With Florida followers chanting for his firing amid a blowout loss, head coach Billy Napier wasn’t about to search out any sympathy from predecessor Dan Mullen.
Mullen, a university soccer analyst, recirculated a put up on X from his ESPN colleague Matt Barrie that learn, “The Florida coach that received fired went to 3 consecutive new years six video games in his first three years. And was let go in his 4th season.”
The details try that Mullen posted a 29-9 document with appearances within the Peach Bowl, Orange Bowl and Cotton Bowl (2-1 bowl document) over his first three seasons — climbing as excessive as No. 4 within the polls — earlier than he was fired for going 5-6 in 2021.
His reluctance to fireside defensive coordinator Todd Grantham till it was too late in powerbrokers’ eyes was a significant contributor.
With one retweet on Saturday, Mullen urged he’s nonetheless not over it.
Time appears to be ticking on Napier, whose tenure has been a catastrophe up to now.
He was 11-14 by way of his first two seasons, together with a loss within the Las Vegas Bowl, and he opened 12 months 3 with Saturday’s 41-17 loss at house to rival Miami.
Chants of “Hearth Billy” and “Billy, you suck” reportedly rang out from the stands throughout the second half.
Napier was a sizzling Energy 5 teaching candidate after he went 40-12 in 4 seasons at Louisiana, however the success hasn’t carried over within the SEC.
So as to add insult to damage, Miami quarterback Cam Ward — a Washington State switch — took a shot at Gators followers and the famend environment on the “Swamp.”
“I performed at USC. USC wasn’t packed, however it was louder than this,” Ward stated. “I performed at Oregon and it was louder than this. The Pac-12 is misspoken for. That’s the place I consider actual soccer is performed. Coming from Washington (State), Washington is without doubt one of the loudest environments I’ve performed.
“Some recommendation to the followers: I’d say for those who’re going to be loud, be loud after we’re huddling. You possibly can’t simply be loud after we break the huddle. By that point, there’s no level. We hear the play and we communicated already. However it was a superb environment to play in, and I used to be simply excited that we have been capable of get a victory.”
What figures to get louder is the sound of the stress on Napier.
