re: Who destroyed Florida Gator football?

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not but seriously the Dan Mullen hire was supposed to be a slam dunk

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I really never saw Mullen as that and I don't think most Gator fans did either.

The hope was that he'd avoid the 4-win seasons and while I think he was ultimately completely capable he gave up on the job.

In retrospect, yeah he sucked at recruiting, but I think UF was caught completely flat-footed about changes in recruiting. We didn't put much effort into it in early 2020 and by the time NIL came into place UF basically sat out a year, I guess thinking it wouldn't last.

Mullen wasn't a good recruiter but UF also refused to give him the tools necessary to do so in a post-NIL world and has clumsily scrambled to catch up since.