Dan Mullen

[Raytoraid83]

Talked to a player last night, not gonna name names but he plays and starts. He said Mullen calls every play and has never let Koening call a play, which isn't shocking, and that he likes to put Koening as the bad guy when things go wrong on offense. Hevesy is miserable. And last and probably biggest point the players are fed up with Mullen and don't have fun playing for him anymore. That last point should pretty much be all you need to hear if you want Dan Mullen to stay another year.

[ShotgunDawg]

Talked to a player last night, not gonna name names but he plays and starts. He said Mullen calls every play and has never let Koening call a play, which isn't shocking, and that he likes to put Koening as the bad guy when things go wrong on offense. Hevesy is miserable. And last and probably biggest point the players are fed up with Mullen and don't have fun playing for him anymore. That last point should pretty much be all you need to hear if you want Dan Mullen to stay another year.

I think this attitude is fairly typical for teams struggling to win games. Not sure how fun I want Mullen to be at practice with the way we are playing. Fun and relaxed coaches is earned by execution and winning.

Bill Parcells is probably the most miserable. non fun coach to play for in the history of football.

[godlluB]

I doubt that Saban is much fun at practice either (or anywhere else, for that matter). But if you ask the players if they have fun playing for him, I'd wager that most of them would answer in the affirmative.

[Raytoraid83]

Yea it was a not fun, they're tired of his BS, not a his practices are hard not fun

[Saltydog]

it's not. Now, with that being said, I wondered if there were bigger issues (respect/locker room issues) and apparently so but winning will cure all ills and losing will intensify these issues to the point where Dan may not be able to salvage this team so it remains to be seen. In any event, it's not looking good.

[Jdawg]

Not having fun is one thing. No longer playing for him is another. When they start quitting then we have to make a coaching change. That could very well happen if things don't go well the next 2 weeks.

[Ronny]

...they might not like playing for Mullen, but my god. Mullen is burdened with the task of coaching their lazy, ignorant asses.

If you are a MSU DB you have looked like a real idiot this fall. I'm sure Mullen has attempted to remedy this. But if you are too ****ing lazy to cover one-on-one, how is that Mullen fault?

And to the out-of-control thug who gets a personal foul every game: That's not Mullen. That's just you being an asshole.

[thf24]

I heard some similar but much more devastating things yesterday, and while I'm not going to share those at this time (my source is pretty solid but it's not stuff that needs to be on a public forum), I just wanted to add that what you're saying matches up with what I know as well as some other bits mentioned on the board last week. Again, without going into details, we may have problems that go a lot deeper than coaching and executing on the field.

[ShotgunDawg]

Not having fun is one thing. No longer playing for him is another. When they start quitting then we have to make a coaching change. That could very well happen if things don't go well the next 2 weeks.

They played hard for him yesterday. I don't think there is any plausible way to beat the #14 team in the country in every stat without playing hard.

Not saying we played well or smart, but don't see how effort or playing hard was an issue.

[thf24]

They played hard for him yesterday. I don't think there is any plausible way to beat the #14 team in the country in every stat without playing hard.

Not saying we played well or smart, but don't see how effort or playing hard was an issue.

They played hard, but why was it necessarily for him?

[Political Hack]

Talked to a player last night, not gonna name names but he plays and starts. He said Mullen calls every play and has never let Koening call a play, which isn't shocking, and that he likes to put Koening as the bad guy when things go wrong on offense. Hevesy is miserable. And last and probably biggest point the players are fed up with Mullen and don't have fun playing for him anymore. That last point should pretty much be all you need to hear if you want Dan Mullen to stay another year.

well, that's changed in the last week or two then... I'm starting to wonder if this is becoming an offense vs defense issue with the D still supporting him along with Dak and others being upset.

[Will James]

They played hard for him yesterday. I don't think there is any plausible way to beat the #14 team in the country in every stat without playing hard.

Not saying we played well or smart, but don't see how effort or playing hard was an issue.

we beat them in the stats because they had the luxury of short fields 5 times. Can't look at stats like that in fuseball

[Political Hack]

we beat them in the stats because they had the luxury of short fields 5 times. Can't look at stats like that in fuseball

no. we beat them in stats because we forced 6 three and outs, only have up 13 first downs, and didn't allow a 3rd down conversion until the 4th quarter.

[drunkernhelldawg]

I think the people making light of the "fun" issue are missing the point. "Fun" doesn't mean whoopty doo; fun means being so passionate about your leader and your organization that going all out is a true pleasure. This is a telling and serious issue. And, as the original poster of this thread says, it is all you need to know. I'm rooting on DM to turn it around, but I think it starts with trust.

[hailmari]

...they might not like playing for Mullen, but my god. Mullen is burdened with the task of coaching their lazy, ignorant asses.

If you are a MSU DB you have looked like a real idiot this fall. I'm sure Mullen has attempted to remedy this. But if you are too ****ing lazy to cover one-on-one, how is that Mullen fault?

And to the out-of-control thug who gets a personal foul every game: That's not Mullen. That's just you being an asshole.

^Printed by ole miss fans and sent to all our recruits

[CadaverDawg]

I think the people making light of the "fun" issue are missing the point. "Fun" doesn't mean whoopty doo; fun means being so passionate about your leader and your organization that going all out is a true pleasure. This is a telling and serious issue. And, as the original poster of this thread says, it is all you need to know. I'm rooting on DM to turn it around, but I think it starts with trust.

^^This^^

[Quaoarsking]

Raytoraid83 trolls again...

[Coach34]

They played hard, but why was it necessarily for him?

does it matter as long as they play hard?

[Coach34]

no. we beat them in stats because we forced 6 three and outs, only have up 13 first downs, and didn't allow a 3rd down conversion until the 4th quarter.

This all day

[Raytoraid83]

Raytoraid83 trolls again...

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHA if you want me to troll here you go, CANT WAIT TO WATCH US HUSTLE IN THE SCRIMMAGE TODAY, WE MAY NOT WIN THE GAME BUT WE NEVER LOSE A 50/50 BALL!!!