Matt Corral's father questions Florida's commitment to his son
The Florida Gators are now searching for a new quarterback for their 2018 class after 4-star QB Matt Corral flipped his commitment to Ole Miss on Thursday night.
The move took many by surprise, but on Friday, Corral’s father, Peter Corral, weighed in on his son’s decision.
As you can see below, Corral said his son was always 100 percent committed to the Gators, but then added that perhaps the Gators weren’t fully committed to Matt:
Matt was always 100% commited to the Gators. Unfortunately, they weren’t commited to him.
— Peter Corral (@CorralPeter) December 15, 2017
Considering new Florida coach has always had success with dual-threat quarterbacks (Nick Fitzgerald, Tim Tebow, Dak Prescott and Alex Smith come to mind), it’s fair to wonder whether Mullen would have had a place for the pro-style Corral.
Now, though, the Rebels have a key piece for their 2018 class, while the Gators are searching for a new quarterback.
Mullen may try to find a dual-threat option, but it’ll be interesting to see if he can find one on such short notice.
Interesting. Can Mullen only coach dual threats? If Florida’s QBs continue to suck and Coral prospers at Ole Miss, this will look bad for Dan.
Mullen did well with Alex Smith. He had successful offenses in starkville with Tyler Russel who couldn’t outrun my grandmother. In 2015 Dakota ran the ball less and our RB production wasn’t even mediocre, but man did Dak sling the ball!
Yeah, Dan likes a mobile QB. But his track record proves he can do good things with a pass first or pass heavy offense too.
UF not being committed to Corral had much more to do with off the field issues than on the field concerns. Sure, if Corral sets records at OM, maybe that makes Dan look bad especially if UF is floundering. If Corral flames out, or transfers, or whatever else so many teams have obviously been concerned about, will that make Dan look bad?
Glad my phone at least autocorrect Dak into his actual name, not Yak or something. :)
That makes sense. Thanks.
The thing I have learned about Mullen as an Ole Miss fan is that is doesn’t matter who the quarterback is. Mullen is going to find a way to get the most production possible from that position, whether on the ground or through the air.
Neither you, nor anyone else not actually intimately involved with the recruitment, know whether Florida backing off had anything whatsoever to do with any alleged “off-the-field issues”. That is pure conjecture on your part and is dubious at best. Mullen didn’t seem to have any problems with Simmons’ off-the-field issues and has been known to bring in other players with serious baggage as well.
JS wasn’t the QB.
I think Mullen is all in on flipping J Fields. He sees that player as his chance for quick success in Gainesville, and I agree with that. This Corral kid obviously sees the push for Fields as a sign the Gators aren’t “100% committed” to him. Such is life in recruiting these days.
A Quote from Jalon Jones caught my attention. “When he (Mullen) was first recruiting me to Mississippi State, his phone wasn’t working so he gave his wife’s number so I called her number to talk to him…”
This is strange in several ways.
-Mullens phone is his primary recruiting tool. He has a $100m Athletic dept supporting his technology and activities. It seems odd that that aparatus would fail to keep a working phone, with backups, in his hand.
-Even if his phone had a temporary issue, like depleated battery or poor reception, it doesn’t make sense to have the recruit use his wifes number. He’d want to use another University managed phone. Managing, tracking, catagorizing, and reporting all of Mullens recruiting contacts is so improtant that diverting this recruiting call to an unmanaged phone complicates and disrupts that monitoring.
-if Mullens phone wasn’t working, why call recruit Jones only to tell the recruit to call him back at another number? Why not just conduct the recruit call in the first place? Don’t hang up, wait for a call back, on a different phone.
-Also, curious why have the recruit call Mullen in this case? Seems like the tight controls on coach initiated calls vs no controls on recruit initiated calls may have been in play.
-Giving out his wifes number sets her up to receive future calls from this recruit. Does that put her at addditional risk of being considered a Univ rep in recruiting activities? Or, complicating monitoring requirements?
This guy is legit. He can throw a really good ball, and he has the mental side of the game unlike Feliepe Franks. I don’t get why Mullen would let this kid get away, especially if he wants to prove he can work even more wonders at QB if given heightened talent.
A few things. First, it is not uncommon for a coach to want his own recruits. Dan has every right to choose whether he wants to move on to another recruit or not. While he may be able to work with QBs who are primarily passers, he obviously prefers running QBs, so he would likely rather pursue someone that meets his preferred style. The main reason he featured more passing in Dak’s senior year was to prepare Dak for the NFL– a tactic which obviously worked for Dak. Also, Fitzgerald is not a dual-threat QB. He is one of the worst passers in the league but is a very dangerous runners. That is one threat.
Aka Mac told him he’d start Mullen said he’d have to compete, albeit with sub par coachedQbs on the team currently, to start
This is like Griers dad saying Florida wasn’t committed to him because we wouldn’t promise him the starting spot
I doubt that’s the case considering he going to Ole Miss, who obviously can’t promise a starting position as they already have a very good starting QB.
Pattersons transfering to Michigan so they no longer have a very good starting qb
You obviously haven’t seen Ta’amu play.
Second highest completion percentage in the conference, third highest QBR, highest number of yards per pass attempt, 11:4 TD to int ration… sounds like a pretty dang good one to me.
After Ole Miss’s offensive performance, you seriously believe that Luke would offer a starting position to a QB not named Jordan Ta’amu?
barring injuries, he will redshirt in 2018, back up Ta’amu in 2019 and have the chance to compete for a starting spot in 2020.
You don’t want to take a kid that doesn’t fit. Mullen knows what he wants. Corral will have a better college career somewhere else.
Interesting discussion, bottom line is, a program can’t have as many quarterback candidates as offensive linemen. And if there is something short from the list: mental, fitness, technical, tactical, better to find the best fit now vs. mid October 2018.
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