Thoughts....

[ArcherSPS]

Seems like the HS/SunBelt coaching hire worked out for Auburn and Mississippi..Seriously though I think I have it all figured out...Mullen can't recruit this area as well as Malzahn and Freeze...Mullen has no ties here....They do....Hudspeth has ties here and has been sitting on the edge of his seat for this job...I'm just way too worried we're going to sit on our hands about Dan and this turns into Jackie or Hooty Dale 2.0...Hopefully I'm wrong and Dan can turn it around, but it's just tough seeing our rival Auburn go into Aggieland and beat them while we regress into obscurity with all these new top notch facilities

 

[civildawg88]

I think this is what everyone is scared of that's why we are in panic mode now.

 

[CookieMonster.sixpack]

I think this is what everyone is scared of that's why we are in panic mode now.

This. We could have buried them last year by winning the Egg Bowl. We didn't. They are "on the rise" we are Kentucky of the West without the basketball success. Good times!

 

[MaronMatters]

Hopefully I'm wrong and Dan can turn it around

Not gonna happen. He's had plenty of time to "turn things around" and he has failed miserably. On H2H the other day they referenced our points scored in the second half since the Bama beat down last year. It was/is quite disturbing, and it's even worse this year. Recruiting has been meh, and lack of in-game adjustments, particularly after half time, are basically non-existent. Something's up with ol' Dan.....but what the hell, let's give the man another year to fix the problems that he has failed to fix so far seems to be the general consensus among several of our fans.

 

[NCDawg.sixpack]

Seems like the HS/SunBelt coaching hire worked out for Auburn and Mississippi..Seriously though I think I have it all figured out...Mullen can't recruit this area as well as Malzahn and Freeze...Mullen has no ties here....They do....Hudspeth has ties here and has been sitting on the edge of his seat for this job...I'm just way too worried we're going to sit on our hands about Dan and this turns into Jackie or Hooty Dale 2.0...Hopefully I'm wrong and Dan can turn it around, but it's just tough seeing our rival Auburn go into Aggieland and beat them while we regress into obscurity with all these new top notch facilities

Think your comment about Mullen can't recruit this area as well as Malzahn and Freeze pretty much nails it. I thought he would recruit Florida since he came from there, but apparently he has no ties there.

 

[The Peeper]

Hudspeth does have ties here. But you and other say he wants to come to Starkville and to quote you "sitting on the edge of his seat" Where does that idea come from?

 

[rabiddawg]

I want O'Leary and his entire staff here. I know we can outbid Central Florida for him. And yes I realize UCF is the largest school in Florida.

 

[CadaverDawg]

Seems like the HS/SunBelt coaching hire worked out for Auburn and Mississippi..Seriously though I think I have it all figured out...Mullen can't recruit this area as well as Malzahn and Freeze...Mullen has no ties here....They do....Hudspeth has ties here and has been sitting on the edge of his seat for this job...I'm just way too worried we're going to sit on our hands about Dan and this turns into Jackie or Hooty Dale 2.0...Hopefully I'm wrong and Dan can turn it around, but it's just tough seeing our rival Auburn go into Aggieland and beat them while we regress into obscurity with all these new top notch facilities

Nailed it.

 

[RocketDawg]

Think your comment about Mullen can't recruit this area as well as Malzahn and Freeze pretty much nails it. I thought he would recruit Florida since he came from there, but apparently he has no ties there.

Probably true to a certain extent, but Freeze has several players from "somewhere else", like the Nkemdiche brothers, and I think Tunsil is from Ohio. And those are three of their outstanding players. Wallace is from Pulaski, Tennessee (which, as I'm sure most of you know, is the birth place of an organization that many accuse OM of following). So it's not just recruiting ... has to be coaching quality too. And maybe conditioning.

Wasn't Malzahn on our short list when we hired Dan? I heard him mentioned a lot, and I think it was then.

And does anybody actually know that Hudspeth is "on the edge of his seat" wanting to get back to Starkville? Or is that just speculation?

 

[skb124]

So let me get this straight. You want us to go hire a 67 year old head coach who is 8 games over .500 at UCF? The same coach that Croom beat in the Liberty Bowl? You really are a rabid dawg and deserve to be put out of your misery.

 

[was21]

So far I've seen nothing that indicates that Hudspeth would even be interested in the State job. All accounts are that he really enjoys Lafayette, they are expanding their stadium, they love him down there, and he may just enjoy being the big fish in the small pond. All this talk of him wanting the State job may be just that...talk. Besides, Mullen is not anywhere near being on a hot seat for the immediate future, meaning the rest of this year and certainly the next year.

 

[CadaverDawg]

So far I've seen nothing that indicates that Hudspeth would even be interested in the State job. All accounts are that he really enjoys Lafayette, they are expanding their stadium, they love him down there, and he may just enjoy being the big fish in the small pond. All this talk of him wanting the State job may be just that...talk. Besides, Mullen is not anywhere near being on a hot seat for the immediate future, meaning the rest of this year and certainly the next year.

You can't possibly think Hudspeth would choose staying in Lafayette over coaching in the SEC?

And while I agree with you about Mullen right now...what happens if he loses to UK, and finishes with 4 wins? He's gone. Not saying that will happen, because I think we crush UK, but Danno is one loss away from losing the fan base. That is a warm seat when one game could get you canned.

 

[was21]

The Kentucky game is crucial no doubt. As far as Hudspeth, I don't know him nor what his goals are. Maybe you know more than I do about that. Coaching in the SEC sounds great, but some coaches may believe coaching at State is not. I'm an alumnus of State and have suffered football woes probably alot longer than most who post on this board have been alive. Sometimes changing coaches is simply not the answer. Sometimes it is.