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Starting to adjust my thinking on Mullen ...
Posted on 9/19/21 at 12:47 pm
Posted on 9/19/21 at 12:47 pm
If you coach at Florida, you have to expect to win every game in the Swamp. If you do lose one, it should only happen if you are an underdog playing one of the very best teams in the nation and it should be a war.
It appeared to me yesterday that Mullen had the team going into the game expecting to win. So good for him. However, the most impressive part is how Mullen brought the team back after falling behind 21-3. Hate to say it, but that was all coaching.
Mullen kept his head, kept his poise and made it a real fight even though he had lesser talent. Sure it was at home, but that brings its own pressure and Mullen never flinched.
Anyway - the verdict is still not in, but I'm starting to think Mullen is a better coach than I was willing to give him credit for.
It appeared to me yesterday that Mullen had the team going into the game expecting to win. So good for him. However, the most impressive part is how Mullen brought the team back after falling behind 21-3. Hate to say it, but that was all coaching.
Mullen kept his head, kept his poise and made it a real fight even though he had lesser talent. Sure it was at home, but that brings its own pressure and Mullen never flinched.
Anyway - the verdict is still not in, but I'm starting to think Mullen is a better coach than I was willing to give him credit for.
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Posted on 9/19/21 at 12:51 pm to GoldenDawg
They showed him on camera a couple of times when Florida was way down. Dude looked cool as a cucumber.
Posted on 9/19/21 at 12:51 pm to GoldenDawg
Sadly, the 2point play was a terrible play call. There are no moral victories at the highest level.
Otyerwise, thought he called a good game but all 60 minutes matter.
Otyerwise, thought he called a good game but all 60 minutes matter.
Posted on 9/19/21 at 12:54 pm to auggie
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They showed him on camera a couple of times when Florida was way down. Dude looked cool as a cucumber.
Yep. Looked like a man with a plan, and then his team executed it. He wasn't perfect, but he could be working his way into being a pretty good coach.
Posted on 9/19/21 at 12:55 pm to lewis and herschel
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Sadly, the 2point play was a terrible play call. There are no moral victories at the highest level.
Good call blown by the QB and RB not being able to decide who was taking it. They literally both held onto it the entire play. Conversion if they had just made a quicker decision. O-line did it's job.
This post was edited on 9/19/21 at 1:02 pm
Posted on 9/19/21 at 12:57 pm to SM1010
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Good call blown by the QB
I think the blame for that goes entirely to Emory Jones. He played a very good game, but his indecision on the goal line cost the gators overtime, imo.
Posted on 9/19/21 at 1:13 pm to GoldenDawg
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could be working his way into being a pretty good coach.
He has been a head coach for 12 years now. He is what he his. Very good at developing players (especially running qb's) and play calling but weird personality keeps him from being an elite recruiter and putting together an elite staff. He is a big improvement over Muschamp and McElwain but he is pretty much at his ceiling already.
Posted on 9/19/21 at 1:22 pm to auggie
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They showed him on camera a couple of times when Florida was way down. Dude looked cool as a cucumber.
I mean this in a very sincere way, I think him coaching at MSU and losing a lot to big programs was good for his demeanor and composure. He is very used to these types of games.
Posted on 9/19/21 at 1:23 pm to SM1010
Your oline was blown up, they were on the ball carrier and qb at the handoff.
Posted on 9/19/21 at 1:34 pm to lewis and herschel
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Your oline was blown up, they were on the ball carrier and qb at the handoff.
There were 2 holes at the start of that play, despite the penetration.
If Emory gives it to Davis right away, Davis walks in for the conversion.
Posted on 9/19/21 at 1:34 pm to auggie
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They showed him on camera a couple of times when Florida was way down. Dude looked cool as a cucumber.
Then they show CEO and he looks like he's holding back a giant shite, veins all popping in his neck.
Posted on 9/19/21 at 1:35 pm to boXerrumble
If getting destroyed by bama is strolling in, then ok.
Posted on 9/19/21 at 1:37 pm to GoldenDawg
Ppl don't realize what he walked into. Butters set this team back years
Posted on 9/19/21 at 1:39 pm to lewis and herschel
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the 2point play was a terrible play call
I don't think it was a bad call, I disagree with the personnel. Pierce should've been in there, he's our power back.
Posted on 9/19/21 at 1:40 pm to GoldenDawg
He is a good coach, no question. He just has the unfortunate luck of being a good coach in the Saban era
Posted on 9/19/21 at 1:41 pm to armtackledawg
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He just has the unfortunate luck of being a good coach in the Saban era
Kinda like good players in the Jordan era.. He has a lot of other guys rings on his hands lol
Posted on 9/19/21 at 1:41 pm to armtackledawg
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He is a good coach, no question. He just has the unfortunate luck of being a good coach in the Saban era
You mean the end of the Saban era. Mullen is young. Saban is not.
Posted on 9/19/21 at 1:42 pm to GoldenDawg
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most impressive part is how Mullen brought the team back after falling behind 21-3.
Agree.
Posted on 9/19/21 at 1:43 pm to GoldenDawg
Mullen knows what his program is and knows the types of recruits that fit into that system and style of program. It's why at a place like State where consistency is extremely difficult he almost always had a "good" team, while sometimes having "very good" teams. At Florida, a place where he can do the same thing but with players a step up on the athleticism and talent scale, he will be able (and has been able) to take that baseline consistency up a step.
As always, the deal with Mullen is can he break through against the best of the best teams and take his team to that next step of truly being a national contender. That's really his final step. He's done everything else.
As always, the deal with Mullen is can he break through against the best of the best teams and take his team to that next step of truly being a national contender. That's really his final step. He's done everything else.
This post was edited on 9/19/21 at 1:44 pm
Posted on 9/19/21 at 1:44 pm to MizzouJim
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You mean the end of the Saban era. Mullen is young. Saban is not.
You aren't wrong about the ages, but Mullen has been coaching against Saban for basically the entire Saban era, so the original statement wasn't wrong either. 2009-2017 at State, 2020 and 2021 at Florida.
He's also not really "young". He's not old, but he's about to turn 50. Lincoln Riley is 38 - he's young. Mullen is in the prime of his career.
This post was edited on 9/19/21 at 1:46 pm
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