2026 Mississippi State Football Coaching Turnover Tracker 2.0

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Originally Posted by BlackSailsDawg

I am sure they have the evaluation under control.

Our fans think they have to in the loop or we suck. Not true at all. How do you know that we are not looking at a coach on team in a bowl game or playoffs?

You dont. What you think is you deserve to be in the know and if you are its all nothing more than bull shit

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How sweet of you to be so protective of your beloved Head Coach while he sits on the couch watching Andy Griffith reruns while nearly every SEC team including the ones in the Playoffs are filling out their staff! But of course Lebby is Sooooo much smarter than all this guys. He is waiting on High School playoffs in Texas to finish so he can go get some of their coaches, right?

Gosh, some of our fans are so gullible to believe our coach is waiting on playoff teams to finish so he can poach their best coaches. Guys a freaking genius!

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Originally Posted by CaptainObvious

How sweet of you to be so protective of your beloved Head Coach while he sits on the couch watching Andy Griffith reruns while nearly every SEC team including the ones in the Playoffs are filling out their staff! But of course Lebby is Sooooo much smarter than all this guys. He is waiting on High School playoffs in Texas to finish so he can go get some of their coaches, right?

Gosh, some of our fans are so gullible to believe our coach is waiting on playoff teams to finish so he can poach their best coaches. Guys a freaking genius!

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Stroke some checks then?

Sometimes we, and other schools for that matter, wait to hire a guy because their contract is running out at their present school.

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Originally Posted by Really Clark?

Sometimes we, and other schools for that matter, wait to hire a guy because their contract is running out at their present school.

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Is this a hint?

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Originally Posted by CaptainObvious

How sweet of you to be so protective of your beloved Head Coach while he sits on the couch watching Andy Griffith reruns while nearly every SEC team including the ones in the Playoffs are filling out their staff! But of course Lebby is Sooooo much smarter than all this guys. He is waiting on High School playoffs in Texas to finish so he can go get some of their coaches, right?

Gosh, some of our fans are so gullible to believe our coach is waiting on playoff teams to finish so he can poach their best coaches. Guys a freaking genius!

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I don't think he's a genius for it. I think he's sticking to his way of coaching and running the ship. We're giving him this leeway for this year.

I told you what date I'll have pitchforks ready.

I'd be much more inclined to believe we're constantly striking out if there was folks coming forward with credible information on who we're targeting. Most of the guys across ED, SPS, 247, etc. who usually have info have had next to none this go around. It is what it is. There's no reason beyond 1/5 to keep this information hidden even if we're hiring from one of the four teams still alive in the playoffs because at that point it would be a promotion for them from their current spot and fine to announce. So I'm waiting until then and if that Monday comes and we have massive staffing holes still then I'm probably going to be ahead of you with my pitchfork saying wtf is the plan and how are we attacking the portal.

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Originally Posted by CaptainObvious

How sweet of you to be so protective of your beloved Head Coach while he sits on the couch watching Andy Griffith reruns while nearly every SEC team including the ones in the Playoffs are filling out their staff! But of course Lebby is Sooooo much smarter than all this guys. He is waiting on High School playoffs in Texas to finish so he can go get some of their coaches, right?

Gosh, some of our fans are so gullible to believe our coach is waiting on playoff teams to finish so he can poach their best coaches. Guys a freaking genius!

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Jesus Christ dude. Go take a walk or something. 2 weeks, nobody knew who Washington was until we found out that Lebby was after him. It only becomes a problem when others school wanted him. I guess we did not learn anything from the Arnett hiring. It is a good chance that you are not going to know anything until the hire is made which is after the bowl game.

I love these ultimatums from fans. "Satisfy my belief that you should be doing what I say NOW! Or I'll belittle you in the internet and quit giving money I don't give anyway!"

Mullen used to wait until the January coaches conference to hire coaches. And yes, I know the portal makes things different, but when it comes to the players today NIL talks more than position coaches do.

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Originally Posted by BrunswickDawg

I love these ultimatums from fans. "Satisfy my belief that you should be doing what I say NOW! Or I'll belittle you in the internet and quit giving money I don't give anyway!"

Mullen used to wait until the January coaches conference to hire coaches. And yes, I know the portal makes things different, but when it comes to the players today NIL talks more than position coaches do.

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We are also complaining about a 17 WR coach. Lebby has done most of the recruiting at that position for the last 2 years anyways.

I think the main issue right now is that no info is leaking out. And the answer to that is pretty simple: Bumphis was let go in part because he was leaking info to boosters, friends, podcasters, etc. The other coaches are going to keep quiet for a while now that he has been let go. It also shows you how much info Bumphis was leaking.

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Originally Posted by BrunswickDawg

I love these ultimatums from fans. "Satisfy my belief that you should be doing what I say NOW! Or I'll belittle you in the internet and quit giving money I don't give anyway!"

Mullen used to wait until the January coaches conference to hire coaches. And yes, I know the portal makes things different, but when it comes to the players today NIL talks more than position coaches do.

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It's insane. Like Zac Selmon is sitting there in his office like "oh no. Our fans are mad. I'll go tell Lebby to go hire a WR coach now before this gets out of hand."

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Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve

We are also complaining about a 17 WR coach. Lebby has done most of the recruiting at that position for the last 2 years anyways.

I think the main issue right now is that no info is leaking out. And the answer to that is pretty simple: Bumphis was let go in part because he was leaking info to boosters, friends, podcasters, etc. The other coaches are going to keep quiet for a while now that he has been let go. It also shows you how much info Bumphis was leaking.

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And then we'll hire a WR coach and everything will be fine. Until Lebby runs a play the fans don't like in the bowl game.

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Originally Posted by Todd4State

And then we'll hire a WR coach and everything will be fine. Until Lebby runs a play the fans don't like in the bowl game.

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Some have already made up their minds about Lebby. They may turn out to be right. They may turn out to be wrong. The issue is that IF they turn out to be wrong, they'll construe it as we still did things wrong but got lucky.

I know this much, it doesn't matter who we hire at WR coach. That is not going to make or break our program. Chad Bumphis sucked as a WR coach. His development was terrible(see Rickey Johnson, Sanfrisco Magee, JJ Harrell, Markus Allen, Cam Thompson, etc). The best receivers we had were finished products recruited by Jeff Lebby. That's the facts.

I also know that if we don't significantly increase our buy in and NIL, we will have to hire a project again if Lebby fails. Dan isn't coming. He's not. He doesn't want to come back to Starkville. He's fond of his time, but he just doesn't want to come back. G6 coaches are not going to be beating down our door to come coach a team that has very little NIL buy in, fairweather fans, and school that prioritizes a non rev sport over rev sports.

preach it

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Originally Posted by TrapGame

Exactly.

Somehow since it is not blasted all over socials and message boards we must have incompetent coaches that are just a bunch of tards sitting around making grill cheese sandwiches and farting.

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That's right. We all know this staff is tight lipped. We all know a staff member was fired for leaking.

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Originally Posted by CaptainObvious

How sweet of you to be so protective of your beloved Head Coach while he sits on the couch watching Andy Griffith reruns while nearly every SEC team including the ones in the Playoffs are filling out their staff! But of course Lebby is Sooooo much smarter than all this guys. He is waiting on High School playoffs in Texas to finish so he can go get some of their coaches, right?

Gosh, some of our fans are so gullible to believe our coach is waiting on playoff teams to finish so he can poach their best coaches. Guys a freaking genius!

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Well, he's making millions and is successful at doing what he is doing. But you do you.

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Originally Posted by CaptainObvious

How sweet of you to be so protective of your beloved Head Coach while he sits on the couch watching Andy Griffith reruns while nearly every SEC team including the ones in the Playoffs are filling out their staff! But of course Lebby is Sooooo much smarter than all this guys. He is waiting on High School playoffs in Texas to finish so he can go get some of their coaches, right?

Gosh, some of our fans are so gullible to believe our coach is waiting on playoff teams to finish so he can poach their best coaches. Guys a freaking genius!

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are you ok lol

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Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve

and school that prioritizes a non rev sport over rev sports.

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We agree on that for sure

Hold on. Where did I bitch about a WR hire? I?m talking about multiple hires. We need to replace several coaches, most importantly DL. I agree on WR coach. We can pick up the guy coaching at Choctaw County and be fine there.

How close are we to a full staff? As I asked, are we running it back with most of the 2025 guys because Lebby can?t get anybody to jump on with a possible Lame-duck?

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Originally Posted by CaptainObvious

Hold on. Where did I bitch about a WR hire? I?m talking about multiple hires. We need to replace several coaches, most importantly DL. I agree on WR coach. We can pick up the guy coaching at Choctaw County and be fine there.

How close are we to a full staff? As I asked, are we running it back with most of the 2025 guys because Lebby can?t get anybody to jump on with a possible Lame-duck?

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Captain, I think the obvious point here is Lebby nor MSU is obligated to tell you anything until they choose to and that does not make them incapable or incompetent. We all have zero idea if we have our guys and are waiting for contracts to expire or for them to fulfill their obligations.

What we DO know is that Lebby is NOT a lame duck or on the hot seat no matter how the few fans want it to be.

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Originally Posted by BlackSailsDawg

Captain, I think the obvious point here is Lebby nor MSU is obligated to tell you anything until they choose to and that does not make them incapable or incompetent. We all have zero idea if we have our guys and are waiting for contracts to expire or for them to fulfill their obligations.

What we DO know is that Lebby is NOT a lame duck or on the hot seat no matter how the few fans want it to be.

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I wouldn't go that far. There's definitely pressure on Lebby to win win probably 7 at least next year to feel totally safe.

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Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve

I wouldn't go that far. There's definitely pressure on Lebby to win win probably 7 at least next year to feel totally safe.

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I would say at least 6 and not backing into a bowl because of APR. absolutely a winning record to keep his job next year! No more ?IF, THENS?!

And he might have to win a bowl game next year as well, especially if it is against another 6-6 opponent from a G5.