She was playing a part, just like her husband. It was their job to sell Starkville. She did that well. They are both full of ****, but that is completely ok. It’s their right to be full of ****.
Exactly. Megan Mullen was essentially an employee of the university, and a great one.
There are some people that really form a connection with their employer, whether the organization or person. A lot of people (most people?) don't. It's just a transactional relationship. Except in certain circumstances (like when a turnaround artist is brought in), CEO's are generally expected to at least pretend to be the former type. It would have been nice if the Mullen's were actually the type of people that formed a strong, personal connection to MSU and the MSU community, but is it really shocking that the highly analytical, abrasive yankee *** hole turned out to view his employer as a way for him to get ahead?
Realistically, the only chance for MSU to keep Mullen long term was for him to decide that being the "frank beamer" of MSU was more important for his ego than winning a national championship or deciding that greater recognition from winning a championship (SEC or otherwise) as a non-blue blood school was worth the decrease in chances of it happening.
I am kind of surprised that he hasn't at least said some kind things about MSU. Even if he didn't mean any of it, I would have just thought that between the two of them, one of them would have been pushing to keep some bridges unburned, just because it cost nothing so why not do it. He must really not have liked a lot of people at MSU, or maybe his ego was bruised by us not willing to push UF beyond $6M. or maybe he is worried that UF fans are already unhappy enough with the hire that he can't even say nice things about his former employer because it would give them something else to ***** about.
