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Why did Florida pay so much for Napier?
Posted on 11/12/25 at 3:52 pm
Posted on 11/12/25 at 3:52 pm
He was making $2M at ULL and then jumped to $7.2M at Florida...he was hired in 2022.
Meanwhile, Heupel was paid $2.3M at UCF and then jumped to $4M at Tennessee...he was hired in 2021. Heupel's annual salary eventually jumped to $9M after the 2022 season.
I don't think LSU was seriously looking at Napier so not sure why Florida overspent.
Meanwhile, Heupel was paid $2.3M at UCF and then jumped to $4M at Tennessee...he was hired in 2021. Heupel's annual salary eventually jumped to $9M after the 2022 season.
I don't think LSU was seriously looking at Napier so not sure why Florida overspent.
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Posted on 11/12/25 at 3:57 pm to Chicken
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I don't think LSU was seriously looking at Napier so not sure why Florida overspent.
I personally think Napier wanted to be here and was hoping they called him. I think Florida didnt want to take any chances and gave him an offer he couldn't refuse.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 3:58 pm to Chicken
Tennessee definitely got more for their money.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 4:03 pm to Chicken
His agent probably told them ULL was going to up him to $4 to stay and then LSU was offering $6 and he was going to take it so Florida offered $7 to get him to come.
Probably all bullshite but he was a hot candidate in 2022
Probably all bullshite but he was a hot candidate in 2022
Posted on 11/12/25 at 4:05 pm to Chicken
Because some other moronic university would have paid him that much.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 4:17 pm to Chicken
did you not forget, he had the G guarantee.
The Football God himself
Glenn Guilbeau the Man himself
The Football God himself
Glenn Guilbeau the Man himself
This post was edited on 11/12/25 at 4:30 pm
Posted on 11/12/25 at 4:18 pm to Sleepy_Tiger
OOPs sorry for so big 
Posted on 11/12/25 at 4:19 pm to Chicken
I think Napier should get one of the open jobs
Posted on 11/12/25 at 4:19 pm to Chicken
Cuz agents
Posted on 11/12/25 at 4:45 pm to Chicken
Drinkwitz salary being $9Mil made me think. If we wanted him, we’d have to pay more - let’s say $10Mil.
LSU was paying BK roughly $10Mil.
Could LSU go after someone like an Eric Morris, who is currently making about $1.5Mil, and offer him $4.5Mil? That’s tripling his salary, you’d think he’d take it.
How would that even look? Good, bad, neither?
LSU was paying BK roughly $10Mil.
Could LSU go after someone like an Eric Morris, who is currently making about $1.5Mil, and offer him $4.5Mil? That’s tripling his salary, you’d think he’d take it.
How would that even look? Good, bad, neither?
Posted on 11/12/25 at 4:49 pm to BBJ
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I think Napier should get one of the open jobs
UAB maybe.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 4:58 pm to Chicken
Our AD sucks is why
Posted on 11/12/25 at 5:14 pm to Chicken
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He was hired in 2022.
Meanwhile, Heupel was hired in 2021.
The 2021 coaching cycle was ginormous.
In early 2021, Tennessee was pretty much only dealing with Texas (Steve Sarkisian) and Notre Dame (Marcus Freeman) after Auburn had hired Bryan Harsin in December.
But by the end of that year, post-Mullen Florida was suddenly competing with LSU (Brian Kelly), Oklahoma (Brent Venables), USC (Lincoln Riley), Miami (Mario Cristobal), Oregon (Dan Lanning), and others.
Napier was in high demand due to his success at Louisiana, and he had coaching-tree ties with Alabama and Clemson, both of which were a fixture in the CFP back in that era.
Florida wanted to signal that they were making a significant investment within that landscape, but it probably couldn't have come at a worse time.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 5:29 pm to Chicken
Because he had a good agent and tried to use local LSU media to lobby for him a job at LSU despite them having 0 interest.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 5:30 pm to tigergirl26
He was the hot name. Just ask Culotta.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 5:37 pm to Chicken
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He was making $2M at ULL and then jumped to $7.2M at Florida...he was hired in 2022.
If Florida or LSU want Kiffin you are looking at almost double that. Kiffin will likely want around 14 million. It sounds insane. Double in 3 years for Florida if they pay Kiffin.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 5:43 pm to Tifway419
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Drinkwitz salary being $9Mil made me think. If we wanted him, we’d have to pay more - let’s say $10Mil. LSU was paying BK roughly $10Mil. Could LSU go after someone like an Eric Morris, who is currently making about $1.5Mil, and offer him $4.5Mil? That’s tripling his salary, you’d think he’d take it. How would that even look? Good, bad, neither?
Who is going to blink and say that’s too much? LOL, If nothing else it’s an interesting study of if any teams are going to slow down at all. Not looking if Kiffin is worth $14 million, but who is going to pay it and will anybody pull out? It’s quite a time and these coaches are definitely getting top dollar.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 6:38 pm to Tifway419
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Drinkwitz salary being $9Mil made me think. If we wanted him, we’d have to pay more - let’s say $10Mil.
I’d hire Napier at a contract I could get out of way before I’d pay Eli fricking Drinkwitz 10 mil a year.
Posted on 11/12/25 at 7:27 pm to Chicken
Becuase the UAA sucks
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Posted on 11/12/25 at 8:20 pm to Captain Crown
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He was the hot name. Just ask Culotta.
He was definitely a hot name at that time. But also a risk.
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