I've been reading your forums here, lately. You're having that age-old issue that all floundering football programs are having: A fan base split due to a coach who's been better than what you had, but is still not quite good enough. Dan Mullen ain't too shabby, but the SEC is stacked like pants at a Gap store. "Ain't too shabby" is the PC way of saying you have Charlie Weiss in the SEC. Even Kentucky had the sense to go out and hire a Stoops last year. If there is ever a football fan out there, it's gotta be Mississippi State, Kentucky, or Vanderbilt fans. You're unwavering in your support of a school that is almost always predicted to suck, and for that, you deserve better.
I keep reading people asking "who else are we supposed to hire?" when someone suggest that maybe Mullen should be let go after this season. I had MSU winning four or five games this year and dropping to Auburn certainly didn't go far in supporting that you'll exceed that. If Mullen can't seem to ever overcome a decent team, why shouldn't he be let go? It's awful that your AD apparently doesn't want to take football as seriously as the fans, because being in the SEC means playing football should be first and foremost, as far as spots go. The SEC is a football conference - it lives and breathes it. We love being in the SEC so much, that we even relish it when another team wins a Bowl or a national title. Here is a question: If the SEC were to expand again, and Mississippi State was not part of the conference already, would Miss. St. even be so much as considered, let alone allowed in? It doesn't play quality football (generally), and it doesn't expand the SEC's media footprint. The answer is no, and that's a ******* travesty. Even though MSU doesn't have the stats to prove it, it plays big boy football and takes its licks with the pride of knowing that it's losing to the best. Even OoC; OK-State is knocking on the top ten's door.
The question shouldn't be "who could we possibly hire", but "who should we allow the honor?". I hope you guys become committed to winning, I really do. Ole Miss' program appeared to be slain beyond recovering after Nutt, and then went out and hired a coach who has everyone turning heads. Texas A&M did the same thing. South Carolina went out and took a coach who has won a NC. If all of these schools can do it, why can't Mississippi State? I do not look down on your program, I shake my head at wasted potential, because all that's stopping you from whopping *** is the mentality of the higher-ups thinking you're stuck in your place.
Your Athletic Director needs to act like he's directing the athletics of an NFL pipeline. I realize Mullen has taken your program to a ranked finish and back-to-back Bowl games. I'm not saying not to be proud of him for that, it's a step in the right direction after all. However, new ground has been broken, and it should continue to be broken. It's one thing to stick by Mullen if you knew he wouldn't bolt for another school with higher pay, but you really think he wouldn't take the Alabama or Texas job for $4m a year? At the end of the day, he was hired to make your team respectable. So far, he's sort of done it one time, but he's falling way behind the curve.
Anyway, just my two cents. I'll most likely receive some backlash for this, but I'm not a MSU fan, so I don't really care. I just think it's stupid for your team to be ran down so often when it doesn't necessarily have to be. Best of luck this season, I hope you guys win some games.
-Arkansas fan.
I keep reading people asking "who else are we supposed to hire?" when someone suggest that maybe Mullen should be let go after this season. I had MSU winning four or five games this year and dropping to Auburn certainly didn't go far in supporting that you'll exceed that. If Mullen can't seem to ever overcome a decent team, why shouldn't he be let go? It's awful that your AD apparently doesn't want to take football as seriously as the fans, because being in the SEC means playing football should be first and foremost, as far as spots go. The SEC is a football conference - it lives and breathes it. We love being in the SEC so much, that we even relish it when another team wins a Bowl or a national title. Here is a question: If the SEC were to expand again, and Mississippi State was not part of the conference already, would Miss. St. even be so much as considered, let alone allowed in? It doesn't play quality football (generally), and it doesn't expand the SEC's media footprint. The answer is no, and that's a ******* travesty. Even though MSU doesn't have the stats to prove it, it plays big boy football and takes its licks with the pride of knowing that it's losing to the best. Even OoC; OK-State is knocking on the top ten's door.
The question shouldn't be "who could we possibly hire", but "who should we allow the honor?". I hope you guys become committed to winning, I really do. Ole Miss' program appeared to be slain beyond recovering after Nutt, and then went out and hired a coach who has everyone turning heads. Texas A&M did the same thing. South Carolina went out and took a coach who has won a NC. If all of these schools can do it, why can't Mississippi State? I do not look down on your program, I shake my head at wasted potential, because all that's stopping you from whopping *** is the mentality of the higher-ups thinking you're stuck in your place.
Your Athletic Director needs to act like he's directing the athletics of an NFL pipeline. I realize Mullen has taken your program to a ranked finish and back-to-back Bowl games. I'm not saying not to be proud of him for that, it's a step in the right direction after all. However, new ground has been broken, and it should continue to be broken. It's one thing to stick by Mullen if you knew he wouldn't bolt for another school with higher pay, but you really think he wouldn't take the Alabama or Texas job for $4m a year? At the end of the day, he was hired to make your team respectable. So far, he's sort of done it one time, but he's falling way behind the curve.
Anyway, just my two cents. I'll most likely receive some backlash for this, but I'm not a MSU fan, so I don't really care. I just think it's stupid for your team to be ran down so often when it doesn't necessarily have to be. Best of luck this season, I hope you guys win some games.
-Arkansas fan.
