I'm honestly indifferent...

[BigMotherTucker]

I say "bye!"

What pisses me off is bring jilted. That and it appears he lied to the players.

Bring on the next guy. We'll be better off.

 

[57stratdawg]

Same. Thanks for the time, Dan. We’re in much better shape.

Id rather him leave in December 2017 than 2018.

 

[SyonaraStanz]

I agree. I don't care about losing Mullen because I think he has a low ceiling. I'm pissed if we lose Grantham and the recruiting class. I do hope Mullen fails miserably at UF and that Stricklin's wife catches him with a tranny prostitute. But that's all.

 

[Hugh Sleeze]

Again...not if Grantham goes too.

 

[treeddeep]

Same. Thanks for the time, Dan. We’re in much better shape.

Id rather him leave in December 2017 than 2018.

Agreed.

 

[AbramsTheBeast]

I say "bye!"

What pisses me off is bring jilted. That and it appears he lied to the players.

Bring on the next guy. We'll be better off.

I fear the unknown. Dan was a liability in a lot of games. I’m sure he’s not worth what Florida paid him.

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

Same. I’m pissed at Strick and concerned about our 18 class, specifically QB and the uncommitted guys - Landry Walker duo, TN OL, PA OL

 

[57stratdawg]

I don’t think it’s reasonable to expect Grantham to stay if we pass on him as HC.

 

[BossDawg78]

I'm not worried about the next hire, as long as a little bit of effort is put into it. We SHOULD have the cash to get a decent hire.

I just can't believe Stricklin would do this, or rather, let it happen...however it played out. You'd think Florida certainly has enough cash to lure in anyone they wanted. It's feels like this was all done out of spite from Florida's end. I know that's a crazy thought but it's just a weird scenario.

 

[T-45fixer]

Wonder if we were duped in this whole situation. Florida hires Stricklin to get Mullen. Possibly

 

[was21]

I appreciate everything Mullen did here and he certainly left it in a helluva lot better shape than he found it. On the other hand, I feel like a burden has been lifted off my shoulders because of this annual drama and the fact that he apparently was burned out, felt he had maxed out here and so forth and so on. It's best for him and it's best for us. BTW, Stricklin is persona non grata forever and a day...just the way it is and the way it will be forever more

 

[philduckworth]

LOL, no, stricklin missed on their top 2 choices.

I'm grateful for Mullen building the program back to respectability after the Croom debacle. Now it's time to go to the next level or at least maintain. Losing to Ole Miss 3 out of the last 4 years is not where we want to be.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

I am pissed if he DID get offered 6 and took 7 to go to Florida, but I am not devastated. He had a chance to really turn the corner here. It's his loss if he goes. Dan helped us change a bunch of things here at MSU and I will be grateful for that. But since he is gone, I'm not giving him another thought.

I DO hope we really take our time to make a good hire. If we announce quickly, that tells me that Dan told John to have something in place, or John was just smart enough to do it on his own.

We are in a place where if we make a good hire that injects some enthusiasm into our program, keeps the recruiting gears going, and makes the right hires at assistants, we can still be successful.

If John does the job evaluating football coaches he did with baseball, it may be the best thing that could have happened in the long run.

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

I said the other day we'll be fine if Dan leaves. I still think so. At the time I was not expecting it to be Florida, but from our end it doesn't really matter where he goes.

Our job is a much more attractive one than when he took over. We'd probably be underwhelmed with a Mullen-like (coordinator for a young NC winning coach) hire now. We were a dumpster fire with sparse talent when he got here, a place where coaches ended, rather than started (or both if you start here), careers. We were paying our coach a top 15 salary and he's likely going to go to a job with a top 5 salary. Part of the reason Mullen could get there is that we had patience with him, patience you do not get at UT or TAMU. He also received a lot of support from the fan base and administration who did not have any memory of anything close to a National Championship. He could become a Steve Spurrier or Johnny Majors and could have stayed here forever with a winning record every other year. He chose not to, but that's good news for whomever we hire.

Dan Mullen raised the bar, but he will never be _the_ name of Mississippi State football. No statues will be built for him. No banners hung. He's somewhere between Royal & Warmath and McKeen & Jackie. The next coach, whomever he is, knows he can be _the_guy. It's a much higher bar to be _the_ guy at the other open jobs. We also are in a much better shape to win. Dan Mullen left the program in pretty good shape and prospective coaches know that they will get a grace period with a team that can have a winning season at State, versus the expectation to win immediately with a squad that probably will go 6-6 at best next year.

Overall, we're in pretty good shape. If the rumors that we were willing to pay Mullen $6 million are true, then the prospective coaches know that if they string together a few 8-9 win seasons they can be at that level within half a decade. Where else can you do that?

 

[bulldogcountry1]

I'm over it. The way things played out only confirmed the rumors that Mullen has been shopping himself for a long time. I'm relieved that we don't have to deal with it anymore, at least from Mullen. I feel like we lost at least 2 EBs because of it.

It also helps when I think about the odds of either Mullen or Stricklin being employed by UF in 3 years.

 

[DerHntr]

I’m currently not mad at Mullen. My anger will start when the recruiting class falls apart and the best recruits of the group end up at Florida. I realize he is doing his job to recruit them to UF but it will still piss me off. Then he will continue to poach the best talent out of MS because he knows the recruiting area well.

 

[WeWonItAll(Most)]

I’m currently not mad at Mullen. My anger will start when the recruiting class falls apart and the best recruits of the group end up at Florida. I realize he is doing his job to recruit them to UF but it will still piss me off. Then he will continue to poach the best talent out of MS because he knows the recruiting area well.

I haven't even thought about the implications of future recruiting classes, thanks a lot man.

 

[Lawdawg.sixpack]

Perhaps he will task Hevesy with recruiting Mississippi...

 

[Joe Schmedlap]

I don’t think Mullen will be a huge factor in getting Mississippi kids to go to UF. Not if State makes a good hire anyway.

QUOTE=WeWonItAll(Most);1418946]I haven't even thought about the implications of future recruiting classes, thanks a lot man.[/QUOTE]

 

[Chesusdog]

Lying to the players killed any respect I had for him which was a lot before today.

Stricklin can die in a fire. That ****** screwed us over. This is the absolute worst time to be looking for a coach because everyone else is.

 

[Wizard of bulldogery]

There isn't much one can do when a scientologist wants to be at the closest power 5 job to their headquarters. I just hope he enjoys his time in the super power building

 

[DerHntr]

I don’t think Mullen will be a huge factor in getting Mississippi kids to go to UF. Not if State makes a good hire anyway.

[/QUOTE]

I can easily see HS coaches who know Dan helping him land kids to UF. Unfortunately it looks better on their resumes to place players there over MSU.