Coach Napier's EXit

Am grateful for all CBN achieved at UL and wish him well at FL. I support CBN coaching the Cajuns this Saturday as it gives us best chance to win the championship. I will holler and cheer loudly at the game but like Rick, sorry I'm not interested in doing the chomp. Why don't we invent our own crowd thing to honor CBN? Maybe invent is too strong a word but surely we can come up with a crowd gesture to say THANK YOU. Cards in the seats where you hold them up, spell Thank You, etc. Or crowd does the wave to wave goodbye. Let's be more creative than co-opting another school's deal.

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Originally Posted by STLMOCAJUN

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/KUAZr9Q7YV">pic.twitter.com/KUAZr9Q7YV</a></p>— COACH BILLY NAPIER (@coach_bnapier) <a href="https://twitter.com/coach_bnapier/status/1465053309736296448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 28, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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“I've followed and studied Billy Napier's career with interest, and he became the primary target immediately after this position came open," said Stricklin, who will meet with the team Monday at 8 a.m. "We felt confident he would be an excellent leader for the Gators, which is why he was the only candidate I met with about the job.

Wow. They knew about the best kept secret that we had here.

Count me in the number being against doing the chomp. Maybe I'm neurotic about it, but I despise anything resembling a chop, tomahawk, or chomp cheer in general. I would like to see some kind of special gesture for BN when he leaves as a Sunbelt championship coach, but don't want to see a Gator chomp in our stadium.

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Originally Posted by CajunVic

Hey, if you can’t handle this, we should never have anything good, ever again.

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Eff off vic.

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Originally Posted by SlickRick

All he did was close up shop before finishing biz. This is OUR biggest game, probably ever and he's heading out the door. This is easily the biggest distraction you can throw at the players and staff. He had control of the timing. But UF's biz was more important to him. Sounds a bit selfish to me. A bit out of character for a man I held in high regard.

And now we're talking about doing the chomp thing. Really.

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I certainly understand your perspective. The team and staff knew of his decision on Wednesday, at the latest. In today's social media environment, I think Coach Napier has handled it about as well as could be expected. The early signing period has forced everyone to move faster than in the past.

The chomp is an AWFUL IDEA.

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Originally Posted by SlickRick

Eff off vic.

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Hit a nerve? Hope so . . .

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Originally Posted by DieHard 1280

Count me in the number being against doing the chomp. Maybe I'm neurotic about it, but I despise anything resembling a chop, tomahawk, or chomp cheer in general. I would like to see some kind of special gesture for BN when he leaves as a Sunbelt championship coach, but don't want to see a Gator chomp in our stadium.

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Is Napier going to coach the Championship game? If so, all of Acadiana should come out to support the team and to support Coach Napier for all he has done for our program and wish him much success at Florida. I assume he will not coach the Bowl game.

[QUOTE=CajunVic;1317297]Hit a nerve? Hope so . . .[

Obviously hit your's.

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Originally Posted by HoustonCajun

Is Napier going to coach the Championship game? If so, all of Acadiana should come out to support the team and to support Coach Napier for all he has done for our program and wish him much success at Florida. I assume he will not coach the Bowl game.

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Yes, he will coach the championship game. Bowl game still officially up in the air last I saw per Jay, I think.

My guess would be no on the bowl.

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Originally Posted by CajunVic

Hit a nerve? Hope so . . .[

Obviously hit your's.

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Not really . . .

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Originally Posted by HoustonCajun

Is Napier going to coach the Championship game? If so, all of Acadiana should come out to support the team and to support Coach Napier for all he has done for our program and wish him much success at Florida. I assume he will not coach the Bowl game.

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Speaking of bowls, one of the ESPN pundits has us playing La St in the Birmingham bowl. That would be some fun!!

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Originally Posted by cjr3888

Give it a rest. Most of the staff and players knew before the ULM game. They have a goal to reach together and they will complete that task Saturday.

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We sure looked like we were resting last night against moan row. Distractions?