That, from a big picture perspective, I am proud of Mississippi State for being the first SEC school to give a minority candidate a chance to be a head football coach in the SEC. I believe that says a lot about the identity of the MSU family.
I also admit that Coach Croom was lacking in a couple of areas that rendered him incapable of much success at MSU. Though I was in total agreement that he needed to go, and I had no confidence he could turn things around, he did accomplish some important things for our program: generally, the team played harder and more together; the defense was vastly improved; he apparently was successful at emphasizing academics, for the team GPA was greatly improved.
With all that said, WOW. Mullen appears to have great football IQ, infectious energy, confidence and determination, and a good understanding of the current state of our program. There was a lot of social significance at Croom's introductory press conference. There was a ton of football significance at Mullen's.
I also want to again point out the job Byrne is doing. Ultimately, he will be graded on the success of the teams, i.e., wins and losses. But at this point, before that can be measured, I don't see how he could be doing a much better job for MSU.
Finally, does anybody know where I can get some heavy duty wool shearers? I can hardly walk for all of my sheepy wooliness.
Edited to make clear that I was not a CC fan after the first 2+ years.
I also admit that Coach Croom was lacking in a couple of areas that rendered him incapable of much success at MSU. Though I was in total agreement that he needed to go, and I had no confidence he could turn things around, he did accomplish some important things for our program: generally, the team played harder and more together; the defense was vastly improved; he apparently was successful at emphasizing academics, for the team GPA was greatly improved.
With all that said, WOW. Mullen appears to have great football IQ, infectious energy, confidence and determination, and a good understanding of the current state of our program. There was a lot of social significance at Croom's introductory press conference. There was a ton of football significance at Mullen's.
I also want to again point out the job Byrne is doing. Ultimately, he will be graded on the success of the teams, i.e., wins and losses. But at this point, before that can be measured, I don't see how he could be doing a much better job for MSU.
Finally, does anybody know where I can get some heavy duty wool shearers? I can hardly walk for all of my sheepy wooliness.
Edited to make clear that I was not a CC fan after the first 2+ years.