A history lesson for those of you suddenly sour on Dan.

2 years, here through 2022. I know because someone called me out on this when I posted what you did lol.

Grantham staying Florida DC over Bengals offer

 

Great post! I am not a fire Dan guy at all and I think he has done a terrific job rebuilding the program in 3 years, particularly with his use of the portal and in-game decision making minus a few games. He has also made some weird statements this year to the press that have been real head scratchers and show he is letting the stress get to him.

Here is my only concern. Is part of it the recruiting violations/show clause? Has his relationship soured somewhat with the UAA the past few weeks further when you include Fuchs and Stricklin had to talk to him a couple of times about his comments? Could pressure from the alum to run a clean program be playing a role?

Why flirt with the NFL now? Could some of it be his unhappiness with the situation in Gainesville coupled with bad (but not unfixable) relations with his bosses/UAA? Then pressure to get rid of his pick for Defensive Coordinator from fans and everybody watching the horrible defensive play all year, and he basically had enough?

Could it all have come to a head right before the LSU game? That LSU game seemed to be the worst preparation by the team for a game week, then the in game decision making and play calling were consistently a real head scratcher for the majority of the game for first time this year. It just seemed really weird. Could that have been Dan packing it in for a game saying here is what it would be without me. Then of course he had to put it together for the SEC championship game, but when things weren't fixed, that is what we got for the OK game.

I am just speculating. But the end of this season just doesn't add up.

 

OU makes me sad because Riley is basically a better version of Mullen. 11 years younger, 2 Heisman QBs and he’s a QB whisperer, offensive wizard, good recruiter and he isn’t afraid to fire his bad DC even if it’s the brother of his former mentor/boss and legendary OU HC. That was a much tougher fire than Grantham IMO, and he did it 2 years in (and OU fans were complaining about that timing, why I LOL at posters thinking we’re the only divas in CFB).

But yeah he made the playoffs without a defense, now that he’s fixing that CFB should watch out. We got smoked by them for many reasons but I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re really the number 3 team the way they played at the end of the year.

I’ll caveat all this with I still think Dan is a top coach and he inherited a dumpster fire, I just lament that OSU and OU both had legend head coaches that built a foundation while mentoring younger guys that could end up staying a while (unless the NFL poaches).

 

Come next season, we’ll find out one way or the other.

 

Yeah, that was kind of the point....he eventually improved after some bad losses in the first three seasons.

Not sure where you got moral victories from in noting a loss, but I'd imagine TxAM's body of work over the season is a bit more revealing than where they were/weren't ranked in week 2. Looks like you were accounting for SOS's body of work in the first comment, so it would seem to make sense to look at TxAM that way too

 

I spoke to this in a post earlier in December. I take a back seat to no man in my boundless affection and admiration for Steve Spurrier. He has been a Godsend in so many ways to our beloved University of Florida. But we look at his time as HBC as some halcyon days of yore when the Gators Never Lost, every game was Halfa-hunnert to Nuthin', FSU never skunked us in recruiting, the local and national media offered naught but paeans to his magnificence as a man and coach and he never did or said anything to make the Gator Nation wince.

Folks, I'm a UF '82 alum, I live and die by how my Gators do in every sport, I have opinions and a keyboard and am not afraid to employ them and I have to say: it just wasn't that way! IMHAWIO, you are showing age, bias, ignorance, some or all of the above, when you hold up any current coach to the OHBC and say "Back then..." What is different today then back then was the immediacy, the hostility and the visibility of the negativity, prompted by something in our modern world, as distinct from the world of 25 years ago, or so.

 

Defend WHAT????

That statement is complete internet speculation by one poster who has no evidence to substantiate any of it.

Unfortunately, people can make up whatever crap they want and post it on this forum, and sadly, some people accept it as the truth.

 

Regardless of the motive, this was a very ill-advised move, imho. The lingering effects will do no good for him or the program.

Nearly all of the fans angst and teeth gnashing is about one guy and one guy only, Todd Grantham.

Was the West Virginia stuff just speculation or was there dialogue between them and Gran? If there was Dan had to know that, maybe he was trying to help, who knows. Gran not being able to find a viable landing spot is not a valid reason to retain him here, in fact it’s the worst reason, imho.

Pure speculation on my part: Scott & Dan have been/are in deep conversations about everything from A-Z with the program. Why else would Dan be completely MIA right now?

 

Tilly is, as the youngsters say, "En Fuego".

 

These are VERY GOOD POINTS... I agree that the stress is getting to him... But he has created that with his actions and the things he says...

 

What's your real deal, you really have a thing against Mullen.

If we barely could field a team should we have still played?
Do you have such disdain for all teams who couldn't play a game?

Once again you really seem to dislike the man, what give?

Is that you Mac?