in meyer's offenses? coordinator roles vary from program to program depending on how much the head coach is directly involved... that's probaly going to be the key as to how good a coach we picked up... hopefully the ninja did his homework on that...
does anybody have any info on how much mullen was directly involved
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It's a real question for once. However, I have to believe that GB looked at this. One has to acknowledge, however, that a lot of raw emotion goes into coaching changes.
and brought him to UF as offensive coordinator, so I assume he had a lot of confidence in Mullen. But that doesn't really answer the question. I guess you'd have to ask UF fans who follow the program closely.
I think Mullen will be fine on-the-field coaching, especially developing QB's. His off-the-field coaching abilities are what I'm not sure about. So far he's done okay, but having not run his own program it's all speculation how he'll do there.
I guess we'll see this year what Meyer does w/o Mullen at OC for the first time since 2004.
I think Mullen will be fine on-the-field coaching, especially developing QB's. His off-the-field coaching abilities are what I'm not sure about. So far he's done okay, but having not run his own program it's all speculation how he'll do there.
I guess we'll see this year what Meyer does w/o Mullen at OC for the first time since 2004.
several months ago I saw an article that described how when Meyer first got the Bowling Green job, he and 2 offensive assistants spent a lot of time brainstorming and visiting other coaches to decide what kind of offense he wanted to run. One of those assistants was Mullen
in the offense as commonly believed. Says he is a good "players guy" but they won't miss him from an X's and O's stand point. He laughed about the comment Tebow made about being closer to Dan. He said "Not even Ed Orgeron could mess up Tebow's game"...whatever!
Tebow is the perfect QB for Meyer's system. If you had a QB creating machine and could put in all the attributes you desire for a QB, then Tebow is exactly what would come out if Meyer was the one creating the QB.
That said, Tebow still needs coaching to be good. You can't just run him out there and have success.
I think that Meyer promoting his OL coach to the OC post definitely suggests that Meyer is the main man in charge of the offense, and Mullen's job was likely to understand what Meyer wanted and make it happen. That said, that doesn't really have much to do with whether or not Mullen can or will be a solid head coach. I'd say that at least 75% of being a good head coach has to do with your ability to hire good assistants and manage the program. If he's done well at hiring assistants to balance his weaknesses, and he's good at delegating, he'll do a good job.
I go back again to Tuberville. I always thought his ability to hire assistants was a lot of the reason for his success, and I think his ability to pick up the slack for the weak spots on his staff was the reason he lasted so long. In the end, it was a poor assistant hire, that seemed forced on him, that had a lot to do with his demise.
That said, Tebow still needs coaching to be good. You can't just run him out there and have success.
I think that Meyer promoting his OL coach to the OC post definitely suggests that Meyer is the main man in charge of the offense, and Mullen's job was likely to understand what Meyer wanted and make it happen. That said, that doesn't really have much to do with whether or not Mullen can or will be a solid head coach. I'd say that at least 75% of being a good head coach has to do with your ability to hire good assistants and manage the program. If he's done well at hiring assistants to balance his weaknesses, and he's good at delegating, he'll do a good job.
I go back again to Tuberville. I always thought his ability to hire assistants was a lot of the reason for his success, and I think his ability to pick up the slack for the weak spots on his staff was the reason he lasted so long. In the end, it was a poor assistant hire, that seemed forced on him, that had a lot to do with his demise.
is that you can take a QB and tailor it around whatever QB you have. I think the offense is fit around Tebow rather than the other way around. We're not going to ask Tyler Russell to be Tim Tebow, and it's not going to be a problem at all.
As far as Mullen and Tebow, all I know is that Tebow has improved as far as throwing since he arrived at UF, and Mullen was the main guy responsible for that. And I disagree with the UF fan that says no one could screw up Tebow. He was hardly a finished product coming out of HS, and he still needs to work on his deep passing game if he wants to play QB in the NFL.
As far as Mullen and Tebow, all I know is that Tebow has improved as far as throwing since he arrived at UF, and Mullen was the main guy responsible for that. And I disagree with the UF fan that says no one could screw up Tebow. He was hardly a finished product coming out of HS, and he still needs to work on his deep passing game if he wants to play QB in the NFL.