Fire Mullens sorry ass now; leave him in Jax with no ride home

[Ironhead]

Were Tennessee or Texas 2.0

Texas fired their mediocre coach that was hired the same year we hired Mullen.

Also
Texas will put the money in that program.
If Sark is a good coach, he will have them competing with Bama Within 3 years. If not, he will be gone too.
Texas cares about Football.

 

[Gatormac2112]

I hate to see this in fans but understand completely after what we’ve all suffered through the last 12 to 13 years.

Are you implying we can’t compete?
That we cannot ever be elite again?
That we can’t beat all those teams and win a National Championship?

I’m telling you we can.

BUT, it’s going to take a new President a new AD and an entire overhaul of attitude within the entire UF administration.
A COMMITMENT to Football.
Just like the teams you mentioned above.

Build the damn facilities!!
Hire the “consultants” and staff for behind the scenes game plans, scouting, player recruitment and development. Minimum 40 new hires.
Make the recruiting budget Match or exceed any of our Rivals budgets.

Hire a head coach that loves UF and actually gives a rats azz about our school and program.

Anything short of a full commitment, and we will all feel like this every Sunday morning for eternity,

You tell us we can and then start listing all the reasons why we can't or won't.

 

[Mr2Bits]

Texas fired their mediocre coach that was hired the same year we hired Mullen.

Also
Texas will put the money in that program.
If Sark is a good coach, he will have them competing with Bama Within 3 years. If not, he will be gone too.
Texas cares about Football.

Oh we care, hence dildo Dan being the 3rd highest paid slob in football. Problem is we as fans are living in the past at the moment, our program is **** and things might not ever be the same despite throwing money on our fire

 

[Gatorraid81]

Mullen sounded a lot like Meyer did after the 2010 Fsu game in the press conference. Saying he was committed to getting it fixed, blah, blah, blah. Point being, he knows he’s not going to be here next year. Weather he’s leaving on his own, or being fired. Doesn’t really matter now. I really hope the ax comes down on Stricklin as well. I’d be shocked at this point if we don’t hear by years end that Mullen is stepping down or fired.

 

[gator1946]

Mullen sounded a lot like Meyer did after the 2010 Fsu game in the press conference. Saying he was committed to getting it fixed, blah, blah, blah. Point being, he knows he’s not going to be here next year. Weather he’s leaving on his own, or being fired. Doesn’t really matter now. I really hope the ax comes down on Stricklin as well. I’d be shocked at this point if we don’t hear by years end that Mullen is stepping down or fired.

But the rope is burning and he's not letting go. Guess that precludes thumb wrestling.

 

[LoyalGatorFan]

I hate to see this in fans but understand completely after what we’ve all suffered through the last 12 to 13 years.

Are you implying we can’t compete?
That we cannot ever be elite again?
That we can’t beat all those teams and win a National Championship?

I’m telling you we can.

BUT, it’s going to take a new President a new AD and an entire overhaul of attitude within the entire UF administration.
A COMMITMENT to Football.
Just like the teams you mentioned above.

Build the damn facilities!!
Hire the “consultants” and staff for behind the scenes game plans, scouting, player recruitment and development. Minimum 40 new hires.
Make the recruiting budget Match or exceed any of our Rivals budgets.

Hire a head coach that loves UF and actually gives a rats azz about our school and program.

Anything short of a full commitment, and we will all feel like this every Sunday morning for eternity,

Yep you pretty much hit the nail on the head....I absolutely think we can be elite again, just pointing out it's much harder than it was when Urban and Spurrier were here...and now we will have Texas and OU joining us.....Spurrier wasn't known as the most get up and go recruiter either but he had the luxury of having an innovative offensive mind and a much weaker SEC at the time.....his 2 toughest games every year were always UT and FSU....Mullen has had to face two #1 teams already this year...these aren't excuses just facts

Big picture though regarding the athletic program....I admittedly don't follow any UF sports outside of the Big 4 and volleyball but it does 'feel' like on the surface anyway that the athletic program has declined since Fuchs and Stricklin came in.....

One final thought...I was never much of a believer on state of the art facilities putting you over the top....Spurrier, Urban, Walton, Sullivan, and Donovan all won their titles with basic facilities.....now would it help? Sure...but I don't think it's the end all be all

 

[gardnerwebbgator]

 

[NovaGator]

I predicted that the gators would play the Mutts close. I was right-for 27.5 minutes. Then the wheels fell off.
Going forward there are 4 teams that are in even worse shape than UF. If we win out it gives the gators an 8&4
season. Certainly a disappointment, but It does mean a bowl game with many extra practices. I take a "glass half full" view. It's an opportunity to end up with a 5 game winning streak and a hopeful eye to the future. Will it be with Mullen? Time will tell, but I doubt UF will make a change if it plays out this way.

 

[Bait'n Gator]

But the rope is burning and he's not letting go. Guess that precludes thumb wrestling.

The whole rope burning and not letting go is a stupid analogy. He's obviously never had to hold a roped animal and been rope burnt. If the rope starts slipping because whatever your trying to hold is too strong you can't let go of that mother fucher fast enough. Once it starts slipping your done, you let that b!tch go or your gonna be hating yourself for a few days.

 

[soflagator]

The whole rope burning and not letting go is a stupid analogy. He's obviously never had to hold a roped animal and been rope burnt. If the rope starts slipping because whatever your trying to hold is too strong you can't let go of that mother fucher fast enough. Once it starts slipping your done, you let that b!tch go or your gonna be hating yourself for a few days.

Yeah, he already addressed that the analogy wasn’t great. He changed it to the loss and the season being like a knife that’s falling. How you can’t just let it it drop. You have to try and catch it.

 

[GatorInGeorgia]

Yep you pretty much hit the nail on the head....I absolutely think we can be elite again, just pointing out it's much harder than it was when Urban and Spurrier were here...and now we will have Texas and OU joining us.....Spurrier wasn't known as the most get up and go recruiter either but he had the luxury of having an innovative offensive mind and a much weaker SEC at the time.....his 2 toughest games every year were always UT and FSU....Mullen has had to face two #1 teams already this year...these aren't excuses just facts
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Spurrier also faced Auburn, LSU & the SEC West winner in the CG every season. The SEC was tougher top to bottom back then. Mullen’s had a cakewalk compared to SOS.

 

[lagator]

I predicted that the gators would play the Mutts close. I was right-for 27.5 minutes. Then the wheels fell off.
Going forward there are 4 teams that are in even worse shape than UF. If we win out it gives the gators an 8&4
season. Certainly a disappointment, but It does mean a bowl game with many extra practices. I take a "glass half full" view. It's an opportunity to end up with a 5 game winning streak and a hopeful eye to the future. Will it be with Mullen? Time will tell, but I doubt UF will make a change if it plays out this way.

Playing a 4 game season, 3.5 actually because LSU isn’t good, and losing all of them doesn’t make beating the remaining trash anything to build on. How’s next year’s recruiting looking through the bottom of your half full glass?

 

[GatorJB]

Dad, it's 3:15 in the morning.

Anyway, if Mullen had a known commitment to the program, was going to fire some assistants, cancel his vacations and start working the trail, he'd probably get another year. However, like Butters before him, he doesn't want to be here and has no intention of doing any of that. THAT'S why this is his last season. They will work out a buyout arrangement and he is out of here.

I doubt Stricklin's job is in danger too, but that would be one pleasant surprise.

I think Mullen likes money more than he doesn't like being at UF. I think he's just going to dig his heels, coast in this job without much effort for as long as possible, and leave with as much money in the bank as he can muster. He knows his time here is limited. What's another year of being in a job you don't like if you can make millions more for just one year?

I wish I could call that stealing, but it's the dumb administration who is willing to give him all of that unearned money.

 

[YLGator]

Of course…because he has the worst DC in UF history on the other side….I would venture to guess 90% of Mullen’s losses we scored 25 points minimum

Way off. Dan has now lost 13 games at UF. He scored more than 20 points in only 6 of those losses. It’s not all on the D.

 

[Spurdog98]

Way off. Dan has now lost 13 games at UF. He scored more than 20 points in only 6 of those losses. It’s not all on the D.

The D did more than enough yesterday for us to be in that game all the way. In fact if Mullen had used Pierce more in the running game, who BTW avg damn near 8 yds a carry and had less carries than AR, I think we could have made a real game of it. In fact, if Torrence new the rules a lil more about int that carry you into the EZ it might have been a tie game at half or maybe we are up 7-3. But we will never know because Mullen, in and effort to keep us from turning the ball over, actually put AR in the perfect position to do exactly the opposite.

 

[Bullag8r]

I predicted that the gators would play the Mutts close. I was right-for 27.5 minutes. Then the wheels fell off.
Going forward there are 4 teams that are in even worse shape than UF. If we win out it gives the gators an 8&4
season. Certainly a disappointment, but It does mean a bowl game with many extra practices. I take a "glass half full" view. It's an opportunity to end up with a 5 game winning streak and a hopeful eye to the future. Will it be with Mullen? Time will tell, but I doubt UF will make a change if it plays out this way.

The glass is shattered into a billion tiny pieces. You are arranging deck chairs and polishing the brass on the Titanic after it hit the iceberg. There is no upside to the program other than the fact that by destroying it, maybe now Dastardly Dan Mullet will be fired.
The gap in talent has gotten bigger, the gap in recruiting has gotten bigger, loyalty to failed coaches is worse, insistence on playing upperclassmen when more talented underclassmen sit on the bench is worse, Mullets lack of ability to distinguish better players from lesser players is worse. Bottom line ~ healing cannot begin until the cancer is removed, starting from the top.

 

[oxrageous]

I think Mullen likes money more than he doesn't like being at UF. I think he's just going to dig his heels, coast in this job without much effort for as long as possible, and leave with as much money in the bank as he can muster. He knows his time here is limited. What's another year of being in a job you don't like if you can make millions more for just one year?

I wish I could call that stealing, but it's the dumb administration who is willing to give him all of that unearned money.

Terrible post. HE CAN GET EVERY DIME WITHOUT COACHING NEXT SEASON. Look what happened to Orgeron - not only was his coaching abysmal, there was a laundry list of off-the-field shenanigans, and he still got every cent of his buyout.

Butters made up death threats to get out and still got the majority of his buyout. Mullen is owed 12 million, if he sits down and tells Stricklin he wants out, he'll walk with at least 10 of that, if not all of it.

He wants out because he can't handle the pressure. He doesn't want to go through it another year. I'm sure his wife is in his ear about it as well. I know when I hate my job, saying "just another year" doesn't sound so good to me - it sounds hideous, no matter how much I'm making.

 

[Gator87]

Rivals is tearing up Mullen

I predicted that the gators would play the Mutts close. I was right-for 27.5 minutes. Then the wheels fell off.
Going forward there are 4 teams that are in even worse shape than UF. If we win out it gives the gators an 8&4
season. Certainly a disappointment, but It does mean a bowl game with many extra practices. I take a "glass half full" view. It's an opportunity to end up with a 5 game winning streak and a hopeful eye to the future. Will it be with Mullen? Time will tell, but I doubt UF will make a change if it plays out this way.

Yeah all those extra practices we had last year for the bowl game are really paying off this year, we get worse every game. If we’re going to a repeat of last years bowl performance, I’d rather we just forget about playing a bowl game and embarrassing the shyt out of ourselves, we’re embarrassing ourselves enough during the regular season. Things are not looking any brighter either for next year and beyond, Dopey Dan is now playing with all his players not the previous regimes, and with his recruiting ineptitude there’s no reason to be optimistic. The administration’s push to make is the Harvard of the south is working, it’s turning our football program into Vandy.

 

[NovaGator]

How’s next year’s recruiting looking through the bottom of your half full glass?

Not great, but could be worse.

 

[OcalaGator83]

If we win out it gives the gators an 8&4
season. Certainly a disappointment, but It does mean a bowl game with many extra practices.

We don't do anything in practice now, who cares if we get a bunch of extra ones?