Godfrey does not disappoint in the Mullen rumor mill...

[AlCoDog]

Why is he not concentrating on his own school’s coaching search? Ha. More bad news. I wonder if Matt Luke was invited to the old players meeting the other night. I mean, all his buddies were in there. They need to just keep Luke. I doubt anyone better will even answer the phone when dead man walking Bjork calls.

 

[ShrubDog]

Thats the shortest Godfery article ever written.

And I didn't even read it

 

[AssEndDawg]

Yup, Godfrey is clearly clued in to how agents work. Definitely the way to become known as the premier agent for coaches is to transparently screw over one client for another...

Not to mention Sexton would get so sued over this, lose the lawsuit badly, and probably lose all his clients. Godfrey isn't even trying anymore. The guy isn't this stupid, so the only plausible explanation is trolling or that he just needs to lie to his subscribers to keep them on the hook paying for more lies. I just don't get why the average Ole Miss fan will pay these morons as often as they have been wrong?

 

[Wizard.sixpack]

Florida wants Scott Frost which is why they made the move when they did. If they wanted Mullen they would have waited until the end of the season. Why? Because Nebraska also wants Frost to come home and Florida wanted to get a jump on them....

So that could be the reason Frost turns Florida down holding out to go home.

 

[AssEndDawg]

No way I hire WT if I’m Florida. I agree with earlier poster that said Fuente. He’d kill it at Florida

Define "kill it"... because I consider two SEC East championships with SECCG berths in three years to be pretty close but apparently that gets you fired. I think Fuente would be good, but damn you gotta give a guy a minute to get his own players into the system.

 

[DocHolliday.sixpack]

Funny stuff right here...

Sweet. Merlinz is gonna sink TSUN on probation AND get UF to fire their corch. Can he focus on saban next, cuz i would like to see him gone.

Good stuff

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

Sexton would find himself out of the business,

Sued and clientless.


Mac does have to actually sign what ever...by the way.

 

[coach66]

And of course Salle weighed in on the Jackson talk show at noon saying it's now

or never for Mullen. Yeah right, Salee you are an idiot.

 

[engie]

"Hey Jim, I'm just going to burn that extra $500k I would have made in your buyout -- so I can make an extra $25k from another client of mine that will be filling your job post -- while also potentially losing the $250k per year I was getting from his old job post."

Yancy -- or Godfrey?

 

[patdog]

Sexton would find himself out of the business, Sued and clientless.

Yeah. He has a fiduciary duty to McElwain, so if he settles too easily, he could be sued for the difference. And what coach wants to be represented by an agent who won't fight for him? There's a reason he's a top agent, and it's not because he bows down to schools, it's because he gets every last penny out of them he can.

 

[tatedog]

I think Sally has Mullen confused with Bill Snyder.

 

[00Dawg]

It was now or never in 2010, and 2012, and 2014, and it will be again in 2018.

Particularly if we have 8 or 9 wins rolling into Tuscaloosa next season as I expect.

 

[coach66]

He is just awful in his contempt for all things MSU, can't stand the guy.

nm

 

[Mjoelner]

Just remember from where Sally gets his talking points. The same place as Onion Godfrey.

 

[paindonthurt_]

Well for whatever reason he only got approximately 1/3 of his buyout and it doesn’t appear they fought real hard for more.

I think that had to do with several factors including Sexton and the claims mcelwain made abt death threats.

 

[johnson86-1]

You basically said what I said.

I said I believe it to some extent. Like “hey we aren’t giving you crap mcelwain”. Sexton “how abt $4 mil and we go away”.

He probably negotiated a lower amount to get his client something and not piss off Florida.

As in he didn’t “fight every last drop”.

We're not saying the same thing I don't think. I'm saying when it comes down to fighting over the rounding errors, it's not in his interest to negotiate to the point that he creates bad blood, and it's not really in his clients interest either to the extent they are staying in coaching. So maybe he is soft on the last $50k of a buyout in the range of $4M (especially when it comes to getting below a "round" number, so that the buyout was "less than $4M" or whatever and when it comes to letting the opposing party make the final counter, which a surprising number of people care about, even when the final ground gained is insignificant)

It sounds to me like you are saying he is playing soft ball in negotiations and convincing his client to accept a real haircut (like a 10% haircut? Or even greater?) compared to what he could get if he played hardball. But maybe I'm reading things into your post.

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

Then he really wanted out, and or they had other stuff on him.

 

[DerHntr]

No matter what that article says, Godfrey’s goal of shaking the masses of MSU fans online has worked. Pisses me off. We fall for it every year.

 

[Fogdog]

Well, Sallee's been saying that for years now...

or never for Mullen. Yeah right, Salee you are an idiot.

He's stuck. He has to keep saying it until it comes true. That way he can say "See, I told you." It's his only way out. Same for Fine-balm.

Even if it happens that *** leaves at some point in the future, they have both long-since looked like idiots for keeping up this story line year after year.

 

[msstate7]

Define "kill it"... because I consider two SEC East championships with SECCG berths in three years to be pretty close but apparently that gets you fired. I think Fuente would be good, but damn you gotta give a guy a minute to get his own players into the system.

McE was steadily lowering the talent level at Florida, not raising it. Without the defensive talent Muschamp left McE, McE wouldn’t have been in Atlanta. Florida has been one of the worst offensive teams in the sec and that falls directly on McE. Short story is McE sucks dude...

 

[KurtRambis4]

Nah, that's just the idiots over at elite dawgs. Nobody takes them seriously.

There's number of idiots here that do the same.

 

[paindonthurt_]

I’m saying that due to the circumstances (all of them) that it is highly plausible that Sexton didn’t go after the absolute most he could have gotten. Many reasons.

1. He could have lost more and not gotten $4M
2. The talk abt threats and lack of proof
3. The things you said
4. Sextons relationship with Florida and other coaches
5. If mcelwain didn’t really receive threats or players didn’t, it’s in his best entrance to not fight Florida (which is also in sextons best interest)

Could be many more reasons. Could be less.

The timing makes senses though. They settled this thing pretty quickly and walked away (both sides).

There isn’t one reason for that. There are likely many reasons for it.

 

[BiscuitEater]

Good. Now we can tell everyone that Dan turned down Florida.

Wish I had kept a list .. Florida (#1), Penn State, USC, Michigan, Oregon, Virginia Tech, Miami, Texas A&M, UT .. and now Florida (#2)

Here was Dan's response in 2015 ..

Mullen has been linked to a number of jobs in the past calendar year, from Michigan to USC and now Virginia Tech rumors have even been thrown out there.
During his Monday press conference, Mullen was asked for his response to the coaching rumors. His response is sure to have Hail State fans everywhere breathing a sigh of relief.

Article continues below ...

"I don’t like commenting on other jobs just because it’s a waste of time," Mullen said. "I love the one that I have. Not much else on it besides that."

Mullen received a contract extension following 2014’s 10-win season, which made him the 16th highest paid coach in the nation at $4 million earned for the 2015 campaign.

"Maybe four or five years ago, that was always a big worry for everybody. But this happens every year," Mullen said. ‘I’ll tell you, as always, you’re either getting fired or you’re getting hired. I’ll always take getting hired. It means we’re winning and doing well."

 

[patdog]

Then he really wanted out, and or they had other stuff on him.

I think probably both. The death threat claim is just bizarre. Almost like he was trying to get fired right before the Georgia game.

 

[KurtRambis4]

Guitardog^^*

*

 

[msu84grad]

I feel Dan wants to be like Bill Snyder -- build up a program in his own image and eventually get his name on a building...

 

[patdog]

Yeah. Winning 2 division titles is pretty misleading. It's easily the weakest division in any of the P5 conferences, and the side of the ball he specializes in has been every bit as bad under McElwain as it was under Boom. That, and the fact he apparently has some mental issues as well with the death threats claim, was plenty to fire a coach for whether you have to pay a buyout or not.

 

[dickiedawg]

Don't forget Maryland, that one was probably my favorite

 

[AssEndDawg]

Yeah. Winning 2 division titles is pretty misleading. It's easily the weakest division in any of the P5 conferences, and the side of the ball he specializes in has been every bit as bad under McElwain as it was under Boom. That, and the fact he apparently has some mental issues as well with the death threats claim, was plenty to fire a coach for whether you have to pay a buyout or not.

I gotta give you the SEC East assessment, no doubts there, and I'm not actually trying to defend him as a top tier coach but you gotta give him the death threats. Come on, is there any doubt that a Florida coach gets death threats? Hell, Megan talks about being yelled at in the grocery store, after a win, because some fans didn't think they won by enough. Myer had an honest to God mental break-down working there and went to Ohio State where it would be less stressful. If they want to fire Mac because they think he is a ****** coach, well can't do anything about that. But trying to make a claim he is a head case because he said he gets death threats I just can't get there.

 

[AssEndDawg]

Yeah. Winning 2 division titles is pretty misleading. It's easily the weakest division in any of the P5 conferences, and the side of the ball he specializes in has been every bit as bad under McElwain as it was under Boom. That, and the fact he apparently has some mental issues as well with the death threats claim, was plenty to fire a coach for whether you have to pay a buyout or not.

I gotta give you the SEC East assessment, no doubts there, and I'm not actually trying to defend him as a top tier coach but you gotta give him the death threats. Come on, is there any doubt that a Florida coach gets death threats? Hell, Megan talks about being yelled at in the grocery store, after a win, because some fans didn't think they won by enough. Myer had an honest to God mental break-down working there and went to Ohio State where it would be less stressful. If they want to fire Mac because they think he is a ****** coach, well can't do anything about that. But trying to make a claim he is a head case because he said he gets death threats I just can't get there.

 

[dog12]

Wait... Wasn't Hugh Freeze was the top candidate for Florida at one time?

Sure could have saved some jet fuel getting to those hookers in Tampa.

And . . . I hear that Freeze is currently available.

Move Shannon back to Defensive Coordinator and immediately bring in Freeze.

He'll get that Gator offense cranked up . . . along with . . . other miscellaneous things.

 

[PBRME]

And . . . I hear that Freeze is currently available.

Move Shannon back to Defensive Coordinator and immediately bring in Freeze.

He'll get that Gator offense cranked up . . . along with . . . other miscellaneous things.

If that happens then buy stock in hookers, blow, and duffel bags full of cash.

 

[josebrown]

Point 3 in that article makes literally no sense.

“Hey Jim, it’s Sexton. Look, the deal is you’re gonna be fired. Just one little thing, I’m gonna need you to let go of about $9 million off the buyout because I need my boy Mullen to get a higher salary and need Florida to have that money to give him.”

“Yeah, sounds good Jimmy. I didn’t need that $9 million anyway”.

Is that a conversation that they are saying actually happened?

Finish the conversation only with Mullen.

“Hey Dan, I just took $9 million away from Mac to get you the UF job, you good?”

Mullen “Oh yea, so when they want me gone, you gonna get me my $9 million, right?”

”Oh yea, no worries.....”

And being the logical guy Mullen is what’s he thinking about that?

hahaha...good stuff Godfrey...