After his unceremonious exit in Gainesville, Napier has had plenty of opportunities to offer a look under the hood at just what went wrong during his time as the head coach of the Gators.That hasn't exactly happened, though, as Napier went on a local ESPN Radio show, "Fitz The Bill" in Richmond, to try and dump blame on his former employer while discussing the virtues of his new landing spot.CURT CIGNETTI WAS SO FOCUSED THIS OFFSEASON, HE TURNED DOWN ALL EXTERNAL REQUESTS: 'I'M 95% FOOTBALL'head coach Billy Napier of the Florida Gators takes the field with his team before the start of a game against the McNeese State Cowboys at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on September 09, 2023 in Gainesville, Florida.(James Gilbert/Getty Images)Then there was the USA Today fluff piece that tried to cast aspersions on the culture at Florida when Napier was there all while absolving him of having any hand in that, alluding to it being a systemic problem.The point is, there's been a lack of accountability from Napier, but the new Dukes head coach may have finally come clean about what went wrong while he was at Florida.In an interview with On3's Wilson Alexander, Napier took plenty of the blame for his shortcomings, identifying a lack of delegation on his part as well as some stubbornness with regard to his offensive philosophies.COLORADO QUARTERBACK JULIAN LEWIS REVEALS HE WASN'T READING DEFENSES FOR MAJORITY OF 2025 SEASON"I think that we really struggled to manage the workload that came with NIL, that came with the portal," Napier told On3.
" I think in general there, the work continued to be loaded up in terms of my responsibility to our team and to our entire organization."If I can sum it up, I would say the ability to delegate and hire exceptional people in certain areas and hand over more responsibility to those guys and empower them to do their job at a high level."A general view of James Madison Dukes helmets on the sideline during the first half of the NCAA Division I FCS Foo...