Will Florida fire Dan Mullen? Gators fans sure hope so
By Ethan Lee
Following the embarrassing blowout loss to the Georgia Bulldogs, Florida Gators fans are fed up with their head coach, Dan Mullen.
The Florida Gators aren’t having a very fun season right now. They entered into the year with high expectations, as they do every season, and they’re sitting at 4-4 through eight games. Florida’s most recent loss was a humiliating 34-7 loss to the Georgia Bulldogs.
Georgia is the top-ranked team in the country, but that doesn’t excuse how bad Florida is playing right now. And Gators fans aren’t exactly thrilled with how their head coach is performing.
Florida football fans want Dan Mullen fired
Dan Mullen needs to be fired. Gator standard became not being shutout. Talent disparity is on him being a fucking idiot when it comes to recruiting.
— Osvaldo (@SaiyanValdo) October 30, 2021
I’m not sure if Dan Mullen will be fired by Florida or if he is hired away by Penn State. Either way, I really feel like he’s not the head coach of the Gators in 2022.
— Spaghetti Junction Boys Podcast (@SJBAtlanta) October 30, 2021
Dan Mullen should be fired.
— Jay 😎🐊 (@98thSlime) October 30, 2021
0 awareness of player personnel
Doesn’t look interested in winning
Never addressed the DC for 3 years
Loss to LSU back to back years.
His teams are never disciplined
Blown out by Georgia.
https://twitter.com/Stick___Rick/status/1454573526711783427?s=20
Of course, some folks REALLY want him fired.
Dan Mullen should be fired into the sun
— Bryan (@mattib686) October 30, 2021
Dan Mullen is about to get fired before Manny Diaz. Imagine thinking that would be possible before the season started
— Bobby, No Ricky (@jbeans_15) October 30, 2021
So do we think that Dan Mullen gets fired tonight or do they wait until the end of the season?
— Morgs Hart (@morgs_hart) October 30, 2021
Dan Mullen might get fired after this game
— Breion Tucker (@BreionWtucker) October 30, 2021
The defense been pretty good today. Todd Grantham still needs to be fired. But they've been good.
— Joe (@UFLORIDAJOE) October 30, 2021
Dan Mullen is getting circles ran around him by Kirby Smart.
Dan Mullen needs to go take an offensive coordinator job in the NFL. Negotiate your buyout and be gone.
And of course, this sort of record isn’t any good:
Dan Mullen and Florida have lost seven of their last nine games to Power Five teams.
— Patrick Schmidt (@PatrickASchmidt) October 30, 2021
How much does Dan Mullen make?
The folks at Florida are paying Mullen a ton of money. At the beginning of this year, Mullen received a contract extension from the Gators athletic department (that’s probably not looking all that great right now). Mullen is actually the sixth highest-paid coach in the country, making $7,570,000 this season.
Dan Mullen buyout
If Florida were to fire him, the Gators would owe him a pretty big buyout. It’s not unmanageable, but the Gators would have to pay Mullen $12 million if they decided they didn’t want him to coach in Gainesville any longer.
How long has Dan Mullen been at Florida?
Mullen has been in Gainesville for a few seasons. Just days after his Mississippi State Bulldogs team was upset in a loss to Ole Miss in the 2017 Egg Bowl, Mullen left Starkville for the Florida Gators.
During his first and second seasons with Florida, in 2018 and 2019, Mullen led the Gators to 21 wins. Florida looked promising in 2020, but finished by losing three consecutive games and ended the year at 8-4. Now, at 4-4 in 2021, the best finish the Gators can hope for is to go 8-4. It remains to be seen just how rough this season will get for Mullen and Florida.
Mullen chose to leave Mississippi State where winning eight to nine games a year would get him contract extensions and praise. Now those sorts of seasons might end up getting him fired given the expectations that come with coaching at Florida.
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