If you have Scout check out Murray's "From the Dawghouse"

[ScottH]

Not overly wordy with some fairly direct shots at Mullen.

[parabrave]

When David starts questioning you then your in trouble pf losing your base.

[Op4isabitch]

Cliff Notes?

[sandwolf]

Not overly wordy with some fairly direct shots at Mullen.

Wow he did fire some pretty direct shots at Mullen and the team. I stopped reading Murray's articles years ago (I have never seen anyone try so hard to use 75 words when 15 will do), so I'm glad you called attention to this.


Cliff Notes?

Couple of excerpts:


With the holiday, we don’t have the normal Monday game week presser, though the plan is to practice tomorrow. It’ll be Tuesday before Mullen can be asked if quarterback has just been settled.

It should be. Because that was as good a game as Damian Williams can physically play, against exactly the sort of defense he should play well. And it wasn’t well enough.


He also led four scoring drives in as many series; and two other times drove the ball within what for any other program in this d@@@@@ level of the sport is an automatic field goal. For the love of mercy, invest a scholarship in a specialist, will ya? Wasn’t Sean Brauchle the last recruited kicker here? Instead State will surely sign another two-star lineman who may by the junior year be doing placekick protection.


As genuine a job as was done yesterday, that was not SEC quarterbacking. I heard fans grousing about lack of downfield separation by receivers. Sorry, it’s hard to separate when four or five wideouts have to stay within 10, at most 15 yards of the line of scrimmage because the passer doesn’t have vertical range.Explained another way: Williams’ size and arm and style confine receivers to routes not only shorter but spotted. There aren’t going to be in-stride catches downfield, I mean. Except by backs and sure enough the longest pass play of the day was 19 yards on a ball Brandon Holloway caught behind the line and hauled from there. Always a good play, a valuable item in the repertoire…but nothing to challenge downfield coverage. Take that one play away and Williams’ 19 other completions averaged 6.5 yards of gain.
So let’s say it…and believe me it was said often and loudly yesterday evening. Don’t just start Nick Fitzgerald this week. Stick with him. Find out if this is the guy to run this offense. If not, move on.


As things went to hades from there, I had no argument riding Williams the rest of the way and the guy did his part, mostly, within confusing constraints.Seriously, 1st down on the 21 leading by six, having pounded the ball that far; and a couple of throws outside which even if caught only create a sharper kicking angle? Somebody got clever at the wrong time.
Just as somebody remains convinced Holloway is a SEC running back. Sorry. I like the guy and he’s the best interview on the offense. There are also situations where a 165-pound back can thrive running between the tackles, as his seven-yard squirt for touchdown showed.
Such situations mean A) an unwary non-SEC defense and B) successful interior blocking. Neither was evident in the fourth quarter when twice within three plays Holloway was sent into center to start a series. 0 and 2 yards resulted. Swear, it was as if he was already ducking while taking the handoff in anticipation of contact.
No, his forte is as a package back on outside runs or throws. Otherwise it is sheer stubbornness to insist this is lead back in an offense that is unsettled at quarterback.

[preachermatt83]

Murray nailed it.

[basedog]

Hard to believe Murray wrote that, he has been sugar and spice ever since he graduated from Msu.

He knocked it out of the park in what most are saying and thinking.

Lastly, I have been a big supporter of Mullen, but after the last 48 hours I realize things have to change big time for him to survive. I've heard the administration may have a problem with Mullen. If so it's looking like Mullen will be in the "graveyard of coaches" at Msu. Pretty sad and as we all know, but things have to change quickly like by Saturday, if not he will survive the season but all bets off the day after the Egg Bowl.

P.S. I read where some keep saying Mullen doesn't care, that's bull, I think it may be true he wants out but not caring about winning is foolish thinking for a HC in the Sec.

[IMissJack]

P.S. I read where some keep saying Mullen doesn't care, that's bull, I think it may be true he wants out but not caring about winning is foolish thinking for a HC in the Sec.

He should care, it will directly influence where his next job will be.

[basedog]

He should care, it will directly influence where his next job will be.

Exactly

[AROB44]

Someone please name 1 head football coach that has left MSU for a better job (excluding D Royal and M Warmuth. I don't think it has happened. Mullen needs to realize this. Plus...all of you that make a big deal on how much $$$ he has made....after taxes it still is a good bit, but not enough to live on for the rest of his life. He is still fairly young with very young children. He needs to consider that he will never get another job paying this kind of money. Got to believe he is smart enough to realize this.....or at least his wife is!!

[ScottH]

He should care, it will directly influence where his next job will be.

TV

[tireddawg]

Of course he wants win, we all want to win, but he doesn't care to be in Starkvegas anymore. Its like watching your favorite team play & you have 2 options where you can watch them play, the bar or the house. You go to the bar, you still want your team to win, but you really don't care to be there. Mullen wants his team to win, he just doesn't want to watch them win from the sidelines at State. It's pretty damn evident.

I've supported him. I appreciate what he's done, but we live in a world of "what have you done for me lately", and that is especially true in college football. If he doesn't want to be here, I don't want him here.

I have a friend that owns a large construction company outside of Birmingham & is a big booster for Bama. Saban is a great coach, but he gets help, they play the "game". And obviously Bama's not the only school doing this. We just can't compete with that the way we are currently recruiting. Now I'm not suggesting we play the game. I really don't know what the answers are, but something obviously has to change. Maybe we need to play it. I don't know.

Just think, if we would have had a stud rb & a good o-line when Dak was here, we would have been in the playoffs & quite possibly won a NC. Maybe we should have gotten those players by other means. Like I said, I dont know what the answers are, but it makes me sad.

[anubus]

I just don't understand his don't care attitude he should be grateful to have been given an opportunity and if he doesn't want it anymore just resign get his money and leave.As for playing the game watch what happens to the care bears .Id rather have kids who want to be in the maroon and white not mercenaries who'll rat you out like Tunsil did.

[msbulldog]

He should care, it will directly influence where his next job will be.

Might not need a next job if he tucked any back from making pretty good money for 8 years and a pretty substantial buyout.

[sandwolf]

Plus...all of you that make a big deal on how much $$$ he has made....after taxes it still is a good bit, but not enough to live on for the rest of his life.

Haha, I am guessing that you do not make your living as a financial adviser. After this season, Mullen will have made over $20 million before taxes at State......even after taxes, he could never earn another dollar and live like a king for the rest of his life on the interest alone. To put it in perspective, if you averaged a respectable salary of $100k/year over your entire working career, it would take you over 40 years to make what Dan Mullen made last year alone.

[TaleofTwoDogs]

Someone please name 1 head football coach that has left MSU for a better job (excluding D Royal and M Warmuth. I don't think it has happened. Mullen needs to realize this. Plus...all of you that make a big deal on how much $$$ he has made....after taxes it still is a good bit, but not enough to live on for the rest of his life. He is still fairly young with very young children. He needs to consider that he will never get another job paying this kind of money. Got to believe he is smart enough to realize this.....or at least his wife is!!

Wow! Unless he spent all of his earnings on shoes and bookies, he should have millions in savings (not counting any buy out money) . Not a bad nest egg by most standards. Add to that even if he doesn't get a HC job but a OC job he will be pulling in $300 -$500K a year. I don't know about you but that doesn't sound too bad, kids and all.

[Todd4State]

just don't understand hi don't care attitude he should be grateful to have been given an opportunity and if he doesn't want it anymore just resign get his money and leave.As for playing the game watch what happens to the care bears .Id rather have kids who want to be in the maroon and white not mercenaries who'll rat you out like Tunsil did.

I have a friend that owns a large construction company outside of Birmingham & is a big booster for Bama. Saban is a great coach, but he gets help, they play the "game". And obviously Bama's not the only school doing this. We just can't compete with that the way we are currently recruiting. Now I'm not suggesting we play the game. I really don't know what the answers are, but something obviously has to change. Maybe we need to play it. I don't know.

Just think, if we would have had a stud rb & a good o-line when Dak was here, we would have been in the playoffs & quite possibly won a NC. Maybe we should have gotten those players by other means. Like I said, I dont know what the answers are, but it makes me sad.[/QUOTE]

I think it's just that he has been here for eight years now and I think he just needs a new challenge and a change of scenery. I do believe we could and should recruit better than we are without going All In like Ole Miss on the recruiting scene.

We need coaches that are more dedicated to recruiting than what we currently have on about half of our coaching staff. We can't afford to have coaches that assume that because a kid is from the Golden Triangle that we won't have to recruit them very hard and we need to do a much better job of identifying important people in the lives of recruits- like a girlfriend.

[Todd4State]

Wow! Unless he spent all of his earnings on shoes and bookies, he should have millions in savings (not counting any buy out money) . Not a bad nest egg by most standards. Add to that even if he doesn't get a HC job but a OC job he will be pulling in $300 -$500K a year. I don't know about you but that doesn't sound too bad, kids and all.

Honestly, I don't know why coaches coach as long as they do other than they just love it. I would be very happy to coach at a place like MSU for six years and retiring and then doing nothing except get wined and dined by alumni.

[blacklistedbully]

Someone please name 1 head football coach that has left MSU for a better job (excluding D Royal and M Warmuth. I don't think it has happened. Mullen needs to realize this. Plus...all of you that make a big deal on how much $$$ he has made....after taxes it still is a good bit, but not enough to live on for the rest of his life. He is still fairly young with very young children. He needs to consider that he will never get another job paying this kind of money. Got to believe he is smart enough to realize this.....or at least his wife is!!

Say what!! Are you kidding? You can live comfortably off the interest on $2 million, invested safely. He's realized a multiple of that. He is set for life.

[Bubb Rubb]

Someone please name 1 head football coach that has left MSU for a better job (excluding D Royal and M Warmuth. I don't think it has happened. Mullen needs to realize this. Plus...all of you that make a big deal on how much $$$ he has made....after taxes it still is a good bit, but not enough to live on for the rest of his life. He is still fairly young with very young children. He needs to consider that he will never get another job paying this kind of money. Got to believe he is smart enough to realize this.....or at least his wife is!!

Dan Mullen has probably made north of $15 million as the head coach at MSU. He hasn't made enough to live on for the rest of his life? How much do you need? I could retire on a fourth of that.

[ScoobaDawg]

Very impressive by Murray. This will get shared with Dan and will be interesting to see if he treats David differently.

[somebodyshotmypaw]

Plus...all of you that make a big deal on how much $$$ he has made....after taxes it still is a good bit, but not enough to live on for the rest of his life.

I'm going to assume you never took a math class in your life.