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The Letter from Tyler to Dan

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Sam Adams Dog

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Aug 22, 2012
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Dear Dan,
Congrats on the five year turn around. I wish you would have told me five years ago that you had just ridden Urban Myer's coat tails and had no clue how to coach anything other than the Tebow offense. Wish you would have told me that three years ago when I still could have transferred somewhere where they run an offense that is more suitable for me. Never told you I was a running quarterback, just figured there was a 16 millimeter film projector floating around here somewhere that you had watched my high school games on. Guess I was wrong. Your welcome for me having a major influence on helping you get Bumphis, Cox, Christ Smith and a few others. Thanks for telling me all those off-seasons that you were going to get the tools to build around my style. Your "style" is hitting gold and having Florida athletes around Tebow. Ever hear of adjustments....didn't think so. Well, I have given five years to a program that I was a life long fan of,....had scholarship offers from Nick Saban and Steve Supperior, pretty good coaches but not near the genius you are, and in my last year; this. Thanks again and I guess the only solace I have is we will both be leaving together. Me from being out of eligibility and you from being exposed and out of time
TR
 
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NCDawg.sixpack

Redshirt
Aug 23, 2012
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It is a good post, and I agree. Don't know about the last 2 sentences though. I doubt if Mullen will be leaving after this year.
 
goindhoo

goindhoo

Senior
Feb 29, 2008
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I bet he will hold on to that letter for as long as he holds on to the football
 
MSUDawg25

MSUDawg25

Redshirt
Jan 21, 2010
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Dude definitely needs to work on his homophones.
 
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karlchilders.sixpack

karlchilders.sixpack

All-American
Jun 5, 2008
21,398
5,078
113
I like Tyler Russel, and appreciate that he came and played at MSU,

Mullen tried to make things work for him, He is not mobile, and just can not run.
He is slow on his recognition that a play is open, and his delivery is slow.
Given time he can pass, obviously.

He would not make it under Spurrier, their current QB is much more mobile, even with a bad knee.

At Bama, he could stand in line to get on the field...I just don't think so.

At MSU, we must have an athlete that can pass in order to be successful...just review our past better QB's.

Having said all, I'd love to see Tyler get his shot at Sunday play.
 
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121Josey

Redshirt
Oct 30, 2012
7,503
0
0
Couldn't disagree more. It's called coaching. It's called developing and adapting. Dan failed him.

Dan's a one-trick pony when the pony has superior talent.
 
thatsbaseball

thatsbaseball

All-American
May 29, 2007
18,468
7,583
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Tyler, rest assured your sacrifice accomplished one thing if nothing else. There will never ever be a another five star passing QB like yourself signed by Dan Mullen. I hope you get to play on Sundays but if not I still know you`re going to do well in life.
 
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CookieMonster.sixpack

Redshirt
Aug 22, 2012
2,761
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Never forget that Dan Mullen has had since 2009 to develop an offense that could utilize Russell's many talents. He did not. That is the biggest mark on his record as a coach. He could have adjusted his philosophy or brought in a coordinator to tweak the offense. Instead, in his pride, he tried to jam a square peg in a round hole. It's the same stubbornness that drove Joe Lee Dunn to obscurity. You MUST adapt your strategy to your talents. I can't wait until we get rid of him. We're spinning our wheels until we do.

Also, to those who criticize Russell for standing in the pocket too long, how'd that drive killing sack taste today? Russell is great at not taking sacks. Just look at his sack numbers vs. Relf for evidence. We might not have won with Russell today, but it's fair to say we couldn't have done any worse.
 
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fishwater99

Freshman
Jun 4, 2007
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CookieMonster said:
Never forget that Dan Mullen has had since 2009 to develop an offense that could utilize Russell's many talents. He did not. That is the biggest mark on his record as a coach. He could have adjusted his philosophy or brought in a coordinator to tweak the offense. Instead, in his pride, he tried to jam a square peg in a round hole. It's the same stubbornness that drove Joe Lee Dunn to obscurity. You MUST adapt your strategy to your talents. I can't wait until we get rid of him. We're spinning our wheels until we do.

Also, to those who criticize Russell for standing in the pocket too long, how'd that drive killing sack taste today? Russell is great at not taking sacks. Just look at his sack numbers vs. Relf for evidence. We might not have won with Russell today, but it's fair to say we couldn't have done any worse.
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I could not agree more. all Dan knew was what Urban taught him.
What a waste of talent in TR, he never had a chance here with the spread.
 
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FirstPoetsThenSunDoggy

Redshirt
Aug 24, 2012
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Sam Adams Dog said:
Dear Dan,
Congrats on the five year turn around. I wish you would have told me five years ago that you had just ridden Urban Myer's coat tails and had no clue how to coach anything other than the Tebow offense. Wish you would have told me that three years ago when I still could have transferred somewhere where they run an offense that is more suitable for me. Never told you I was a running quarterback, just figured there was a 16 millimeter film projector floating around here somewhere that you had watched my high school games on. Guess I was wrong. Your welcome for me having a major influence on helping you get Bumphis, Cox, Christ Smith and a few others. Thanks for telling me all those off-seasons that you were going to get the tools to build around my style. Your "style" is hitting gold and having Florida athletes around Tebow. Ever hear of adjustments....didn't think so. Well, I have given five years to a program that I was a life long fan of,....had scholarship offers from Nick Saban and Steve Supperior, pretty good coaches but not near the genius you are, and in my last year; this. Thanks again and I guess the only solace I have is we will both be leaving together. Me from being out of eligibility and you from being exposed and out of time
TR
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Sixpackspeak has beaucoup great posts, but this is truly one of the best.
 
Shmuley

Shmuley

Heisman
Mar 6, 2008
24,434
12,664
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The TR situation is further proof that the injuns will never let us have nice things. The football gods give us a highly rated, accurate passer and then our coach tries to turn him into an option QB. We simply cannot have nice things. Tyler Russell is the proverbial Mercedes S Class being used as the farm vehicle.
 
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