Arnett... maybe
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I can’t decide how I feel about this. Yes, the Leach offense helped his numbers. But we looked pretty solid on defense most of the time.
He wasn’t a great recruiter but that’s not as important now.
We can probably pay him next to nothing while knowing he should deliver a competent defense.
You also always hope a new coach can bring a couple of players and that’s not going to happen here.
This is really weird and unexpected
He wasn’t a great recruiter but that’s not as important now.
We can probably pay him next to nothing while knowing he should deliver a competent defense.
You also always hope a new coach can bring a couple of players and that’s not going to happen here.
This is really weird and unexpected
I, for one, liked:
Dr. Zacharias
Jackie Sherrill
Watson Brown
Joe Lee Dunn
Greg Byrne
Dan Mullen
Manny Diaz
Bob Shoop
Mike Leach
What a joke. The only reason we have this current coach struggling is because of this guy we are about to rehire. He didn’t have to agree to become the HC after leach but please beg me to spend more and donate more to these decisions. This is a cohen type decision right here.
Didn’t happen so people need to stop spreading that misinformation
99% loved him as our previous DC. Most understood making him HC for consistency and to lock him down. Now some don't want him back as DC??? Because of the situation we're in, it would be a very good hire.
Honestly this is the best hire you could get considering Lebby is 2026 or bust.
Many of these names are in the distant past and I would agree with the list but at the same time we seem to romanticize the past. Most of the people on that list other than Dr. Z were complained about by a significant portion of our fans while they were here.
Sometimes it’s easier to look back and appreciate something than in the present.
If you think 62 and 40 are good rankings for total defense you should be happy. Not great but beats 118 and 95 like a red headed stepchild. And the blitzing will be legendary.
It’s the truth no one either sees or wants to acknowledge. Lebby’s entire scheme and philosophy is like trying to fit a square peg in a round hole here at Mississippi State. Cut bait the sooner the better
I am a little concerned that it was 62 and 40 with us running a ball control offense. We don’t exactly run one of those now.
Arnett didn’t forget how to run a defense.
Leach trusted him to run the whole show on that side of the ball and he did very well. Presumably Lebby will do the same.
We could have done a lot worse.
Leach trusted him to run the whole show on that side of the ball and he did very well. Presumably Lebby will do the same.
We could have done a lot worse.
Look at yards per play. His last year here was actually very good.
No doubt he's an upgrade over Hutz, but it's typical MSU shopping at the Dollar General again. Maybe the money we're saving will buy a DT. 
Insanity. And paying millions for it ha! The powers that be for us are ultra retarded.
The difference is that Arnett was doing it with someone else's recruits ...he was asleep at the wheel on recruiting....Hutzler inherited 5 count them, 5 scholarship D linemen.. and not a one would make another SEC roster much less play ...
Supposedly he quit for personal reasons
This has to be a joke. There's no way that we just watched Lane Kiffin punk Ole Miss, then turned around and said, "Hold my beer, we're gonna punk ourselves."
He was enraged that Vegas didn't sell vanilla Frosties.
His year 3 here was pretty solid. Let’s not act like he had 5 NFL players on that defense.
Plus Matt Brock. Who I liked also. So no complaints but it's just so unbelievable. Spurrier Junior is out there somewhere. Grab him too. Make it a reunion tour
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Who would have been a better hire who we could realistically hire under the circumstances?
My only issue with it is him being unemployed he doesn’t have players to bring with him.
From a pure experience and defensive gameplan/coaching he is a massive upgrade from Hutzler the problem is still and forever will be players. We have to sign real SEC caliber difference makers in the portal.
From a pure experience and defensive gameplan/coaching he is a massive upgrade from Hutzler the problem is still and forever will be players. We have to sign real SEC caliber difference makers in the portal.
He was not a bad DC.
Many of you advocate getting any scumbag available, if he is a good coach.
And many of you don't want to admit that there is not a boatload of good assistant coaches clamoring to move to Starkville, at any price. Reportedly. Arnett and his family like Starkville, so maybe he will not bail after he gets a little success.
Many of you advocate getting any scumbag available, if he is a good coach.
And many of you don't want to admit that there is not a boatload of good assistant coaches clamoring to move to Starkville, at any price. Reportedly. Arnett and his family like Starkville, so maybe he will not bail after he gets a little success.
Right when we should be taking advantage of current situation of turnover and coaches at other school we continue to **** the bed. Just proves Lebby is on thin ice. His coaching circle is really small and nobody wants to work for him if this is true. That or Keenum keeps sticking that plastic nose where it doesn't belong.
Arnett was a decent DC but he wasn't amazing and his defensive recruiting left us screwed there.
Everybody needs to play the powerball today so maybe one of us can buy some linemen
It was personal reasons but not the Wendy’s story. No need for our fan base to joke about it especially when every rival school already will
This just proves the same boosters are in charge who fired Leachs staff and installed point man Brad Peterson. Now they are bring Arnett back despite his personal problems, lol
I'll joke about it all day long and hope he Super Bars us to a top 30 defensive ranking, too.