Mullen backs Grantham: Players are the problem

Does Grantham Survive Bama and Remain Gator DC?

  • Mullen is clueless...Grantham is here as long as Mullen

    Votes: 41 31.1%
  • Mullen is so stubborn...He'd rather get fired than face the fact he picked a loser

    Votes: 38 28.8%
  • Grantham is fired after the Bama game

    Votes: 19 14.4%
  • Some other clueless team hires Grantham

    Votes: 17 12.9%
  • Faux Meat Ham Sandwich

    Votes: 17 12.9%

  • Total voters
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CGgater

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Every freaking game....the damn late substitutions are hell of embarrassing. I can't remember who it was last Saturday night....maybe Campbell, but he was HEATED about going in late. Coach Turner was actually trying to calm him down afterwards on the sideline....that tells me that another player didn't know his responsibility, or it most definitely was a coaching f-up.
This. It's possible that tg's scheme worked well (most of the time) the previous 2 years because the players understood what they were doing, but it appears most have graduated. This late in the season and tg can't grasp that the current roster is struggling to line up correctly? tg is either stupid, stubborn or both.
 

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Back in year 1 with these guys I thought ol' Todd would come around and eventually put a good Defense on the field. It's stunning to watch, these veteran 4-star players 3 years in the program have no fcking idea what they're doing on the field. it's like watching the first day of pee-wee league practice. TV announcers at a loss for words. a pretty good D that he inherited 3 years ago. It's clear by now that the embarrassments will continue as long as he's stinkin' up the sidelines. he can't carry that fatass any longer.

This
 

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It'll have to come from the boosters, UAA is full of pussies.

BTW, Muschamp would be a decent DC pick, since Mullins will go back to running the ball 80% of the time.

That obviously wouldn't work given the history. But... Maybe it's time for T Rob to step out from his mentor's shadow.
 

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I think Grantham is gone. If we've learned anything about Mullen this year it's that he is a blame-diverting weasel. Since there's going to be heat after we get blown out by Bama, and since there's zero chance Mullen says this is on me, I think he will see no option other than to replace him, even though it goes against his tendency to keep bad coaches on his staff.
 

neteng

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I don't think he goes anywhere. Mullen never gets rid of anyone. Twitter talk doesn't mean jack.

I went all over your mom last night.

But I agree with this. I just don't think Mullen will tell fathead todd to kick it down the road. When you hear excuses like, 'we're just playing great defenses' and 'crowd noise' while we continue to see the same crap on defense get worse all season during a season where he has a chance to hang a banner or two, it just underlines the fact that no changes have been made and no changes will probably be made.
 

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This. It's possible that tg's scheme worked well (most of the time) the previous 2 years because the players understood what they were doing, but it appears most have graduated. This late in the season and tg can't grasp that the current roster is struggling to line up correctly? tg is either stupid, stubborn or both.

The defense starts 9 juniors & seniors (the only non-junior or senior is Elam & Cox), several younger players get on the field but most of them were here at least last season. There is NO EXCUSE whatsoever for the clusterfck we've seen this year. Campbell running off the field mad AF last week was very telling - he's a senior and this is year 3 for him in this defense. WTF is going on? It's like they're wearing the wrong wrist bands or something!
 

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I went all over your mom last night.

But I agree with this. I just don't think Mullen will tell fathead todd to kick it down the road. When you hear excuses like, 'we're just playing great defenses' and 'crowd noise' while we continue to see the same crap on defense get worse all season during a season where he has a chance to hang a banner or two, it just underlines the fact that no changes have been made and no changes will probably be made.
yeah I heard. She asked me to give you your money back; said you weren't worth it. :grin:
 

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The defense starts 9 juniors & seniors (the only non-junior or senior is Elam & Cox), several younger players get on the field but most of them were here at least last season. There is NO EXCUSE whatsoever for the clusterfck we've seen this year. Campbell running off the field mad AF last week was very telling - he's a senior and this is year 3 for him in this defense. WTF is going on? It's like they're wearing the wrong wrist bands or something!
It makes me feel bad the kids on that side of the ball. They're constantly looking to the sidelines with their hands up in the air. We have some talent on that side of the ball. Obviously not as much as bama but these kids are not getting coached up at all.
 

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The defense starts 9 juniors & seniors (the only non-junior or senior is Elam & Cox), several younger players get on the field but most of them were here at least last season. There is NO EXCUSE whatsoever for the clusterfck we've seen this year. Campbell running off the field mad AF last week was very telling - he's a senior and this is year 3 for him in this defense. WTF is going on? It's like they're wearing the wrong wrist bands or something!
Again, it isnt that they don't know the place, usually. it is that the plays suck.

all these cutesy cornerback blitzes which we think were hiding, and try to have a safety run to cover the X or Z just doesn't work. it's too far to run unless they cheat by lining up outside which tells everyone it's a corner blitz. this bull**** is playing off man or soft his own is mind-numbing. it's the exact opposite of what you would play with a blitz coming because you know the quarterback's going to be throwing some sort of hot read short stop, slant quick out whatever. instead we just give up the world's easiest passes with our defensive backs standing 10-12 yards deep. Ornstanding 10-12 yards deep while they run a fly, fade, post, flaf, whatever.

Safety play... I don't even want to talk about it. I'm not even sure exactly what Steiner is supposed to be doing most plays. Robber? But away from everyone? just stepping up two steps for run support? not really in the box, not really playing safety. is he just slow to react? Mindnumbing.
 

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The only argument I have for keeping TG is nobody's really played stellar defense this year. That may get him off the hook. I do think if nothing else something should change with the secondary coaching or the high risk reward D we play needs to be toned down some because it's more risk this year than reward.
 

Durty South Swamp

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I landed hard on your mom repeatedly last night.
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He should have been gone after we set the NCAA record for 3rd and 15 plus conversions allowed last season and he cost us the UGA game!
 

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I actually think he’s a goner. Not even Mullen could be THAT stubborn and bring TG back

As I’ve said the Todd Grantham conversation comes down to two things:

1. The big time boosters, many of whom are more of a they know what Pat Dooley would tell them bunch, in that case, do they demand Grantham gone?

2. IF Mullen is that stubborn (TG could have Sandusky’d and not been fired mid season), his fate is tied directly to that of TG.
 

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Lets hope tomorrow's debacle is the final episode of the Todd Exotic show.
 

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