PERSPECTIVE POLICE BEAT

(i.e. "Twitter Patter")

Goodbye 7 loss seasons, hello 6 loss seasons — Will Applebee (@NOTSCWill) November 26, 2017

Good luck winning 8 games a year in the east and losing to the top ten west opponents. 4 years max. — Christmas Tree Box (@TheHotBoxes) November 26, 2017

9-3 or 8-4 for the next 5 years. No more donations from me — ErikMacMinn (@minn_mac) November 26, 2017

Seriously, does UF even know how to hire a Head Coach? #Retread — Global By Design (@SingapuraDiva) November 26, 2017

He just isn't D1 talent. — Gringo_Burrito (@Gringo_Burrito) November 4, 2018

@GatorsFB No reason to throw players, coaches, or fans under the bus. Third down defense and QB play is alarming. The team didn't believe in Frank's going into that game and it showed in the body language and the fans had Frank's fatigue before the season. — Lance in Jasper (@LanceInJasper) November 4, 2018

We have no chance to win if franks starts — Fins up (@Beaner__Juice) November 4, 2018

You jokers really trashed what could've been a great season.



Maybe the coaches can start a "First Down" backpack. — Wicked Grin (@wickedgrin1) November 4, 2018

Mullen you know its not frank's ! Quick way for you to lose the support of the fan base you keep asking for ! — AD (@BlasianAD) November 4, 2018

Neither the Florida nor Florida players wavered in their support of quarterback Feleipe Franks during the 2018 season. Their faith was rewarded.

Honestly last week we were all thinking 10-2 on Sunday morning, I'm honestly now wondering if this team will win another game — Brian Sparks (@BrianSparks1997) November 3, 2018

Well there went the heart you guys built up, 2 loses in a row ! Here we go another losing season — Vote Trump 2020 #liberalhater (@BoStemen) November 4, 2018

Wasn't the majority of the Gator nation with Mullen? I consider myself one of the Gators that remembers that we were down 10 offensive starters last year when we drove Mcelwain out so hard that I believed he lied about those death threats. We are stuck with Dan 4 @ least two yrs — Im_an_Architect (@Im_an_architec) September 9, 2018

Going to be a long season again. — Lee Barnhart (@LeeBarnhart3) September 9, 2018

Have fun getting blown out in Starksville Dan Mullin. GEAUX TIGERS! — Bayou Bengal (@bengal_bayou) September 9, 2018

In all kinds of weather, we'll all stick it to Coach Mullen until he leaves F-L-O-R-I-D-A! #Gators — Paul J Elliott (@PaulJElliott) September 9, 2018

Like I have been saying all season: 1) no matter the question, Franks is not the answer; 2) jury remains out on Mullen. It's like a bad 80s movie where we swapped teams w mizzou — D (@Gatorhoops12) November 4, 2018

@GatorsChris @GatorDave_SEC Last time a QB/RB combo embarrassed Gators to point of looking like rag dolls on defense was T Frazier & L Phillips in '95 National Championship in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowll in early 1996. Total

physical domination by the Wildcats. This has to change! — Craig Morrison (@moneynavigator) September 9, 2018

Every week same thing: 1) no matter the question, Franks is not the answer; 2) jury remains out on Mullen. — D (@Gatorhoops12) November 3, 2018

This is another 4 or 5 win team — Gern Blanston (@Trumplostby4mil) September 9, 2018

Mullen is garbage — [-][,][-] (@bobbyt8874) September 9, 2018

Exactly. I stand by the fact that the jury should still be out on Mullen. It's year 1. Not sure why you can't grasp that it takes more than 1 game more than 1 season to crown a gator coach especially in football. See zook, muschamp, mcelwain. Perspective! — D (@Gatorhoops12) November 25, 2018

Mullen is the guy. He gets what the Florida program should be and he'll work hard to restore it! True fans stick together in all kinds of weather, remember? — Trish Deveaux (@TrDeveaux) September 9, 2018

— Southeastern Conference basketball play starts this weekend, which means "Hoops Hodgepodge" will be back on Sundays. And that, of course, means the return of the wildly popular and much-anticipated "Perspective Police."Ah, but why wait?One of the most satisfying Gators football seasons in recent years just went into the books, so it seems like as good a time as any to revisit some of the reactions (better yet, the overreactions) of the past 12-plus months on my Twitter feed. Remember, these were comments made either on original tweets by yours truly or to items that I retweeted.Is it any wondertells his players to stay off social media?No need to apologize, but feel free to feel a little bit silly or get a little red-faced if you show up below.Coaches are held accountable. Players are held accountable. Even senior writers are held accountable. This space is dedicated to holding the fans (and fan boys) on Twitter accountable. At times, we'll also recognize those who "get it" and acknowledge those who offer entertaining social media fodder, or (God forbid) the proper perspective."Hello" 10-win season.10 > 8Beat No. 5 LSUAnd still three years to go.3-1 at Florida, including 2-1 against Top 10 opponents. Click here to become a "GameChanger" at gatorboosters.org. All major credit cards accepted.Wondering how a coach who won 60 percent of his games at his only head-coaching stop (at a program with more losses than wins in its history, no less) constitutes a so-called "retread." His career record is now 79-49, by the way (.617).Season's stats: 2,457 passing yards, 24 touchdowns, just six interceptions, plus 350 rushing yards and seven TDs ... and Offensive MVP of the Peach Bowl (which only takes Division I teams).Yet, Franks' teammates presumably did a great job faking how much they loved him over the course of the entire season, through the good and the bad times. That starts with the coach and permeates into the locker room.Actually, a 76.9 percent chance, based on his winning percentage as a starter under the current staff.Or maybe a "10-win Backpack." Would you wear one?So, which team did you pull for Saturday?Went 4-0 from there, outscored opponents 180-70 along the way, and will finish in the Top 10. So you were off by a half-game.MAGGA ... Making All Gators Grin Again.How will you ever recover from this first dreadful one?Correction: The only way it could have been longer was playing in New Year's Eve or New Year's Day game — or the College Football Playoff.Actually, it's Starkville (no "s") and Mullen (with an "e"). Did you watch that UF-Mississippi State game? And how did you like that LSU-Florida game? Did you "geaux" to Gainesville for it?Nice to know such patience (through two games) was rewarded.Bad like, say, "Platoon" or "Back to the Future" or "Raging Bull" or "ET" or "Raiders of the Lost Ark" or "Do the Right Thing" or "American Werewolf in London" or "Glory" or … you get the idea.It did.You again?OK, answer this question: Who was Offensive MVP in the bowl game?And this one: What's the Year 1 verdict on the coach?This guy shows up for basketball, too, and his record remains perfect with this tweet -- as in always wrong.Still mad, bro?Never heard a peep from "Jury Guy" before, during or after the bowl game.How dare you have perspective.Happy 2019, Gator Nation!