@@shanesnow134No, he wanted the Florida job after Mullen. Florida still felt he was too immature. They're now at the point of desperation and his upside is now much higher than his down side. Will he tell them now, because they didn't consider him the first time around?
I would love to see an interview with James Di Virgilio of the Gator Nation Football Podcast. He breaks down film, giving detailed explanations on why we miss tackles and don't pick up first downs.
Florida, Florida State, and Mississippi brought in 17 transfers last offseason. Miami brought in 15. The two years before that FSU actually brought in less transfers than the Gators and Miami. FSU and Mississippi just got the most out of their transfers, except the ones FSU got this year. The average number of transfers a team gets a year is between 15-18 players. The problem for Florida and Florida State is that they’re not competing financially to get the best High School players. The teams that can’t pay and maintain their players will not be successful on Saturdays. It’s as simple as that!
True. However, if you haven't proven it as a coach, you're gonna have to pay more. UGA and Saban had more to sell, so they didn't really have to overpay...UF right now does.
SMH... I'm a Florida alumnus who works at Ole Miss. Comments about the "can have all the co-eds he wants" says so much about not really knowing anything about Lane's life here in Oxford here and the expectations Ole Miss has. If he doesn't take the job, I won't be surprised if snide remarks like this aren't part of the reason he doesn't. I also find comments like this very disappointing in general. I feel like Florida alumni can be better and more clear eyed than that.
Lane Kiffin definitely fits all those boxes that were mentioned, but if Florida does move on from Napier the next person they hire, it has to be the right fit. It can’t be a hasty hire it needs to be the right person for the job.
If UF not hiring Kiffin, either because the administration doesn't want him or he doesn't want the job, both of which are an indictment on the program. He should have been hired three years ago instead of Napier.
They need to give Billy a contract extension and ride with him for the next 5 years and see what happens. And no my opinion has nothing to do with the fact I'm a UGA graduate and Dawg.
It does take time to get the right players into a system. He just needs time and a little support from the fan base might help swing things the right way.
Gruden or kiffin . Would fit best at Florida i think . Gruden has coached at ever level . Lane has coached a long time to so either guy would be great .
All the “experts” are predicting who the next HBC will be. One of these, QB Shane M. (who’s from Mississippi) has stated Florida is Lane’s dream job. So we’ll see. And yes make the RIGHT hire vs. worrying about recruiting timing.
Billy has lost the majority of the fan base. The players have partially quit on him. Now we see why those players jumped in the portal and are getting real coaching and doin well at other programs. The University will have a full blown rebellion if Napier is retained. Nothing about him fits in Gainesville. We don't need a Bible study leader here. We need a football coach
@@doncomas1238 I said partially quit. Even Ron Roberts said he didn't think the players believed in one another. Look at the game tape and come back and ask me that
Can't lie .. I wouldn't mind him now days. Didn't care for his antics the years he was at Tennessee but that was a long while ago. I just don't see him coming. I think we're a threat year one if Lane came and DJ stayed but even he might go if you fire his main recruiter and coach. It's about to be interesting, know that much. Is Strickland capable of landing a real contender?
Hiw do yall take all those shots at the program being behind and not taking full advantage of Spurrier and Meyer's success (which I agree with) but then say Kiffen would work? Wouldn't those same administration problems still exist? He does embrace the portal but the people donating don't. He won't come here without complete and total commitment from getting every dollar he needs for NIL.
In 2022 there were rumors of Lane leaving Ole Miss and his team literally fell apart jn the last 4 games. UGA, Bama, Tennessee, and Missouri should be flooding the zone with "Kiffen leaving for the Gators job" just to rattle the Rebs and forde Lane into another embarrassing and uncomfortable denial/non-denial.
@LALMCGatorsfan you want hamburger or steak. Thats what they said about Zook .Every year finish 4th in the SEC. Is that what you want.? Yeah it's better than what we have now.Fator fans would be calling to fire him in 3 years
Again, if Fla doesn't actually straighten out their NIL, which a coach doesn't run, they have no chance of hiring a top tier sitting head coach having success in the NIL era. And no one wants to hear about the hypothetical dollars Fla has in the piggy bank, rather the real spent money that retains and attracts players - like Ole Miss has clearly had since the NIL era began. This is one the biggest factors that is professional for Kiffen. Look at the Rashada mess, and losing your two best players to the portal last year with minimal success recruiting portal players. What does a coach see when they look at Fla's NIL situation? That's concrete and not potential?
Correct we need to outspend our opponents, hire an NFL coach. Stop making the players attend classes, they are not students. Paying the players top dollar is the key to winning going forward.
Lane would be great...I'd also like to hear more about Gruden...he seems ready to roll. Wouldnt high school kids love to be coached by a superbowl winning pro coach ? I pray we do not hire another wannabe...
What makes the fanbase impatient, losing records in year 3? No fanbase with high expectations would tolerate that. Stop making it a uniquely Florida thing. FOH
I think the AD job needs to be evaluated before you hire a coach. But hiring a football coach and then finding an AD would be a very Florida thing to do. Kiffin is arrogant enough to think he can coach FL(he probably could), but is he willing to live with the higher expectations? That's what sunk him at SoCal.
Florida problem is they wanted to be cheap and save money hire cheaper coaches, wait way to late to upgrade facilities,and wait to long to adapt to the changes, and expect there brand name to bail them out instead of doing what our competitors did spent the big money and made the expensive upgrades and made the right hires years ago look at Alabama and Georgia they are 10 years ahead of us even LSU made the investments
I just can't get Lane at Oakland, Lane at Tennessee, and Lane at USC out of my mind. And he's horrible against teams that finish with 9 or more wins. In spite of the baggage .... I'd take a run at Jon Gruden. Word is that he's ready to get back on the sideline for someone.
Nah...Gators have lost their ability to do that. gators need to take the old adage, "ain't too proud to beg." UF has lost its attractiveness...to anyone.
@@fretfix1 well maybe, but we now have the facilities and finally have our act together as far as Florida Victorious for NIL. We have a huge budget, too bad we are losing millions on paying out old coaching contracts. Here is a crazy concept for ALL NIL, pay the players based on performance! Motivate them to actually earn their pay. No one is paying out for Name, Image and Likeness on a subpar player. No one is buying that jersey.
It’s the “drama” of college football now that’s entertaining. The players getting paid,above the table. One week a coach is all that. The next week is he on the hot seat. On the whole, the football is entertaining, and the college football industry is absolutely Idiot Proof…
Why on God’s blue green Earth do we want Stricklin making the decision? It’s going to take a DECADE to fix his screw ups. He should have been fired at the end of last season! Utter failure as an AD.
just needs a Good DC with More Resources & Money FLORIDA gives you instead of TEXAS TECH I’m intrigued because LAGWAY WOULD Look Patty Mohomes/Kyler Murray in KLIFFs Offense
Plenty of Top caliber Gators Coaching,we don't need another outsider,since Spurrier,UF has had 6 coaches,and one of the 6,used another of the 6s recruits to get the hardware!!! But the last Gator we hired to be the coach,was the HBC,(Spurrier),If we hire anyone outside of Florida,then get High Freeze!
Plenty of Top caliber Gators Coaching,we don't need another outsider,since Spurrier,UF has had 6 coaches,and one of the 6,used another of the 6s recruits to get the hardware!!! But the last Gator we hired to be the coach,was the HBC,(Spurrier),If we hire anyone outside of Florida,then get High Freeze!
Plenty of Top caliber Gators Coaching,we don't need another outsider,since Spurrier,UF has had 6 coaches,and one of the 6,used another of the 6s recruits to get the hardware!!! But the last Gator we hired to be the coach,was the HBC,(Spurrier),If we hire anyone outside of Florida,then get High Freeze! And No you don't go hire who the Fans Say,the fans are Morons,they wanted to fire Mullins!
Lane isn't a Gator,just like Muschamp,Mcelwain,Mullins, Napier, nary one of them are Gators,yet like i said 4 seasons ago,leave Mullin alone because he was young enough,and being a yankee like that,and getting couple nattys with us, I will give him the pass over Urban,he was there with Leak,and Tebow, and he wasn't responsible for Martin at qb either, that was his predecessor!!! Spurrier,had qbs who were always top 5 every season,and didn't have but the final season and only because of the injuries to Doug Johnson,Yet,N. Brindise,was on top of the play book,and Spurrier used the injury, to set an example,and rotated qbs every play,lol,and it worked,
Gruden is radioactive in todays political climate after it was leaked he emailed racial comments on NFL Emails.( at least 10 years ago.). Evidently very bad as he is blackballed in the NFL.
Florida football has become quite the Soap Opera lately.
true story
Lately? lol…
@@ericlofroos2405 I know ! I was trying to be nice ! 😂
Jake Crain is spot on! Lane Kiffin would be a home run
Come all Ali, let’s get behind Billy Napier and make him a success. Let’s get positive about Billy.
As long as uf can keep attracting kids from places other than Florida to stack the classrooms they don't care!
This guy cracks me up
This whole thing is really going to suck when Lane basically tells everyone Florida isn’t on his list of schools
He’d leave Miss for.
I wonder why? I mean Florida has given Billy such a fair break. Why would any decent coach want to come to Flo?
@@jamesgarrett2129gave him literally everything he wanted lmao
Lane wanted the Miami job.
@@shanesnow134No, he wanted the Florida job after Mullen. Florida still felt he was too immature. They're now at the point of desperation and his upside is now much higher than his down side. Will he tell them now, because they didn't consider him the first time around?
@@gatorguy1449 no problem
Some people are just loud when they talk, and Jake is one of those people.
I would love to see an interview with James Di Virgilio of the Gator Nation Football Podcast. He breaks down film, giving detailed explanations on why we miss tackles and don't pick up first downs.
I agree with Jake get an agreement with Lane under the table then wait for him to come
Florida, Florida State, and Mississippi brought in 17 transfers last offseason. Miami brought in 15. The two years before that FSU actually brought in less transfers than the Gators and Miami. FSU and Mississippi just got the most out of their transfers, except the ones FSU got this year. The average number of transfers a team gets a year is between 15-18 players. The problem for Florida and Florida State is that they’re not competing financially to get the best High School players. The teams that can’t pay and maintain their players will not be successful on Saturdays. It’s as simple as that!
Why not join the NFL and be done with it according to you
So, basically, money has ruined college football.
True. However, if you haven't proven it as a coach, you're gonna have to pay more. UGA and Saban had more to sell, so they didn't really have to overpay...UF right now does.
@@ericlofroos2405 money is no object at UF
@@thomastrofholz9508 players greed has destroyed college football and basketball
Love Crain and Company!
Does Jake know there's a microphone in front of his face? Why is he shouting?
😂😂😂
yep he loud for real
😂😂😂
That's what Florida has been missing. Maybe start with the talking heads
This dude is one of the smartest and most accurate CFB personalities on Social Media.
Absolutely agree with Jake 100%. It’s Lane Kiffin period!
Stop being delusional he’s doing great at ole miss, y’all inpateit gator fans make me think you have autism or something.
I wonder if Kiffin is Mullen 2.0? The same way Kiffin seems appealing now vs how we viewed Mullen in 2017.
Yup
Anyone with a brain knew that mullet sucked at recruitment
The difference is Kiffen can recruit
You'll never know until you lock him down for 8 years at $100,000,000.....and pray!
@@markconner3234 sucked at recruiting? What can you do? Fall on your knees with buckets of cash? Forget about it
I agree with the comment below, Florida Football is turning into a Soap Opera. Get behind Billy!!! He’s got the talent, give him time to develop it.
How long could he possibly need? It’s year 3 and the team is worse than year 1🥴🥴🥴
Bobby Petrino would be the best fit, he can come now and start right away
I would love to see Gruden come. Great coach
Great questions Ali
This guy gets it....smart comments
SMH... I'm a Florida alumnus who works at Ole Miss. Comments about the "can have all the co-eds he wants" says so much about not really knowing anything about Lane's life here in Oxford here and the expectations Ole Miss has.
If he doesn't take the job, I won't be surprised if snide remarks like this aren't part of the reason he doesn't. I also find comments like this very disappointing in general. I feel like Florida alumni can be better and more clear eyed than that.
@@LucSulla coeds? Are you kidding me?
How long do we have to keep Numb Nutz Napier to knock some money off of his buyout? December? January, February etc.?
I’ve heard good things about the d line coach at Johnie’s hs
What about Gus Malzahn? He’s got an overall record of 104-54. SEC experience, national championship.
Lane Kiffin definitely fits all those boxes that were mentioned, but if Florida does move on from Napier the next person they hire, it has to be the right fit. It can’t be a hasty hire it needs to be the right person for the job.
UF is gonna get a proven high profile coach for there next hire! No more meh hires like Muschamp, McElwain, Mullen, Napier!
Great info, but no need to yell Jake. 🙂
Hope we can get lane 🐊🐊
If UF not hiring Kiffin, either because the administration doesn't want him or he doesn't want the job, both of which are an indictment on the program. He should have been hired three years ago instead of Napier.
Jeff Braum
They need to give Billy a contract extension and ride with him for the next 5 years and see what happens. And no my opinion has nothing to do with the fact I'm a UGA graduate and Dawg.
It does take time to get the right players into a system. He just needs time and a little support from the fan base might help swing things the right way.
Gruden or kiffin . Would fit best at Florida i think . Gruden has coached at ever level . Lane has coached a long time to so either guy would be great .
All the “experts” are predicting who the next HBC will be. One of these, QB Shane M. (who’s from Mississippi) has stated Florida is Lane’s dream job. So we’ll see. And yes make the RIGHT hire vs. worrying about recruiting timing.
O'Brien at Boston College
This is dude isn't clueless
What big game has he won ?
Billy has lost the majority of the fan base. The players have partially quit on him. Now we see why those players jumped in the portal and are getting real coaching and doin well at other programs. The University will have a full blown rebellion if Napier is retained. Nothing about him fits in Gainesville. We don't need a Bible study leader here. We need a football coach
How do you know the players have quit?
@@doncomas1238 I said partially quit. Even Ron Roberts said he didn't think the players believed in one another. Look at the game tape and come back and ask me that
Most not all but most have not quit on him, they love him, and I'm hearing this from a starter
Take trump out of the gators affair
Gruden would probably stay at Florida way longer than lane kiffin! Chucky to the swamp!
Joe Brady needs to be UF coach
Can't lie .. I wouldn't mind him now days.
Didn't care for his antics the years he was at Tennessee but that was a long while ago.
I just don't see him coming.
I think we're a threat year one if Lane came and DJ stayed but even he might go if you fire his main recruiter and coach.
It's about to be interesting, know that much.
Is Strickland capable of landing a real contender?
Hiw do yall take all those shots at the program being behind and not taking full advantage of Spurrier and Meyer's success (which I agree with) but then say Kiffen would work? Wouldn't those same administration problems still exist? He does embrace the portal but the people donating don't. He won't come here without complete and total commitment from getting every dollar he needs for NIL.
Can lane recruit???
In 2022 there were rumors of Lane leaving Ole Miss and his team literally fell apart jn the last 4 games. UGA, Bama, Tennessee, and Missouri should be flooding the zone with "Kiffen leaving for the Gators job" just to rattle the Rebs and forde Lane into another embarrassing and uncomfortable denial/non-denial.
James Franklin should be at the top of the list. Everywhere he goes he is successful.
No more than 9 win coach
@@Jon-km5ql better then a 5 win coach
@LALMCGatorsfan you want hamburger or steak. Thats what they said about Zook .Every year finish 4th in the SEC. Is that what you want.? Yeah it's better than what we have now.Fator fans would be calling to fire him in 3 years
@@LALMCGatorsfan 😂😂
You are right that Fla and OM aren't in the same category...Fla sucks in the NIL portal era. Ole Miss doesn't.
He can win a national title at ole miss
@@jeffferguson4637 forget it
Ole Miss has the 3rd highest wins in the SEC. How many games has Florida won?
The Fans are the Damned Boss. Without the FANS. The Team can be Great and if the people don’t Come to see the Games. Yea that’s not good
Easier said. Mike has talent on that roster. He just got the QB wrong and Miami got the QB right. Switch QBs and Miami would be FSU this year
If I'm Lane, I don't leave Ole Miss unless Florida makes me top 3 paid. Chadwell ain't leaving liberty.
Lane Kiffen will be the next coach
Hes a bit of a shmuck but he will be our shmuck
I’d rather see an intern coach for a year than not find the best person this time. This is going to be a 5 year commitment
Kiffin i don't believe will come!
Let's make a push for Lane!
If the old guard blocks that GO AFTER GRUDEN!!!!
Get Gruden with his lesbian golf visor, he can stand on the side lines and grimace like Spurrier.....
Fire sunbelt billyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy 😂
Again, if Fla doesn't actually straighten out their NIL, which a coach doesn't run, they have no chance of hiring a top tier sitting head coach having success in the NIL era. And no one wants to hear about the hypothetical dollars Fla has in the piggy bank, rather the real spent money that retains and attracts players - like Ole Miss has clearly had since the NIL era began.
This is one the biggest factors that is professional for Kiffen. Look at the Rashada mess, and losing your two best players to the portal last year with minimal success recruiting portal players. What does a coach see when they look at Fla's NIL situation? That's concrete and not potential?
Correct we need to outspend our opponents, hire an NFL coach. Stop making the players attend classes, they are not students. Paying the players top dollar is the key to winning going forward.
I want gruden as a Gator fan
And as a Gator fan we don't want you or Racist email Gruden
@@wesjames8551 who u want then
Lane would be great...I'd also like to hear more about Gruden...he seems ready to roll. Wouldnt high school kids love to be coached by a superbowl winning pro coach ? I pray we do not hire another wannabe...
Gruden? The racist man leading a team full of black athletes? Cmon now. You want that leading your program? Are you serious?
Why dont we say he did and not .
Lane is NOT coming to FL no way in hell. Why leave a top 5 program for a disaster and a ridiculously impatient fan base?
They still believe their program is better. Reality is a hard pill to swallow.
What makes the fanbase impatient, losing records in year 3? No fanbase with high expectations would tolerate that. Stop making it a uniquely Florida thing. FOH
You gotta think like lane would, he would go into with confidence
Ole Miss is not a top 5 program! 😂🤡
Ole Miss better program right now
Florida is and always will be the better job
I think the AD job needs to be evaluated before you hire a coach. But hiring a football coach and then finding an AD would be a very Florida thing to do. Kiffin is arrogant enough to think he can coach FL(he probably could), but is he willing to live with the higher expectations? That's what sunk him at SoCal.
Bingo! I agree. They need to find the best AD they can, then let the AD find the coach.
Florida problem is they wanted to be cheap and save money hire cheaper coaches, wait way to late to upgrade facilities,and wait to long to adapt to the changes, and expect there brand name to bail them out instead of doing what our competitors did spent the big money and made the expensive upgrades and made the right hires years ago look at Alabama and Georgia they are 10 years ahead of us even LSU made the investments
I just can't get Lane at Oakland, Lane at Tennessee, and Lane at USC out of my mind. And he's horrible against teams that finish with 9 or more wins.
In spite of the baggage .... I'd take a run at Jon Gruden. Word is that he's ready to get back on the sideline for someone.
Lane would be stupid to leave a sure thing.Look what happened to Frost
Kiffin needs to “want” to be here, more than we want him to be here. He has to pursue us somewhat.
Nah...Gators have lost their ability to do that. gators need to take the old adage, "ain't too proud to beg." UF has lost its attractiveness...to anyone.
@@fretfix1 well maybe, but we now have the facilities and finally have our act together as far as Florida Victorious for NIL. We have a huge budget, too bad we are losing millions on paying out old coaching contracts. Here is a crazy concept for ALL NIL, pay the players based on performance! Motivate them to actually earn their pay. No one is paying out for Name, Image and Likeness on a subpar player. No one is buying that jersey.
What?!..
@@rickdaruler6368 too extreme?
With the nil anyone can win a national title
Kerwin Bell
Or
Gruden
It’s the “drama” of college football now that’s entertaining. The players getting paid,above the table. One week a coach is all that. The next week is he on the hot seat. On the whole, the football is entertaining, and the college football industry is absolutely Idiot Proof…
i prefer chuckie
No you don’t. Show me a winning team after “his” Super Bowl. 20 years ago. He’s a loser
Can we just hire an AI robot coach
Ole miss has $$$$$ don’t y’all forget that !
Chris Klieman
Jeff Brohm
Jedd
Why on God’s blue green Earth do we want Stricklin making the decision? It’s going to take a DECADE to fix his screw ups. He should have been fired at the end of last season! Utter failure as an AD.
If Florida doesn’t land Kiffin, what about Kliff Kingsbury? Just a thought…
@@arvisevans6263 we can watch qbs run and throw streaks like H.S. Kliff Kingsbury is a tool
just needs a Good DC with More Resources & Money FLORIDA gives you instead of TEXAS TECH I’m intrigued because LAGWAY WOULD Look Patty Mohomes/Kyler Murray in KLIFFs Offense
Plenty of Top caliber Gators Coaching,we don't need another outsider,since Spurrier,UF has had 6 coaches,and one of the 6,used another of the 6s recruits to get the hardware!!! But the last Gator we hired to be the coach,was the HBC,(Spurrier),If we hire anyone outside of Florida,then get High Freeze!
Plenty of Top caliber Gators Coaching,we don't need another outsider,since Spurrier,UF has had 6 coaches,and one of the 6,used another of the 6s recruits to get the hardware!!! But the last Gator we hired to be the coach,was the HBC,(Spurrier),If we hire anyone outside of Florida,then get High Freeze!
Plenty of Top caliber Gators Coaching,we don't need another outsider,since Spurrier,UF has had 6 coaches,and one of the 6,used another of the 6s recruits to get the hardware!!! But the last Gator we hired to be the coach,was the HBC,(Spurrier),If we hire anyone outside of Florida,then get High Freeze!
And No you don't go hire who the Fans Say,the fans are Morons,they wanted to fire Mullins!
Forget kiffin and go after Ryan day!! He has less baggage and has proven he can compete with the both saban and smart!
This guy said IG models 😂
“Expert”
Coached college football for 12 years and now has a national podcast- soooo yes. Expert.
But...we still have a coach...sigh
He’s very knowledgeable but he should lose the backward hat. Time to look grown up
John gruden!!!!!
G5Billy
Wake up smell the coffee
Football coach Steve S doesn’t like kiffin
If my opinion mattered AT ALL I would staunchly be anti Kiffin for always.
Lane isn't a Gator,just like Muschamp,Mcelwain,Mullins, Napier, nary one of them are Gators,yet like i said 4 seasons ago,leave Mullin alone because he was young enough,and being a yankee like that,and getting couple nattys with us, I will give him the pass over Urban,he was there with Leak,and Tebow, and he wasn't responsible for Martin at qb either, that was his predecessor!!! Spurrier,had qbs who were always top 5 every season,and didn't have but the final season and only because of the injuries to Doug Johnson,Yet,N. Brindise,was on top of the play book,and Spurrier used the injury, to set an example,and rotated qbs every play,lol,and it worked,
What about Gruden?
Gruden is radioactive in todays political climate after it was leaked he emailed racial comments on NFL
Emails.( at least 10 years ago.). Evidently very bad as he is blackballed in the NFL.
Green sucks. Look at his lack of success and using Tony Dungys team to win a super bowl. Show me where he’s a proven winner.
Lane Kiffin seriously 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 thank God I'm not a fan of either teams 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣
Let the pretty girl talk more dude.
Hire coach O
Defensive guy ✅️
Gruden is the answer
We want Chucky
If he won't take the job Tennessee offered him he ain't going to Florida
By "we" you mean no one right
@@eliyawahamashi8310Chucky all day
@@sammygouge1325 who in their right mind would want to work for or go to Tenn
@@williampriest1238 you may as well say it's Chucky til infinity cuz it'll never happen 😆
Is endless analysis of a bunch of kids playing a GAME making the team better?
Freeze recruited light years ahead of kiffen without nil we don't need another Dan Mullen situation
How is things working out for Hugh
@@Jon-km5qlRight auburn is trash.
You mean when he was cheating?
@@Chad13 He was beating Saban on the regular something Kirby boy couldn't do lol
If anyone says Gruden then they don’t know shit. He sucks
I would not want Kiffin.
He's the perfect hire
This is the exact same tune Auburn sang last year. Yawn
Make the Gators Great Again!!!!!! Trump 2024
25 my guy 25 😅
Trump for prison 2024!😂
Totally agree!! @@wherewolf85
😂😂😂
Theres always one 🙄
Please hire Kiffin, dude is so overrated and Florida will just stay irrelevant
Lane Kiffin for all the hype just lost at home against Kentucky and looked terrible. Kiffin is a choker and will never win a title
OLE MISS and Florida are very far apart UF is a dumpster fire
Ole Miss is good for the first time in decades, wow.