If you were AD and we end at 5-7 - would Mullen get another year?**
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Nutt at Arkansas, Spurrier at So Carolina, Fulmer at Tennesse, Pinkle has done it twice at Missouri. That's the ones that I can think of recently that have taken their team to a bowl, miss a bowl and take them to a bowl again. Tubberville and Chizik at Auburn are the only two I can think of off hand that went to multiple bowls and fired the first year they didn't. But Tubs doesnt count as they were trying to fire him with while he was winning 9 games. Power struggle going on there. Croom was a one and done. Bobby Johnson took Vandy to one and coached two more years before retiring, Caldwell only coached a year so he doesn't count. Kentucky, Joker went to a bowl his first year then coached two more. Stoops won't make one this year. John L Smith doesn't count as 1 year lame duck coach. Kiffin left after a year but they did go to a bowl and Dooley took them to a bowl his first year then tanked for two years before they fired him. That's all I can think of but maybe I'm missing someone.
Who the 17 cares where it ranks in the SEC?'2.7'million is 2.7 million. Are you saying that he should coach harder for 3.3 million than if he were being paid 2.7 million? What the hell does it matter where it ranks?
I 17'n care when people ***** about being the 11th best team in the SEC, and bring up his salary as part of their reasoning why we should be better. Surely even you can see the correlation.
So if we paid him 7 million we should be #1?
I see see what you're saying, but it makes no sense. Just because you are paid 11th in the SEC, doesn't mean you aren't making enough money to be ranked higher on the field.
According to your logic, we should be ranked in the Top 25 in the country then, since Mullen's salary is a top 25 salary, correct?
Dont you see how silly your logic is?
The fact that He's had plenty of time to build a completely new team in his tenure as coach says to me that this years team should be performing a lot better than it is. It's understandable in the beginning, but not now. 5-7 looks just as bad as 4-8 or 3-9 at this point in his career. It's hard to say because next year would be the prime time to truly rate the foundation he has built (to the best of his ability-the aspect in question) during his time here. I would hate to move too quick, but at the same time, I would hate waste another season.
Here's the thing, was those other coaches teams showing signs of improvement? If so then yes keep them. As far as Mullen goes I actually see the team regressing. That's my point, if we ended 5-7 that would be fine if we were showing improvement year over year. We are not showing that, last year and this year is as clear as day. We need someone who is capable of getting this team ready each week and will fight tooth and nail for this team. Dan has not, he's a pansy.
No, if we paid 7 million dollars, it sure as hell ain't going to be to Dan Mullen and whoever we did pay I would expect to be #1. I'm not justifying his performance with salary. I'm debunking the myth that Dan Mullen makes an astronomical salary. It's all relative. Paying 70,000 to a busboy is absurd, paying 70,000 to a physical therapist is the norm. So when people throw that number out there trying to act like Dan Mullen is hugely overpaid, I have to disagree. He is paid accordingly with his success up to this point in his career.