Thanks for listening. Sincerely.
I really enjoyed the show as well. Matt, Hadad, and others have really been complimenting Mullen this week, maybe b/c he finally threw them a bone after the normal press conference. (Not Matt, but the others) It's clear that Mullen is an intelligent guy. He knows how to develop QB's as well as anyone in the college game. He knows how to run a program. I think me knowing all of this is what also makes Mullen so frustrating.
How can an intelligent, highly competitive guy:
1. Not play J-Rob over Perkins
2. Play Eulls at DE over Preston Smith
3. Bench an NFL LB, B-Mac, every other series b/c he is stubbornly committed to 1A/1B
4. See above except replace it with Matt Wells/Zach Jackson
5. Not turn it over to Dak until Tyler Russell gets hurt
6. Continue to keep Hevesey on staff despite the fact that O-line and O-line recruiting has been the 1 position consistently holding us back
7. Getting only 1 good year out of Darius Slay and never using him on the return teams
8. See #7, we never get the most of special teams which is a must for a program like ours
9. How does he not recognize that recruiting is not his strong suit and then surround himself with the best recruiters possible. We place Tim Brewster with Scott Sallach. We replace our strength coach with his intern (unrelated to recruiting).
10. Almost forgot, starts a 150 lb RB until he inevitably gets hurt.
I could go on, but surely everyone gets the point. Mullen is so close to what we need at MSU and he has done a good job. But for a seemingly smart guy, he makes a lot of really dumb decisions.
