I'm not sure where all this hate for Mullen comes from. Yes, he relied too much on Tebow and Harvin, but most of the time it worked. He also came up with some brilliant play calls: the jump pass, the Tebow rocker step, the play right before the half against OSU where Tebow took a step towards the LOS, then ran parallel to it before passing to Caldwell for the TD.
----- Original Message ----- From: "jfranl" <jfr...@earthlink.net> To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 12:14:54 AM Subject: RE: [gatortalk] I DON'T miss Dan Mullen Amen, Brother!! I don't want him back either. I always thought that superior talent would trump a mediocre offensive play caller, but I guess I was wrong. The wheels have fallen off the wagon! Fran -----Original Message----- From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Badrish Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 10:47 PM To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [gatortalk] I miss Dan Mullen I agree! On 10/19/10, wildeart...@gmail.com <wildeart...@gmail.com> wrote: > Mullen was an unimaginative and uninspired play-caller who won so much > because he had great players like Tebow and Harvin. We won in spite of his > play-calling, not because of it. He showed that again Saturday night. They > didn't win because he had a great game plan, or because he called a good > game. They won because we were so bad that they couldn't help it. They tried > to give us every chance to win, but we wouldn't take it. Adazzio is > certainly worse, but I sure don't want Mullen back. > > Rob > > > > > Sent from my iPad > > On Oct 17, 2010, at 11:16 AM, Scott Lucas <floridagat...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> Let me preface this by saying some of you may not like this: We have not >> been very good since Dan Mullen left, and HE may be the reason for Urban's >> success at Florida and previously. >> >> Let that sink in. >> >> Without Dan, Florida's offense is lifeless. A shell of its former self. >> Former? Yes, former... as in when Mullen was here calling the shots. Oh >> sure, Adazzio had a great offense against Cincinnati. Whoopie! It was >> Cincinnati-- hardly a perennial power, not from a powerhouse conference, >> and they got exactly what any middle of the road SEC would give them. >> That is Adazzio's best game. A game in which he had 3 weeks to prepare. >> He has not accomplished anything real other than that. >> >> As for Dan, why is he the key to UM's success? He makes his offense work >> with what he has. He inherited Chris Leak, the offense was modified, and >> we won with him. Won it all. We had our Tebow years, modified the >> offense, and we won with him. Mullen leaves, we have a Leak clone, we >> don't modify and we are losing horribly. But what has Dan done? He went >> to an underachieving school. Looked at what he had, he modified and is >> winning. He took a perennial cellar dweller and is making it work, with >> someone else's recruits because a good carpenter can work with the tools >> he has... >> >> Dan does what MUST be done to win. He ran the ball 29 out of 30 times >> against us. Why? It was working and it was what he needed to do to win. >> He saw what Alabama did to us up the middle, and he copied it. He say >> what LSU did to us, and he copied it. He is adjusting... modifying. He >> is doing what must be done to win, and he did it with far less quality of >> player than Bama and LSU had. This does not bode well for us. >> >> Our coaches insist on running an offense that is ill suited for our >> personnel. Dan wouldn't do this. We are trying to force TOO many square >> pegs into round holes. Dan wouldn't do this either. >> >> You think it is just about Brantley? It is not. Without adequate >> blocking, and by adequate I mean they open a hole occasionally, running >> backs will go nowhere. Especially a 190 pound running back when you run >> right up the middle. It doesn't matter how fast you are when all there is >> in front of you is a wall of defenders. We have no solid tight end >> threat. We have hybrids. We have kids playing positions that they can >> play but maybe shouldn't be playing, at least not yet. Dan wouldn't do >> this. >> >> We have a complete and total lack of a deep threat. Are all these blue >> chip recruits suddenly slow? Or can Brantley just not complete the long >> ball? Or are we just plain not calling them? And where is the mention of >> our QB coach? Why have we heard nothing about him or in regards to him? >> Is he all of a sudden a bad coach? I haven't heard his name mention since >> Tebow left. Wasn't Dan Mullen also our QB coach? >> >> Or, just maybe, this offensive line, supposedly the strength of the team, >> can't even figure out what to do with this offense either. They may be >> ill suited for the zone blocking and reads that the first half offense >> relies on. They seem to do MUCH better in the second half when Brantley >> starts throwing it around, when they are told to man up and block a person >> instead of an area. Again, an area in need of much change-- similar to >> what Dan has done with MSU. Take what you have, evaluate it, figure out >> what you do well, and then ride that horse. 29 out of 30 rushing plays. >> The one pass? A shovel pass, practically a running play as well. Dan >> does what you have to do to win. He does what works. >> >> We see this week in and week out, yet no adjustment, no improvement, no >> change. Its as if we (and dare I say it?) are stubborn just like SOS was >> when his passing game didn't work. What did Spurrier do when you squashed >> his passing? He continued to throw it, bound and determined to show the >> world a thing or two and that it will work. Well, by then, it didn't... >> and we would lose. I see that all over again, except this time it is this >> bastardization of the spread offense. When you stop our 3 or 4 plays, >> that we call 10 times each a game, we don't seem to make any changes until >> the second half. >> >> So what happens in the second half? We let Brantley be Brantley! We open >> it up a little, we hit the quick routes DOWNFIELD and not behind the LOS. >> We throw the out patterns, we mix it up, and we become more effective. >> >> Sure, the defense has relaxed. They already know they have us exactly >> where they want us. They know we are not explosive and are no longer a >> quick strike offense, so maybe they do drop back into a soft zone. But in >> the past 3 games, the offensive output, cohesiveness, drive sustaining >> plays have been there!!! We have converted the third downs, and even >> teams protecting a lead want to stop those. >> >> So why do we NOT do this going into the first half? Why not setup the run >> by passing? Make them defend that middle zone, soften the corners up, and >> force the defense to attack downfield in a pass rush which would create >> running lanes when we do hand it off. Instead, the defense holds the >> line, blitzes at will from the ends and pummels our backs and quarter >> back. Yet, we do nothing til halftime to adjust? >> >> So what is the difference between Dan and no Dan? Effectiveness. Period. >> MSU came out with a game plan that worked. We did not. They scored ALL >> of their points in the first quarter and then rode that game plan for an >> entire 60 minutes and won. Dan did what they had to do to win. >> >> We came out with the same offense that hasn't worked in weeks. We beat >> our head against that wall for 30 minutes. We made half time adjustments, >> and we moved the ball much more effectively just like in the Bama and LSU >> games. Three games, all identical, and all with the same results. Those >> coaches did what they had to do to win. >> >> I would love for the Gators come out and throw in the first have like we >> have been forced to do in the second half. But, if we CHOSE to throw in >> the first half, we set the tempo and we control the defense. By sticking >> to this same ol' mockery of the spread, we are playing right into the >> defense's game plan. We are NOT doing what we have to do to win. Its as >> if we are trying to prove that this can and will work, results be damned! >> You don't look at the Bama, LSU, and MSU defense and think we are going to >> run at them. We didn't change. Dan would have. >> >> We must change. We must adapt. And it must not happen during the >> halftime speeches. >> >> Do SOMETHING! >> >> -- >> GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! >> 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions >> 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions >> 2008 National Football Champions | >> Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel >> (1996), >> Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- Sent from my mobile device -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
