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Florida Keeping Billy Napier

Crain & Cone

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🗓️ 7 November 2024

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Florida is keeping Billy Napier as head coach in 2025; we break down our best bets for this weekend; and we preview the Ravens vs. Bengals tonight.   Ep.643   - - -   Today's Sponsors:   Responsible Man - Be the man America needs you to be. Shop Responsible Man, and get an exclusive discount with code BOOSTER at https://responsibleman.com/   ZBiotics - Get 15% off your order with promo code BOOSTER https://www.ZBiotics.com/Booster Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Florida is going to keep Billy Napier as their head coach in 2025.

0:03.7

We're going to break down our best bets for this weekend and locks, leans, and dogs.

0:08.0

And the Ravens are playing the Bengals tonight in what should be a hell of a matchup.

0:12.5

Check it out on more on the Thursday edition of Crane. Hey, everybody listening. The election is over. Now it's time to get pissed off about sports again.

0:43.6

So regardless of how you're listening to us, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, it doesn't matter,

0:47.3

please leave us a five-star review and keep sharing the show. In life, you have to make the smartest business decisions.

0:57.2

They may not be the most popular at the time,

1:04.7

but being able to see the long-term play in a what have you done for me lately society is a good characteristic.

1:11.6

And by deciding not to fire Billy Napier, that is what I believe Athletic Director of Florida Scott Strickland, is doing. So I want to list the best reasons why I think this is a logical and overall smart

1:18.4

decision to keep Billy Napier at Florida. The first is financially. In a world where teams are

1:24.0

having to fill the vault for NIL, and we look to be on the verge of some sort of

1:28.2

revenue sharing with players, paying a $26 million buyout and then having to shell out huge money

1:34.9

for another coach is incredibly risky. The second is stability. I get that Napier hasn't had

1:41.7

much success so far at Florida. and the fan should be pissed.

1:45.3

You have a right to that. But bringing in a new coach to face next year's murderer's row of a schedule

1:51.2

after your roster is going to get gutted like a fish, including possibly losing your star future

1:57.1

quarterback and DJ Lagway, could leave you in a more disastrous spot than what you're in

2:02.7

right now. Imagine hiring a big name and then getting absolutely demolished in year one. That sets a

2:09.0

terrible precedent and in a college football world full of changing, stability is somewhat of an

2:14.4

infinity stone. The third is the possibility of him figuring it out.

2:19.3

We've seen coaches struggle for a while, but then figure it out. Yes, Billy's teams have

2:25.3

struggled to do the little things right, but he could find an answer. All it takes is one big year.

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