maroonmania
10-11-2016, 12:32 PM
I'm sick of hearing Dan spout that the problem this year is that he has "raised the expectation level at Mississippi State" and that is the reason everyone is so out of sorts about our 2-3 start. No, no, its not Dan. He acts like MSU fans expect to win every game and that is just blatantly not true. Whether it is Dan's 8th year in 2016 or Dan's first couple of years in 2009 or 2010 the reaction would still be very negative to games where we look lost and play with lack of effort but this year most people were fully aware we would likely be at around the 6-7 win level. However, nobody expected to lose at home to USA and get physically bludgeoned by a decent, but not great Auburn team at home. Not to mention struggling with mighty UMass. We look to be headed for a 4 win season max without major improvement and nobody would have been happy with that even in Mullen's first year. Now yes, had we struggled like this when Mullen first got here (and we did to a lesser degree) there would have been more understanding and patience that the guy needed time to build the program with his players but nobody would have been excited about what they were seeing. Just burns me up that he wants to basically use the excuse that people are only upset because of all his great past success. He should know good and well that besides the on field issues people are pissed at him because he acts disinterested most of the time and continually job shops.