We knew from the start of the season that sooner or later, the Florida job was going to get open. The inevitable has finally happened. Billy Napier has been sacked by the Gators. A troubling era is now history at Gainesville, for which Florida will be paying a little over $21 million. But this new spot now makes things all the more exciting for the coaching carousel.

Scott Stricklin’s 2 hire for Gators football ended up being a failure. That was despite the AD making a plea for Napier to Florida donors last season. But there was a limit on how much the program was going to reduce itself to just scrape through the season. Billy Napier leaves with a troubling 22-23 record at Gainesville, with a win percentage of 48.9%. No wonder Florida donors were ready to do away with him. Napier is done

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