Dan Mullen

Just a few weeks ago, the program's future with Dan at the helm was the cloudiest it has been since he arrived. Rumors of him looking around, rumors of interviews, and rumors of Dan and/or Megan, wanting out of Starkville. Regardless of whether there was an "interview" or not, or whether he wanted/wants out or not, he's still here. My question is, has anything changed? Has he had discussions with Scott, Keenum, the boosters, or whoever and changed his stance or has the situation just basically been pushed aside for the time being? Has anything been resolved?

has he been offered his typical 1 yr extension yet ?

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Originally Posted by FISHDAWG

has he been offered his typical 1 yr extension yet ?

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It was late February when it was extended last year.

The good is he will be coaching Msu next year. I don't have a problem IF he was looking around. Hell JWS was headed to Pitt till their President said no. Saban was headed to Texas, Fisher was headed to Lsu, happens all the time. Why the hate is beyond me. Mullen had the team ready yesterday, as long as we are winning he can keep looking, but that is just me. Not everyone loves Msu like we do. 7 years is a long time know days, Coaches are 1 loss away from being fired. I hope Mullen stays another 7 years but it ain't likely.

I think Mullen is a good coach, too, but it is getting old being dominated by Alabama and Ole Miss. I remember a TV appearance he made about 3 years ago with the Golden Egg, saying that having the Egg in his office was job security. We need to see the Golden Egg returned to his office, and soon, like next year.

Mullen is 4-3 vs UM. That is better than nearly all previous MSU coaches. He has never beaten Alabama. That is probabaly slightly worse than most MSU coaches only because he hasn't managed beat Bama once. Of course Bama has been on one of the greatest runs in THEIR history since Mullen got here. Keep it in perspective.

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Originally Posted by basedog

The good is he will be coaching Msu next year. I don't have a problem IF he was looking around. Hell JWS was headed to Pitt till their President said no. Saban was headed to Texas, Fisher was headed to Lsu, happens all the time. Why the hate is beyond me. Mullen had the team ready yesterday, as long as we are winning he can keep looking, but that is just me. Not everyone loves Msu like we do. 7 years is a long time know days, Coaches are 1 loss away from being fired. I hope Mullen stays another 7 years but it ain't likely.

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People act like looking for another job is a bad thing when in reality most on this board looks for better jobs all the time or at lest got their eyes open.

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Originally Posted by Liverpooldawg

Mullen is 4-3 vs UM. That is better than nearly all previous MSU coaches. He has never beaten Alabama. That is probabaly slightly worse than most MSU coaches only because he hasn't managed beat Bama once. Of course Bama has been on one of the greatest runs in THEIR history since Mullen got here. Keep it in perspective.

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My perspective is if we can't beat those two we will never challenge for a championship. I don't want to dominate those tow but to at least feel like we have a chance to beat them. Right now we may catch UM next year but we are still 21 points behind Bama, and Dan's nutless play calling against them is why. Why save all that creative play calling we saw yesterday for the bowl game. That would have been way better than Dak up the center's ass 20 times a game.

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Originally Posted by Liverpooldawg

Mullen is 4-3 vs UM. That is better than nearly all previous MSU coaches. He has never beaten Alabama. That is probabaly slightly worse than most MSU coaches only because he hasn't managed beat Bama once. Of course Bama has been on one of the greatest runs in THEIR history since Mullen got here. Keep it in perspective.

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Only one coach beat Saban and it was when Saban first got to Bama. Hell LSU hasn' beaten them in five years.

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Originally Posted by Jack Lambert

Only one coach beat Saban and it was when Saban first got to Bama. Hell LSU hasn' beaten them in five years.

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yet Freeze has beaten him twice in 4 years

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Originally Posted by FISHDAWG

yet Freeze has beaten him twice in 4 years

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But Freeze can't beat Arkansas.

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Originally Posted by basedog

The good is he will be coaching Msu next year. I don't have a problem IF he was looking around. Hell JWS was headed to Pitt till their President said no. Saban was headed to Texas, Fisher was headed to Lsu, happens all the time. Why the hate is beyond me. Mullen had the team ready yesterday, as long as we are winning he can keep looking, but that is just me. Not everyone loves Msu like we do. 7 years is a long time know days, Coaches are 1 loss away from being fired. I hope Mullen stays another 7 years but it ain't likely.

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I think the hate was only there because we showed up completely unprepared for the egg bowl for the second year in a row. Even then, I think it was exacerbated by people being idiots and believing everything pushed out by the two coaching search sites run by brothers with UM ties. If it had come out that he had talked with Miami and was interested in the UGA job (which are the only semi-credible rumors), I'm not sure people would have been that mad. But him being linked to Va Tech, UVA, Maryland, Miami, and UGA to make it sound like he was dying to get out is what pissed people off. It's not really his fault people are dumb enough to believe he was looking to move to a program like Virginia although he could have handled it better. Of course if his agent really did publicly make all that noise just because dan was pissed at the administration, that was a pretty shitastic move and I'd just as soon not renew his contract ever again; but I just have a hard time seeing Mulen being that petty and stupid, much less him being that petty and stupid and his agent not running damage control.

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Originally Posted by basedog

But Freeze can't beat Arkansas.

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Or Fuente, a team that a pretty mediocre Auburn team was able to handle.

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But Freeze can't beat Arkansas.

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And struggles with Vandy a little too.

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Originally Posted by Johnson85

I think the hate was only there because we showed up completely unprepared for the egg bowl for the second year in a row. Even then, I think it was exacerbated by people being idiots and believing everything pushed out by the two coaching search sites run by brothers with UM ties. If it had come out that he had talked with Miami and was interested in the UGA job (which are the only semi-credible rumors), I'm not sure people would have been that mad. But him being linked to Va Tech, UVA, Maryland, Miami, and UGA to make it sound like he was dying to get out is what pissed people off. It's not really his fault people are dumb enough to believe he was looking to move to a program like Virginia although he could have handled it better. Of course if his agent really did publicly make all that noise just because dan was pissed at the administration, that was a pretty shitastic move and I'd just as soon not renew his contract ever again; but I just have a hard time seeing Mulen being that petty and stupid, much less him being that petty and stupid and his agent not running damage control.

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Good post and I don't disagree. Not sure he was interested in all the places that were mentioned. I think the Georgia job he was most interested in, it's been stated he talked on the phone to Miami. I'm betting he has had a talk about everything with AD and Prez. I also don't think he hates or dislikes Starkville, maybe he realizes he has it made a little longer at Msu.

What should concern folks is he may have been considering a lesser program and a pay cut. The only logical reason for this is our recruiting network has not done their job. Coaches can't and don't do it all. Nobody's gonna stay long here if they have to share a state our size with the confederate network. If the confeds are allowed to continue and we remain bidness as usual, our football program will die a slow death. Come February, we'll know if network progress has been made.

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What should concern folks is he may have been considering a lesser program and a pay cut. The only logical reason for this is our recruiting network has not done their job. Coaches can't and don't do it all. Nobody's gonna stay long here if they have to share a state our size with the confederate network. If the confeds are allowed to continue and we remain bidness as usual, our football program will die a slow death. Come February, we'll know if network progress has been made.

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I think it's the opposite. I think it's the blatant manner in which Auburn and OM have done things during CDM's tenure and his tiring of the SEC office in not doing anything about it and daring the NCAA to step on anyone's toes (other than those that voluntarily stomp on their own toes). OM is probably putting three first rounders in the NFL this season and we'll be lucky to back door a couple into the 2nd. He's not playing with a loaded deck like the other SEC schools and it's completely out of his control.

Personally, I think Meyer is happy coaching in the Big Ten and can explain to Mullen all the BS he doesn't have to deal with after leaving the SEC. I can almost guarantee you that Meyer will never coach in the SEC again. I don't think people can forget his influence on Dan either.

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Originally Posted by Political Hack

I think it's the opposite. I think it's the blatant manner in which Auburn and OM have done things during CDM's tenure and his tiring of the SEC office in not doing anything about it and daring the NCAA to step on anyone's toes (other than those that voluntarily stomp on their own toes). OM is probably putting three first rounders in the NFL this season and we'll be lucky to back door a couple into the 2nd. He's not playing with a loaded deck like the other SEC schools and it's completely out of his control.

Personally, I think Meyer is happy coaching in the Big Ten and can explain to Mullen all the BS he doesn't have to deal with after leaving the SEC. I can almost guarantee you that Meyer will never coach in the SEC again. I don't think people can forget his influence on Dan either.

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I think we agree more than you realize

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Originally Posted by Political Hack

And (Freeze) struggles with Vandy a little too.

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And Memphis

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Originally Posted by Political Hack

I think it's the opposite. I think it's the blatant manner in which Auburn and OM have done things during CDM's tenure and his tiring of the SEC office in not doing anything about it and daring the NCAA to step on anyone's toes (other than those that voluntarily stomp on their own toes). OM is probably putting three first rounders in the NFL this season and we'll be lucky to back door a couple into the 2nd. He's not playing with a loaded deck like the other SEC schools and it's completely out of his control.

Personally, I think Meyer is happy coaching in the Big Ten and can explain to Mullen all the BS he doesn't have to deal with after leaving the SEC. I can almost guarantee you that Meyer will never coach in the SEC again. I don't think people can forget his influence on Dan either.

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Dan not playing with as many cards as everybody else is absolutely in his control.