You guys that know me know how much I absolutely hate āfire the coachā threads. Recruits, parents and all sorts of people read message boards, and these often make fan bases sound crazy.
Iām climbing out of grandmas basement to start this one though.
I do think our staff knows football. I donāt think thereās any problem with our scheme, or our playcalling. I think we have a better NIL set up than many of our peers. Appears to me that we are recruiting at a very high level.
But itās not working. And itās not working for a very simple reason. The players and coaches would not be here unless biff was paying them more than their other opportunities. They have zero motivation and they are collecting a pay check. They do not believe in their head coach. He reminds me of Michael Scott. Then when they play poorly, biff says heās going to beat us up if we talk about it. Which is just extremely funny. As funny as it is though, it is a zero-accountability environment.
I donāt think Mike and biff are on the same page at all. Biff has now made a habit of going after some of our alums that have the highest public profile. That combined with some fairly substantial ticket price increases is a wild combo. I will be very interested to see attendance figures moving forward.
And hey biff, Any time, any place Iāll voice my concerns with you. You donāt have to toss threats at us through the media. If the team was better prepared, less people would have left at half time and posted derogatory tweets. Beating Gardner Webb by one point is nowhere near the level of play you told us all you were bringing here.
āThe players and coaches would not be here unless biff was paying them more than their other opportunitiesā
Where would we be without his $$$s?
I think Biff is a good coach. I think he is figuring out how to be a HC in FBS. He has made adjustments to his staff, his philosophy, his recruiting and his demeanor. I think he will continue to do so.
I believe Miller has to go. To me it looked like someone else was calling plays once Purdie went down. Totally different scheme and totally different results.
At some point, our fan base has to learn that when we lose a football game it is not the fault of the OC every single time.
Iām glad you have positive feelings about biff. He has 4 wins. 2 FBS wins and we were getting smacked by Gardner webb at halftime only to beat them by 1. My ambitions for the program are higher than that.
He went after Agent49 on Twitter and called him an āapologist for mediocrityā before or during last season after something Agent 49 posted. Canāt remember exactly what it was but itās strange that now Biff seems to be doing exactly what he was acusing Agent49 of doing. In last nights post game he said if anyone wanted to criticize Purdie they need to do it in Biffās office and he had lots of bail money or something like that. Also criticized fans for leaving early and sitting in their grand parents basements posting negative stuff on Twitter. After JMU he said if you canāt tell this team is better than last year you are an idiot. There have been a plenty of indirect things and the one direct personal attack on Agent49.
Biff may be a winner at life, but heās a loser as a collegiate head coach and heās an embarrassment behind the mic. Probably would have been in high school too if he couldnāt just buy the team like he did.
Iām not calling for him to be fired. I simply donāt care enough anymore. Iām a Niner. Iām used to losing. Doesnāt even phase me anymore.
Yup I remember him going after Agent49. His responses to questions have become more combative since he came here. Heās been snippy with Hunter a couple of times already this year.
His comments last night about fans being critical need to āget out of your grandmothers basementā sounded like something David Tepper would say.
Well, basement fans was definitely something Napier said - sans the grandma part - which will be one the reasons this is his last season in Gainesville. That remark brought heaps of local and national ridicule for UF - mostly for the basement part since thatās rarely a thing in Florida for obvious reasons - on top of the schoolās president scandal.
Just like the fans that decided to leave early,
If he doesnāt like being scrutinized for his mistakes and being held accountable as the captain of the ship, then Fāing leave. Just because he has a larger microphone doesnāt mean that his level of degrading, all that doesnāt like the outcomes, is acceptable while those of us that express our discontent are categorized as whiners and not true fans.
Mike hill, I hope, is his boss and should monitor those kinds of comments. You donāt play like garbage then make public comments about fans being pissed. In your grandmas basement is so tiresome and typical of someone his age. Trash folks all you want in the comfort of your own home, but doing it at press conferences is not a good look for a coach that depends on the money of those folks to sustain a program. Whether it be ticket sales or nil money or whatever.
Biff doesnāt have to be here and this feels like a vanity project with each game he saunters out in cut off sleeves and gym shorts. If you win all sins are forgiven, but he aināt winning and pulling off a comeback at home against GW doesnāt count. Heās been all talk up to this point. Go beat a team youāre not suppose to and string some wins together. Until then youāre getting old, fast.
Biff is loosing fan support play by play. Even the most casual fan would question our preparation, play calling and personnel decisions. He may be too stubborn to help himself.
Itās the job of the football coach to coach football. Itās the ADās job to go out and get the money. The latter is main reason Pitt just fired the 2023 national AD of the year.
If its the middle of the 3Q and an FCS team with 20 + fewer scholarships is up 17 and not even punted yet the fans can do what they want. Its their money.
Biff reminds me of the people that fall into money or hit it big and then get insulated from the real world for too long. The finance game back 30 years ago was a hard one to lose at with big backing. Just because you catch one big wave does not make you a great surfer no matter what your ego says.
What bothers me most about Biff is his lack of willingness to take accountability. It is a terrible character trait and a really poor trait as a leader. He did it last year with players and coaches. Throw everyone under the bus when he needs to look in the mirror.
He also has not done us any favors with the Charlotte movers and shakers. To get Johnny Harris and the like onboard it takes humility not being an asshole.