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Warm wishes from Dan Mullen

Discussion in 'RayGator's Swamp Gas' started by ThePlayer, Aug 23, 2024.

  1. Gatorhead

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    Below Ky, gee such a thing was blasphemy until Mullen.
     
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  2. Gatorhead

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    WELL DONE RICK!
     
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  3. WC53

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    Pining for the crazy ex, smdh. ;)
     
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    LMFAO! Those homeless, over-sized, Bozo-pants he used to wear were hideously clown like. :eek::rolleyes:o_O:confused:
     
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  5. partdopy

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    Id agree if he didn't clearly phone it in during his last season. If he had been quick and decisive making meaningful staff changes he might still be here.
     
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  6. eastowest

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    After this
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    He was toast
     
  7. uftaipan

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    Would he be wrong to think that? I’ll bet Muschamp was smugly self-satisfied when McElwain proved a disaster. I think that’s human nature.
     
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  8. uftaipan

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    Well, that’s a stretch … for the moment. Let’s revisit the topic in late October. There’s a path where all of us doubters will be made into true believers. There’s another where we’re all in the fetal position, screeching, “Come back, Zook! Come back!”
     
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  9. ThomasD89

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    Never thought Zook had what it takes. Have felt much the same about Napier. The specifics are different but the net effect and outcome may prove similar.

    Would rather Napier prove me wrong. This season we will know.
     
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  10. INGATORSWETRUST

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    Mullen has a HCing resume that would get him hired again in college football if he wanted a job. Just collecting Gator paycheck, as he does not have the hunger. Not like Muschamp that loved football so much he would take DC jobs just to stay connected to football. Mac was hired quickly at CMU.
     
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  11. ThomasD89

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    Sometimes you learn what you thought you wanted isnt what you needed.
     
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  12. gator_n_sc

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    He also fired recruiting, like the whole idea of it, literally and physically. He probably should have fired those assistants prior to having already packed it in.
     
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  13. allhailmeyer

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    All this hate for Dan Mullen while we make excuses for a guy with a losing record and similar recruiting rankings.
     
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  14. orangeblue_coop

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    Mind-boggling lol
     
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  15. 2oldgator

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    Mullen, inflated ego and all, had to feel the wheels coming off the bus. If he were a man of high integrity, which he isn’t, he would have bowed his back, sucked up some fortitude and tried to right the ship. OR, announce that he was unable to fix the sinking ship and resign, with apologies to the players he was abandoning. Instead he turned his back on the mess he allowed to happen and decided to let UF pay him an obscene amount of money for doing nothing : which quite frankly is better than him hanging around and letting the toxicity fester even more.
    He wants very badly for CBN to fail because in his mind that somehow vindicates his colossal failure. It doesn’t, but I’m sure he feels it does.
    If we have great success this year, Mullen will seethe. His hatred for us will even grow stronger.
     
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  16. SuperMOM

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    Disaster?
    2 SEC Championship appearances in 3 years?
     
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    You can’t point out red flags until they are fired, otherwise, bad Gator. Lol
     
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    If Billy won 3 more games than he lost, he'd be celebrating a pay raise and a contract extention.
     
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  19. uftaipan

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    Remind me what happened again during his third season. And if you don’t like the word disaster, tell me your preferred term. My point stands. Muschamp was likely tickled pink to see the wheels fall off McElwain’s administration.
     
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  20. uftaipan

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    Yeah, and if he’d won six more games, he probably would have saved his recruiting class. Ten more games and he would have been SEC Coach of the Year. Sixteen more games and he would be a back-to-back national championship coach.

    I take your point. We’re almost there. Just need a little perspective on what could have been.
     
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