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The thing I like about sumrall versus Mac, Mullen and Slingblade

Posted on 7/28/26 at 11:31 pm
Posted by theCAW
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Posted on 7/28/26 at 11:31 pm
Is that he’s had two different coaching jobs.

Then again, so did butch jones, but sometimes I wonder if Mac, Mullen, and definitely Billy felt like what they did where they were before they got here will lead to success here. The same attitudes and approaches, etc.

Mullen was known for checking out often at state which cost them games. He got away with it because it was State but he found out quick that Florida wouldn’t tolerate that garbage.

And Mac, well Mac fricked a shark and was a weird dude. I didn’t even pay attention to him at all when he was in Ft Collins so I didn’t know what to expect (certainly didn’t expect a shark fricking photo).

But sumrall, like Urban (BG to Utah) , started at a really small g5 and moved up to a slightly bigger program and league. He’s already had a taste of having to adjust, and at least has some experience navigating going through such a change, even if the change from Tulane to here is way more dramatic than Troy to Tulane.
Posted by TDFreak
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Posted on 7/29/26 at 6:43 am to
I think you can read into a coach’s past only a little when trying to anticipate success at the next level. There are so many factors that determine a program’s ultimate success.

Winning conference titles at two different places is a good start. Plus his youth/energy. That will help too. He’s in good shape to handle the grind that is leading a premier SEC program.

We’ll know by Week 3.
Posted by theCAW
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Posted on 7/29/26 at 7:48 am to
Completely agree but I never was impressed much with billy’s resume.

And while CJS is still an up and comer unknown type, he has shown the ability to adopt

As you said that doesn’t guarantee success here but that is promising compared to Billy or mac
Posted by UFMatt
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Posted on 7/29/26 at 9:39 am to
I am very optimistic, but then I always am. Go Gators!
Posted by Gatorbait2008
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Posted on 8/3/26 at 2:44 pm to
I think Muschamp would do very well now. I always liked him, so I am prob a bit of a homer.
Posted by theCAW
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Posted on 8/4/26 at 11:59 am to
quote:

Muschamp
is a career coordinator. An elite one, but that’s his area of specialty.
Posted by UFMatt
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Posted on 8/4/26 at 12:33 pm to
Mullen is a great OC, if he has a Tebow, Prescott or Newton on his roster.
Posted by Gatorbait2008
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Posted on 8/4/26 at 7:00 pm to
I like the guy alot....his staff is top tier as well.

I do not expect results year 1...but progression seems fair.

Napier left a shitload to fix. So it will take a few years prob.
Posted by theCAW
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Posted on 8/4/26 at 10:24 pm to
quote:

Mullen is a great OC, if he has a Tebow, Prescott or Newton on his roster.
Agree Matt, Mullen is very overrated as an offensive mind.

Muschamp, for his faults as a HC, is legitimately elite on his side of the ball.
Posted by Gatorbait2008
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Posted on 8/5/26 at 12:25 am to
It could be also because he knew how develop QBs well and gameplan around their skills. Both can be true.
Posted by UFMatt
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Posted on 8/5/26 at 7:08 am to
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It could be also because he knew how develop QBs well and gameplan around their skills


He recruited some QBs with great talent and utilized their talent. There are too many failures of other QBs under him to call him a QB whisperer. Peleipe Franks, I rest my case.

I just believe he was a good OC when he had superior talent compared to the defense. Most of us could be.
Posted by Partha
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Posted on 8/5/26 at 9:35 am to
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eleipe Franks, I rest my case.
I think he did an ok job with Franks, at least in 2018. 2019 was shaping up to be a shite show under Franks but the injury to Franks was probably the best thing to happen to Franks and for the program, in hindsight.

Emory Jones, now that was a disaster.
Posted by Jorts R Us
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Posted on 8/6/26 at 7:37 pm to
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Mullen is a great OC, if he has a Tebow, Prescott or Newton on his roster.


He did well with Trask who doesn't fit the mold of those other guys. Of course, Mullen starting Franks over Trask is inexplicable.
This post was edited on 8/6/26 at 7:39 pm
Posted by Gator Fever
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Posted on 8/6/26 at 7:53 pm to
I think Mullen is a good OC but he had to be forced to play Prescott and Trask over the guys that they were clearly better than. How it took that bad injury to put Trask in permanently over Franks boggles the mind considering all those games Franks almost gave away. We still had a dominant defense then to bail Franks out a lot and a mostly down SEC East.
This post was edited on 8/6/26 at 7:56 pm
Posted by Gatorbait2008
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Posted on 9/9/26 at 10:24 pm to
So is Urban Meyer or Nick Saban not great coaches because they failed sometimes and didn't win a title? No, they failed sometimes, but they did enough to prove they were good.

I mean...no coach goes perfect with QBs...but Dak, Tebow, Trask, Leak, Alex Smith....He has had a ton of success...He sucked at HC, but was a top tier QB developer and OC.
This post was edited on 9/9/26 at 10:27 pm
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