#Year13
I think Dan Mullen is a high floor, low ceiling head coach. Even as a Georgia fan, I'll give him credit for doing more with less and winning with inferior talent. This was his MO at Mississippi State (along with QB development).
The issue is that he has no excuse for doing more with less now. He's at Florida, a program with limitless resources. If he has less talent, that's an indictment on his recruiting ability. Dan is a good enough Xs and Is coach to beat most teams but he's not an elite recruiter so he'll struggle to consistently beat elite teams.
Another knock on Dan is that his teams aren't consistent enough. It's clear that She has great game plans for big games like Georgia and Alabama but he follows them up with these these mind-boggling losses to lesser teams.
I think it makes Dan Mullen so unlikable is that he acts like a petulant child after losses.
1. When The Gators got blown out in the Cotton Bowl, Dan went to the press conference and said "We really didn't want to be here and we just played a bunch of young guys".
2. When they lost to LSU he took no accountability for his player tossing the shoe that eventually lost in the game.
3. Last year he complained about Texas A&M having too many fans as being a reason why the Gators lost.
4. Now last night he refuses to admit he got out coached despite losing to an inferior team.