Arnett signs 3 year deal

[Coach34]

That tells me Lebby is not on the hotseat for 2026 unless its a complete failure. A 2 year deal would have sufficed

[msstate7]

My sources say arnett is the heir apparent for Lebby.






Haha, I really hope Todd and kb21 believed this for a second

[EdwardDrayton]

My sources say arnett is the heir apparent for Lebby.






Haha, I really hope Todd and kb21 believed this for a second

The real Bert Stare is unmasked!!

[Maroon Glasses]

My sources say arnett is the heir apparent for Lebby.






Haha, I really hope Todd and kb21 believed this for a second

7.... that was a loooooow blow. Lol

[DownwardDawg]

My sources say arnett is the heir apparent for Lebby.






Haha, I really hope Todd and kb21 believed this for a second

Hahaha!!! That's an outstanding troll job!!!

[Dawgface]

My sources say we’re bringing back the air raid to better utilize KT’s short passing skills.

[War Machine Dawg]

That tells me Lebby is not on the hotseat for 2026 unless its a complete failure. A 2 year deal would have sufficed

That may be true, but the rest of the college football world thinks Lebby is a dead man walking. There's no other reason every DC candidate on our short list would turn us down, resulting in us crawling back to Arnett. And frankly, he should be on the hot seat. One SEC win in 2 years isn't good enough...and he has an extra SEC game on the schedule starting next season. I understand the reasons we are waiting, but bringing back Arnett does nothing to convince me that we won't be doing a head coaching search this time next year.

[Coach34]

That may be true, but the rest of the college football world thinks Lebby is a dead man walking.

Totally disagree. Everywhere you look there is optimism and positive vibes about our program. We werent going to hire a name because we dont have the NIL other programs do. That is now the #1 thing coaches look at when viewing jobs. Why would a DC put his name on the line for a weak NIL budget?

[Bdawg]

That may be true, but the rest of the college football world thinks Lebby is a dead man walking. There's no other reason every DC candidate on our short list would turn us down, resulting in us crawling back to Arnett. And frankly, he should be on the hot seat. One SEC win in 2 years isn't good enough...and he has an extra SEC game on the schedule starting next season. I understand the reasons we are waiting, but bringing back Arnett does nothing to convince me that we won't be doing a head coaching search this time next year.

I think our portal recruiting has way more bearing than the DC, if Lebby and crew will be here next year. Not that DC doesn?t count but the good players will count more.

[cheewgumm]

This hire will most likely save Libby?s job as our D will be vastly improved.

Our fans are wrong?.,

Again

[EdwardDrayton]

This hire will most likely save Libby?s job as our D will be vastly improved.

Our fans are wrong?.,

Again

But those who say differently may not be wrong. No one knows for sure. One thing is for sure. We hired him and what comes will be. I hope you're right because we've tolerated suck enough. I will say the path that got us Arnett does not inspire confidence in the decision.

[BeardoMSU]

If there are Lebby decisions that make me question his sanity....choosing to stick with #2 while the clear future sat on the bench...while watching the other guy take sack after sack, throw picks, and just look horrid and pathetic in general....

Yeah...that'd be the one. I actually think changing DC to Arnett is a good decision, and one that could pay off greatly. Certainly can't be any worse on that side of the ball....

That being said, unless we SPEND THE MONEY on talent in the portal, we could've hired Saban to be our DC and wouldn't have mattered.

Bring in some dudes!

[Maroon Glasses]

Anyone know what the money is for 3 years?... If I was a betting man I bet its on the lower end with whatever is leftover going toward the portal.

[Coach34]

You guys have to understand- NIL has changed EVERYTHING. Old coaching norms and conference prestige are gone.

Texas Tech is a Top 4 seed- why? They spent 35MM in NIL.

[The Federalist Engineer]

You guys have to understand- NIL has changed EVERYTHING. Old coaching norms and conference prestige are gone.

Texas Tech is a Top 4 seed- why? They spent 35MM in NIL.

The kid on the left, looking up to the Pirate is the TTU NIL King. He is something like 25M of the 35M they spend.

[R2Dawg]

You guys have to understand- NIL has changed EVERYTHING. Old coaching norms and conference prestige are gone.

Texas Tech is a Top 4 seed- why? They spent 35MM in NIL.

That is one example; name another.

Also can you explain Indiana with a 49 and 36 ranked last two signings?

[Coursesuper]

That is one example; name another.

Also can you explain Indiana with a 49 and 36 ranked last two signings?

Indiana built a solid foundation last year and was able to use the portal to fill immediate needs, not trying to completely overhaul a roster like we have to do. So ranking don’t always tell the whole story. I’m not saying the guy can’t coach because they are tight and gelled. Play fast hard and together.

[BlackSailsDawg]

You guys have to understand- NIL has changed EVERYTHING. Old coaching norms and conference prestige are gone.

Texas Tech is a Top 4 seed- why? They spent 35MM in NIL.

Yep.One of their billionaire boosters did an interview. Stated plainly they saw an opportunity and knew it could be limited in the future by new laws/rules. That the time was now why there are no rules to go out and "BUY" the team we need. Literally his word.

As a result, they just landed a 5 star DE out of the state of Georgia. The #2 player in the state of Georgia.

MSU fans thought that this would make us all even. I specifically remember MSU beat guys selling that point. But we all knew that we will never out spend a lot of teams and that the pecking order was going to change.

[Rawdawg]

You guys have to understand- NIL has changed EVERYTHING. Old coaching norms and conference prestige are gone.

Texas Tech is a Top 4 seed- why? They spent 35MM in NIL.

Indiana back to back playoffs, SMU playoffs last year, Vandy this year, Virginia is on the cusp of a playoff because of NIL, Ole Miss. The name of the game is players and to get them is to pay them.

[Coach34]

Indiana back to back playoffs, SMU playoffs last year, Vandy this year, Virginia is on the cusp of a playoff because of NIL, Ole Miss. The name of the game is players and to get them is to pay them.

Its amazing so many of our fans dont understand this. They just want to blame Lebby and Hutz instead of realizing a roster that competes starts at $25MM. Our 2025 roster was $15MM