Ancient Reptile
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Makes sense. He inherited a great roster from McIlwain, but it's deteriorating under CDM's recruiting.
Recruiting 2020 Recruiting Thread: Gervon Dexter gets 5th Star on Rivals
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The way I see it. Disregarding any conspiracy theory arguments (bag men etc.).
Mullen doesn’t get it. How any upper tier coach could not understand the need for superior talent is beyond me but coaches always tend to think that they are the smartest guy in the room and that if you just stay the(ir) course everything will be fine. So maybe he thinks he can outcoach and outdevelop. Unless something drastic happens I don’t foresee any reason to expect us to get to the upper sphere of recruiting.
Possible if not probable scenarios (and more importantly what can we hope for?).
1) Somehow we win the East and the SECCG. Unlikely as this may be recruits would no doubt take notice and we might be launched into the upper echelon of recruiting without Mullen and his minions breaking a sweat.
2) We win the East but lose the SEC. Worst case scenario or best case? Does Mullen fill empowered or recognize the need to recruit better (hire better recruiters)?
3) We wallow in the malaise of mediocrity. Beat FSU/UM while they’re down but no SEC rings (or divisional T-Shirts).
So the question is what can we hope for? I’m a firm believer that no one changes their M.O. without a sufficient catalyst. What would be Mullen’s?
Mullen doesn’t get it. How any upper tier coach could not understand the need for superior talent is beyond me but coaches always tend to think that they are the smartest guy in the room and that if you just stay the(ir) course everything will be fine. So maybe he thinks he can outcoach and outdevelop. Unless something drastic happens I don’t foresee any reason to expect us to get to the upper sphere of recruiting.
Possible if not probable scenarios (and more importantly what can we hope for?).
1) Somehow we win the East and the SECCG. Unlikely as this may be recruits would no doubt take notice and we might be launched into the upper echelon of recruiting without Mullen and his minions breaking a sweat.
2) We win the East but lose the SEC. Worst case scenario or best case? Does Mullen fill empowered or recognize the need to recruit better (hire better recruiters)?
3) We wallow in the malaise of mediocrity. Beat FSU/UM while they’re down but no SEC rings (or divisional T-Shirts).
So the question is what can we hope for? I’m a firm believer that no one changes their M.O. without a sufficient catalyst. What would be Mullen’s?
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Butterteeth sucked and his trash low 3 stars meant zero depth, but he did land the occasional 4 star also.
The position holes are switching from OL (deadly) to DL (just as deadly), ILB and (lesser extent) safety.
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He gets it. We try to land the top kids, most visit. We just cant.
I think Mullinz is least culpable.
We are talking about an ADO that was bragging publicly about how smart they were a couple of years ago bc they were saving money replacing the two missing position coaches AFTER NSD because buyouts were cheaper then.
Never mind we had several kids decommit or say they couldnt commit without know who their position coaches would be.
Those people are still here. Stricklin was here for that too.
UF still pays 1/2 to 1/3 what other schools do for a position coach.
Several thousand per year less for our cost of living stipend.
We are cheapazz on every single front.
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Well we have Antwaun Powell-Ryland, 2020 Weakside defensive end - Rivals.com visiting us today.
We had Romelo Height that visited last month. We are interested in BJ Ojulari. Remember we already have Morven Joseph committed. If Morven Joseph stays committed another WDE is not really needed and would be a +1. If he does not stick then that's why we are still recruiting WDEs.
We had Romelo Height that visited last month. We are interested in BJ Ojulari. Remember we already have Morven Joseph committed. If Morven Joseph stays committed another WDE is not really needed and would be a +1. If he does not stick then that's why we are still recruiting WDEs.
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Well if Georgia gets all the cream of the crop DL in the state of Florida, then I guess we’ll have to take Kentucky recruits and hope for the best. At least he is a 4
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Meanwhile everybody is trying to flip Joseph. Just saying...look I would like to take both and maybe switch Williams to LB. With his speed of 4.55/40 I bet he could cover a few tight ends and or RBs and slow WRs like Marcus Rosemy and Bryan Robinson :D.
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So we are going with that we are hamstrung buy salaries?
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I listened to Alboverdi and Graham Hall the other day on their show on 850am and they were telling everyone to "get a grip" when it comes to the negativity around recruiting right now. Idk why Alboverdi thought it would be funny to say that phrase in particular. It's clear there's a bad pattern with Mullen and his recruiting. It's really frustrating to hear this guy and Jeff Cordozo and Hall always burying their heads in the sand when there's a problem with the football program. The same guys that defend Muschamp and defended Mcelwain til he went down. We need some guys on the radio or some podcasts that calls out the problems when it's clearly happening right in front of our faces.
I rarely listen to them. It was probably the first time I had listened since last fall. I'm probably not going back. There's no intelligent content there. It's just bs for two hours.
I rarely listen to them. It was probably the first time I had listened since last fall. I'm probably not going back. There's no intelligent content there. It's just bs for two hours.
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It is one of the numerous factors.
We keep landing coaches from North Texas and UTSA for a reason.
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Yep, we can’t afford another Steele situation and whoever that guy rooms with could be a transfer liability.
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Georgia also backed off of him. Maybe they heard the same rumors?
The other reason is that he tends to disappear in games. He only got 6.5 sacks. He should have been lived in the backfield all season long with those measurables. Is he another cautionary tale, ala Powell and Cowart?
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