Some interesting names are being bantered around as replacements on the offensive staff, including Kerwin Bell. The idea of bringing Kerwin back to the University sounds great to me, especially when you consider his relationship with John Brantley – the next great QB at Florida. Kerwin was also be an excellent asset in recruiting the middle and northern parts of Florida (remember Mullen wasn’t big in recruiting). If Tim decides to stay, you would like to think Kerwin could help Tim in the passing game. If Kerwin isn’t the man, I would like to see Greg Brandon get the call. For those of you that don’t know, Brandon was Meyer’s OC at Bowling Green and got the job when Meyer left for Utah. Meyer and Brandon developed Meyer’s version of the spread-option. In my opinion, this would be the fit with regards to continuity.
I think both of those options would be very positive for the Gators. It would be interesting to see these develop further because, to be honest, I was never really too keen on Mullen in the first place. Granted, I was being a spoiled Gator fan a lot of the time that I criticized him. But I was not the only one baffled by some of his decisions. How many times over the past couple years have we been dumbfounded by our offenses inability to perform despite the level of talent? I'm not saying we are going to be better off or that Mullen is a bad coach--the OC for a team that has been to the BCS championship game 2 of the past 3 years-- but that we are not in as dire straits as a lot of people think.
* As a footnote, Saurian Sagacity is a great blog! I would suggest it to any Gator fan or college football enthusiast. The writer does a great job of creating stats that better represent the state of the game. Also, he is a UF alum...which is fine.
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