Florida head coach Billy Napier can’t seem to do anything right according to SEC Network host Paul Finebaum.
Finebaum felt Napier’s shot at Gator fans who criticize the team from their basements was out of line but also geographically inaccurate.
“Simply egregious, Greeny, I mean here’s a guy who is really down to his last breath” Finebaum said during the Tuesday edition of ESPN’s “Get Up.” “He’s lost more games in two seasons and one game in the Swamp than Steve Spurrier lost in 12 years and he is going after his own fan base? Those folks who go to WalMart and buy Gators jerseys and beg and plead for tickets to his games? I mean that is one of the most inexcusable shots I have ever seen.
“And one more thing here, Green, I was in Florida and there for the game. They don’t have basements in Florida, it’s too close to the water, so Billy, know your geography my friend!”
Napier’s original comment was a side-swipe at fans who are vocal in their displeasure of Florida’s results since Napier took over before the 2022 season.
“If we can focus on those things and not necessarily on what some guy in his basement in rural Central Florida is saying on social media, then we got a chance to get better,” Napier said postgame to reporters after the Gators’ 41-17 loss to Miami on Saturday.
Napier is reaching Bo Pelini levels of calling out the media. We know how that ended in Lincoln, Nebraska. Gainesville looks like it’s about to have a Bayou-themed sequel with a nice guy coach who is so frustrated with losing he’s starting to sound mean.
