As he should be. I guess you've forgotten how much shit Mullen talked in his first spring and the summer media days.
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Wait, you're pissed at a coach calling out players not doing what's required? But you'll get on here and call out a coach or player whenever you choose? Ok
But I've got news, this wasn't the first time he's called them out. He did it a couple weeks ago too. He didn't wait 5 weeks. I'm all for calling them out. Because he's getting called out too.
These kids are wanting to get paid. You think these guys aren't getting called out in the pros? Shit.
Players not doing their jobs get discarded just like coaches that don't do their job. Kids can transfer now if a coach leaves or they aren't happy. Go lazy it up somewhere else. One of them been here 4 years now. Coach won't get 4 years.
Which one? When he absolutely lit up Vanderbilt for 15 points or the time his ridiculous play calling cost us a key win over LSU?** What I'm talking about is his offense finishing 9th in the SEC in scoring and was actually worse than Joe Moorhead's in year one based off of PPG. Dan also had the luxury of playing Jackson State. Oh- and Dan managed to score 3 points on Alabama that year since that's apparently the bar now.
And ironically a lot of these same "fans" would call Leach out for "not seeing what's wrong" had he not said anything. And therefore would have deemed it "acceptable to Leach".
It's like our fans think that coaching football is like being a magician or a wizard where you just draw up a cute little play and you can win with substandard players essentially by tricking the other team.
And I'm fine with fans getting on Leach. There's no damn reason we should be this bad. We aren't a 1 or 2 win team. John Cohen screwed up our coach search and got desperate. He needed a name coach and he's hell bent on throwing the ball (which is fine) but he doesn't understand we've got to be balanced. Balance wins football games, not just running or throwing.
There are certainly some fans that see it like this and have to be disregarded. And then there are some of us who see that Sam Pittman inherited a similar situation and his team has vastly improved. We are for Leach and believed in Leach early on, but now see some things that are alarming to us. The good news is Leach is a smart man and has plenty of time to make adjustments and get the players he needs.
It's funny the about-face this board has taken on coaches blaming the players... freeze was a POS for saying we have to recruit better players, but leach is great for calling out players. I'll say this about freeze though... you give him your defensive game plan and a week to prepare, he wouldn't have 1 offensive score the last 3 weeks. BTW, that 1 off score was once the game was decided. We have zero offensive scores the last 3 weeks in a contested part of the game.
7 isn't saying not to call them out. He calls players out on this board all the time. But before you blame players, you might need to look competent as a coach first. If we look competitive the last few weeks, It would go over a lot easier.
Why would you not call a coach out - he's making 5 million - and was given less talent and experience than Arnette on the defensive side of the ball - you expect him to make us look competent.
Anyone comparing this coaching job to ******* in year 1 is ridiculous. That team was picked to win 2 games in 2009 (jackson state and mtsu). We were even 10 point underdogs at vandy. Mullen won 5 with Tyson Lee at QB. Unless there is some massive turnaround with the back half of our schedule like us winning 3 or 4 of the 5 games left, then it?s not even comparable.
I don't have a problem with criticizing the coach- but I do think it needs to have reasonable merit. Like starting Costello no matter what. Saying that he shouldn't criticize players who haven't been hustling and doing what they are supposed to is not with merit.
As far as Cohen- he tried to get the guy "everyone" seemed to want in Napier. He didn't want to come. Judge got a NFL offer. That's not on Cohen.