Quote Originally Posted by deltadawg63 View Post
In general, Mullen has been held on a high pedestal and I have held him there too. He did reach a modern day pinnacle in October, 2014. However, a lot of this high perception of Mullen is because he followed coaches who had lost miserably (Sherrill in the end and Croom throughout) and the fan base was so low in expectation as well (I was). Mullen raised the floor of the fan base a lot! So those who followed him have had shorter leashes for sure. Moorhead would still be here if not for lack of team/locker room management. So let's not be so hard on Leach! (as I have to remind myself of this too!)
This is true. Rep Given.