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Yeah, but at their current pace, those 11 will just fill the spot of 10-11 more who will be suspended this year.
Yeah but are they upper classmen?
If no they won't play anyway. Takes a solid three years to learn the scheme, you know.**
If no they won't play anyway. Takes a solid three years to learn the scheme, you know.**
Credit card fraud ring and apparently the air soft fiasco had a player or two who was involved in the credit card fraud too. I'm sure there will be 20 suspensions game 1.
I think that Florida fans and media are resting their hats on three key things
1. Mullen makes stars out of QBs
2. If Mullen could recruit in the Top 25 at MSU, he’ll recruit in the Top 10 at Florida
3. If Mullen could take pitiful MSU to #1, it’ll just be a matter of time before he gets Florida into the playoff picture
In fairness, I think there’s going to be at least some level of truth in the above statements. That said, I also think that Gator fans are dismissing some obvious points.
1. Mullen is not a great recruiter, period.
2. Florida may be a hotbed of talent, but guess what... everyone in the damn world is aware of that, and he’s going to be fighting all the big boys for even 3-Star players at times
3. Mullen gets a little pissy when under pressure, and the man has never witnessed pressure like what he’s about to endure
I don’t dislike the man, and I don’t think he’s going to completely crash and burn, but I’ll still give him 4 years tops at that school
1. Mullen makes stars out of QBs
2. If Mullen could recruit in the Top 25 at MSU, he’ll recruit in the Top 10 at Florida
3. If Mullen could take pitiful MSU to #1, it’ll just be a matter of time before he gets Florida into the playoff picture
In fairness, I think there’s going to be at least some level of truth in the above statements. That said, I also think that Gator fans are dismissing some obvious points.
1. Mullen is not a great recruiter, period.
2. Florida may be a hotbed of talent, but guess what... everyone in the damn world is aware of that, and he’s going to be fighting all the big boys for even 3-Star players at times
3. Mullen gets a little pissy when under pressure, and the man has never witnessed pressure like what he’s about to endure
I don’t dislike the man, and I don’t think he’s going to completely crash and burn, but I’ll still give him 4 years tops at that school
If Mullen can up his intensity for a few years to get rolling, I don't think there is "some level" of truth. I think he will do really well there. Just a matter of whether he's looking to coast a little now that he's at a school that "recruits itself".
How do you define “really well”? If it’s 7-9 win seasons with an occasional 10-win in there, I’d agree with you. If it’s Top 10 recruiting classes and playoff contention, I’m just not sure.
Time will tell, but the article itself even mentioned that the Florida program isn’t expected to be good. It’s expected to be great, so in order for their fan base and admin to be happy, he’s going to have to get things rolling very quickly.
Time will tell, but the article itself even mentioned that the Florida program isn’t expected to be good. It’s expected to be great, so in order for their fan base and admin to be happy, he’s going to have to get things rolling very quickly.
Don will win more games at Florida than he did at MSU. Generally easier schedule, although FSU is tougher than we usually play OOC, and better talent in the state (a lot more character problems though). I do not think he will win enough to satisfy them though. Probably 8-10 wins per year. Other than FSU and Georgia, who he will lose to regularly, there won't be many games they shouldn't win.
I think if he's given time before they turn on him, he's going to get to second in the east soon. Be UGA, a decent space, then UF, then a decent space, then the rest.
So provided he gets a few years to get rolling, that sort of puts his "normal" year at 5-1 in the east, and 3-1 in the OOC (although I'm not sold on Taggert as anything but a recruiter). So say 8-2 and then whatever he does versus the west. With LSU as a permanent opponent, I think he can get past them quickly based on Eddie O being in charge, but let's be pessimistic and say he'll win that 50% of the time. And then out of the rest, a 50% win rate should be doable.
So let's say 8-4 when catches Bama in the West and FSU is good and LSU clips him and 11-1 when he has a good team and avoids Bama but still can't get past UGA, with most of his seasons being 9 or 10 regular season wins. It's just a question of whether the fans will let him stay long enough to do it if it takes him three years to get to 8 or 9 regular season wins. And again, also a question of whether he can up his intensity for a little while until he gets rolling.
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