Spurrier vs Mullen after 6 years

[Statefan]

I thought it would interesting to compare Mullen to another coach who inherited a normally below-average program, with similar recruiting rankings, and built a program. (And to change the subject around here a bit)


Spurrier
7-5
8-5
6-6
7-6
7-6
9-5

(Here is where it gets interesting: after building the program, Spurrier's next 3 years)
11-2
11-2
11-2

Mullen
5-7
9-4
7-6
8-5
7-6
10-2


Are there any parallels between the two? Any reason to think we are near that level where we can take "the next step" and consistently win 10 games?

[EAVdog]

I think we're actually a year ahead of South Carolina.

[mjh94]

through the first 6 years Spurrier went 44-33, while Dan went 46-30 in an arguably more hostile western division. interesting.

[Smitty]

SEC East vs SEC West to think about too.

[msstate7]

SEC East vs SEC West to think about too.
Spurrier had to deal with urban at Florida. Who would've thought they would fall off so bad? Hopefully lsu continues to trend down and saban gets old soon

[Churchill]

I`ve always thought Spurrier flat under achieved at SoCar those first six years for a coach of his ability and experience.

[Todd4State]

I`ve always thought Spurrier flat under achieved at SoCar those first six years for a coach of his ability and experience.

I don't think Holtz did him very many favors in terms of what he left there.

[dawgs]

SEC East vs SEC West to think about too.

Up until the last 2-3 seasons, the divisions were pretty comparabl.

[Harrydawg]

Great point and post....no question that Mullen has us right where we want to be! NEVER have we played and lost more in ONE game but we are where we've never been.....the part that hurts the worse is the thought of when we may get there again.

We will - we have to build from this....very possible we'll be right back next year. Right now, this shit hurts.

[Todd4State]

Great point and post....no question that Mullen has us right where we want to be! NEVER have we played and lost more in ONE game but we are where we've never been.....the part that hurts the worst is the thought of when we may get there again.
We will - we have to build from this....very possible we'll be right back next year. Right now, this shit hurts.

Our fans have to stop this line of thinking. That would be like us saying because we went to Omaha once in 1979 we will never get back there again.

Historically, we are not a good program. But that's simply because we didn't manage our program like we should. We're managing it better now. We have the resources, we are in the right conference, we have the money and facilities. We CAN be this good in football every year.

I know it's hard to believe, but we are a nationally relevant football program.

[Harrydawg]

Very true Todd! Time to move forward.....

[GTHOM]

I thought it would interesting to compare Mullen to another coach who inherited a normally below-average program, with similar recruiting rankings, and built a program. (And to change the subject around here a bit)


Spurrier
7-5
8-5
6-6
7-6
7-6
9-5

(Here is where it gets interesting: after building the program, Spurrier's next 3 years)
11-2
11-2
11-2

Mullen
5-7
9-4
7-6
8-5
7-6
10-2


Are there any parallels between the two? Any reason to think we are near that level where we can take "the next step" and consistently win 10 games?

we absolutey are in position to do that, Dak is the biggest reason why

[jimbo352]

We can win 9+ games consistently if we keep finding great QB's... Isn't that really what we've been missing for years? It's amazing how good a team can be with a Heisman quality QB. Hopefully, QB's see Dak and believe they can accomplish the same things here. We've always had pretty stout defenses. We always have a pretty damn good RB... Now that we have a great QB, we're magically a great team!!!! We're getting better skill position guys now because of the QB play as well.

It's simple. Dan needs to keep finding great QB's...

I know Spurrier's team has a crap defense this year, but this is really the first time he's had a bad QB over the last 4 years... Connor Shaw was a beast that didn't get a lot of respect.