Dan Mullen gets shredded for postgame comment following loss to Oklahoma
The Oklahoma Sooners thoroughly dismantled the Florida Gators 55-20 in Wednesday night’s Cotton Bowl.
Sixteen players were unavailable for Florida, including its top 4 receiving threats Kyle Pitts, Kadarius Toney, Trevon Grimes and Jacob Copeland. Kyle Trask played, however, and it didn’t go well. The Heisman Trophy finalist threw 3 first-quarter interceptions and didn’t throw a touchdown for the first time in his career when starting a game. Backup quarterbacks Emory Jones and Anthony Richardson played most of the second half.
Many backups and scout team players participated (a lot) in the Cotton Bowl loss. That’s both good and bad, but remember, LSU was in the same position when it came to The Swamp and shocked the Gators earlier this season.
Oklahoma embarrassed Todd Grantham’s defense by racking up 684 yards of offense, including a whopping 435 on the ground. Yes, Florida’s offense struggled, but its defense struggled to tackle and even get lined up at times, which happened throughout the season.
Following the game, Mullen spoke to the media, and specifically one comment didn’t sit too well with fans and media. Mullen’s intent was to show that this is a completely different team without those 16 players on the field.
#Gators coach Dan Mullen: “The last game the 2020 team played was 11 days ago.”
— Graham Hall (@GrahamHall_) December 31, 2020
While Mullen is technically right, comments like these after losses don’t sit well. Reactions poured in on this comment alone:
Florida coach Dan Mullen tonight after getting embarrassed:
“The last game this 2020 team played was 11 days ago.”
“We didn’t have to play.”
“I thought our scout team guys played well.”
Didn’t think it was possible, but his quotes are more embarrassing than his teams play
— TJ Eckert (@TJEckertKTUL) December 31, 2020
If you don’t have enough players then don’t play… If you have enough to play and get your ass kicked then say you got your ass kicked, credit the other team and move on. Play or don’t play. Win or don’t. Just own it. https://t.co/25zuMzm9Gb
— Curtis Fitzpatrick (@cfitzfox) December 31, 2020
This is the mentality of a loser. https://t.co/FSUUvlihNp
— Jim Thrasher (@thrashman10) December 31, 2020
I love that he wants us to remember this team for the day it gave up 52 points and 600 yards to Alabama. Which I guess is more respectable than shitting the bed the week before against LSU. https://t.co/Qwy0s6eSlc
— Kyle Tucker (@KyleTucker_ATH) December 31, 2020
Next year’s team stinks. https://t.co/zqyvwrp9he
— Adam Kramer (@KegsnEggs) December 31, 2020
I don’t know what happened with Dan Mullen this year. I don’t know if it’s true colors, or the stresses of a year unlike any other. I’d like to give him the benefit of the doubt. But there have been some things said that will stick with me throughout his tenure with the #Gators. https://t.co/gC8JFTpInU
— Jon Alba (@JonAlba) December 31, 2020
What about 18 days ago, when y’all lost to a bad LSU team on your own field because dude threw a shoe. https://t.co/tVMYy6yveZ
— David Helman (@HelmanDC) December 31, 2020
Dan Mullen is so ridiculously unlikeable at times https://t.co/jG67zgoRCu
— Matt Jones (@KySportsRadio) December 31, 2020
That’s a good way to talk about the “future” of your team. What a complete jackwagon…🤦🏻♂️ https://t.co/uAwBti5cvN
— Jason Bruce (@CrimsonSports1) December 31, 2020
Okay so then forfeit your bowl bonus. https://t.co/JSToiYU7z2
— Unnecessary Roughness (@UnnecRoughness) December 31, 2020
What a terrible, trash statement. I used to like Mullen, but he had a team full of quitters and that’s on him. https://t.co/nt38S3Th63
— Cut68 (@dave19852081) December 31, 2020
Garbage https://t.co/pdVvij7B27
— Cleve (@CleveIsDaReaz_N) December 31, 2020
Let’s face it, Coach Mullen had a bad year.
I’m not quite sure. I used to have a lot of respect for him at Miss St but it’s like the moment he got off that plane in Gainesville his pompous arrogant doofus self exploded due to Floriduh’s mentality they’ve had since Spurrier.
At least Spurrier was funny with his arrogance.
He was that “pompous arrogant doofus” at State too.. but it was ignored because it was State. He’s always been a clown.
dead-on, wde. he’s just had more media coverage in gainesville.
Pay Malzan his money and shut up. You had a High School clown coach. Coach Mullen is the second best coach in the SEC. Mullen coaches circles around Kirby the Klown or Kirby not-so-smart… whatever you want to call that loser. Kirby walks around with a stuffed-sausage look on his face and really wastes all that talent. Never seen a coach do less with more than Kirby the Klown.
Keep praying Tebow comes back buddy.. Mullen won’t get it done. Second best coach in SEC? He’s barely the second best coach in his state. You and Mullen are both clowns
Dan Mullen has always been a little quirky, with his clipped answers to questions that he does not like. But his reputation as a high-profile coach in college football has definitely taken a hit this year. *Note: Mizzou halftime fiasco & the Darth Vader thing. He’s making the big Buck$ so he does not care now. If the 2021 Gators season is what it’s shaping up to be…he’ll care then.
Hate cause you ain’t – still beat UGA this year and don’t act like you liked Steve Spurrier when he coached in Gainesville… cause you didn’t. Your count is at 14,599 days. Is that how people in Georgiuh say Florida? I know the accent is dif.
1-3 vs UGA would cause Spurrier to overflow his bedpan at Sun City.
Oh I hated Spurrier when he was there, but I respected him. Not something that I’d say about Mullen
I’m an LSU fan, so I don’t have a dog in this fight. I never really thought about Mullen one way or another, except to respect him for developing Dak Prescott. Several things Mullen has done or said this year have given him a bad look. I don’t mean as a coach, but as a person. No offense, Gator fans.
Just because your jackass programmed minds can’t interpret what the quote really meant isn’t Mullen’s fault. We will get rid of Grantham and will bring a better D than the one that kicked your ass in 2020 along with a dual threat offense you won’t be able to stop to JAX October 30th. Talk about arrogant, your slobbering, drooling mouths have been writing checks your ass can’t cash for as long as I can remember. Listen to yourself ….. I believe it’s fear I hear behind those words of yours.
How long has it been since the Gaturds won a SECC? Mullen is a complete jacka$$ who has embarrassed his school on and off the field repeatedly this year. I would have fired him after the press conference following the Mizzou debacle. WHat a complete weird clown. Who the hell shows up to a press conference dressed in a Darth Vader costume after a game where your team got in a huge fight? That was bizarre, as in not so mentally healthy. Mullen needs to be seeing a shrink.
Beat GA 44-28… I would call it a great year.
Jerome, your lover boy Mullen has crested. Get used to it. Second best in the SEC? Quit smoking those untaxed cigarettes and get a job. Really.
You Saben is about to enter AARP old home so look for the 75 year old to retire pretty soon. Thought Alabama had class… but you are just a clown like Auburn and UGA dim wits.
Crested? That is really dumb bro
“Quit smoking those untaxed cigarettes and get a job. Really.”
My biggest laugh of 2021 so far!!!
Yeah we were 2nd best in the SEC!! and we will always be the team you hate to see show up at the SECC game. It was ridiculous how bad our D was and how many points we spotted you this year. I grew up in Alabama and left to attend UF in 1968. Still have a lot of Bama fan friends I talk to. Even with White, Waddle, Harris, Jones and a dominant O line they all said they were afraid we were going to pull the win off at the end.
I don’t think Nocojones knows what crested means. Look it up you dumba$$.
UGAdumb I know what it means thank you
That’s a fair point. And well earned. We Dawg fans know we won’t win every single year. But 3 out of every 4 is fair. We’ll take it.
UGA fans really only have two delusions, that are set in stone. One, yet to prove they can develop a passing QB. Second, your D was never elite. Ground D was good but your secondary against top ten with prolific passers and some less prolific but good, has been abysmal. Your secondary is only getting worse. You can’t plug and play DC’s and expect your secondary to not have issues. Good luck today against Cincy, i’m sure there is no way your secondary is going to allow itself to be shredded.
Auburn fans with Crimson Tide envy, and UGA fans with Gator envy posting on a Gator article. No wonder Alabama versus Florida is the norm when it comes to SEC championships. Worry about your own house. Auburn is a little sister to Alabama and UGA has not won a national title since 1980… Losers!!
Auburn, Alabama and UGA all lead their respective series against the gaytors. Nobody is worried about them and Mullen the clown.
Enjoy your 4 loss seasons bro because that’s all you are going to have until you find a coach no matter how many times run around the basement pounding your chest over a weak division title like a clown over a pathetic season.
I have to give you credit, taking on Alabama, Auburn and Georgia here all in one comment is not something we see often. There isn’t much anyone can do to bring those three teams together but you managed it. Congrats!
Let’s face it, Dan Mullen is a classless piece of trash. Always has been, always will be.
Calling him trashy may be too much.
JTF you love to take shots without thought. That team killed yours.
2020-Mullen was a study in how to make 8-4 feel like 4-8.
Mullen didn’t start a fist fight at the half, so he has that…
Lol. Progress!
maybe he didn’t come back out of the tunnel to interact with the fans enough, that could have demoralized the Mullen scout troop.
Glorious!!!!
I knew that doofus wouldn’t let media down.
CDM should be firing Grantham today.
Agreed.
But, do u expect that will actually happen…..at least that uf will part ways with grantham prior to spring practice?
Nobody is firing Grantham. He is an excellent DC and this Covid not being able to have practices, spring ball, etc. contributed to bad defensive play thru-out college football this year. Gator Nation stands with Grantham… so go post your hate somewhere else.
you don’t actually watch much football do you?
I know your just a troll but I have to interrupt your spiel for a second. Your saying that the DC whose defense just gave up 100 + points and over 1,200 yards the last 2 games is excellent? The same DC who gave up 30 points to LSUs scout team? The best troll jobs are either funny or in the realm of possibilities. You are the Grantham of trolls.
Ray Tanner, listen to me!!! We don’t want him!
Thought you take all Gator re-treads…
LOL!
This is the perfect time to fire Grantham. It will take the heat off the dumb thing he said at the press conference.
Man, I hope so.
Shouldn’t have said it, even if it’s true. Just stick to the coach-speak, Dan.
Agree with bayou tiger… but we all make mistakes. Wish he would have said “we got beat, we need to coach better”… and leave it at that.
Then he would have sounded like Kevin Sumlin.
When we look at the season body-of-work and know that testing and contact tracing had a dramatic affect on so many games, it’s really a series of photographs showing us the discipline and brainpower of these coaching staffs. A lot of head coaches should be asking themselves, “? how did my employees shape my future this year”, instead of saying and thinking, “my procedures, and my staff’s actions, will be fine as soon as the flu bug goes away”. Because the flaws in these staffs will still be there, and these rosters will still be made of colleges boys on their way to being functional men in society. Be a friend to a college man and tell him every day what his behavior is going to yield in the professional world.
Dan’s really starting to piss me off. Can’t recruit or speak to the media among other things. smh
Dan is the second best coach in NCAA… so you are either a poster troll pretending to be a Gator… or you don’t really know what it means to be a Gator. I think you are a troll. Gator Nation is 100% behind our coach, our team, and we respect our players choice to opt-out.
2nd best coach in the ncaa? Thats a big stretch. I think he’s a good coach but nothing in his record supports that statement.
My opinion can’t be wrong… but agree to disagree with you on the issue. There is no other coach I would want. Mullen is our coach and hopefully will be for a long time. Do me a favor… beat UGA next year!
Fair enough. And I hope we do beat uga next year.
Yeah, your opinion can be wrong. And it is. Mullen is not the 2nd best coach in the NCAA.
While opinions aren’t wrong your statement isn’t an opinion.. There is facts to prove he is not the second best coach….
Calling something that is wrong an “opinion “ is ignorant…
I like how you tell someone disagreeing with you that your opinion can’t be wrong… right after you attacked someone for having an opinion different than yours. Jeromegator96 you’re a joke and delusional homer.
Mullin has a lot of work to do and accomplishments to attain to become the 2nd best in the conference. I doubt he makes it.
2nd best, not even close. But really he is a good coach. But like some other SEC coaches ( & politicans) he needs to be humbly silent. Lots dislike Coach O, but he knows how to take the heat… “we need to coach better.” You ever hear Dan or Kirby admit that? Look at Pruitt, well nevermind…
Kirby has admitted that plenty, not sure what you’re talking about
I believe Dan Mullen is a good head coach, but he just needs to portray himself in public with more class. He needs a Public-speaking consultant and a full-time Public relations staff…then all Gator fans can be proud of him & his actions.
Jerome, glad you had a great party last night but you need to sober up before comments here about Mullen being the 2nd best coach in all of college football. You might want to rethink that comment.
Spoken like a true Semi-hole.
So the flabby acne scarred losers clinging to a dying profession don’t like Mullen. He’s supposed to care about these wimpy dorks?
Wow, you sure showed them
Well, that’s as harsh as the piling on by the media talking heads. Social media is a monster, always looking for prey, always looking for something to claim an offense to.
Kinda funny you talk about wimpy dorks while posting anonymously
Sideshow Dan the Clown, everybody.
Sideshow. Dan. The. Clown.
Let the implosion begin. Dan the Clown always thinks he is the smartest and most clever person in the room. He finally beat Kirby and a scout team walk on QB. But no excuses from Smart. And UGA still put up 28 points.
You lost 44-28 and you are proud to put up 28? Talk about Clowns! Kirby the Klown will get beat for the next 10 years. Nothing worth than GA trolls. Like flies on sh**… you show up to embarrass yourselves. Mullin coaches circles around Kirby the Klown… I guess 41 years since your last National Championship has your fur in a wad. Losers!
Coaches circles around Kirby? I guess you forgot about the 2018 and 2019 WLOCPs? I personally think the only thing embarrassing here is how some elements of Gator nation arrogantly mouthed off following the WLOCP… only to see Florida end the season with three consecutive losses.
Don’t forget about Mullet versus Kirby in 2017 when Miss St. came into Athens highly ranked and favored by many to win the game. Kirby and the Dawgs put a 31-3 beatdown on the offensive genius. Mullet has proven that he is not an offensive genuis, he’s just offensive.
A TD on the first play from scrimmage as I recall.
Get ready, here’s the real hurt. Since 1990 WE have kicked your ass 22 times, YOU have won only 9. We have been winning 70% of the games in JAX since 1990. Who kicks their #1 rival’s butt 70% of the time? That kind of dominance makes us your worst nightmare. If you think we are done with you, and you have turned the corner, I feel sad for the momma who raised (not reared – look up the difference) such a moron.
Dan the Clown vs Kirby “Not-So” Smart.
LMAO
Spurrier didn’t lose 3 times to UGA during his whole career at Florida while Mullet has lost 3 times in 4 years. Glad you have one win to crow about, it will have to last you a while now.
You are too stupid to realize that Mullen has only been the coach at UF for 3 years.
A true freshman making his first start ever with a severely depleted LSU roster scored 37 pts against that joke of a D and beat the Gators, but congrats on your 28 pts in a 44-28 loss. I swear some of you Dawg fans are dumb as rocks.
They make rocks look good
Speaking of dumb. The severely depleted LSU squad didn’t score 37 points against that joke of a D. The defense only gave up 30. Can’t blame the D on a pick 6. Shouldn’t throw dumb rocks.
Wow! You must be signing a multi-year ESPN analyst contract soon.
I find the post game press conferences just as interesting as the games themselves. You just never know what sideshow Dan is going to say next. Well, you do know what he’s NOT going to say. He’s not going to give the other team credit for a great game and he’s not going to own anything.
Glad you enjoy watching Gator press conferences. More exciting than a UGA game and I am sure you like to hear an intelligent coach speak (unlike your sausage-stuffed face coach).
Mullen mostly sounds like an idiot when he’s talking. Which is also the general consensus of most everyone else on here.
Intelligent coach? Man, you never cease to stop posting dumb, homerish takes. It is universally recognized that CDM is horrible talking to the press.
I have it on record from an accredited UF fan that Dan Mullen just talks fast so it doesn’t matter what he says. You can’t hold it against him.
ha! i seem to recall that explanation as well
FRIST OF ALL HIS PLAYERS THAT DIDN’T PLAY QUIT, THEY DIDN’T OPT-OUT, THE REST OF THE TEAM THAT WAS ON THE FIELD WAS NOT PREPARED TO PLAY AND QUIT, THAT IS ON THE HC. CDM IS A HORRIBLE COACH AND HIS TRUE COLORS CAME OUT THIS YEAR, WHO REMEMBERS DARK VADAR MULLEN? HE WHINES WORSE THAN DADBO AND THAT IS BAD… sorry for the caps I just realized they were on…
Why all these Bulldog trolls jumping onto the bandwagon? Bottom Line… we kicked your a** something like 44-28? The bottom line is we came out flat just like you losers did against Texas recently. Florida will be Florida again next year and we will be kicking Georgia’s a** for the next 10 years… so learn to lose. In the meantime, I am OK with getting beat and having all of our future NFL picks not being injured. Their welfare is more important than a Covid-year, empty stadium game. Either expand the CFP to 8 teams or get used to these crappy bowl games. Eight team playoff is easy… ALL power 5 conference champions, 2-at large, than 1 non-power 5 school… let the them determin the rankings 1-8. This year, not in order, would have been: Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oregon, Cincinatti, Florida, and Notre Dame. If Gators and Sooners met under these conditions… score would have been reversed. Go Gators! Bulldogs are Hators and Losers! 1980 was a long time ago… how does it feel to be 41 years removed from a National Title? Losers!
“we will be kicking Georgia’s a** for the next 10 years…”
ROTFLMAO, just another puussyboy from the turd nation running his mouth, like his puussyboy coach
Georgia is TURD NATION… you run your mouth more than anyone with the exception of leghumper… so piss off! You also sound like an uneducated redneck.
If you were educated you would know the definition of redneck. First off it’s a racial slur. Second is that in order to be a redneck you have to be uneducated. Saying your an uneducated redneck is redundant.
coming out flat and losing 21-28 to tx doesn’t really seem to be the same as coming out flat and losing 20-55….but sure, pretty comparable situations.
there’s a # of good gator fans on this site, but from review of above, your delusion seem to go hand in hand with cdm and his takes on reality.
You are delusional to think that Florida, Cincinnati, and Oregon would have got in before Texas A&M!
Oregon as Pac-10 champs, Cincinnati as 1-requried non-power 5, and I would have put Texas A&M over ND… The CFP with 5 confernce champions, 1-non power 5, and 2- at large. It comes from a CFP wish list. All confernce championship games would have CFP implications…
Georgia came out flat, made costly errors, and lost by 7. Florida got mercilessly curb stomped. So, no, nothing like UGA’s Sugar Bowl loss.
And Florida absolutely won’t beat Georgia for the next 10 years. Seems like you’re the one who needs to learn to lose.
Florida came out and beat Georgia 44-28 in Jacksonville this year… what is your point?
My point is that you’re wrong in trying to draw an analogy between UGA’s Sugar Bowl loss and whatever just happened to Florida last night. Pay attention, it’s not that hard.
I think it might be for him. Just sayin.
OMG, I am laughing to start the new year. These Gaytor comments are first class funny and stupid at the same time.
dan mullet – the Joey Buttafuoco of college football coaches
what a complete embarrassment for the entire SEC
Only insults from TDOWTheGreat redneck bulldog moron? You are an embarrassment to UGA with your stupid comments. Most educated UGA graduates (which you obviously are not) are cringing everytime you make one of our stupid comments. What are you 12 years old?
Is there an ignore button for this jeromegator idiot?
unfortunately, or fortunately, dependent of your opinion of uf, the fans are getting a face-plant of uncertainty as to whether they really want cdm being the face of their football team.
what was dismissed by many on this site earlier this year as a misinterpretation of his comments or intentions by the media and other fan bases….no longer seems to be in question.
mullet is a whiney punk who happens to be a decent offensive coach and a mediocre head coach.
hopefully he’s at UF for the next 10 years
More insults from UGA’s least educated fan? Give it a rest you absolute joke. Hopefully he will be here for 10 more years and Kirby will be a consultant for Alabama. Kirby has had #1 recruiting classes and done NOTHING with them… no championships since 1980. Go Troll an Alabama article. Loser!
Wow…a Florida fan talking about doing less with more after how this season went for them.
No face-plant. Goal this year was to beat Georgia and goal next year is win SEC. We are on schedule. We love our coach, love our team, and we are slowly increasing our recruiting. Mullen can flat out coach and he can develop talent. He is beating UGA with 3.25 star talent because he is a much better coach than Smart. Sometimes the truth hurts…
So your goal was to win one game? I guess for Florida that’s setting the bar high ..
Where is Lil Cojones and all his crap talking buddies? All those missing WR didn’t cause OU to hang half a hundred. BTW, perfect example last night why Cox transferred, guy can’t deal an edge to save his life.
*seal an edge.
Rose Bowl half time: OU 31, UGA 17. Cotton Bowl half time: OU 31, UF 14. One team quit, one team did not.
I don’t think players would opt out on Spurrier or Meyer like this. But on Mullen they’re out the door as soon as possible.
“I thought our scout team guys played well.”
Well, the ones who might have played for him before definitely won’t now
Opt-out is a new phenomenon that Spurrier and Meyer did not have to deal with. If you were to get a multi-million dollar contract… would you risk injury for a game in front of no fans in the stadium? Probably not. Bottom Line: Oklahoma is a great team and kicked our ass. Our NFL players did not get hurt and will have their names called in April’s draft… we can take the loss, learn from it, and come out swinging next year. Still much better to be a Gator than a bulldog…
Lincoln Reilly didn’t have to deal with it either. Not all of FLA’s opt outs were in lieu of preserving multi-million dollar contracts, only a few were. Coaching matters.
Some opt-outs were Covid related… and Oklahoma has only 1-draftable player (CB that did opt out). QB is a freshman, and great WR’s freshmen and sophmores. Only reason to not opt out is for CFP. Coaching does matter and that is why Florida went from 4-8 before Mullen to 3 consecutive New Year’s day bowls… Not the end of the world… just something to build on.
You went from saying the bowls were meaningless to bragging about going to 3 NY day bowls. Pick a side and stick with it. You keep calling people uneducated, jokes & losers. You should ask your Mom for some money for a broom so you could sweep your own doorstep.
Classic Dan Mullen!
Cousin Eddie, really is the gift that just keeps on giving.
“I thought our scout team guys played well.”
I wonder when mullet will blame his wife and chunk her under the bus?
Mullen again skirts responsibility. The guy has no concept of PR.
Talking heads in the media are now a product of the social media monster. People dont read for information anymore, we read all this crap so we can be offended…by something, anything so we can hopefully become a social media hero if we are offended by the right comment and the slant taken.
Im gonna laugh for the Georgia Trolls when it gets announced after the bowl game that JT is going to declare himself to the NFL. They are all excited and I will laugh when that balloon pops! And we will smoke you again next year
Agree. Someone answer this question. Why so many UGA trolls on a Gator article?? Gator Envy??
jerome…you must be off your meds…get em refilled O.K.
Just tired of taking all the UGA crap… they flock to Gator articles and keep posting assinine statements. Happen to have the day off of work to call out these Loser UGA pri*ks…
You aren’t calling out anyone. You’re just posting stupid crap. And apparently name calling too. Classy.
Hey y’all cut jerome a break. He should be excited, he just finished what Gus Malzahn would call a “solid season”
Many of you loudmouths have done nothing but spew arrogant, cocky nonsense since the WLOCP. So yeah, your rival fanbase is going to capitalize on this opportunity, just like Gator fans have done to UGA.
I have never ONCE posted on an Bulldog article… really not that interesting to even read anything about them. You must really have an interest in Gators. I can’t blame you.
I’m not talking about where the comments were posted, your reading comprehension is… lacking. It doesn’t matter if it’s a UGA or UF article, the comments I’m referencing occurred all over SDS. I’m personally interested in the SEC in general, so I read about most teams. But if you need to twist this to be “people must be obsessed with gators!” then please perform whatever mental gymnastics will ease the pain from last night.
JT may or may not leave. If he does, learn the name Brock Vandergriff.
He may. That is football today. Personally I think he stays but even if he goes you have both Carson Beck and Brock Vandergrift competing for the job. Contrast that to this year’s dumpster fire at the position and most of the offense coming back and I’ll take it.
Lot of questions in Gainesville. Honestly, I think they’ll be OK…but not at the level of this year’s team. That was a special group that inexplicably has 4 losses.
maybe he should of just said. Atleast nobody threw a shoe and walked out. lol
Way to stand behind the guys that took the field Coach.Time to break out the Darth Vader costume.
Lincoln Reilly makes great Luke Skywalker obviously, we should have known how this saga would play out.
Nice!
I see a lot of comments arguing about how good or bad he is at coaching. You have missed the point. He lost a game, then promptly started dumping on the guys that showed up and fought for the team. Because it wasn’t about the team, it was about him. He could be the single greatest or worst coach ever to walk the earth and he would still be a garbage human being. His comments were completely devoid of class or any consideration for the players who came out and fought.
Yep. The expression is that sports builds character, but in truth, sports and pressure reveal character. Mullen exposed his.
This nails it!
Bingo! Perfect outlook on the situation.
0-3 to finish the season is not a real good record. Just my opinion.
The Gator defense was suspect all year. Don’t know whether that was coaching or talent or both. Their offense was great, but without some of their best offensive personnel in the bowl game, and Trask having one of his absolute worst games, the defensive malady really showed up. By the way, Texas A&M really got screwed on the CFP, the rankings, their bowl game and the All-America teams. Buddy Johnson is the best middle linebacker in college football and he didn’t even get a mention. The national press probably doesn’t even know where College Station is.
This guys a clown. First he makes excuses before the game, to prepare for a postgame deluge of excuses. Next he says he didn’t have to play the “Cotton Bowl” and wanted to play to use as a springboard for next year, so apparently they didn’t prepare to win. Then he says that they used scout players, so he put in less than adequate players and he really didn’t try to win. I know that they were short on receivers, but his recruiting classes of young receivers were still there and the receivers did not give up 55 points. Finally, he says he thought his crappy players played well and it was the plan, to have a good experience for next years roster. He may win the weaker part of the SEC, but he will rarely beat Bama for the SEC championship. Oh BTW, he played a lot of scout team players. Yeah, after it was evident they were getting blown out. Every team misses players at year’s end, by injury or opt outs. You treat the opt outs like injuries. He teaches his kids that you make excuses and not treat the situation as next man up. He told his team that the ones that played alot were inadequate and not good enough. Great message, we lost big because of the people we played. Finally, the core of your defense was there. Yes 1 or 2 players were missing, but you got blown off the field. Nearly 500 yards rushing. That’s a physical beating. Take your lumps, no excuses, cudos to the team that beat you and say we will be better, because these experiences can positively impact your team going forward. Being short handed with mainly wide receivers, against a team that “isn’t in your class” is no excuse to get blown off the field. Saban would never say that and he wouldn’t get blown off the field due to a few good missing players. Same for Dabo and Clemson. Florida did not have the heart and the staff did not prepare the team as a championship coach would.
I think Mullen is a great offensive coach. And his players love playing for him. But Stricklin needs to have a sit down with Dan and discuss his communication style and his defensive coaching staff. He is putting his foot in his mouth too much and Grantham and the defensive coaching staff were horrible at their job responsibilities this year. Mullen needs to get better with his words and changes are needed on his defensive staff, be it Grantham or the LB and DB coaches.
Why start now, his mouth got him 6.6 mil a year in Gainesville
Speaking of the game 11 days ago, as close as Florida made it at the end, did anyone really ever feel the game was in doubt for Bama?
LOL yeah. I was sweating a good bit there at the end.
Mullin is known for saying stupid things and not taking responsibility for negative outcomes. It isn’t like this just started.
Coaches like Mullen who never accept blame for losses set a poor example for his players. His message is “don’t hold yourself accountable.blame somebody else”. He will never rise above a .333 win pct against Ga.
Mullen has no self-awareness. Does he not realize how small and petty he comes across? The man is a complete goofball.
Mullen is a complete dork. I nicknamed him Darth Gator after his press conference on Halloween but now will refer to him as Dork Gator. What a clown.
Mullen is a great coach, but an idiot just like Kirby, Leach etc.
He should get a mask that distorts his remarks so you can’t really tell what he says! This isn’t his first time making nonsense statements.
A few years back I wondered why he was known as a classless ahole,, now I completely understand, it’s who he is.
Mullen gonna Mullen.
It’s a legit comment, no problem with it at all. If your not a Gator your Gator Bait.
When was last time any of these two teams beat Alabama untill you can consistently beat Alabama you will not be able to keep your coaches
Unfortunately, a lot of coaches have this attitude. They want their Bowl bonuses, but try to sell the game as a meaningless exhibition.
Well, we don’t keep stats of ‘exhibition games’, apply them to your final record, and determine a final ranking after them. It’s another game coach, and you lost badly.
I wonder how much longer he’ll be at Florida. When he took the job, I expected him to do well, but not well enough. Big Game Mullen always pops up and then things go down the toilet.
Mullen may not be a dadgum SEC redneck, but he sure plays a good one on TV.