Future of Florida

[Lawrence Wright]

Any LB's we should start contacting?

You really don’t want our linebackers.

 

[OldandStillaVol]

Jeremy Foley is no longer our AD.

True, but isn't he still an advisor to the administration at UF? If things really do down the tubes the last month of the season (loses to Missouri and FSU), I can see both Mullen and the AD getting fired and Foley being named an Interim AD / Head of the Football coach Search Committee.

 

[rjd970]

Missouri is an L. FSU probably ought to be favored since the team is in such disarray. And Mulken is the last guy I think can pull it back together. Could be a mass exodus to the transfer portal coming out of Gainesville.

Mizz is terrible...pathetically, bottom dwelling, sewage smelling terrible on defense. Even UF can beat them.

 

[05_never_again]

Agree. Get this, Mullen started 29-6 at UF, and was on a 12-1 run before the LSU shoe-throw game last year. Since then, 4-8. Hard to fathom.

The only thing that makes any logical sense is that Mullen thought he was going to leave for another job at the end of last year, NFL or otherwise, and when he didn't get the opportunity he wanted and realized staying at UF another year was his best option, he checked out.

It explains a lot of things that are wrong with their program right now - the poor play by his team, his body language/demeanor, the fact he isn't recruiting well, etc. That, combined with the fact that UF was in for some kind of rebuilding year anyway, gets you to 2-5 in SEC play.

 

[Lawrence Wright]

The only thing that makes any logical sense is that Mullen thought he was going to leave for another job at the end of last year, NFL or otherwise, and when he didn't get the opportunity he wanted and realized staying at UF another year was his best option, he checked out.

It explains a lot of things that are wrong with their program right now - the poor play by his team, his body language/demeanor, the fact he isn't recruiting well, etc. That, combined with the fact that UF was in for some kind of rebuilding year anyway, gets you to 2-5 in SEC play.

Quality post.

 

[Jaws]

The only thing that makes any logical sense is that Mullen thought he was going to leave for another job at the end of last year, NFL or otherwise, and when he didn't get the opportunity he wanted and realized staying at UF another year was his best option, he checked out.
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that’s an excellent take and even after studying this thing for weeks, that never occurred to me, but that’s quite plausible.

 

[Nerwen Aldarion]

LOL this was spot on

 

[BowlBrother85]

The only thing that makes any logical sense is that Mullen thought he was going to leave for another job at the end of last year, NFL or otherwise, and when he didn't get the opportunity he wanted and realized staying at UF another year was his best option, he checked out.

It explains a lot of things that are wrong with their program right now - the poor play by his team, his body language/demeanor, the fact he isn't recruiting well, etc. That, combined with the fact that UF was in for some kind of rebuilding year anyway, gets you to 2-5 in SEC play.

Because failing at an elite college program will surely attract more interest from the NFL than he is currently getting? There is probably something else which makes more sense than that. They looked great against Alabama, after a terrible first quarter. Something went off the rails beginning with the Kentucky game. Hard to know what it could be, but I don't think he "checked out".

 

[05_never_again]

Because failing at an elite college program will surely attract more interest from the NFL than he is currently getting? There is probably something else which makes more sense than that. They looked great against Alabama, after a terrible first quarter. Something went off the rails beginning with the Kentucky game. Hard to know what it could be, but I don't think he "checked out".

There were rumors last year of NFL teams being interested in him, and him being interested in the NFL. It would not surprise me if he kicked the tires on NFL jobs last year and found that none of those are really better for him than what he has right now (or perhaps the NFL isn't as interested in him as he thought). "Looking great against Alabama" I do not think means as much this year as it usually does. A&M beat them with their backup QB and both their offense and defense have looked pretty sloppy at times.

Look at Mullen's press conference demeanor - it's patently obvious he does not want to be there. I highly doubt everything there was going along great, then something broke during the Kentucky game, and they've been bad ever since.

 

[BowlBrother85]

There were rumors last year of NFL teams being interested in him, and him being interested in the NFL. It would not surprise me if he kicked the tires on NFL jobs last year and found that none of those are really better for him than what he has right now (or perhaps the NFL isn't as interested in him as he thought). "Looking great against Alabama" I do not think means as much this year as it usually does. A&M beat them with their backup QB and both their offense and defense have looked pretty sloppy at times.

Look at Mullen's press conference demeanor - it's patently obvious he does not want to be there. I highly doubt everything there was going along great, then something broke during the Kentucky game, and they've been bad ever since.

The point is that they were playing much better in September than they have since, and they appear to be getting worse. I didn't watch any of Mullen's pressers at Mississippi State, but that could just be his standard posture. Does Nick Saban ever look thrilled to be addressing the media? I don't think that reveals anything.

 

[McDad]

Because failing at an elite college program will surely attract more interest from the NFL than he is currently getting? There is probably something else which makes more sense than that. They looked great against Alabama, after a terrible first quarter. Something went off the rails beginning with the Kentucky game. Hard to know what it could be, but I don't think he "checked out".

There were rumors last year of NFL teams being interested in him, and him being interested in the NFL. It would not surprise me if he kicked the tires on NFL jobs last year and found that none of those are really better for him than what he has right now (or perhaps the NFL isn't as interested in him as he thought). "Looking great against Alabama" I do not think means as much this year as it usually does. A&M beat them with their backup QB and both their offense and defense have looked pretty sloppy at times.

Look at Mullen's press conference demeanor - it's patently obvious he does not want to be there. I highly doubt everything there was going along great, then something broke during the Kentucky game, and they've been bad ever since.

It seems to me the culture in UF's football program is that once there isn't something worth playing for still on the radar, they mail it in. Maybe all programs take that approach to an extent. But wasn't there a NY6 Bowl game a couple of years ago where many players sat out because it wasn't important enough?

 

[Atlanta917]

Eerily similar to the Georgia game with Pruitt last year. Something happened at halftime and he lost the team.

I feel like something similar has happened with Mullen.

The Florida collapse against UGA with 3:00 to go before the half is one of the biggest I've seen. Mullen repeatedly refused to just get to the locker room and regroup and essentially threw away the game.

 

[05_never_again]

It seems to me the culture in UF's football program is that once there isn't something worth playing for still on the radar, they mail it in. Maybe all programs take that approach to an extent. But wasn't there a NY6 Bowl game a couple of years ago where many players sat out because it wasn't important enough?

Yep - the Cotton Bowl last season. Trask was basically the only guy with 2021 Draft aspirations who played. Opting out of course it not unusual, but even a guy like Trevon Grimes opted out, who wasn't some kind of hot pro commodity to begin with.

 

[05_never_again]

The point is that they were playing much better in September than they have since, and they appear to be getting worse. I didn't watch any of Mullen's pressers at Mississippi State, but that could just be his standard posture. Does Nick Saban ever look thrilled to be addressing the media? I don't think that reveals anything.

Mullen is not downtrodden all the time. Saban is. When they are winning, Mullen is cocky and seems to enjoy playing to the media (remember his Darth Vader outfit last Halloween?).

I think something was unraveling with the culture there towards the end of last season, it carried over into this season, and they totally came apart once they lost a game they thought they should not have.

 

[Lawrence Wright]

LOL this was spot on

They nailed it.