Rumor: Mullen was on vacation on NSD

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So, this is just a freaking attempt to get more $.

If this is the truth then I totally understand why there is beef between the administration and Mullen seeing how he pretty much did nothing to prepare for a bowl game, getting caught with stupid negligent recruiting violations and had another embarrassing press conference.

I have been a pro-Mullen guy from the beginning but as the truth starts to become clear I am not anymore. Throw in the big bowl of poo stew that he won't fire Grantham and other dead weight keeping him from getting to the next level along with the 3yr argument here that he is a lazy recruiter that is now pretty much fact and what you get is I am done with him.

Strick can go too. Fuchs can fuchs off. We aren't going anywhere in this situation. Its obvious football isn't a priority.

I think I will start turning my attention to Tampa Bay Bucs and Lightning because I got no fuchs to give for the Gators until they start giving some fuchs too.
 

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And then there is this guy

That Fuchser in the middle...Gator Bait!
 

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The man on the top is a football guy. He hired Pell. The man in the middle is a football guy. He hired Spurrier.

The man on the bottom goes to all the baseball games.

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I believe that the UAA forced Arnsparger against his will to hire Spurrier and he bailed out shortly after. So he does not deserve any credit for hiring SOS.
 

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This.

but people were spinning it that Butters had fixed the roster too.

I'm not sure what kind of logic it takes to come up with that decision.

is Dan incrementally better? slightly.

the problem is slightly isn't good enough. even he knows it now.

people get to UF and just think that UF recruits itself. there was a theory that we did in the 90s but I don't know that it's true. we still had some dogs out recruiting and Urban's staff was mostly ace recruiters.

You are correct

There has been this misconception that UF recruits itself and it started during the Spurrier era.
I routinely read and hear the media talk about how Spurrier owned the recruiting in Florida in the nineties and it’s just not true.

With the exception of two classes (1992 and 2000) we always finished behind FSU and/or Miami. The perception was based on performance versus ratings.
Urban won the recruiting wars during his tenure but that was due to his ability not the school he was selling.
I still chuckle when I hear someone mention the impact of UF academics on recruiting as if to suggest that today’s mercenary players give a fuch about academics while passing through the university.
UF is only as good as the staff selling it.
 

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With the exception of two classes (1992 and 2000) we always finished behind FSU and/or Miami.
Which goes to show you the ridiculous talent level in Florida, as all 3 of those teams were national powerhouses at the same damn time.
 

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What is special about UF is it is in the SEC and it is in the most fertile high school football talent in the country. Bear Bryant said that if Florida ever awakens we will all be in trouble for that very reason. All you have to do is recruit florida and keep the talent in state.
 

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I just can't see this current administration hiring Freeze with his past NCAA issues. I really worry Stricklin would make another underwhelming hire when given the opportunity .

I agree.
I can see it now, Stricklin at a press conference trying to convince the gator nation that Billy Napier of U La La is the savior of the gator program and not Butters 2.0.
This fact is the only thing preventing me from being 100% on board with Mullen leaving
 

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I agree.
I can see it now, Stricklin at a press conference trying to convince the gator nation that Billy Napier of U La La is the savior
Id take Napier over Dorky Dan in a nanosecond.

the issue is proving to the gator nation that Napier is not another Mullen or McElstain. those two are two peas in a pod, too lazy to recruit and two simple to change their offense from the same 5 to 10 plays they always run.

EDIT DISREGARD I WAS THINKING OF THAT OTHER FORMER CLEMSON OC. Napier is basically Freezelight, without the razzle dazzle or rapid pace.
 
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Jeebus some of those names are horrendous. Marvin Lewis is one of the worst coaches in history. Any team hiring him again as HC better be prepared to watch the fan base burn down the city.

But soon the hiring of a guy like Lewis will result in extra scholarships or 7 points on the scoreboard at the beginning of each game.

The NFL is already bribing teams with draft picks so I assume that college football will want to quantify their wokeness as well
 

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You are correct

There has been this misconception that UF recruits itself and it started during the Spurrier era.
I routinely read and hear the media talk about how Spurrier owned the recruiting in Florida in the nineties and it’s just not true.

With the exception of two classes (1992 and 2000) we always finished behind FSU and/or Miami. The perception was based on performance versus ratings.
Urban won the recruiting wars during his tenure but that was due to his ability not the school he was selling.
I still chuckle when I hear someone mention the impact of UF academics on recruiting as if to suggest that today’s mercenary players give a fuch about academics while passing through the university.
UF is only as good as the staff selling it.

I may be reading your bolded incorrectly but I believe that any perception that academics may play on recruiting is not a positive, in that our "mercenary players" care about academics.

I believe it is a negative in that UF consistently has to pass on "mercenary players" because they don't qualify academically to get into UF.
:dunno:

#GatorBait
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believe it is a negative in that UF consistently has to pass on "mercenary players" because they don't qualify academically to get into UF.

you can believe it all you want but University of Florida regularly takes players that can't get into Auburn or even Miami, to the tune of four or five per year.

hell some of these non-qualifiers can't even get into community college.

the problem is that no one who can get in it another school wants to sign for Mullins, plain and simple.
 

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Academic standards should not apply at all to scholarship athletes, period, in any sport or any college. If they are good enough to offer, you take them and it doesn't even matter if they are illiterate.
 

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I may be reading your bolded incorrectly but I believe that any perception that academics may play on recruiting is not a positive, in that our "mercenary players" care about academics.

I believe it is a negative in that UF consistently has to pass on "mercenary players" because they don't qualify academically to get into UF.
:dunno:

#GatorBait
:chomp:
It’s also a negative, because If I’m johnny 5-star, and I only care about playing ball, you think I want to bust my @$$ learning calculus at UF, when I can go to FSU and major in coloring between the lines.

I’ll take the easy academics all day long.
 

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you can believe it all you want but University of Florida regularly takes players that can't get into Auburn or even Miami, to the tune of four or five per year.

hell some of these non-qualifiers can't even get into community college.

the problem is that no one who can get in it another school wants to sign for Mullins, plain and simple.

Name one recruit that UF took that was unable to qualify on academics.
Bonus points will be deducted if in their first year they:
- later transferred or
- entered the portal or
- quit or
- left because of home sickness or
- left because they realized they were too far away from Mommy
 

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Name one recruit that UF took that was unable to qualify on academics.
Bonus points will be deducted if in their first year they:
- later transferred or
- entered the portal or
- quit or
- left because of home sickness or
- left because they realized they were too far away from Mommy
you're insane. do your own research.

what do you pay any attention to recruiting?
 

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you're insane. do your own research.

what do you pay any attention to recruiting?

you can believe it all you want but University of Florida regularly takes players that can't get into Auburn or even Miami, to the tune of four or five per year.

hell some of these non-qualifiers can't even get into community college.

the problem is that no one who can get in it another school wants to sign for Mullins, plain and simple.

for the bolded above, do your own research before spouting off at the lips with your negative slant/perception.
 

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