Diwun Black going JUCO

[Leeshouldveflanked]

Nm

 

[Sickdawg]

If you read his official statement, his grammar tells you all you need to know about why he couldn’t make the grades...

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

I just remember how the Mississippi media made a big deal of MSU “losing” Black to Mullenz...

 

[Requiem For A Dawg]

Didn’t see that coming.

 

[57stratdawg]

Been a rough couple weeks for Mullen and the perception around his recruiting abilities.

 

[TheStateUofMS]

He'll never get to school in time.

 

[Seinfeld]

Yeah, and while I don’t follow UF’s recruiting very closely, it sure seems like he’s getting a lot of the highly rated kids that come with question marks.

My hat’s off to the dude for putting together a solid season right out of the gate last year, but that immediate success may be his undoing. I just don’t see him ever recruiting at the same level as Georgia, Bama, LSU, and possibly others, and eventually 10 wins isn’t gonna be enough for the Florida fan base.

 

[Dog316]

Yeah, and while I don’t follow UF’s recruiting very closely, it sure seems like he’s getting a lot of the highly rated kids that come with question marks.

My hat’s off to the dude for putting together a solid season right out of the gate last year, but that immediate success may be his undoing. I just don’t see him ever recruiting at the same level as Georgia, Bama, LSU, and possibly others, and eventually 10 wins isn’t gonna be enough for the Florida fan base.

I don’t like the way he left, but he can coach, and he can recruit. If he can win 10 at State he can win 10 at Florida. He left us in good shape with quality players. Give the devil his due. Hevesy too!

 

[HumpDawgy]

Danny Boy has to get to the playoffs and win real "championships" before he can cherry pick blue chips like Saban does. Last year was a good start though.

 

[Cat Duck]

He left us in good shape with quality players.

Fallacy. He left us a cycled up one year because he stacked up JUCO players on top of an already heavy class. We really just got lucky because a lot of those players ended up having to redshirt for whatever reason.

He also left us a roster devoid of offensive line bodies in the underclasses. That doesn't show up for a few years.

Screw Mullen. Yes he was a good coach and yes he could recruit, WHEN HE WANTED TO. He had an attitude and quit because he wasn't engaged. He was fully ready to go Jackie on us and blow up the program if it meant he had a big year in 2018 and could leave. Just so happened he got an opportunity a year early, which ended up being a good thing because Moorhead actually sees some of the holes in the OL recruiting and has plugged them the best he could.

 

[msubrave]

Who?

 

[Dawgzilla]

He already won 10 games at Florida. He only won 10 games 1 time at State, and he will have to do it pretty much every year at UF for them to keep him.

 

[catvet]

I got excoriated for making a joke about his chances of getting into college, but here is the truth staring at you. Instead of being upset at me, try being upset at an educational system that keeps passing a student who has no ability to pass the coursework to legitimately get a high school diploma nor has a chance to pass coursework in any legitimate college system. He is working the system to become an athlete not a student athlete and that is an indictment on his parents, counselors, mentors and college administrators for this charade. In the end, they are using him.Everyone should be concerned about him becoming a functional member of society and not just a pawn in the sports business. I wish him well, but like most young men with physical gifts but poor education and worse guidance, this will end poorly.

 

[WilCoDawg]

Can he coach? Or is he selective on when he wants to? I only ask this question since what immediately comes to mind when I hear or read that Mullen can coach is the 2017 Egg Bowl. That should’ve been a game he phoned in, but instead he crapped the bed.

 

[paindonthurt_]

Don’t be upset at the educational system. Be upset at the system in general. Politics on both sides cause most of it.

NOT EVERYONE IS MADE FOR SCHOOL.

AND IT MUST START AT HOME.

 

[Walter White.sixpack]

NOT EVERYONE IS MADE FOR SCHOOL.

So should those not made for school be able to play a sport for a school?

 

[T-TownDawgg]

Twitter Grammar is absolutely and horribly unreadable.

These kids need to read an actual book sometime.

Getteth off thine lawn.

 

[Cat Duck]

So should those not made for school be able to play a sport for a school?

Lets be real, its hard to fail public school. Hard to feel for people who do that. Baseline effort will get you passed.

 

[Miketice]

Especially in Scott county.

Lets be real, its hard to fail public school. Hard to feel for people who do that. Baseline effort will get you passed.

From a public school baseline effort Scott county graduate.

 

[johnson86-1]

Don’t be upset at the educational system. Be upset at the system in general. Politics on both sides cause most of it.

NOT EVERYONE IS MADE FOR SCHOOL.

AND IT MUST START AT HOME.

Not everyone is made for school, but very few people aren't made for high school education. You can be pretty far below average intelligence and still meet the minimums to graduate high school, if you try.

In fairness to coaches, I'm sure a lot of kids they get are already far behind by the time they get to high school or even jr high, and not letting them play until they try to reach a minimal level of educational attainment probably doesn't seem productive. Letting them play probably does keep some of them at least on school property, whereas they would otherwise be getting into trouble off of school property. But I suspect even if the number of athletes who would actually try would not outnumber those that are kept from just dropping out, some of those would end up changing their long term trajectory, whereas most of the ones just kept from dropping out just end up on teh same road delayed by a year or three.

 

[Drebin]

I got excoriated for making a joke about his chances of getting into college, but here is the truth staring at you. Instead of being upset at me, try being upset at an educational system that keeps passing a student who has no ability to pass the coursework to legitimately get a high school diploma nor has a chance to pass coursework in any legitimate college system. He is working the system to become an athlete not a student athlete and that is an indictment on his parents, counselors, mentors and college administrators for this charade. In the end, they are using him.Everyone should be concerned about him becoming a functional member of society and not just a pawn in the sports business. I wish him well, but like most young men with physical gifts but poor education and worse guidance, this will end poorly.

Big problem today is lack of personal accountability. We have to find someone to blame. The educational system has its faults, but there are success stories. I bet if more kids had parents who gave a **** and held their children accountable, the educational system would look much better.

We are seeing the dumbing down of America at a rapid pace, and it's because of the breakdown of the home more than anything else.

 

[paindonthurt_]

That’s why I say 2 main things have to change.

1. The parents.

2. Identify those who cant, wont or don’t care, and find something they can be productive at.

Not everyone is made for school, but very few people aren't made for high school education. You can be pretty far below average intelligence and still meet the minimums to graduate high school, if you try.

In fairness to coaches, I'm sure a lot of kids they get are already far behind by the time they get to high school or even jr high, and not letting them play until they try to reach a minimal level of educational attainment probably doesn't seem productive. Letting them play probably does keep some of them at least on school property, whereas they would otherwise be getting into trouble off of school property. But I suspect even if the number of athletes who would actually try would not outnumber those that are kept from just dropping out, some of those would end up changing their long term trajectory, whereas most of the ones just kept from dropping out just end up on teh same road delayed by a year or three.

 

[paindonthurt_]

Spot on.