Things are about to happen at/to(?) Florida
After a narrow 1 point win at Tennessee the Gators have cancelled their Monday press conference in the first time in forever. Several beat writers are pondificating something big is about to happen, stay tuned
October 6th, 2014 at 11:44 AM ^
Very strange to see after a win, but I think they have seen enough.
October 6th, 2014 at 12:03 PM ^
It might have more to do with what Dan Mullen is doing at Miss. St. than what's going on at Florida.
October 6th, 2014 at 2:02 PM ^
That wouldn't explain a midseason firing. Mullen's not going to leave MSU for Florida in October.
October 6th, 2014 at 2:18 PM ^
I didn't say or imply that he would. I just said that, if Florida was going to dismiss their coach mid-season, it may have more to do with the success of the person they might view as their number 1 target.
If they see Mullen as their number 1 target to replace Muschamp, then why wait to can Muschamp. Cut him loose now and Florida has a jump-start on pursuing Mullen. It doesn't mean Mullen leaves before the end of the season, just that Florida would have a head-start on any other program that would want him.
However, all of this is moot because it's been noted in earlier threads (below) that the press conference wasn't cancelled because of an announcement on Muschamp. It was cancelled because of some legal trouble with one of their players.
October 6th, 2014 at 2:20 PM ^
They don't have to fire Muschamp before they pursue Mullen. That can be done through back channels. Firing Muschamp just means they won't have a coach for two months.
October 6th, 2014 at 2:24 PM ^
A lot of coaches won't talk to potential schools and/or teams while the position is still filled by one of their colleagues.
The coaching fraternity is a small one and those guys tend to not like that back door shit on a job that's already filled.
I'm not saying it never happens. Most coaches just try to avoid it. That's bad ju-ju.
EDIT: and again - I didn't say they had to fire him mid-season, just that doing so would give them a jump-start.
October 6th, 2014 at 5:00 PM ^
Surely they know who his agent is; surely his agent would have some idea of his level of interest in the job if it did come open.
October 6th, 2014 at 12:18 PM ^
Some Florida posters on 247 are saying that it has to do with legal troubles for Treon Harris.
Edit:
A source close to the situation has confirmed that this does not involve the future of Will Muschamp. Stay tuned for details. #Gators
— David Jones (@DaveJonesUFbeat) October 6, 2014Gainesville source has confirmed that #Gators quarterback Treon Harris is being investigated in a legal matter.
— David Jones (@DaveJonesUFbeat) October 6, 2014October 6th, 2014 at 1:19 PM ^
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/11653329/treon-harris-fl…
Backup QB has sexual assault accusations.
October 6th, 2014 at 11:44 AM ^
Dan Mullen will be the new Florida coach and Michigan Nation will hang our collective heads and weep.
October 6th, 2014 at 11:48 AM ^
October 6th, 2014 at 11:49 AM ^
Like who?
When you get past the Harbaughs and Miles, there aren't really "better prospects."
October 6th, 2014 at 12:18 PM ^
Neither of whom we will probably be able to hire.
October 6th, 2014 at 11:49 AM ^
October 6th, 2014 at 12:01 PM ^
October 6th, 2014 at 12:09 PM ^
IIIIIIIIIIIIn the toughest conference and division in all of football.
October 6th, 2014 at 1:09 PM ^
Mississippi State
a school who last won an SEC title in the 40's
where they had all of 10 winning seasons between the 1970's and Mullen's hiring
who play in the toughest division in football
is in the top 5
October 6th, 2014 at 12:32 PM ^
Like big deal man, Hoke has us in the top 5 of underperformers.
October 6th, 2014 at 11:49 AM ^
you find out who he is first before making such a comment as well. He'd actually be a very good fit at Michigan.
October 6th, 2014 at 11:51 AM ^
Did you not watch Miss St at all Saturday/this year? Get your head out of whatever crevasse it currently is in.
October 6th, 2014 at 12:00 PM ^
You want to wait 6yrs to win again? Our fans catn fuckin wait 4yrs..we need someone that can win NOW
October 6th, 2014 at 12:04 PM ^
Please name that person who can win "NOW." Difficulty: must be actually willing to take the UM job.
October 6th, 2014 at 12:20 PM ^
The entire MGoBlog forum seems to have a lot of coaching ideas. Maybe they'll just hire us.
October 6th, 2014 at 12:10 PM ^
I know things are bad right now, but no need to be like this. Seriously. Throttle back, turbo.
October 6th, 2014 at 12:11 PM ^
He's 41-28. Do you realize that the 6 years prior to his arrival in Starkville, Miss. St. was a combined 25-57?
Oh yeah and it took him 6 years to build that program in the SEC. It's kind of a tough conference. You may have heard of it.
EDIT: Changed to 6 years prior to his era to make it a more apples-to-apples comparison of time-frame.
October 6th, 2014 at 12:14 PM ^
MSU has no football history or tradition and was an SEC bottom-dweller. There's no reason to think that, at a program with better recruiting and better history, tradition and culture he would take so long here.
October 6th, 2014 at 12:14 PM ^
MSU has no football history or tradition and was an SEC bottom-dweller. There's no reason to think that, at a program with better recruiting and better history, tradition and culture he would take so long here.
October 6th, 2014 at 12:14 PM ^
MSU has no football history or tradition and was an SEC bottom-dweller. There's no reason to think that, at a program with better recruiting and better history, tradition and culture he would take so long here.
October 7th, 2014 at 2:02 PM ^
Does MSU have no football history or tradition? Were they the SEC bottom-dweller?
October 6th, 2014 at 12:18 PM ^
October 6th, 2014 at 12:19 PM ^
You realize he was 9-4 in his second season, right? Also, it took Harbaugh until his third season to get a winning record at Stanford. Not sure how you expect someone to take a tire fire and win immediately.
October 7th, 2014 at 12:30 AM ^
In b4 Gus Malzahn.
October 6th, 2014 at 11:52 AM ^
Ummm pretty sure a lot of research has been done on him by multiple people on the board. He was even included in a list of Power 5 coaches that might fit UM by our fearless leader, you might have heard of him....Ryan Cook
October 6th, 2014 at 11:59 AM ^
Dude has made Mississippi State into a legit top 10 team. He's insane if he doesn't cash his chips now and go take a high paying job elsewhere
October 6th, 2014 at 11:49 AM ^
That's exactly what I thought too.
And dammit straight to H.E. double hockey stick if that does happen. He's my #1 choice for a lot of reasons.
October 6th, 2014 at 11:45 AM ^
There goes Dan Mullen.
October 6th, 2014 at 11:45 AM ^
This will likely bring Dan Mullen off the board.
October 6th, 2014 at 12:47 PM ^
Unless it takes Mullen off the board because MSU signs him to a big extension, I don't think Florida firing their coach this early would be good for Mullen ending up there. All he hear about for the next two months would be questions about Florida, which he would have to emphatically shoot down. Think about what Miles went through for a month after Lloyd retired. There would be almost no way he could take the Florida job at the end of the season.
I know coaches lie all the time publicly, but I would have to imagine it would be hard for a recruit (or his parents) to trust what he says after something like that goes down.
October 6th, 2014 at 11:45 AM ^
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October 6th, 2014 at 11:47 AM ^
Everyone covering that beat thinks it's something huge. Would firing a coach who hasn't done anything really be huge? Getting popcorn ready.
October 6th, 2014 at 11:47 AM ^
Can we cancel ours too?
October 6th, 2014 at 11:48 AM ^
Laughing.
October 6th, 2014 at 11:52 AM ^
We should cancel ours even if we were 5-0. It is painful listening to Hoke speak in public. He is not an articulate man.
October 6th, 2014 at 11:55 AM ^
To me, this is a complaint that gets overblown when the team is losing. If the team was 6-0, people would view the way he talks as "just his down to earth nature".
Winning or losing have very different effects on perception.
October 6th, 2014 at 12:00 PM ^
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October 6th, 2014 at 12:13 PM ^
Partially true. If he was winning, people would still not like the lack of openness I think, but they would tolerate it and spin it as positive while we stew and watch OSU fans get to go on the field and kick FGs with the team during practice events. But for a program that is just completely disorganized, stuff like this starts to look more malignant, like is Hoke's inability to communicate effectively with the press just a symptom of a coach that can't communicate very well in general, including with his staff and team, and that's contributing to poor performances on the field.
October 6th, 2014 at 12:22 PM ^
Oh yeah. There's a not-so-fine line between down to earth and stupid or determined and stubborn.
It's about the same as the difference between 5-1 (maybe 4-2) and 2-4.
There's probably a pretty good correlation between program expectations and actual results.
October 6th, 2014 at 11:52 AM ^
Let's schedule one for DB and then cancel it.