Katie Turner had more fight for the Gators than most of Florida Football's coaches

Saturday was an unmitigated disaster for Florida Football. The Gators were whacked by Miami 41-17 inside The Swamp, calling into question every narrative Billy Napier and crew tried to sell us in the offseason. The weekend was also a disaster because Florida was hosting a multitude of prospects at the game, who all got a front row view of the Hurricanes running up and down the field.

After the game, Miami players were seen trying to sway those prospects to come to Miami and were shooed away as best as possible by Katie Turner, Florida's Assistant AD of Recruiting Strategy. In a viral video from after the game, Turner was seen having to get in the face of some Miami players to get them to leave to their locker room.

And the fact that Turner showed more fight than anyone on Florida's coaching staff is emblematic of one of the core frustrations fans have had in the Napier Era.

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There are a couple of videos floating around, but at the core of it, Miami players were seen trying to go to recruits while saying, "Come to the U," forcing Turner to run interference.

Some Miami fans have tried to say, "She should be fired for putting her hands on a player." That's not happening, so save your breath. Others have taken the approach of "This is a really bad look for Florida," and to that we say...

You’re right.

Why is it Turner was one of the few people on the field actively trying to protect the Gator brand? Why is it no one on Florida's coaching staff had this level of fight for three hours?

One of the perception problems with Napier, beyond the 11-15 record, is that everything feels far too passive on the sideline. There are moments here and there where Napier gets animated, but those moments are fleeting. Too often a bad call will happen or a Gator will make an unforced error only for the camera to pan to Napier with his arms folded with the look of "Huh."

This is football we are talking about. There is a certain mentality required to convince 11 players at a time to run out onto the field in full pads and run full steam ahead into another man also wearing full pads.

And when your recruiting director feels she has that mentality while your head coach doesn't, that's a problem.