Mullen is his own worst enemy

[johnson86-1]

Mullen is incredible at a lot of things, and I've really thought even though his yankeeness held him back, that he was good enough at building relationships that he could overcome it. But this signing period, not only is he not making the tap ins, he's failed to even build enough of a relationship with these kids where they don't want to trash him after they've signed else where. Really at a loss as to how he could 17 up this badly with kids after being here 8 years.

 

[coach66]

It's called "getting to big for your britches", stay humble, stay hungry.

nm

 

[johnson86-1]

nm

It's called being sane. If I had twenty million in the bank (or whatever amount Mullen has managed to amass at this point), I'd be damned if I was going to go fellate a bunch of 18 year old kids. ****, I wouldn't do recruiting fi I were had no money in the bank. It's just gotten creepy as 17. That said, if you're sane enough to recognize that recruiting is creepy as 17, major college football (maybe any college football?) is not for you. He is going to have to go to the NFL, drop down a division, or he needs to go be a coordinator. I think he's a good enough qb developer and OC that plenty of programs would be happy to pay him one of if not the highest paid coordinator even while letting him off the hook on recruiting.

 

[coach66]

Maybe so but do you think the beaver is going to go conservative when he gets

20 mil in the bank? Don't think so and that is what we are p against.

 

[johnson86-1]

20 mil in the bank? Don't think so and that is what we are p against.

It's not about being conservative, it's about having self respect and dignity. Unfortunately, SEC FB coach has become a position where you have to tamp down some of those things in order to be successful. I think it's easier for somebody like Freeze who is already completely sold out. For people with self respect, you have to have somebody that is more sickened by losing than by the **** you have to do in recruiting. I suspect Saban is in the latter category. And even though he has built his reputation up to the point that he doesn't have to do the ridiculously creepy **** to get top recruits, I suspect he still loathes a lot of what he has to do.

I don't think Mullen fits into either category. That's not a bad thing as far as being a human being, but it's a bad thing as far as being a SEC FB coach.

 

[KurtRambis4]

You're right.

Looking at some of these recruits' comments today, it's apparent that Dan doesn't want to go down the road of being a complete clown l, to recruit.

Unfortunately, that's what has to be done. I mean a kid isn't picking you because you didn't see him every day?

 

[mstateglfr]

It's called being sane. If I had twenty million in the bank (or whatever amount Mullen has managed to amass at this point), I'd be damned if I was going to go fellate a bunch of 18 year old kids. ****, I wouldn't do recruiting fi I were had no money in the bank. It's just gotten creepy as 17. That said, if you're sane enough to recognize that recruiting is creepy as 17, major college football (maybe any college football?) is not for you. He is going to have to go to the NFL, drop down a division, or he needs to go be a coordinator. I think he's a good enough qb developer and OC that plenty of programs would be happy to pay him one of if not the highest paid coordinator even while letting him off the hook on recruiting.

Cue the standing ovation gif.