Who should Mullen's replacement be?

[Gatorraid81]

Don't forget scUM hiring Ed Reed as HC as well.

Fickell is my #1 choice and has been for awhile.

Somebody is going to roll the dice on Chadwell at some point and strike gold I believe.

Hugh Freeze will get another gig too, but who risks the baggage?

Wild card? Bob Stoops, yes, he's 61, but if you get Smiling Dork Stricklin out of the way, you know him and SOS are still tight.

We've seem to bark up the Stoops tree 2 or 3 times yielding nothing. I know him and Spurrier are tight, maybe that's why he has never taken it, because Spurrier has warned him that this sh!tty administration won't put you on a level playing field with the other big boys in the league. Stoops would do great I think if he's still motivated, but I doubt he considers it unless there's changes at the top. Maybe he don't want to have to kick his brother's ass every year once he gets here too. Lol

 

[UFHealthGator]

Don't get the Cristobal love here. Guy just lost to a terrible Stanford team just yesterday. His loss is no better than Mullen's loss to Kentucky. If anything Kentucky is a much better team.

He might recruit better simply because of Nike money and facilities. Moving from Mullen to Cristobal feels like a lateral move to me.

 

[soflagator]

Don't forget scUM hiring Ed Reed as HC as well.

Fickell is my #1 choice and has been for awhile.

Somebody is going to roll the dice on Chadwell at some point and strike gold I believe.

Hugh Freeze will get another gig too, but who risks the baggage?

Wild card? Bob Stoops, yes, he's 61, but if you get Smiling Dork Stricklin out of the way, you know him and SOS are still tight.

Freeze’s baggage is silly, imo. He simply did the one thing a midlevel SEC teams can’t do: beat Saban. It gets you looked at and they’ll always find something. The prostitution thing is peanuts and a decade old.

I agree with that in general, with a specific exception for Venables. He's not from the Saban tree, he's a Stoops guy, and teams where he's coached have always had good offenses apart from Clemson this year. I'd hope and suspect he's learned the value of scoring points from his experiences in a way the Sabanites never did.

He doesn't feel like a Muschamp to me.

It’s about geography. He could do very well. The problem is our state and region produce tremendous offensive talent. A defensive minded coach is going to have his OC’s cycle in and out, whether due to losing or winning, leaving a constant question mark as to what the new guy will run. It’s not to say it couldn’t work ever. But I’d much rather have an offensive minded coach who has to replace a DC every few yea to than the other way around. Offensive talent wants to go where they can score points and be exciting. Defensive talent wants to go where they will win. It’s why Spurrier’s approach worked. Still had tremendous defensive talent and tremendous defenses in most years, despite having 5 DCs in 12 years. Much harder to see that work when constantly changing offensive schemes, which is likely if you’re constantly changing coordinators. A good, or at least competent, DC just isn’t that hard to find.

 

[t-gator]

I've watched us try to produce an offense for 10 years. I want the offense to be the staple of the program, it's just so much harder to produce a solid offense than defense. I hope we never hire a defensive coach again.Good offensive coordinators get hired way before you can blink anyhow. So I'd pass on Fickle, Haffley, Mark Stoops and just about another defensive coach outside of saban.

My list in no particular order

Joe Brady- But he'll probably get an NFL HC job before we could hire him.

Urban Meyer- we'd be contenders the second he steps foot on campus. And let's be real, he's not long for the NFL. I

Lane Kiffin- we'd probably get only slightly better results but less ******* and more humor. He'd atleast try to recruit and put together a solid staff. And his offenses are fun to watch.

Hugh Freeze- can recruit and his offenses throw it around the yard. I don't really give a shcit about the pr. He's served his sentence at Liberty where his teams have dominated.

Brian Johnson- The offense obviously took a step when he left. And the same thing happened when he left Starkville. We could keep the same system, there would be few transfers I'd imagine. If he shook up the staff it could work. He could be our Ryan Day or Lincoln Riley.

 

[OcalaGator83]

Herm Edwards. He's the guy.

I've been sayin it for 10 d**** years.

 

[gardnerwebbgator]

I really like David Shaw too, but I don't see him ever leaving his alma mater.

 

[Ancient Reptile]

I doubt that Cristobal or Franklin could be moved. Brady probably waiting on the NFL. We are left with only the Fickle Finger of Fate.

 

[soflagator]

I've watched us try to produce an offense for 10 years. I want the offense to be the staple of the program, it's just so much harder to produce a solid offense than defense. I hope we never hire a defensive coach again.Good offensive coordinators get hired way before you can blink anyhow. So I'd pass on Fickle, Haffley, Mark Stoops and just about another defensive coach outside of saban.

My list in no particular order

Joe Brady- But he'll probably get an NFL HC job before we could hire him.

Urban Meyer- we'd be contenders the second he steps foot on campus. And let's be real, he's not long for the NFL. I

Lane Kiffin- we'd probably get only slightly better results but less ******* and more humor. He'd atleast try to recruit and put together a solid staff. And his offenses are fun to watch.

Hugh Freeze- can recruit and his offenses throw it around the yard. I don't really give a shcit about the pr. He's served his sentence at Liberty where his teams have dominated.

Brian Johnson- The offense obviously took a step when he left. And the same thing happened when he left Starkville. We could keep the same system, there would be few transfers I'd imagine. If he shook up the staff it could work. He could be our Ryan Day or Lincoln Riley.

At the time, I did feel like Mullen was the smart move because we couldn’t afford any more failed gambles. I do think he stopped the bleeding to a degree and leveled things. So at this point, as crazy as it would be, I think we have ability to take a risk again. Maybe Brian Johnson would be that guy. But if you’ve watched any Eagles games this year, their limited offense looks very similar to ours. So no one’s winning with EJ, imo.

 

[gardnerwebbgator]

Hell, I'd take Buddy Teevins at Dartmouth right now as a stop gap to get Dip**** Dan the hell out of UF.

 

[UFHealthGator]

It’s about geography. He could do very well. The problem is our state and region produce tremendous offensive talent. A defensive minded coach is going to have his OC’s cycle in and out, whether due to losing or winning, leaving a constant question mark as to what the new guy will run. It’s not to say it couldn’t work ever. But I’d much rather have an offensive minded coach who has to replace a DC every few yea to than the other way around. Offensive talent wants to go where they can score points and be exciting. Defensive talent wants to go where they will win. It’s why Spurrier’s approach worked. Still had tremendous defensive talent and tremendous defenses in most years, despite having 5 DCs in 12 years. Much harder to see that work when constantly changing offensive schemes, which is likely if you’re constantly changing coordinators. A good, or at least competent, DC just isn’t that hard to find.

Kirby Shart has no problem recruiting elite offensive talent.

 

[Born2beagator]

Anyone else get the feeling Mullen is sabotaging the program? The defiance he showed last and refusal to take questions was the final straw for me. I want his arrogant POS self gone

 

[GatorTruth133]

I've been sayin it for 10 d**** years.

Please tell me this is an Independence Day reference. You know where Cousin Eddy is saying it to his kids

 

[MertzJay26]

Hugh Freeze is the only one I’d remotely be interested in. But he’d be a huge PR risk.

Moreso than ignoring abuse by the women’s basketball coach? Apparently Strick isn’t too concerned about bad PR

 

[OcalaGator83]

Please tell me this is an Independence Day reference. You know where Cousin Eddy is saying it to his kids

We have a winner!

 

[soflagator]

Kirby Shart has no problem recruiting elite offensive talent.

And largely squanders it. In two games against what might be 4-loss, unranked teams when the season is over, he’s managed 4 total offensive TDs. We just tried having a DC coach win games 10-7, and hated it for 4 years. And honestly, outside of a lot of praise, and one SEC he backed into, what has he accomplished in his 5 years? His home loss to Usce in 2019 is no more excusable than a road game loss to Uk.

But again, it’s just not my preference. Would I be horrified at someone like Fickell or the guy from BC? No. I just think UF’s best years were when we could score 30+ against basically anyone. Defense will follow.

 

[OcalaGator83]

Isn't this typically where we start hearing the we're stuck with coach X because "there aren't any home run hires out there this year" and "nobody wants to coach at UF" type excuses? How is it that everybody else is able to "get their guy" but we aren't? The answer to me is obvious: cash. They're willing to pay and we aren't. Sure Dan is getting his 7+ Million bucks, but we're unwilling to hire the support staff that Saban and the others have, because, well, we want to step over a dollar to pick up a dime.

Having said that, I have no idea who you hire. I know I am done rolling the dice on supposed "up and comers" like Scott Frost and Mike Norvell who look amazing playing little league teams but turn out to be duds in the big leagues. Back the Brinks truck up to a proven winner and don't leave until you have him, or if you are going to roll the dice, roll it on somebody with so much upside that you'd be crazy not to give it a go.

 

[AugustaGator]

I understand your point, but this is the mindset that has a lot of schools looking at each other like why can't we win trophies. that is not to say you can't, but it is the mindset of well if we are going to lose let's lose 60-50 and not 17-13. I really do not care. But in this day, there is not a single head coach out there (except for maybe Shart) who does not think you have to score points to win. and if Shart's teams keeping pitching shutouts then he can think that way. Even Satan, the best head coach in the history of college football came around to the fact that you have to score more points than in the past. You have to LOSE that mindset when hiring a Head Coach. Who gives a shyt if he is offensive minded? Is he HEAD COACH minded? The admin, according to print, thought Frost was not HEAD COACH enough for this job, but somehow thought Cousin Eddie was. Maybe they were correct on Frost, but they are wrong on Cousin Eddie. It was clear as day but they missed!. So when whoever is in the room when it comes down to hiring a new head coach, chances are we will have a table full of losers who do not know shyt. But it would be nice to see that #1 on the list is : LEADER, HEAD COACH MINDED, TEAM MINDED, FUNDAMENTAL MINDED, MANAGEMENT MINDED.

A CEO vs president or vp

 

[Spurdog98]

Well I don’t think he’d be a PR risk. But the administration for sure would.

Just don't give him a phone, just a budget for one.

 

[Spurdog98]

We've seem to bark up the Stoops tree 2 or 3 times yielding nothing. I know him and Spurrier are tight, maybe that's why he has never taken it, because Spurrier has warned him that this sh!tty administration won't put you on a level playing field with the other big boys in the league. Stoops would do great I think if he's still motivated, but I doubt he considers it unless there's changes at the top. Maybe he don't want to have to kick his brother's ass every year once he gets here too. Lol

I spent 2 years around Stoops when he was DC and I can tell you based on my time with him that all the changes in CFB, athletes getting paid, transfer portal, PC BS, attitudes and the way recruiting is....he would never return the college football IMO.

 

[AugustaGator]

Mullen is a lot closer to Butter's than most of us were willing to admit,

Oh god I hope not!

If true I’m giving up.