Quote Originally Posted by Random Poster View Post
Just gonna respond to everything from this thread in 1 post:

1) We don't average 8 wins/year. We average 7 regular season wins per season in the Mullen-Era. Which is still good by old State standards. The elevation our program received from Jackie plus the conglomerate the SEC has become has helped elevate what's possible for our university. The time has passed for us to compare present day MSU football to the 50's-90's State football. The SEC has elevated us past the La Tech's and Tulane's of the world- schools that we were completely on par with until the new millennium.

2) John Hevesy is a dick and he cusses even more than I do. That turns some coaches off. To each his own. But Hevesy is a good OL coach. Our guys may not have the talent they need- but they are coached up

3) John Hevesy is not a good recruiter. That's why we hired a new TE coach. We want him to close some deals moving forward that we have lost in past seasons.

4) Getting another top notch QB is great for the program. However- you have to give them the pieces around them to be successful or its wasted. Ask Kevin Fant.

5) Good teams are able to run vs other good teams. We have less than 100 yards total vs LSU the last 2 seasons- yet they gave up 117 yards per game last year. Auburn gave up 132 yards per game- we only had 103 vs them on 33 carries. We have lacked talent on the OL.
Come on Random, Mullen deserves a TON of credit. As you said given our history, 7 wins a year is stellar. Most of our history we were begging for just ONE 7 win season. We may leap from that to expecting more every year pretty quick, but national and regional perception changes much more slowly. When it comes to program building that is what matters. We ain't there yet, but for the first time in my lifetime it's starting to actually change.