UM - Breeland Speaks Declares

[Mutt the Hoople]

It also is probably why Dan has tried to flip our entire class- to prove to us hillbilly rednecks that he and his country club could indeed recruit.

And proved to everybody he can't.

[Goldendawg]

I read an article lately that the average tenure of a P5 coach is 4.5 years. It was past time for Dan to go and he cost us several games at the end of many seasons by focusing on his annual job search instead of getting the team ready. 2 and 4 in his last 6 games with UNM speaks sadly for itself. Time to move on with better days with Coach Moorhead and our Dawgs. Hail State!

[Spiderman]

All this means is they get thinner on D. Once he was moved outside he was a difference maker for them, without him they get worse period.

Same reason I wanted Simmons moved from the 1 to the 3 tech. Get him away from the double teams and let him play.

Hope we do that this coming year

[Ari Gold]

**** him

[Todd4State]

I read an article lately that the average tenure of a P5 coach is 4.5 years. It was past time for Dan to go and he cost us several games at the end of many seasons by focusing on his annual job search instead of getting the team ready. 2 and 4 in his last 6 games with UNM speaks sadly for itself. Time to move on with better days with Coach Moorhead and our Dawgs. Hail State!

I agree with you on this. The SEC is such a meat grinder it takes a Saban type to last a long time. And while I don't have a crystal ball I imagine his tenure at Alabama will likely be much shorter than Bear Bryant's. You have coaches getting fired not far removed from winning the SEC East.

It's pretty unlikely we will ever have a Saban type unless it is someone that is an alum. Our best chance at staying at a high level is to have coaches stay for 4-6 year stretches and then let them move on. Which was I believe the original plan for Dan. And then somewhere along the way all of a sudden "continuity" became important. Hindsight shows that it would have been best to let Dan go after 2015- but certainly we've made worse decisions before. The thing is by changing coaches out every 4-6 years it allows us to change and stay innovative on both sides of the ball. I think it allows us to build our brand as a cradle of coaches- being a stepping stone isn't always a bad thing. It could allow us to build a nice resume of coaches around the game if it works out. We keep paying well and treating our coaches well then we will prosper even more.

By the end of 4-6 years everyone in the league is in on you and what you do and so your rivals step it up to try to beat you. Morphing every 4-6 years naturally helps with combating that on our end.

[dawgoneyall]

Fumbles my a$$, we lost that game because Mullen checked out just as he had done time after time after the Alabama game. A lot of us, including me let him get away with it. C34 and others were critical and they were right, fool me once! We don't owe Dan Mullen a damn thing, he is a Judas. There were a lot of other good coaches out there that would love to make the money he was making. It's just a damn shame Florida didn't hire Scott Stricklin sooner, Cohen would have straightened this $hit out a lot sooner. Rant done for right now. Praise The Lord and Hail State!

People with good character do the best job they can do whatever that job is.

Mullen didn't do his best at the job he was being paid to do.