Please explain...

[willi13]

Maybe I’m just slow, but I don’t get it. All I can answer to this is money.

Why is Mullen leaving?

He was two winning years away from having a statue at State. Now he’s headed to a school that, at best, he will constantly be coachkng under the shadow of national champion coaches. If he stayed here, he would be our ONLY benchmark.

Why not just stay the course and make his mark? Just look around the campus and see the difference. Stadium and facilities are awesome! Wasn’t too long ago they were just two opposing concrete slabs. Hell, I remember fishing in the pond, with wading cows, where the sports admin building is located.

Good luck Dan. Thanks for what you’ve done.

Now, let’s hire someone who wants to have a statue!

 

[josebrown]

He finally got Freeze fired, and ole miss on probation. I thought that was all that was standing in his way. Oh well, he’ll never know now.

 

[philduckworth]

Maybe I’m just slow, but I don’t get it. All I can answer to this is money.

Why is Mullen leaving?

He was two winning years away from having a statue at State. Now he’s headed to a school that, at best, he will constantly be coachkng under the shadow of national champion coaches. If he stayed here, he would be our ONLY benchmark.

Why not just stay the course and make his mark? Just look around the campus and see the difference. Stadium and facilities are awesome! Wasn’t too long ago they were just two opposing concrete slabs. Hell, I remember fishing in the pond, with wading cows, where the sports admin building is located.

Good luck Dan. Thanks for what you’ve done.

Now, let’s hire someone who wants to have a statue!

Because UF is arguably the no. 1 college football job in the country. He is getting a big pay raise. And he has the chance to compete for a national championship. Also, you have to strike when the iron is hot. This time last year, Mullen was 5-7 with a loss to South Alabama. No one wanted him. This is by far the best offer he will ever get. And he is lucky that Stricklin sucks at his job and was unable to land Chip Kelly or Scott Frost.

 

[Hugh Sleeze]

I don't wish him luck. I want him to flame out and go down as another Ron Zook.

 

[willi13]

I get all that but a ton of expectations come with that job. Here, not so much. He was building something here that no one had done before. At Florida, he better win or he won’t last four years.

 

[philduckworth]

I get all that but a ton of expectations come with that job. Here, not so much. He was building something here that no one had done before. At Florida, he better win or he won’t last four years.

He knows that. You asked, I answered. If you get all that, then you didn't need to ask the question.

 

[RocketDawg]

Yes, he did a lot for MSU. But he also lied to us.

I hope he goes 0-12 every year.

 

[mstateglfr]

Yes, he did a lot for MSU. But he also lied to us.

Lied?

 

[SLUdog]

Exactly....

 

[Grevlin]

His son Canon is showing a lot of promise as a golfer at eight years old. Check the map at US Kids Golf; I'd make a lateral move (which this is not) from Mississippi to Florida if my kid were showing that much talent at that age. The Mullens know the pitfalls at Florida, but even four years to develop there with excellent coaching and competition at Canon's age will be invaluable.

Plus Dan doesn't have the personality to balk at the challenges he knows he'll face at Florida; he wouldn't be a good HC otherwise. He's given State nine mostly fun years and I wish him and his family the best. Hope he beats everyone but State in his tenure at Florida.

 

[MaroonNation]

Sherrill
Got us to Atlanta. To say Mullen was our only “benchmark” is pretty myopic. It’s amazing where all the “we can’t do any better than Mullen” are now. They should be here defending his honor

 

[ezsoil]

Because UF is arguably the no. 1 college football job in the country. He is getting a big pay raise. And he has the chance to compete for a national championship. Also, you have to strike when the iron is hot. This time last year, Mullen was 5-7 with a loss to South Alabama. No one wanted him. This is by far the best offer he will ever get. And he is lucky that Stricklin sucks at his job and was unable to land Chip Kelly or Scott Frost.

How dare you say Stricklin sucks, his claim to fame at MSU was his hire of Rick Ray

 

[BossDawg78]

I get all that but a ton of expectations come with that job. Here, not so much. He was building something here that no one had done before. At Florida, he better win or he won’t last four years.

And he better not just win, he better win quick. One down season and he'll have to station the National Guard around his home, too.

 

[Dawgzilla]

I get all that but a ton of expectations come with that job. Here, not so much. He was building something here that no one had done before. At Florida, he better win or he won’t last four years.

You don't think we would have higher expectations at $6M per year? Gotta win some big games for that cash.

Mullen probably thinks he has a better chance of winning a championship at UF. Hes not wrong. I doubt he is worried about failing.

I said from the start that no one knows what any coach is thinking career wise. These message board echo chambers - where people project their own feelings on coaches and players - were convinced he was going nowhere.

Saying it over and over doesn't make it true.

 

[RocketDawg]

Lied?

I'm not sure what else you'd call it. He's said several times in the past few days that he'll be coaching at MSU next year. He's not.

 

[HammerOfTheDogs]

And he better not just win, he better win quick. One down season and he'll have to station the National Guard around his home, too.

He'll certainly be able to pay them.

 

[BulldogBlitz]

He got tired of reading trash by fishwater and blacklisted.

 

[Dawgzilla]

Sherrill
Got us to Atlanta. To say Mullen was our only “benchmark” is pretty myopic. It’s amazing where all the “we can’t do any better than Mullen” are now. They should be here defending his honor

We can do better...but we could more easily do much worse. I never liked Mullen as a coach, but I also didn't want the current uncertainty. I wish I had faith in our administration to hire someone better than Mullen.

 

[TNT.sixpack]

Because UF is arguably the no. 1 college football job in the country. He is getting a big pay raise. And he has the chance to compete for a national championship. Also, you have to strike when the iron is hot. This time last year, Mullen was 5-7 with a loss to South Alabama. No one wanted him. This is by far the best offer he will ever get. And he is lucky that Stricklin sucks at his job and was unable to land Chip Kelly or Scott Frost.

^^^^^^^ This. All day long. Dan has an enormous ego and he’s a smart *** who likes to win. And he wants a natty. This is the best chance he’ll have to do it. And he knows that. And theryre paying out their asses for him to try. Everyone says he’s walking to a hornets nest with unrealistic expectations. Trust me. -Dan isn’t that dumb. He knows that. But his ego just can’t say no.

 

[512taylor]

I'm not sure what else you'd call it. He's said several times in the past few days that he'll be coaching at MSU next year. He's not.

He will be, but not coaching MSU.

 

[blacklistedbully]

You're an idiot if you think what fish was posting was anything remotely like what I was posting. I gave him **** about letting rumors circulate that he was looking at other jobs, and letting it hurt recruiting.

On other boards I have occasionally given him **** for in-game play-calling, like Perkins up-the-middle-for-no-gain over and over and over. But overall, I have been mosthy complimentary of Dan, acknowledging what he's been able to build here, etc.

That said, his leaving this year, and going to UF with SS, with what we had coming back really pisses me off. He gave us a lot, but we gave him a lot more. If he had integrity, he would not have left us in a lurch with all these schools looking for HC's, etc.

Yeah, he got a lot more money, but just how much friggin' money does the man need, particularly when it badly damages the place that gave him all we did?

**** him, and **** SS. I hope those bastards lose every game they play in. And **** Stankey as well. A strong commissioner would have made it clear one SEC team stealing another would be extremely frowned-upon.

 

[mstateglfr]

I'm not sure what else you'd call it. He's said several times in the past few days that he'll be coaching at MSU next year. He's not.

I rewmember earlier this month he said he is happy with whats being built at MSU.
Is that what you mean?

If he said said he wasnt going anywhere , then pehaps he was honest and meant it at the time because, you know, he didnt think he was going anywhere.

**** changes abd that doesn't make prior comments a lie. My kids grasp this concept.

 

[fang]

"I hope those bastards lose every game they play in. And **** Stankey as well. A strong commissioner would have made it clear one SEC team stealing another would be extremely frowned-upon."

THIS! Slive put the kibosh on that crap, but stankey 'gon stankey.