Robbie

[mo7888]

Robbie just confirmed we're going with the current staff and Arnett

 

[theoriginalSALTYdog]

Robbie just confirmed we're going with the current staff and Arnett

It was reasonably the only choice we had considering the timing. My only concern is that it's a four year deal. I would've named him interim and given him a full year or given him a two year contract at the most.

 

[dawgstudent]

4 year deal means nothing if the buyout is $0.

 

[Other Kind]

Going with current staff as in, not hiring an OC? 17…

 

[Dawgbite]

I don’t think you could recruit with the interim tag attached to him. The coaches couldn’t assure recruits what they were being recruited too.

 

[AFDawg]

Good decision.

All coaching hires—shoot, all hires for pretty much anything—are a gamble. And it’s often as much the culture and systems that make for success more than the individuals (though individuals are of course important and build and maintain that culture). Mississippi State has had a successful culture since at least 2009. (By contrast look at Auburn, Florida, or Texas where otherwise successful coaches have been taken for a ride on a roller coaster.) Arnett seems to fit the healthy parts of our culture, offers a reasonable hope of growing, keeps our team supported through a difficult time, and makes our recruiting viable this year.

 

[dawgstudent]

Going with current staff as in, not hiring an OC? 17…

I think that remains TBD.

 

[AFDawg]

Malcolm Gladwell had a great podcast on "hiring nihilism"--leaning into the unpredictability of personnel decisions. https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/revisionist-history/hamlet-was-wrong