Arnett... maybe

[OopsICroomedmypants]

 

[BoDawg.sixpack]

My brain just got one of those blue screen errors with a 0x000 memory address.

 

[OopsICroomedmypants]

My brain just got one of those blue screen errors with a 0x000 memory address.

Me too

 

[jethreauxdawg]

 

[woozman]

 

[Dawg1976]

If true he would be better than Hutz. Also means no one else was interested in the job.

 

[MaroonOldCrow]

I hope Selmon puts a Wendy's clause in the contract.

 

[rem101]

Do we get to not pay his buyout by paying his salary as a DC?

 

[22yardpunt]

I’m good with this, if true. Zach is a DC.

 

[Chesusdog]

If Strangebrew isn't on top of the "Sir, this is a Wendy's" jokes on their bulletin board then I will be greatly disappointed.

 

[STLDawg]

This would complete an all time weird career arc

 

[rdnkkicker]

Absolutely no faith in Lebby whatsoever among the coordinator pool, apparently.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

Always amazed how National media break MSU news and local reporters are the last to the story.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

Always amazed how National media break MSU news and local reporters are the last to the story.

National media have way more connections and sources.

 

[cowbell88]

WTF!!!!

 

[beachbumdawg]

Always amazed how National media break MSU news and local reporters are the last to the story.

Or they know and don’t say because well there is this access thing they like
That information getting out early as a potential could deep six a fallback deal

 

[OopsICroomedmypants]

Maybe he reached out to MSU and wants to come back. I always was told he really liked it here.

 

[beachbumdawg]

Anyway - can we go ahead and sticky the 2026 Coach’s Hot Board?

 

[curseddawgs]

National media have way more connections and sources.

Yeah but our beat is laughably bad. Robbie Faulk tries to be a Twitter comedian while also providing the most baseline analysis about everything. Steve was so connected with Cohen that a week after he left for Auburn he wrote an article saying he knew because of a phone call where Cohen hesitated to answer a question about the Auburn job

 

[ronpolk]

Making sure we got an assistant with head coaching experience to take over as interim next season****

in all seriousness, arnett is a definite upgrade but I would have figured there was too much water under the bridge for this. This may be the best hire we can make given Lebby’s shaky ground.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

 

[Xenomorph]

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

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Exactly my thoughts. Ha.

 

[TrueMaroonGrind]

That was the last name I expected to see, but man I loved Arnett as a DC

 

[Maroon13]

If true he would be better than Hutz. Also means no one else was interested in the job.

Surely that's not true.***.

We've been told Over and over and over .... "Any G5 DC" would take the job.

 

[Maroon13]

"Sir, this is a Wendy's"

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

If it’s Arnett they need to hit the portal to find a really good nose guard.

 

[BIGDAWG44]

Not a fan. Arnett shouldn’t be allowed on the property. Typical miss st BS here.

 

[ababyatemydingo]

This tells you Lebby still after two years has minimal relationships and connections in coaching circles.

 

[dawgstudent]

A weird hire. He was a decent DC. And relative to Hutzler - he’s Buddy Ryan.

Swing and misses by Lebby trying to get a DC. State had to settle with an unemployed coach.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

This reeks of Keenum.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

This tells you Lebby still after two years has minimal relationships and connections in coaching circles.

That or they see him as lame duck. Arnetts family loved Starkville so I guess maybe he made a push to get the job. I’m not sure if they ever actually left here.

 

[Dawg1976]

That was the last name I expected to see, but man I loved Arnett as a DC

Same but after the dust settles I think most will get on board with him. I can’t hold a grudge for his failure as a HC. He wasn’t ready. Keenum is responsible for that disaster.

 

[Willow Grove Dawg]

Is there a single functioning brain cell in the Bryan Building?

 

[thatsbaseball]

 

[gtowndawg]

As others have said, this reeks of coaches seeing Lebby has more than likely gone after next season.

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

It's ok he was resurrected in Oxford.

 

[dgsmith15]

A weird hire. He was a decent DC. And relative to Hutzler - he’s Buddy Ryan.

Swing and misses by Lebby trying to get a DC. State had to settle with an unemployed coach.

To be fair, Pry was technically an unemployed coach also.

But in my mind this makes it obvious that Leb’s seat is red hot. No sane DC candidate, looking for stability, is going to hitch their wagon to a sinking ship.

 

[Bulldog Bruce]

Ya know, if we're bringing back old coaches??? I'm just saying...

 

[TrueMaroonGrind]

Same but after the dust settles I think most will get on board with him. I can’t hold a grudge for his failure as a HC. He wasn’t ready. Keenum is responsible for that disaster.

Oh I really don’t hold that against him. He was an amazing DC for us, then Leach died and he was put into a position that he wasn’t ready for. I’ll be 100x more confident in Arnett than I ever was in Hutzler. Shoot a top 60 defense at this point will look like the Steel Curtain.