Our talent level is much much better than most on this board think. For some reason those that are the most outspoken in negativity are the least informed
Having an effective staff sounds great. But as long as Lebby has a headset he is responsible for things like:
Yeah, but other than that it's going great.
Not in the trenches, where it matters most. DL added some talent through the portal, but OL - I'll believe it when I see it.
How many 5* on our roster? How many 4*? How do those numbers compare with the rest of the SEC?
That was my immediate thought. Hard to win without an average OL. Not as sure where we stand on the DL but I do think Arnett is a good coach to have if you don't have any DL that can command a double team. A lot easier to scheme up pressure on defense than it is to scheme up decent pass protection on offense.
Well, unfortunately I think the question is how does that compare with ULM, Minnesota, USCe, Missouri, Vanderbilt, Auburn, Tennessee Tech, and Ole Miss.
I think Montgomery was brought in to help Lebby manage the flow of the game on offense.
Probably not, but I think it clearly shows that Montgomery and Arnett are significant additions and can lead to more wins than the previous staff.
I was boarding the Lebby train for a minute last season and then he beat himself with a stubborn commitment to go fast. At least twice. I hope he learns from it but a half decent coach doesn't need 2-3 boneheaded Ls to learn. We will be coach shopping by November. Of course, I hope I look like a dubmass this time next year he's changed our trajectory.
How could you leave out calling 15 QB runs up the middle in a row against Missouri.
There honestly isn’t a position on the field aside from CB that I’m not concerned about.
This is kind of where I am at, and I just sent off ticket money to watch it in live color. I keep hearing that we are going to be better up front, and we almost have to be, right? I just do not see the kids we brought in on the OL, plus what we brought back is very good. Better yes, but not very good. I hope I am wrong, and we make a major jump up front. It is really the only way we stand a chance to get to where we want to go this season. I will also say I think Lebby is going to be a good coach one day, but we just do not have the time or the resources to let him continue to learn on the job.There honestly isn’t a position on the field aside from CB that I’m not concerned about.
Do we have some players? Sure.
Are we more talented than last year? Probably so
Are we more talented or even as talented as the SEC teams that we’ll be facing?
Oh we'll find some way for the defense to fumble us to 6-6 and he'll be here letting us know about it this fall. Then when we go 3-9 the next year he'll be a no-show and all this 'hope' from 6-6 will have wasted yet another year.
The talent level in 24 was about the equivalent of a lower end g5 team. We had a few good to decent players but we also sustained some injuries that year. But no our talent level now is light years ahead of 24 and at some positions better than 23
Arnett has got to be a huge upgrade from Hutzler. Hell, the women's volleyball coach would be an upgrade from Hutz.
35 four stars on the team currently. Depending on the service Womack was a 5 star and Taylor was the highest rated 4 star.
Yes yes we have closed the gap relative to our conference.
Major step backwards? In 2023, Mississippi state finished 68th in scoring D and 41st in total D (compared that to last season - 106th in scoring D and 107th in total D). And that was with the most inept offense I've seen since Croom.
With many examples documented in this thread, unless your talent is elite it doesn't help you much when you are losing games that are in largely in-hand because of boneheaded coaching decisions.
I think we'll end up with a Charles Huff type - G6 head coach looking to move into the P4. I don't think we have the juice to hire a sitting P4 coach, and I hope we don't hire a washed up coach like Brian Kelly or Jimbo. Although I think Mike Gundy would be a good fit, his relationship with NIL is terrible. Maybe Selmon will shock us and actually open up the checkbook and persuade Dave Doeren to move to the SEC.
