Sad overall situation with Coach Leach. When the page turns where do we go for our next head coach?
Arnett proved enough to be able to run the program?
Mullen on line 2?
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Sad overall situation with Coach Leach. When the page turns where do we go for our next head coach?
Arnett proved enough to be able to run the program?
Mullen on line 2?
Need to let Arnett and Hughes run things for a year. Let's recover from this.
I think let's not rush hiring AD or Coach. I would be ok making Arnette Interim through next season. He might be the guy.
Who would you go with for OC if Spurrier Jr said no and left?
Who should he go after for OC?
I agree. Hard to think about the next steps from here, but you got to. I?m sure Keenum is laying out a plan. Hard thing to manage I?m sure with the coaches, support staff that are here because of Mike and then all the players/recruits.
The reality is its too soon to move on right now..... and at the same time the rest of the SEC is not going to cut you any slack.
It really is one of those 'rock and a hard place' situations. You can't make any decisions, and you can't not make any decisions.
Graham Harrell has a pretty impressive resume; seems WV Coach Neil Brown was on the hot seat. I'd go with Arnett as HC, not sure of his contract length (HC or Interm), but I'm not for started all over to what has been built just yet.
It's very sad but we can't just sit around long.
Too soon for this.
Yea I wouldn't do interim tag at all. I'd wait and start a search until after the bowl game.
You go with Arnett for next year. No clue what you do at DC or OC. My guess is you either promote Spurrier or Mason Miller to OC or you bring in a guy like Zach Kittley. No clue at DC because that 3-3-5 is such a unique system. I would imagine Zach will try to convince Rocky Long to come out of retirement for a year to coach it
I'm with you.Quote:
Originally Posted by EdwardDrayton
Arnett told one of the defensive guys he has no desire to be the HC.
As already been pointed out, it's too soon yet we will get trampled by the rest of the league if we don't move forward.
I say interviews start as soon as the new AD gets in place. I'm leaning towards Arnette as the next HC though. Dude has proven he can coach.
We could give the guy from Syracuse a look at DC if Arnett is named HC. I think his name is Tony White runs a 3-3-5 also and had them in top 15 in defense if I?m not mistaking
Keenum can't sit around long. We can. And even Keenum can sit around longer than this.Quote:
Originally Posted by basedog
Unfortunately it is...but if you think recruiters from other programs haven't already reached out to our current recruits and athletes then you have a very naive view of this sport. I know of one current commit that has alreay been contacted by another program.Quote:
Originally Posted by EdwardDrayton
To allow the program that Leach built to crumble is NOT the right play here.
Make either Arnett or Spurrier the head coach for a season and let it play out. If Leach pulls through he will be happy to see Spurrier and Arnett as head coach. Either way, it would make him proud and it would continue our momentum.
We can all talk about who, what, when. But in all honesty MSU athletics is still in a good spot. I think you have to make a quick decision on AD. Even though I feel like this should be done by now. Then with AD in place you have to evaluate the program as if you don?t have a coach at all. Yes, I love Arnett as our coach. I think he could do a good job, but he also could do a horrible job trying to live in the shadows of taking over a legend Coach under this circumstance. It?s one of the reasons we don?t make decisions like this in a day or two.
I don't think it's time to discuss it yet but it's naive to not do anything in proper time.
As mentioned before, we can't let the program and culture Leach helped build after Moorhead was fired go to waste.
You can’t wait that long. It sucks. I hate it. But there has to be talks on going now.Quote:
Originally Posted by msu15
It might be too soon but signing day is coming they have to have something to tell these recruits. I feel as bad as anyone else, but Mississippi State Football has to go on. They have a job to do. It doesn't stop. They better have a plan.
We can't have an interim coach for a year. That would hurt our recruiting too much and cause too much instability for our program.
We need to learn from the Dan and Joe transition and make sure we hire an Air Raid guy or a coach that will be a CEO coach and hire an Air Raid OC while keeping Arnett.
I can't see Dan being a viable option for us at this time. He's not an Air Raid guy, he can't keep his hands off the defense, and he would fire Mason Miller and bring Hevesy back who was awful.
We need an AD. Step one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack Lambert
Step 2 we need to go on a national search for a coach after the bowl.
Yeah. You can’t keep the interim for a season and expect to keep the program from imploding.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
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Originally Posted by Todd4State
you're too far in to change it up now. You have to stay the course and finish building a full on Air Raid roster.
or punish yourself by having to flip the roster again to some other style of football.
How about some modified version of the Air Raid?
Arnett told one of the defensive guys he has no desire to be the HC.
Is this a fact or rumor?
I just can't see that being true.Quote:
Originally Posted by AROB44
Agree, except the AD needs to start the search the day he's hired.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
I wish we could just stop and not worry about this crap for a while because it feels so unimportant at this moment, but unfortunately Keenum and the new AD have to move things forward and do what's best for the program. The calendar between the portal, signing days, players being able to transfer, etc just doesn't allow for any stoppage with uncertainty as to who is going to lead us as the next head coach.
Me neither.Quote:
Originally Posted by DownwardDawg
You can't wait that long. In the old days you could but not anymore.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
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That's what Arnett said. Now, maybe he's just caught up in the suddenness of it all. But he was asked point blank by a player if he was going to be here next year, or take a HC job if offered, and he said he didn't have a desire to be the HC. I'm not saying who asked him because I don't know if he would want me to name him.Quote:
Originally Posted by DownwardDawg
Whoever the finalist are had better be on the phone right now with guys they are interested in.Quote:
Originally Posted by RiverCityDawg
If Arnett doesn't want the job just hire the Head Ball Coach as a CEO type coach for a year with Jr as OC and Arnett as DC. Use the next year to figure out if either coordinators are the man for the head coach position or have a search. I'm mostly kidding.
I hope Zack stays for another 10 years but the reality is he has only been a DC for about 15 minutes. The people interested in a SEC HC job will be more proven candidates than Arnett. Whoever it is I hope they keep Zack here for a long time.
He said that because he understands it's inappropriate to discuss it during this time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Leroy Jenkins
Was this before yesterday?Quote:
Originally Posted by Leroy Jenkins
TodayQuote:
Originally Posted by DownwardDawg
Certainly possible. He's uncomfortable with praise and questions about himself and usually tries to divert the spotlight. One of the things I like about him.Quote:
Originally Posted by EdwardDrayton