The NCAA show-cause and the program being on probation is a major strike against Mullinz and should have him on a short lease. The only thing saving him is he is Stricklin's guy and Sticklin sold us on how great a situation the hire was for us and how chips will be rolling in with numbnuts instilling the Gator standard through relentless effort.
Of course all of that was complete BS with Mullen having won nothing of significance, the program on probation, and Mullen acting like a retard at his pressers. So Stick is between a rock and a hard place. On the one hand Mullen is dive-bombing the program with bizarre behavior, poor recruiting and poor results, claiming the losses don't really count, defending and keeping one of the worst coordinators in program history, etc. On the other, Mullen is the defining hire in Stricklin's tenure and he told us (as you can see in my sig) what a great hire it was going to turn out to be, so Stricklin will come out looking really bad if he cans Mullen. So he's doubling down on Mullen which is only going to make it worse when the program really crashes and burns, most likely next season.