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Dan was Just on QB & Coach
Say what you want about Hal Mumme & that show, but they get some hellacious interviews. A few days ago Brett Favre called in & today they had Dan on, in what I think may be his first interview with a Mississippi based show since he left.
I didn't catch the entire thing, but he knows he will be booed when Florida comes here & asks everyone to "ring responsibly"
I didn't catch if Bond or Mumme got a good explanation as to why he left. Did anyone hear the entire interview?
Last edited by ScoobaDawg; 02-16-2018 at 11:42 AM.
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He had been trying to leave for 3 years. He'd be at Tenn if not for Florida sliding in at the last minute. He believes its easier to win a title at Florida- so he went there. And he is right- it is.
Walk like the King or walk like you don't care who the King is
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Originally Posted by
Coach34
He had been trying to leave for 3 years. He'd be at Tenn if not for Florida sliding in at the last minute. He believes its easier to win a title at Florida- so he went there. And he is right- it is.
Also easier to get fired
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Originally Posted by
mstatefan91
Also easier to get fired
I really don't think that the fear of failure is a factor for coaches at this level. First of all, they are paid so much that they don't have the financial considerations that most of us do. Second, good coaches are generally confident in their abilities and believe that they are going to succeed.
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Originally Posted by
sandwolf
I really don't think that the fear of failure is a factor for coaches at this level. First of all, they are paid so much that they don't have the financial considerations that most of us do. Second, good coaches are generally confident in their abilities and believe that they are going to succeed.
Some truth in that. When you know a school will still pay you $10 million when they fire you, you've got it made.
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Originally Posted by
Cooterpoot
Some truth in that. When you know a school will still pay you $10 million when they fire you, you've got it made.
Yea I'd be like please fire me.
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Originally Posted by
mstatefan91
Also easier to get fired
Yup. And regardless of what Don thinks, he ain?t winning a title at Florida
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Originally Posted by
mstatefan91
Also easier to get fired
Money is no longer an issue for Mullen. He wants a title and that's a better place to accomplish that. He's not gonna win a title anywhere because he won't recruit well enough, but he thinks it's easier there.
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Originally Posted by
Jarius
Money is no longer an issue for Mullen. He wants a title and that's a better place to accomplish that. He's not gonna win a title anywhere because he won't recruit well enough, but he thinks it's easier there.
As long as Mullen has the Country Club he'll never win a championship.
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Originally Posted by
TrapGame
As long as Mullen has the Country Club he'll never win a championship.
That and I think he deep down inside has a lot of insecurity about himself. You can tell anytime something would happen that wouldn't go right that was questionable like a fake punt call or when the media finally questioned him about Holloway starting. I think that was one big reason why he seemed to like the job searches and people talking about him- it helped validate to him in his mind that he was good.
The other thing is if he keeps playing upperclassmen over underclassmen it will always limit the ceiling of his team. Even at Florida.
But back to my original point- I think he likes the country club in part because they are a bunch of yes men who don't question him. It seemed to me like being on the outside that the one offensive assistant we had that he clashed the most with was Hud. My guess is because Hud probably had some ideas and ways of doing things that were different than Dan and I'm sure some of his ideas as far as play calling worked well- which probably made Dan feel threatened. The fact of the matter is our play calling became a lot more predictable and a lot less creative after Hud left if you look at highlight films of MSU from the 2009-2010 season vs. the rest of the time Dan was here. For example- the wishbone in 2009 on the goal line and shifting from a spread formation into the pro-style I-formation and then snapping the ball quickly. It seemed like we ran more screens and like the screens weren't as elaborate and complicated when Hud was here too. See the 2010 Egg Bowl.
That's one reason why I like having Hud back on staff- yes, he's a great recruiter with a lot of ties in some hostile areas for us- but he's also a pretty creative offensive football coach. That could pair well with Joe assuming Joe doesn't have the same insecurities that Dan did.
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Originally Posted by
Coach34
He had been trying to leave for 3 years. He'd be at Tenn if not for Florida sliding in at the last minute. He believes its easier to win a title at Florida- so he went there. And he is right- it is.
This. All of it.
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Danny logic- Move to an easier place to win. Keep coaches that make it harder to win.
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WTF is Bond thinking? He's giving him a platform in MS.
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Originally Posted by
ShotgunDawg
Say what you want about Hal Mumme & that show, but they get some hellacious interviews. A few days ago Brett Favre called in & today they had Dan on, in what I think may be his first interview with a Mississippi based show since he left.
I didn't catch the entire thing, but he knows he will be booed when Florida comes here & asks everyone to "ring responsibly"
I didn't catch if Bond or Mumme got a good explanation as to why he left. Did anyone hear the entire interview?
Yes, you are correct about their interviews. Coach Lou Holtz called in yesterday. He was funny as hell too, telling stories, cracking jokes. Said that’s all he has to look forward to anymore. Told some Spurrier stories. They asked about Skip, how he was doing. His response was, remember Smokey And The Bandit, Buford T. Justice, he is not a product of his loins, when he gets home he gonna smack his momma in the mouth...haha
Very enjoyable show, even with all the name dropping.. especially because they call in...
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Originally Posted by
JoseBrown
Yes, you are correct about their interviews. Coach Lou Holtz called in yesterday. He was funny as hell too, telling stories, cracking jokes. Said that’s all he has to look forward to anymore. Told some Spurrier stories. They asked about Skip, how he was doing. His response was, remember Smokey And The Bandit, Buford T. Justice, he is not a product of his loins, when he gets home he gonna smack his momma in the mouth...haha
Very enjoyable show, even with all the name dropping.. especially because they call in...
That wasn't Lou Holtz. It was a friend of JB's impersonating him. I didn't think he was very good at it either.
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Was Jackson from OOB there mumbling?
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Ironically it's easier for MSU to win A championship without Dan Mullen.
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Originally Posted by
Todd4State
Ironically it's easier for MSU to win A championship without Dan Mullen.
I agree have to agree with this post. After we reached #1 with the Auburn victory (thanks to Dak), he choked on his own ego. His record against top 25 teams is dismal. We had Alabama down in the 4th & he wouldn't go for it with Nick, heck, Matt Luke outcoached him badly last November.
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Originally Posted by
Dawg50
I agree have to agree with this post. After we reached #1 with the Auburn victory (thanks to Dak), he choked on his own ego. His record against top 25 teams is dismal. We had Alabama down in the 4th & he wouldn't go for it with Nick, heck, Matt Luke outcoached him badly last November.
Yeah- I can't think of very many games that we won where it was a top opponent and we won because of a great play call. It's usually we either blew them out and won or we just didn't win. Like LSU 2014- we won but we had a huge lead and it came down to a Hail Mary because Dan decided to put his back ups in with a LOT of time remaining. Thank God Les Miles didn't have a Les Miles moment there. I'll be lying if I didn't say that the possibility of that happening didn't cross my mind when I was sitting in the stands. Maybe the 4th down call against Ole Miss where Bumphis scored a TD but that was kind of a backyard play as much as anything. Still awesome though.
I almost came unglued in the stands after the 2009 LSU game though where Tyson didn't pitch it and we had AD. He made a terrible coaching decision in the St. Petersburg Bowl that could have cost us the game when he had Damien Williams throw the ball instead of running the ball or calling time out so that we could get Nick back in the game. Running the ball and not getting the first down would have at worst kept the clock running. But we throw it, lose the ball on downs and thankfully the Miami of Ohio kicker was terrible.
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