Stop with the “I knew” nonsense. I can agree with much of your sentiment but you’ve been dead wrong on about a half dozen coaches, including DM to an extent. To be fair, I didn’t want Kelly and thought it was early on Frost, but thought both would’ve done better where they currently are. So I’m no genius either.
I’d bet less than 5%of this board were thrilled with the Mullen hire. I’d bet even less thought we’d be in a NY6 bowl or winning 9-11 games in the first two years under him. I’m sure it’s archived if we really want to look it up. He’s done a decent amount right, and by your own admission, has been dealt a tough hand because of factors beyond his control. Is he building something, not totally sure. But I also didn’t expect much of what I’ve seen. So like the others, I’ll have to wait it out and see. He’s been very blunt about what the expectations are here so there’s no hiding from that now. As much as I didn’t like the comment he made Saturday, he’s clearly implying we’re close to uga but still have improvements to make. It either happens or it doesn’t. He either produces titles or will face the wrath of things, which will eventually make the decision for Stricklin. It always does.
On your point about not beating teams with more talent, honestly how many do? How many teams do Saban, Meyer, Swinney, etc actually best when they’re facing a more talented opponent? For that matter, outside of maybe ut at times, how often did Spurrier face better talent? Typically once a year, and his record was less than stellar in that contest. He wasn’t slaying giants with a ragtag group. We were loaded and teams had no answer. Mullen is not unique. He needs to fix recruiting and we will be ok. If he doesn’t, he’s written his own obituary.
