Cycle talk about State and Ole Miss is nonsense

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Originally Posted by Todd4State

Yes they are. NIL is one piece of the puzzle and not our biggest issue IMO. Our biggest issue is making insanely stupid decisions like hiring Zach Arnett and allowing him to replace the offensive staff for the boosters friends. For years going back to at least Dan we have had the strategy of hiring an offensive guru to try to outscheme opponents instead of focusing on recruiting and talent acquisition. It has actually worked for us for years honestly- we had a 13 year bowl streak and several 8 win seasons or more. It sounds to me like we are finally starting to focus more on recruiting and identifying talent which is exactly what we need to do. There are also multiple PR problems that our AD has to address that are very controllable from LED lights, to uniforms, to promoting the team. I think those things are going to be addressed soon.

As far as others- if Kentucky lost Mark Stoops they absolutely could take a step back to where we are now with a bad hire. Arkansas has been a worse program than MSU for at least five years now until the last two years and South Carolina has essentially been the same program we are in 2022-2023. Ole Miss could absolutely take a step back if Kiffin left after this year because it's going to be very difficult to replace him and find someone that can work the portal and identify talent like him. I could go on.

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I hope you are right and I am wrong

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Originally Posted by Todd4State

Yes they are. NIL is one piece of the puzzle and not our biggest issue IMO. Our biggest issue is making insanely stupid decisions like hiring Zach Arnett and allowing him to replace the offensive staff for the boosters friends. For years going back to at least Dan we have had the strategy of hiring an offensive guru to try to outscheme opponents instead of focusing on recruiting and talent acquisition. It has actually worked for us for years honestly- we had a 13 year bowl streak and several 8 win seasons or more. It sounds to me like we are finally starting to focus more on recruiting and identifying talent which is exactly what we need to do. There are also multiple PR problems that our AD has to address that are very controllable from LED lights, to uniforms, to promoting the team. I think those things are going to be addressed soon.

As far as others- if Kentucky lost Mark Stoops they absolutely could take a step back to where we are now with a bad hire. Arkansas has been a worse program than MSU for at least five years now until the last two years and South Carolina has essentially been the same program we are in 2022-2023. Ole Miss could absolutely take a step back if Kiffin left after this year because it's going to be very difficult to replace him and find someone that can work the portal and identify talent like him. I could go on.

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When you are as down as we are right now, what costs other SEC schools 10 million to build a roster would cost us waaay more:

You are a 4 star QB from Ohio and you have 4 offers- South Carolina, Arkansas, Ole Miss and Miss State. You like all coaches and offensive styles. You would have to sit for 1 year at every school but State where you can start day 1 and State is offering 600k and the others offering 500k. With the rebuild we have in front of us you would be an idiot to go to State honestly. The difference in money offered would have to be significantly more for me to go somewhere that I know has way less resources to compete and surround me with talent.

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Originally Posted by Todd4State

On the other hand MSU can get a new DC and add some more talent and likely turn us into a 6-6 team overnight very easily. With our NIL boost recently, that's what I think most likely happens. Once we get to that point then we can go forward and hopefully continue to add talent with our recruiting. 2027-2029 could very well be "up cycle" years for us if things go as planned.

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Reading on various sites our current "DC" has a deal of $1 million per year through 2028. Can maybe understand $ in today's out of control sports world, but not a 4 year deal for our second hire two years in a row of a rookie on the job training DC among other questionable hires the last few years.

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Originally Posted by Todd4State

My guess is eventually it's going to be 9 SEC games and one game against a Big 10 team in the future.

But that's just my opinion.

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Long has we can drop ASU and Toledo, maybe even UMass, TBD!*****