Your attitude is THE reason why MSU is what it has always been when it comes to athletics. It is exactly what we have always done, with no thought at all about what comes after “firing someone.” Good lord, make it stop.
I’m sure there is someone out there that wants you fired too.
you are an idiot if you believe what you just wrote!
I wasn't being rational last night, just 100% emotion, but the point being is that mediocrity and worse, seems to be accepted these days at a place I love.
Based on the evidence, Arnett was 5-7 with 2 P5 wins. Lebby was 3-8 with no P4 wins. We should have never hired either of them, but we took an even bigger step backwards when we replaced Arnett with Selmon's buddy.
Worse than you remember. Lebby was 2-10 last year. But I am hopeful we scrape out 3 wins this year.
We are told day in and day out that we in the cellar when it comes to SEC resources. In a very rural state where we have to bring in out of state players. Not being near a major. Maybe us being mediocre is an achievement. I’m not sure if I’m series or joking. Just pointing out some of the obvious.
Don’t apologize. I’ve learned that in life your first instinct is usually correct!
Yep. We'd have been better off just letting Arnett and Barbay have a year 2 rather than our current clusterf*ck.
Ricketts is the best coach in campus right now
Not even close. They are about to lose 10 of their next 12 in SEC play. Great start, but Texas, Tennessee and Oklahoma are going to sweep us.
You’re bad-mouthing a guy who, in just year 2, is going to produce a 50% increase in wins over his prior year performance. **
Not entirely true. MSU people know that deep down this is a hard place to win, really in anything, in the modern era. So we all understand we need someone just a little ‘different’ to do what is necessary.
He may double it. But that doesn't change the fact that he is a high school level coach that hires his buddies.
Including Lebby who was on the list? I get it, but hiring a coach is often a shot in the dark. So far, I am not impressed, but it's early.
Agreed. Air Raid wasn't going to work long term, but it should have been phased out over a couple of seasons.
Not much, but struggling to cheer for my beloved team.
Willie Fritz at Tulane
While true, it is the same position that we’ve been in for decades, yet we’ve managed to compete at the highest level on multiple occasions in every meaningful sport over the last 30 years. Furthermore, even in this ridiculous era of NIL chaos, we could pick out programs across the country with less resources that are putting us to shame in terms of making good use of the resources that they do have.
Serious question because I don’t know any better. How do you go about firing a university president? I understand he could be fired for academic performance (from what I’ve read here, our academic rankings have dropped in recent years) and personal reasons, but can you fire a president for an AD hire? I’ve just kind of always assumed that was a position one usually resigns, retires, or just moves on to a better job from.
One of the most antiquated things that holds Mississippi back is that we have one board for all eight public universities. So rather than have a board that has Mississippi State's best interest in mind, we have to share that interest with Ole Miss, Southern Miss, and five schools that leech off of our resources.
Even though I'm very disappointed in losing to Baylor, Jans is likely the best coach a small market team like us could get. The problem may be we are so small market, that even he may decide to move on soon.
It worked here with Leach because he was a winner and won everywhere he went. But dumping it in year 1 with Arnett was event #2 that got us to this current dumpster fire.
Correct. Arnett should have been told that the staff stayed intact in 2023. It should have been clear that he was afforded that opportunity due to a tragic event. Basically yeah, he was a half interim. And this should have been explained before he signed on the dotted line.
What’s funny is all the people screaming you’ve got to give Lebby 3 years. Where were they last year when we fired a coach after 1 season? We’d be a lot better off if we just kept Arnett another year.
