. I’d have liked for him to stay at Florida.

There's just not many Florida fans here, and I think half the prominent ones aren't even actually Florida fans.

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Just curious how FLA fans feel about him….i thought yalls defense had been pretty good the past couple of years

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Florida fans for the most part loved him last year. Don't let them tell you differently now. After he was promoted midseason in 2024, it was a good defense when previously it had been terrible. The change was overnight. After Napier got fired this season the defense more or less gave up except for a couple games. Lagway's play was enough to demoralize any defense watching from the sidelines. So, Roberts doesn't even really have a full years worth of numbers to look at.

I think the constant two high safeties really relies on those front seven to be studs. When they got sad, other teams would just run over them and it was a disaster until full time. Roberts seems hesitant to adapt in these situations. He would rather get run over all game than give up a deep pass. Another downside of Roberts is that he doesn't seem to respect 3rd or 4th and 1. Throughout the year we would have these critical downs where everyone in the stadium knew it would be an inside run with 80%+ certainty. Yet, he rarely if ever could get the stop. Sometimes there would be just 3 defenders with their hand in the dirt, and the opponent converts 100% of the time in that case.

So, I've a lot of good things to say about him, but he does have some critical flaws. The flaws are very easy to see even as a casual fan. They will bother you, a lot. But, I'd say he is an average SEC level DC. You could do a lot worse. Billy Napier gave Florida fans two and a half seasons of Sun Belt DC's getting reamed until Roberts came along.

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O man, that's a whole lot of cope.

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What are you even talking about? This is something that happened over a decade ago and you're talking about LSU when he went to Alabama.

Can you not read? The name Muschamp didn't raise any flags?

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Florida failed Billy more than Billy failed Florida.

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People on this forum are so predictable to be using outdated talking points. You might as well talk about UF not having an IPF.

Florida failed Dan Mullen(or maybe Mullen's soft skills failed Mullen for not getting the purse strings open). McElwain wasn't a good coach, but you might as well include him because he wasn't given the resources either.

Billy got everything Mullen wanted and much more. You can hear how angry it makes Mullen whenever he speaks about the Florida job.

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I mean he could win 7 games at Florida and last 2 seasons or he could win 7 games at Kentucky and have a life time contract.

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Napier got four seasons. When he was given the fourth season, he had a losing record. I forget, but he was like 2-3 games under .500.

Florida expectations are pathetic now.