Blah, blah, blah. Maybe message boards aren't for you. We discuss every minuscule detail of the athletic department and yet nobody can suggest a legitimate replacement for Mullen.
Perhaps they arent for you. You dont have a logical rebuttal on this one. I'm fine with someone like you offering up ideas, its great for offseason discussion, but its irrelevant to the actual process because outside of feedback about the existing product, our opinion to the AD doesn't matter.
I can name a few people, but again, its irrelevant, however, to appease you here goes:
Ive liked PJ Fleck for a while and given Florida recruiting advantages and our national brand, I think he would do very well. He's young and energetic, and unlike mullen, he focuses on all aspects of the game. I was on record about him long before he took the Minnesota gig. The typical responses by naysayers would be lack of southeastern recruiting chops, experience, etc. I have a hard time believing that he would be worse than mullen in that regard so it would be an improvement regardless, only question is by how much.
Kyle Wittingham is also a guy I like and has done a good job with a program that will never have any talent. Again, solid HC who effectively manages all aspect of the team. I think he would do pretty well with florida talent and our brand backing. Similar knocks I'm sure but my response would be similar.
I also believe Lincoln Riley could be had if we were truly invested in what it takes to secure a top level HC. Oklahoma gets good talent, but not great and his offenses do exceptionally well with it but its a long shot they will ever win a title in todays football world. If he really wants to win he needs SEC level talent. Where better than the state of Florida?
So there's a few names although it doesnt matter. The problem I have isnt with someone suggesting candidate options. The problem I have is someone suggesting that one can't have a valid gripe without first qualifying it by providing a better option. The problem I have with "so who would YOU hire" is that it's used as a tool to shut down the conversation by those that don't want to entertain the notion that there's a problem. I don't need to provide a solution to know there's a problem, especially when my opinion on the fix is irrelevant and will never be considered by decision makers.