Here we go...

[Dog of Tillo]

http://footballscoop.com/news/lead-candidates-emerging-michigan/

 

[engie]

You really think this tidbit from 36 hours ago hasn't been discussed at length here already?

Might want to do a little research into who Scott Roussel is(where he's from, where he went to school) and actually read the speculation hit piece for what it is...

This rumor has already been shunned by both Michigan's 247 and Scout sites...

 

[Dog of Tillo]

Sorry...I'd imagine someone might have mentioned it, but going back I didn't see anything in the last 4 days on it. As far as the site speculating Michigan might actually start interviewing coaches this week, I highly doubt that's a secret, a rumor, or a conspiracy, regardless where the dude's from.

 

[121Josey]

That Guy Is Throwing Spaghetti

I spoke with sources in the past few days who are close and very familiar with Dan Mullen. Both sources said to me that with Dan, it’s not about being the highest paid coach in his state / conference/ whatever (which is more important to some coaches than many people understand), what drives Dan is his desire to win a national championship. Both sources explained to me how they felt Michigan would provide a potentially easier route to the college football playoffs; and hence the opportunity to win a national championship. Said one, “This might have been Dan’s most talented team ever, and in a year when LSU, A&M and Arkansas were down, he still didn’t even win his division.”

What? Dan desires to win a NC? Who doesn't? Did you miss the CFP voting this season? What a joke.

 

[wayneland5025]

He was arrested for parole violation in 2013. Also, he went to high school with Peyton Manning in New Orleans. Is 38 and apparently runs "Football Scoop". All that from Google. Also he did go to school at Ole Miss.

 

[The Peeper]

And until a month ago his own brother was his biggest competitor (coachingsearch.com) until he became an agent and he was on the Bears (Confederate, not Chicago) staff at one time

 

[dawgstudent]

I didn't know he left coachingsearch. He partnered up with 247sports before the year started.

Really interesting article about the 2 brothers from 2012...

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoo...e-feud-between-football-scoop-coaching-search

 

[DerHntr]

He was arrested for parole violation in 2013. Also, he went to high school with Peyton Manning in New Orleans. Is 38 and apparently runs "Football Scoop". All that from Google. Also he did go to school at Ole Miss.

Those reporting on recruiting and coaching searches sometimes appear as dirty as their subjects*

 

[patdog]

"This is probably gonna blindside you," Roussel recalls Sullivan telling him, "but I have to make room for Bill Clay. He's my best friend."

Roussel was floored. Clay was a long-time college assistant who had just come from Texas A&M.

Roussel says Sullivan pledged to him, "Pete, I'll work you for two months. You'll get another job." But Roussel just walked out of his office determined to take care of his own business.

Sullivan declined comment for this story.

"I haven't talked to the guy since," Pete says of his former boss. "And in the next year, I had 10 job offers. Oklahoma State offered me the chance to be their offensive quality control assistant. I turned it down."

So he got fired at Samford, then was offered a job at Oklahoma St., but turned it down. Yeah, that sounds believable.**

 

[dawgstudent]

Offensive quality control sounds like a GA position.

 

[jakldawg]

It's like they just threw words together.

Does he make sure their offensive plays are compliant with FDA regulations? Is there some elaborate HACCP plan the offense has to get together? Did he pass up the job hoping that a defensive human relations or special teams information technology position would open up later?

 

[121Josey]

Did he pass up the job hoping that a defensive human relations or special teams information technology position would open up later?

+1

 

[EAVdog]

The Michigan 247 site even says it's completely made up. Click bait, is all it is.

 

[ATL Reb]

He was my roommate at one point in college. He is older than 38, didnt get arrested for parole violation in 2013, but the rest is accurate.

 

[The Peeper]

Bo Shapley had him on one morning talking about it, I think it's a sports agent group based in Nashville

 

[maroonmania]

What? Dan desires to win a NC? Who doesn't? Did you miss the CFP voting this season? What a joke.

If they think this year is Dan's most talented team ever tell them to stick around for a few years. We all know that Mullen's recruiting at MSU has just now really taken hold. This year's class is way beyond anything he's had since maybe his first year with Bumphis, Russell, Cox, Boyd etc. And Mullen's recruiting will only continue to be at a higher level due to the relationships he's built over time with HS coaches and players and the facilities he has to offer now that weren't there early in his tenure.

 

[Sack N City]

Mullen has not been on the Michigan radar since Foley bombed him.

A very good Michigan blog is MGo blog. (link below) The blog gathers information from a number of sources. MGo blog reports:

ON DAN MULLEN. There has been absolutely nothing about him anywhere, from my inbox to the paysites to randos on twitter who seem to have a connect. Nothing.The only chatter anyone's gotten is that Mullen is off the radar after Michigan called up Jeremy Foley and Foley bombed him.

It is clear from MGo blog that Harbaugh is Michigan's number one choice. Mullen would be way down the list.
http://mgoblog.com/

 

[SanfordRJones]

Thank you, Mr. Foley. Please continue your good work on our behalf.

 

[titus.sixpack]

What is Foley's problem with Mullen?

 

[Hammer Down]

I am of the opinion that the only problem Foley had with Mullen was that Mullen turned him down. Foley's "problem" seems to simply be a rationalization of many attempting to explain why Mullen would not leaving Starkville for the utopia that is Florida. It does not fly. From a person who has lived in both Florida and willingly left it, trust me it is not all it is cracked up to be.

I personally think the biggest "problem" is that no one seems to want to work for Foley.

 

[GloryDawg]

Michigan is going to have to go to a lower tier school to get a coach. They have shot themselves in the foot.

 

[was21]

Finebaum is doing his best today to send Mullen to Michigan. He had Bo Bounds on there and Bo saying both State and OM better jobs than Michigan that they are both top twenty programs and Michigan is not..Finebaum obviously didn't like what he had to say.

 

[esplanade91]

I read an article that said Michigan was trying to get Sean Payton. Yes, Sean Payton. Currently the highest paid coach in the history of the universe, who could run for governor tomorrow (hypothetically) in the state of Louisiana and win unopposed... Who also has one of the top 10 greatest QB's of all time for another 2 or 3 years competing for championships.

Michigan fans and their writers suck.