Florida Gators' Potential Defensive Coordinator Search: Joe Cullen or Jay Bateman?

[@demarvinmorgan3933]

Brandon she picks the furniture and you agree it's just that simple 😂

[@LockedOnGators]

@@demarvinmorgan3933 😂😂 I’m figuring that out

[@muddywaters92]

Joe Cullen is a good DL coach good not great. He’s been a DC once in the NFL and was fired after one year. He was the DC with Urban Meyer at the Jacksonville Jaguars. Last time he was a DC in college was over 20 years ago at Indiana.. why out of everyone is he being considered? Go after the bengals DC who has ties with Chatman. He was the DC at Cincinnati for 5 years and was just fired because the last few years they refused to sign or keep all his top guys. Bateman would be alright to bring back. He’s a top recruiter.

[@ChaisePeltier]

Bro coaches Chris jones that’s all you gotta know

[@muddywaters92]

@ lol and Chris Jones was recruited and coached by Dan Mullen at Miss St. How’d that workout? Also Chris Jones been dominating way before that guy showed up 3 years ago.

[@anthonycooper5336]

So what up with RR does he not want to be a full time DC.

[@zachfink480]

Some rumors came out mid season that he’s said some awful/ racist things to the janitors in the facility. Had similar rumors at Auburn and why they let him leave

[@anthonycooper5336]

@@zachfink480 hmmm well if true i can see why then. Because yeah it head scratching that the turn around we had due to him and now it like he was never there has me puzzled. because i would figured with AA gone shoot within a second you promote RR to DC since he already has relation with the whole defensive staff. I wonder about Charlie strong or did he want to gut our staff also

[@sgator18]

Guy has been a football coach for how many years and there’s rumors he racist? Doesn’t make since. He may be a hard ass but I highly doubt he’s racist. He’s spent the majority of his adult life teaching young black kids

[@anthonycooper5336]

@@sgator18 ehhh like he said just rumors. But I am very interested in why we did not just make him the official dc once AA left. So is it he just wants to do it part time and leave the stress behind is it money issue or something else. Because way I see it Florida wins due to fact the turn around he provided. He wins due to the profile of job he takes over plus already knowing the coaches and players make it alot easier so something has to be missing here

[@cgforuf]

You better be an elite recruiter/developer/playcaller while having an awkward personality and kinda racist. Unfortunately for Mr. Roberts, he’s an average DC.

[@cgforuf]

I would reach out to Dave Aranda and offer him 2yr/5mi and the ability to bring whoever he wants for the ILB, OLB/Jack, and any Quality/Off-Field Staff or defensive staff positions that need to be filled.

[@paulbyrne2929]

Gators don't know what defense means in Gainesville and is why they have 3 national championships instead of 5 but was chested out of 1 against ole miss in a controversial call from the referees that dictated the out come in that game. WILBUR MARSHALL was the greatest to play the game" Florida boy" Reverse 46 speed demon blitz float midway double team trap 4 press in or out with receivers or float zone in read of formation with safety with playcalling

[@williepeterson1411]

Let’s go get him differently not Batesman

[@brandonallger1795]

My prediction is no OC and no DC hire. Sun Belt Billy went 7-5, so he won’t mess with success.

[@Jerry-dt5cz]

8-5 sir

[@fabiantaveras8458]

Um guessing were not getting an OC this off-season...

[@jjmac2793]

Actually I’m gonna be doing it. I pretty much plan on calling 4 WRs and 1 TE sets exclusively, with an audible for a deep TE slant

[@ChristopherBullard-np5hz]

@@jjmac2793I thought I was the OC lol

[@muddywaters92]

Hints are we’re hiring one and he’s in the NFL. NFL season still going on.

[@ChaisePeltier]

@@muddywaters92yup

[@rickguthrie2287]

Promote RON ROBERTS to DC and, Hire new Linebacker Coach. WTF is Billy Doing...

[@ChaisePeltier]

Robert’s is retiring bud

[@jeremyjackson7550]

WTF are we doing bro??? Defense was hella IMPROVED down the stretch. Should've kept Armstrong and I'm tired of Billy taking the defensive side of the ball for granted.

[@tim81strachan]

That wasn't armstrong defense it was Ron Roberts defense

[@cgforuf]

Absolutely agree that we improved in the 2nd half of the season against better comp too but imo it’s because of player personnel and not coaching. I really like Armstrong and would love to have kept him as a LB coach but he’s still several years away from being a top tier SEC DC. Ron Roberts has the best job in the country with babysitting Armstrong for a 7 digit salary. An estimated depth chart of our 1s & 2s on defense is good enough to win a national championship. This defense deserves a DC/playcaller at their level or above.

[@jeremyjackson7550]

@tim81strachan doesn't matter bro once Armstrong went to the sidelines our defense took MASSIVE strides.

[@jeremyjackson7550]

@cgforuf the scheme, the players, everything was the same besides a couple of minor tweaks. For the most part our safeties played all year, linebacker, DL, the same players rotated out all year besides a few secondary injuries towards the end. But when our defense sucked, it was almost the same personnel on the field all year. So what changed all of a sudden? Armstrong's ENERGY is different. The kids nowadays play better for younger spirited coaches who can RELATE. We had a similar uptick on the defensive side of the ball back in 2023, when Ron Roberts was never here. It was just Armstrongs defense. Our players LOVED that guy and I've spoken to a few of them personally. There's more to coaching than just calling plays,you have to bring a swagger that feeds Into your group. An ATTITUDE. The intangibles.thats ehat Armstrong embodied as our DC. We'll see a drop off on defense next year, mark my words.

[@cgforuf]

@@jeremyjackson7550 both wrong. Correlation doesn't equal causation. It was neither Armstrong or Roberts. Look at who was playing the 2nd half of the season and what position the others were playing. Our young LB got way more PT and were playing faster. Players that played bad the first of the year either found the correct position, rotation, or no longer seen the field.