I always say that it’s time to fire a Florida Head Coach when you have Women Announcers doing their games.
I felt bad for Mullen. I liked him.
I liked how he stood by Emery Jones. I thought Mullen was showing the kids that teaching the kids came first, and winning came second. After all, they were in college to learn, and he was teaching lessons. They were expected to win - by learning - but they were there to excel at their chosen field of study, as all college students are.
I think there is something cultural going on with Florida football teams. I can't put my finger on it, but I call it "heart attack football" for a reason. They always come out strong, get cocky, and then collapse. It doesn't matter who the coach is, the pattern repeats.
I'll admit, the collapse was severe this year, but I don't know that I'd put it all on Mullen. It's something about the kids who get recruited there, I think.
Have you seen any of the Campus Reform videos of the students who are asked political awareness questions? It's like watching an old episode of "Jaywalking" from the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. I was embarrassed for them; I was embarrassed for the school, my alma mater.
Too many penalties, too many bad throws. The penalties probably lead to the bad throws, so it's a discipline problem at its root cause.
I remember watching a March Madness a few years ago when the kid reporter from Sports Illustrated Kids asked a head coach during the post-game interview whether he thought it was more important for a recruit to have aptitude or attitude.
First, the coach asked the kid who he was reporting for, then he said it was an excellent question that he'd never been asked before (always coaching the kids, even this one), then he said that it was more important to have the right attitude because they can always teach the skills.
I think the Gators' problem is that the kids are coming in with the wrong attitudes, and then they have a morale collapse mid-season when things don't always go their way. And then they get sloppy, and then they stop caring.
I don't know how much of that to put on the head coach, and how much is a systemic problem with the organization.
-PJ
I still remember that abomination of a Vandy game done by Beth Mowins when she:
Claimed McElwain iced his own kicker by calling timeout. Her co-announcer tried to save her by pointing out the Vandy coach had called the timeout but she ignored him and went on and on about it.
Later on a desperation 4th down play Treon Harris who was about to get sacked tossed one up into triple coverage to try to convert. Hey, might as well, it’s 4th down anyway. She went on and on about how that was a I’ll advised pass and he “needed to be smarter than that”. Yeah honey. He should have eaten it or thrown it away ON FOURTH FRICKING DOWN! Genius observation on your part.