If you want to discredit Leaches ranked bowl win because it was "g5", fine- let's look ONLY at P5 games:Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
leach 3-7, Arnett 2-7.
Facts
If you want to discredit Leaches ranked bowl win because it was "g5", fine- let's look ONLY at P5 games:Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
leach 3-7, Arnett 2-7.
Facts
lol- here is where our fanbase got a dose of dreams vs realityQuote:
Originally Posted by the_real_MSU_is_us
It’s ignorance with a dash of arrogance wrapped up in want to be without putting out to be good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
Did Mullen enjoy that all-SEC schedule too, er... oh sorry, you're just being a hater again. Hmmm... 3+4 (OOC) =7 = better than DM's 1st year! Carry on, you've lost most cred but there's obviously room to lose more. Might be time to go back SixPack. Lolz!Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
ETA: Or sell coffee.
ETA2: Or sell autographs to Coursesuper
You're just a C34 lap dog... Sad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coursesuper
Opinions vary.Quote:
Originally Posted by Turfdawg67
And unfortunately as a result many in this multi-generational fanbase are encouraging their offspring to choose other more relevant institutions.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
Guys. We don't have the kind of money a lot of people think we do, or that that they think we should spend. Most folks in the know have been saying this forever. We have to find coaches on the up. We always have. It doesn't mean we can't compete, but we have to be frugal. We have to be smart with what we have. This might not come off as righteous, but briles was great at finding great coaches for his system, and Lebby is likely going off this same model, hopefully it works out.
We need to accept where we are and find a coach who can navigate our shortcomings. Durkin was a pipe dream fellas. No way we pay a buy out, and there's zero chance Lebby is paying a DC what he was or could make. We've literally never done that.
If you want to know what Lebby will do, look no further than Briles at Baylor. Sorry to make the comparison, because I know folks don't like it, but it will be the same approach Lebby will take.
I could be wrong, but I'm all in for it. As a program we have to continue to think outside thebox.
and for fvcks sake not getting Durkin had nothing to do with Maryland. It's money. He's not walking away from it, and we're not paying it.
Credit Card society. Where we think and want to be vs realityQuote:
Originally Posted by Coursesuper
The coaches at Kansas and Kansas St wouldn’t even consider our job. They understand their current job is at the very least equal. Yet many of our fans seriously thought they would take our job. It’s hilarious how some of our fans don’t live in reality
In 2022-2023 athletics brought in $110 m and spent $105 m. And that was with another bad baseball season and women's sports that hemorrhage money. Is the $5 m profit sitting in a bank earning interest?
Meanwhile our Ole Sip Friends brought in $133 m but spent $138 m. Did State cover ole miss shortfall last athletics term?
You know who is real frugal? UCF: $89 m income but only spent $69 m. Of course they have 55,000 students while we have 23,000, not that that has anything to do with Athletics budgets.
You've read enough of my posts about NIL to know I'm well aware we're poor and can't actually compete on a big state. There is no "reality" hitting me. My post is simply referencing the narrative that we would spend more this cycle, that seems to have been a lie.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
I think there is truth in that but not in the way you may think. They probably did not consider our job, but it is not because it is equal. Their job is much lower prestige. However, with the 12 team playoff coming they see an easier path to the playoffs at Kansas or KSU than at Mississippi St.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
This is correct. Maryland had absolutely nothing to do with anything. He was not going to walk away from a pile of money voluntarily and we were not coughing up the stupid amount of money it would have required to get him from them plus sign him to a deal.Quote:
Originally Posted by jimbo352
nfm
It's not a lie and the staffing isn't even done yet. You are taking that of context, we have more money to spend this cycle on HC and staff. But because of the hires being made, you don't overspend to just say we spent X dollars on the staff.Quote:
Originally Posted by the_real_MSU_is_us
Has aTm made a DC hire yet?Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
This dick measuring contest needs to stop.
Well one of our best coaches was a UM homer/ Only problem was that he got us on probation/.Quote:
Originally Posted by KentuckyDawg13
No, the reality of a challenge they couldn't overcome is the reason. I too would take the same pay or lesser pay for an easier job. The SEC is for the big boys. If you ain't a big dog stay on your porch.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
No. Some think Durkin may just stay on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bdawg
It has not stopped for almost a year now. First it was AR vs 3 yds and a cloud and now it is Larry Templeton disciples vs new money trust funds. I do not really know what to call the people who just think we have unlimited money so that it the best I could come up with.Quote:
Originally Posted by Offshore Dawg
Correct. A&M had Durkin and us by the balls and they knew it.Quote:
Originally Posted by jimbo352
Well if they fire Durkin, won't they owe him money on top of Jimbo's bonanza?
Yep and it is a BIG buyout.Quote:
Originally Posted by DesotoDog1967
Right on! This!Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
At the end of the day, I fully believe that how your defense performs is 95% based on talent, so as long as these dudes can get NFL talent on the defensive side of the ball, then it will be a great hire.
Durkin had one of the worst defenses I've ever witnessed in 2020. They were better in 2021. The reason they were better is that they had some NFL talent on that 2021 defense. If our new DC brings in NFL talent, he will look like a mastermind. If he doesn't, people will call him the next Sirmon.
I'm ready to hear about some more defensive talent headed our way.
Yeah- defense is about 90% Dudes and 10% scheme.Quote:
Originally Posted by HancockCountyDog
Do you have speed?
Do you have guys that will hit?
Can your end guys rush the QB?
Which is why we've been able to have plug-and-play-DCs pretty much every year since Jackie came to town. MS still produces Dudes, but we have to have a staff who makes sure they land here instead of up the road.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
The new DC may be the greater thing ever but this whole narrative that DC doesn't matter is whitewashing the situation.
Lebby himself said he wanted an experienced DC. Everyone here wanted one. Everyone here wanted to to pay big bucks to get one. Then we hire a LB coach that's never been a DC and all of the sudden its "scheme is only 10% anyway, we just need talent"? Come on that's just sunshine pumping the situation.
We whiffed on the names Lebby was thinking when he said we'd get someone proven. We settled on a LB coach. Maybe it'll work out great but it was not plan A, B, or C. And that's alarming
Catch up we hired two for the job.Quote:
Originally Posted by the_real_MSU_is_us
And both of them have been DC's beforeQuote:
Originally Posted by Coursesuper
Lol. TrueQuote:
Originally Posted by Coursesuper
Gotcha. Well we couldn’t just drag this thing out and get left out in the coldQuote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
I think we have what we've been wanting with some new energized young blood. I look at it like this if Saban hired him then that is good enough for me. I will trust Coach Lebby's decision for he knows more about what he needs than any of us.
So, I'm beginning to think TAMU is going to release Durkin after the bowl game. Pay attention to our next few staff moves on the defensive side of the ball...Lebby might be sandbagging this and waiting TAMU out. Definite long shot but would be the baddest ass move ever.
There's a TA&M podcast that is ripping Bjork and the Elko hire. Supposedly the current staffing process at A&M is even more of a cluster**** than ours. Elko doesn't want Durkin. He wants the DC from Ohio State. A&M is "keeping" Durkin b/c of his buyout. And you are correct, there is speculation from that particular pod caster that Durkin will be released after the bowl game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Randolph Dupree
Of course they are only keeping him got the bowl game. It 17s us over and serves their ego all at the same time.Quote:
Originally Posted by TrapGame
Lebby was not my first choice for head coach, but I am willing to give him a chance. He runs a great offense and has been successful at all his stops. Arnett was not necessarily my first choice either, but I wanted to see him succeed and I realized fully after the UK game it was not going to work. I?m pretty sure that?s also when Selmon knew it was not going to work as well. Nobody knows how Lebby and staff will work out and we might not even know until 2025. The only hire I knew for a fact would be a fail was JoMo because I live in PA and knew all about his antics. That hire was still the most baffling of any Miss State hire outside of maybe Rick Ray. We need to see what kind of product Lebby puts on the field and we should have a fair assessment of his performance by the end of 2025.
Last year we had 1 of 3/Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34