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[CGold4]

Coaches actually like it in Starkville. Would you imagine that? Howland wants to spend the rest of his coaching years here and thereafter. Megan wants no other than to call this place home. It’s a plus for all the **** heads looking in on the land mass. In return, this is great for recruiting. Comfortable coaches will gain trust easier than ones that are in and out. Basketball and football are looking super bright folks.

 

[AssEndDawg]

Baseball ain’t looking too bad either!

 

[aTotal360]

I heard every coach we have has already picked out grave plots across from The Dooey. They are here for eternity. **

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

The city of Starkville does have more work to do....more lighting, infrastructure, better public education and police protection are much needed....

 

[Seinfeld]

I wonder how Stricklin's enjoying himself these days. I mean, I get it... He had a great career opportunity, and he took it. No harm in that. However, the fact that his next hire is going to determine whether he has a job or not this time next year has to be a little bit more pressure than what he ever felt here.

There's not much that MSU is ever going to be able to do about young guys that want to make it to the top of the mountain, but I think JWS, Mullen, and guys like Howland are all finding out the a coaching job at State is a pretty sweet and underrated gig. Top notch pay, great facilities, SEC power, and pretty reasonable expectations. There's a lot to be said for that last one

 

[Arthur2478]

Howland wants to spend the rest of his coaching years here and thereafter.

I'm not saying Howland doesn't like Starkville, but he still has his house in Malibu and will return to a full time California resident the day after he's done coaching here.

 

[thekimmer]

Stricklin had way more ties to S-ville than usual....

I wonder how Stricklin's enjoying himself these days. I mean, I get it... He had a great career opportunity, and he took it. No harm in that. However, the fact that his next hire is going to determine whether he has a job or not this time next year has to be a little bit more pressure than what he ever felt here.

There's not much that MSU is ever going to be able to do about young guys that want to make it to the top of the mountain, but I think JWS, Mullen, and guys like Howland are all finding out the a coaching job at State is a pretty sweet and underrated gig. Top notch pay, great facilities, SEC power, and pretty reasonable expectations. There's a lot to be said for that last one

Both he and his wife are MS natives. MSU is their alma mater. His wife grew up in vegas and her family still calls it home. His FIL is arguably the most accomplished and esteemed Bulldog legend of all time. His career ambitions had a lot to overcome to take the UF job. I can't pretend to know what goes on inside his head but I would hope doing something that causes lasting harm to MSU (like trying to poach mullen) and severely damages or even severs the bond between him and his alma mater would cause him to take pause before doing it. But then he already gave us some indication as to how important such ties are to him by leaving us to go to UF. As you said, it was an outstanding career opportunity and the professional side of me understands that completely. The maroon bleeding, lifetime member of the MSU family side of me can never understand.

 

[jumpdawg]

I knew the curbs on 12 were going to pay off

 

[johnson86-1]

I'm not saying Howland doesn't like Starkville, but he still has his house in Malibu and will return to a full time California resident the day after he's done coaching here.

We are lucky Howland is driven and has a chip on his shoulder about the way things ended at UCLA and then him not getting to basically cherry pick his next job.

I mean, we're lucky assuming we make the normal Howland jump this year or next year.

 

[QuadrupleOption]

I knew the curbs on 12 were going to pay off

I figured it was all the daffodils on campus that reeled them in.

 

[CGold4]

Baseball ain’t looking too bad either!

Cannizaro is my favorite coach of all time. Dude is passionate about State.

 

[Shmuley]

LUS is going to have to pay through the *** to get him back.

 

[patdog]

Stricklin is going to hire who he's told to hire. Won't be Mullen either way cause Mullen doesn't want that job and Foley probably doesn't want Mullen anyway.

 

[coach66]

Yes they are but they are certainly going to try.

nm

 

[StillTbonewannabe]

LUS is going to have to pay through the *** to get him back.

If they want him back then he has probably done well enough that we will pay to keep him. LSU kind of has that budget crisis to deal with especially if they plan on stealing Mullen in a year or two. ***

 

[patdog]

I don't think he'll ever go back to LSU. He was only there for 2 years as an assistant. It's not like he has any real ties there. He's home now and he'll be here for a long time.

 

[Willow Grove Dawg]

I heard Cannizaro say that he "dropped a nuclear bomb on his relationship with LSU & Maneiri" when he flipped that LSU commitment right after we hired him

 

[coach66]

Could be but Marineri won't be a factor when they come calling. I think he

loves MSU and the stadium is gonna make it even tougher to leave.

 

[MSUDC11]

I cannot wrap my mind around the fact that Tulane could’ve hired Cannizaro, a phenomenal young coach and a Tulane alum that’s one of the greatest players in their program’s history, and they passed. How is that possible?

 

[wsjmsu75]

I cannot wrap my mind around the fact that Tulane could’ve hired Cannizaro, a phenomenal young coach and a Tulane alum that’s one of the greatest players in their program’s history, and they passed. How is that possible?

Have no idea, but sure glad they did. Our coaching in all three big sports is off the charts right now, and hopefully for a long time to come.