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DesotoCountyDawg

DesotoCountyDawg

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So the entire article was about Mullen being the second choice. What a dumb article. It's written like he took the job.
 
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Carbaryl

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One Oregon site reported last night that Mullen was not interested.I think I'll trust their source over SDS or a random ESPN person.
 
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Carbaryl

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It's on one of their boards I believe.It was talked about in Steve's chat.I suppose it came from the Scout Oregon site.
 
BossDawg78

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Evidently Mullen has "almost" landed every damn coaching vacancy since he started at State.
 
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Saturday Down South is just a terrible thing, and nobody should follow them.
 
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<blockquote><p><a href="https://twitter.com/DearOldState">@DearOldState</a> We made decision months ago not to report on Dan’s attempts this year to attempt to calm State fans' (misdirected) anger.</p>— FootballScoop Staff (@FootballScoop) <a href="https://twitter.com/FootballScoop/status/806518496272281600">December 7, 2016</a></blockquote>


Footballscoop lol
 
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I have a friend that use to work in our football program. He is now at a different university, but still remains friends with most of our current staff. He said Mullen didn't want Oregon. Whether he was in the know or not, I've no clue. It doesn't matter to me if he was interested or not, we still have Dan.
 
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But HE SHOUD HAVE

HELD A FLL-BLOWN, NEWS CONFERENCE TO TELL EVERYONE ON SPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
 
HD6

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No, he's with Bleacher Report, which actually does a lot of good reporting.
 
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Dawgzilla

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It's Brett McMurphy's fault. I read his bit earlier this morning claiming Mullen was a "finalist" for the Oregon job, and I knew right then that everyone was going to jump on this as proof that Mullen is job hunting. I'm not a "kill the messenger" kind of guy, but McMurphy has proven time and again that his "sources" are usually just fans with no inside information. Just look at his reporting of the Texas job. He would say things like "Strong's job may be in jeapordy, but the President really doesn't want to fire him" (This was after they lost to KANSAS) and "The fact that LSU is looking at Tom Herman may put pressure on Texas to go ahead and fire Strong so that they can go after Herman". These statements were correct, but they were statements that I could have "reported" without talking to anyone.

If McMurphy says Mullen was a "finalist", then I think that just means he and Taggert were the last two coaches left on their short list.

I don't know if Mullen interviewed with Oregon, or if he declined to interview, but I'm not going to guess at Mullen's intentions based on unsubstantiated rumor.
 
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Amen. They report reports with more bombastic headline.
 
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A "likely" candidate doesn't mean anything....terrible article with no credible basis...just assumptions
 
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punterjoe said:
I have a friend that use to work in our football program. He is now at a different university, but still remains friends with most of our current staff. He said Mullen didn't want Oregon. Whether he was in the know or not, I've no clue. It doesn't matter to me if he was interested or not, we still have Dan.
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This has been stated enough different ways from enough different people that IMO we can take it as fact. Now, why he felt that way is anyone's guess -- you'd certainly think of Oregon as a destination job(at least I would).

Could be that an incoming coach doesn't have control of staff moves. I don't believe Chip ever did, and Helfrich was "one of those guys". Most of their staff is still Bellotti's guys. Also a tough sell in recruiting, especially with strong Washington and USC brands.
 
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patdog

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The good news is, it looks like this is going to be the most drama they're going to be able to stir up about Mullen this December.
 
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Strike.sixpack

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It's misleading with just simple facts. Rhule was the first choice and turned it down. Taggert was the 2nd finalist and accepted the job. Harison and Schanio actually interviewed but no mention of them. At best Dan turned them down once and if Taggert turned them down they were going to throw bank at Mullen to try and get him to interview. But most felt that Taggert was going to accept and they didn't want more Egg on their face if Mullen rejected them a second time.
 
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Dawgzilla

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So if a lie is repeated often enough we should take it as fact?

I'm not saying this is a lie - maybe Mullen did turn down Oregon. I'm just saying we shouldn't "take it as fact" just because the same line has been repeated by different, anonymous people in different ways.
 
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MaroonNation

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Mullen turned down Oregon right after they told him they expected him to recruit Texas and California.
 
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