Billy Napier path out of Florida to JMU

[CajunVic]

Desormeaux likely would have gone 11-1 this year if he had another year with Wooldridge.

Three inexperienced QB's to start the year really took its toll.

Hitting lightening in a bottle with Winfield was very fortunate.

+1

[ULGrad@HOU]

Desormeaux likely would have gone 11-1 this year if he had another year with Wooldridge.

Three inexperienced QB's to start the year really took its toll.

Hitting lightening in a bottle with Winfield was very fortunate.

Complete speculation, I don't know why you guys do that. Wooldridge was a very good QB, and transferred here under Napier. You could see he had very good talent from the beginning. The lack of a running game and a good defense was a huge part of the challenges faced by this team. Both need improvement.

[CajunVic]

Complete speculation, I don't know why you guys do that. Wooldridge was a very good QB, and transferred here under Napier. You could see he had very good talent from the beginning. The lack of a running game and a good defense was a huge part of the challenges faced by this team. Both need improvement.

like what you have posted is NOT complete speculation - pot meet kettle

[Turbine]

Complete speculation, I don't know why you guys do that. Wooldridge was a very good QB, and transferred here under Napier. You could see he had very good talent from the beginning. The lack of a running game and a good defense was a huge part of the challenges faced by this team. Both need improvement.

Do you realize how close this team is from being 11-1 right now as we type?

Very close, very doable with very few adjustments. Moments and real time decisions you can point to.

An experienced QB would have made all the difference in spite of other shortcomings.

[HoustonCajun]

Is the Napier deal final or is this just speculation.

Napier reportedly has a 5 year deal with JMU but financials have not yet been disclosed.

[Cajun Bullet]

and I guess having to recover from Napier and others raiding pretty much all of the NFL caliber talent on the roster in year one was part of the FLUKE also

you folks are something else with your Napier is God syndrome - except when what he says goes against your agenda

Correct Cajun Vic. Billy Napier did not invent College Football as some here on this site think! If was a God, why was he booted from Florida? For failing to meet expectations. A winner in the SEC!

[CajunNation]

Napier will fail miserably at JMU.

He has always been a terrible OC, bailed out by his staff and the talent they found.

[moorecajun]

Last year has shown to be a fluke year, 1 out of 4 is 25%. You know what grade 25% is?

Yes, better than 0 for 4. Many teams have that.

[cajun4life]

Who cares, we weren’t going to fire Des and hire Napier.

The man is a great coach who just landed in the best situation in the SBC.

[ecajuns]

The reality for most G5 schools since the financial flood gates are open for the bigger P4 schools is that 1 in 4 years of success is a great feat and most likely the pattern. It is far harder to build continued success on a yearly basis since the landscape has changed and our best players get plucked yearly. We will have play younger guys each year rather than develop kids for 4 years and retain like Napier was able to do. Now we develop 2 and our best are poached. Hate to say it but that is the biggest difference of when Napier was here. Des gets the same level of talent, he just cant keep them as long and build an elite veteran team.