Dan Mullen discusses win progression, next steps for Florida in 2020
The Florida program appears to be on the upswing under Dan Mullen as the Gators are coming off an Orange Bowl win over Virginia and back-to-back 10-win regular seasons. But Mullen sees more work ahead, and the degree of difficulty ramps up in 2020.
“It was tough to go from four to 10 wins, it was tougher to go from 10 to 11 wins, it’s even harder to go from 11 to 12,” Mullen said in his post-game press conference after the Orange Bowl, via Darren Stoltzfus. “The mental and physical toughness that it takes, the preparation that it takes, starting January 6th, when we get back, the 2020 team’s born. … The mental toughness that it takes to come in, day after day, work, push yourself to get better. We have to do more than we did last year.”
Each practice and game must be better, he said, because the margin for error is so small, as he referred to the two games Florida lost in 2019 against LSU and Georgia.
“One or two plays can make a difference, so the attention to detail, the grind, we have to work on and we’re going to continue to take the step and we’re going to work harder,” Mullen said. “… Once you get to 12 (wins) you might get a couple extra ones in there.”
Back to back 10 win regular seasons? I don’t think so Keith…
Come on man no need to nitpick. How about back to back 10 win seasons?
Now do you feel better?
Do me a favor and don’t mail it in again in the bowl game. SEC, SEC right on.
Happy New Year to you and the very few reasonable Georgia fans too
Back at cha my GatorbaitorU compadre, best wishes for a very merry 2020!
Only coach in History to win New Years’ Six bowls in first two seasons at a school.
Smart = identical record to Richt, but losing with better players.
If losing to a coach the first year or two means anything, McElwain is better than Smart. He beat him every year he’s played him as a head coach, except the year he knew he was getting fired for lying.
I think next year Florida beats Georgia.
Umm so Mac is 1-1 vs smart?
In 2016 Smart lost to McElwain. In 2017, Mac knew he was getting fired, and the team didn’t show up.
In the only real game where Smart and McElwain both were trying to win as head coaches, Mac beat Smart.
By some of your logic, that means Mac is forever a better coach than Smart
Ok slow down there tiger. We are both UF fans but this argument is definitely flawed. UGA ended up playing in the NC that year. There is no way we beat UGA that year whether we “show up” or not. If we can’t show up for our biggest sec rival then there’s no way we win that game either way
And a very merry 2020 to you and yours Ben. Been fun sparring with ya this year.
Dude, time to put the crack pipe down.
Such an ironic post coming from you.
Glad UF is always on your mind though. Maybe next year if your good you’ll get some gator gear under your Christmas tree
We all need some dumpster kindling at one point or another.
Crack is always on tdow mind. Only fact you can derive from the trailer park manager with his uga diploma on the wall.
Lots of crack for DumbsOfWar which results in his repeated homoerotic hallucinations
McElwain was better than Will Muschamp, but it does not take much to be better at the Head Coaching Job than Will. Kirby catches a lot of heat from Dawg fans, but he’ll get it figured out offensively in Athens.
I thought Kirby was a god to puppy fans and could do no wrong. Don’t you know all the problems with the puppy offense were first the fault of Cheney and now Coley? Throw in Pittman too, he was supposed to have the best O line in college football ever but it turned out they weren’t even in the conversation by season’s end. More proof that Georgia is where 5 stars go to waste or to the transfer portal and that Athens is known for doing less with more
24-17
I don’t even know why I am even asking you since you’re obviously just a troll but which 5* players are underperforming at UGA? We won 12 games this year with a completely decimated WR group. We had wins against 3 top 10 teams including the gaturds. If any fanbase thinks their coach is “a god” it’s Uf. You constantly tell all of us that Kirby is an idiot while claiming Mullet is some genius yet Kirby keeps winning in Jax. Uf is going to take a step back next year after losing so many WR’s and both edge rushers. UGA on the other hand will probably be better on defense and absolutely be better on offense.
Anyway I’m sure you’ll tell me how dumb I am which seems to be your go to whenever you get called out for saying something stupid. New year same CO. Childish and ignorant.