To Recap:

[TNT.sixpack]

1-Dan and Megan love Starkville. Its like family and they’ll never leave because they moved her parents to Starkville
2- Megan says they’ll never go back to Gainesville because the fans are batshit crazy
3- Dan believes he can win a national championship at MSU
4- loafers and Dan didn’t get along at MSU
5- Dan simply isn’t going to Florida even if he’s offered because their facilities are ******
6- Dan isn’t going to Florida because he knows he can only win 8-9 games a year here and remain successful and he can’t do that at UF
7- Grantham wants to stay behind because he doesn’t want to relocate his high school son who loves his new high school in Starkville

Soooooo - which one of these things were we wrong on? And while we’re at it, is there any other information we’ve received that may be erroneous?

 

[msstatelp1]

Money trumps all of them.

 

[EngDawg]

 

[eckie1]

1-Dan and Megan love Starkville. Its like family and they’ll never leave because they moved her parents to Starkville
2- Megan says they’ll never go back to Gainesville because the fans are batshit crazy
3- Dan believes he can win a national championship at MSU
4- loafers and Dan didn’t get along at MSU
5- Dan simply isn’t going to Florida even if he’s offered because their facilities are ******
6- Dan isn’t going to Florida because he knows he can only win 8-9 games a year here and remain successful and he can’t do that at UF
7- Grantham wants to stay behind because he doesn’t want to relocate his high school son who loves his new high school in Starkville

Soooooo - which one of these things were we wrong on? And while we’re at it, is there any other information we’ve received that may be erroneous?

He’s either a habitual liar or he painted himself into a corner sometime between last night and this morning. I’m thinking it’s the latter.

 

[Shmuley]

8- We will not lose to a ****** Ole Miss team at home.

 

[TNT.sixpack]

And that was the point of an earlier post I made today which seriously injured some egos. The sooner we realize that, the better off we’ll be. It bothers me that some on here think otherwise. It’s similar to what UM fans do. They think they have a destination job and that Oxford is a natural draw. It’s not. Neither is Starkville nor MSU. It’s a damn job and we’re competing against other heavy weights for a very small pool of talent. Let’s come to terms with that and loosen up the damn purse strings and compete.

 

[CoastDawg18]

8- We will not lose to a ****** Ole Miss team at home.

This is absolutely what led to his departure. He would not be leaving had we won Thursday, were headed to a prestigious bowl and a 10 win season, and a top 10-15 ranking to start next year. The loss made him realize his future stock is at risk and it isn't going to get much higher than it is so he better not pass up the opportunity. Mississippi ran him out of town Thursday night plain and simple. I don't fault him. He did great things for us.

 

[mount lefroy]

1-Dan and Megan love Starkville. Its like family and they’ll never leave because they moved her parents to Starkville
2- Megan says they’ll never go back to Gainesville because the fans are batshit crazy
3- Dan believes he can win a national championship at MSU
4- loafers and Dan didn’t get along at MSU
5- Dan simply isn’t going to Florida even if he’s offered because their facilities are ******
6- Dan isn’t going to Florida because he knows he can only win 8-9 games a year here and remain successful and he can’t do that at UF
7- Grantham wants to stay behind because he doesn’t want to relocate his high school son who loves his new high school in Starkville

Soooooo - which one of these things were we wrong on? And while we’re at it, is there any other information we’ve received that may be erroneous?

I fronted #7 and believed it to be true from info that I wont share. Should have known better. But hey, I’ve chased the money in my life too. Can’t begrudge that. I have grown past it, but my circumstances have helped.

Msu will be fine. But I understand the angst
as well. Our situation could be much worse.

 

[fang]

So what could have happened (and obviously did happen) to change his mind? If the numbers I'm hearing are correct (big if), is another mil a year worth it? Did IB get a fill of Sexton leverage via the media? Did those two A+ personalities collide? Something just doesn't smell right.

 

[eckie1]

Are you aware....

This is absolutely what led to his departure. He would not be leaving had we won Thursday, were headed to a prestigious bowl and a 10 win season, and a top 10-15 ranking to start next year. The loss made him realize his future stock is at risk and it isn't going to get much higher than it is so he better not pass up the opportunity. Mississippi ran him out of town Thursday night plain and simple. I don't fault him. He did great things for us.

....that Mullen probably did this to himself by wheeling and dealing all week instead of getting his team ready for the game?

 

[TNT.sixpack]

This is absolutely what led to his departure. He would not be leaving had we won Thursday, were headed to a prestigious bowl and a 10 win season, and a top 10-15 ranking to start next year. The loss made him realize his future stock is at risk and it isn't going to get much higher than it is so he better not pass up the opportunity. Mississippi ran him out of town Thursday night plain and simple. I don't fault him. He did great things for us.

I see it exactly opposite- sort of. I believe he was likely leaving anyway. The reasons he left for were gonna be there whether we won or lost that game. In fact, that loss probably affected him the most because he was worried it was gonna hurt his chances to take advantage of this coach hiring frenzy. And - I believe those type of games have hurt him in the past because I believe he’s tried to get out before. With a 9 win season this year, he knew his stock was red hot again. Losing to a ****** UM team this week probably made him want to puke only because he was afraid he’d hurt his chances for consideration for these top tier jobs that opened up. But Florida was pretty damn desperate it seems so Dan got lucky. Just my opinion for his post game demeanor last Thursday.

 

[tbaydog]

This is absolutely what led to his departure. He would not be leaving had we won Thursday, were headed to a prestigious bowl and a 10 win season, and a top 10-15 ranking to start next year. The loss made him realize his future stock is at risk and it isn't going to get much higher than it is so he better not pass up the opportunity. Mississippi ran him out of town Thursday night plain and simple. I don't fault him. He did great things for us.

He and the ******* from Ohio State have the same corporate playbook.. They have followed to a T. Too bad they were not smart enough to be the author.

 

[maroonmania]

I see it exactly opposite- sort of. I believe he was likely leaving anyway. The reasons he left for were gonna be there whether we won or lost that game. In fact, that loss probably affected him the most because he was worried it was gonna hurt his chances to take advantage of this coach hiring frenzy. And - I believe those type of games have hurt him in the past because I believe he’s tried to get out before. With a 9 win season this year, he knew his stock was red hot again. Losing to a ****** UM team this week probably made him want to puke only because he was afraid he’d hurt his chances for consideration for these top tier jobs that opened up. But Florida was pretty damn desperate it seems so Dan got lucky. Just my opinion for his post game demeanor last Thursday.

If his primary focus was strictly about his coaching stock and shopping himself then he needed to leave. What his real focus SHOULD have been on was the fact that next year, on paper, he was going to have his best MSU team ever with a very realistic shot at winning the SEC West. THAT is what he should have been thinking about, not losing leverage on some other job because he lost the Egg Bowl. Apparently accomplishing something big at MSU was on down his list of priorities in comparison to getting another job that would allow him to get the heck out of Dodge. To be honest he never really accomplished anything of real significance at MSU other than the 5 weeks at #1 in 2014 (and that year did not end well losing 3 or the last 4). Now he greatly improved the program, but just getting to minor bowls every year is not what most would consider a major accomplishment.

 

[Go Budaw]

And that was the point of an earlier post I made today which seriously injured some egos. The sooner we realize that, the better off we’ll be. It bothers me that some on here think otherwise. It’s similar to what UM fans do. They think they have a destination job and that Oxford is a natural draw. It’s not. Neither is Starkville nor MSU. It’s a damn job and we’re competing against other heavy weights for a very small pool of talent. Let’s come to terms with that and loosen up the damn purse strings and compete.

Open up the purse strings? We were paying a Top 15 salary for a Top 30 program, and would have easily bumped that to a Top 10 salary for the same Top 30 program if Mullen had elected to stay in 2018. How much more open do you want the purse strings to be?