Mullen on Defensive Woes: We have simply been facing "great" offenses
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All very valid points, but the last thing most us who follow the Gators want to hear is the continuous, incessant open mouth, insert foot. It is so freaking ponderous b/c it has become the norm there. Look, I think Farmer Fran is an awful head coach and maybe he caught lightning in a bottle With the CoonAzzes last year. But this year, LSPew has been just that, total dogshyt. So what does Farmer Fran say publicly? "Embarrassing, Unacceptable and it is on me and we will try and fix it". Farmer Fran says he wants to simplify things on D. Will it work, who knows but my guess is they will look like the 86 Bears D this Sat. if the game is played. Even if they don;t at least he did not go on some diatribe about lack of practice, lack of hitting, the offenses we have played are the Rams teams of Faulk, Bruce, Holt and Warner. Give it a rest Cousin Eddie. The only thing worse than being a shytty coach is being a shytty coach who constantly spews excuse after excuse! See Butters, Hee Haw!
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That was enlightening. I hope they don;t pay that guy to write that stuff b/c almost everyone on this board has been saying the exact same shyt for years and for free!
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I think it’s finally sinking in to him that he doesn’t have what it takes to compete with the elite programs in this conference.
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It’s always mentioned how big a job like UF is, and how some aren’t cut out for it. But it’s usually painted as more about the pressure to win, the competition, etc. What rarely gets mentioned is the willingness to take heat and having the thickness of skin required to keep your focus, supremely confident in your overall vision. I think back to the heat Meyer took after games like Ala and Lsu In 2005. Even worse was the loss, and specifically the way we lost to Spurrier of all people in that first game. He never wavered. It simply rolled off his back.
To me, that’s the biggest issue the last 2 guys had. They tried. They obviously wanted to succeed. And there were likely times when the UF faithful was largely too critical. But rather than respecting the passion, knowing that ultimately we all want the same thing, and recognizing that if they just keep their heads down they just might get it, they instead bucked things. Rather than understanding and addressing weaknesses or failures, they saw the notion as insulting and dug in harder. And that, more than actually anything X’s and O’s related, became their undoing.
Mullen made a bad call with a DC that was almost literally the last person available that his fan base wanted. We’re in a terrible spot as a result. Ok. The offense has seen strides. The OC nod, development of skill positions, etc have all been great. Likewise, Saturday was dreadful. Guess what? Spurrier was crushed by Msu on several occasions. Meyer missed a chance at Atlanta and maybe an SEC crown because we had too many men on the field on one of his specialty(ST’s) plays. It happens. But they didn’t cave when the insults and questioning began. Mullen never should’ve opened up the crowd can. The loss sucked and it’s probably a sign of a tough year because of the defense. He needs to own things, focus on the positives and what he originally wanted here, put his head down and get to work. Anything other than that and he’s all but making the case that he’s just as weak minded as the last two and has no future here. For everyone’s sake, I hope that’s not the case.
To me, that’s the biggest issue the last 2 guys had. They tried. They obviously wanted to succeed. And there were likely times when the UF faithful was largely too critical. But rather than respecting the passion, knowing that ultimately we all want the same thing, and recognizing that if they just keep their heads down they just might get it, they instead bucked things. Rather than understanding and addressing weaknesses or failures, they saw the notion as insulting and dug in harder. And that, more than actually anything X’s and O’s related, became their undoing.
Mullen made a bad call with a DC that was almost literally the last person available that his fan base wanted. We’re in a terrible spot as a result. Ok. The offense has seen strides. The OC nod, development of skill positions, etc have all been great. Likewise, Saturday was dreadful. Guess what? Spurrier was crushed by Msu on several occasions. Meyer missed a chance at Atlanta and maybe an SEC crown because we had too many men on the field on one of his specialty(ST’s) plays. It happens. But they didn’t cave when the insults and questioning began. Mullen never should’ve opened up the crowd can. The loss sucked and it’s probably a sign of a tough year because of the defense. He needs to own things, focus on the positives and what he originally wanted here, put his head down and get to work. Anything other than that and he’s all but making the case that he’s just as weak minded as the last two and has no future here. For everyone’s sake, I hope that’s not the case.
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