Pretty encouraging piece by Joel Coleman...

[Political Hack]

That's what I'm going to do. That's all you can do.

Hopefully everything gets fixed when the season is over, but only time will tell. I hate it that this feeling is all too familiar.

[tireddawg]

How would you know not being there where his excitement came from?

Because I've seen him talk about Dak, & that's how he gets.

[I seen it dawg]

I'm always in supporting us. Always.

Mullen cares. Cares about himself, and maybe us, enough to try to win. But the damage is done from keeping the CCB intact.

[lamont]

Elitedawgs spent 10K on football tickets and donation.
We all spend hours per day monitoring the board and contributing.
A Couple of Elitedawgs have had their real names dragged thru the mud over things for our University and our Rival
Elitedawgs makes other donations to various people for various reasons.

We have skin in the game.

We'll see where things go the 2nd half of the season and into December.

[Commercecomet24]

Fair enough. I'm gonna refrain from saying anything negative. I just want to win. And not cheat doing it.

I second that!

[Coackjek]

People using the "don't care" line are generally the ones just looking for an excuse to make a change for the sake of change itself.

Dang progressives!

[msstate7]

Elitedawgs spent 10K on football tickets and donation.
We all spend hours per day monitoring the board and contributing.
A Couple of Elitedawgs have had their real names dragged thru the mud over things for our University and our Rival
Elitedawgs makes other donations to various people for various reasons.

We have skin in the game.

We'll see where things go the 2nd half of the season and into December.

And I certainly appreciate what you guys do with this site.

You threw out the $10,000 figure and it isn't insignificant, but it's 0.1% of what it will take to fire Mullen... our most successful coach ever. I just don't think it's good timing with Mullen coming off 19 wins the last 2 years, many much better jobs than us opening up, overall finances of it, and I just don't think Mullen is done... I believe in Mullen even if no one else here does

[blacklistedbully]

No, he's spot on.

No, he's not. And you're doubling down on stupid if you really think those who don't agree with your opinion on Dan's degree of "care" are "just not very bright".

One side is probably more "right" than the other, but intelligent people can disagree. Intelligent people can hold either position. Stupid people think the other side must not be bright for holding a different opinion.

[anubus]

https://sdnmsu.wordpress.com/2016/10...e-youre-wrong/

Also go check out Boobie Dixon's tweets today. What do you guys say we just all try pulling in the same direction for 6 more games, and see how we feel after that? Fair?

I'll be doing that, and I hope you join me.

I'm in .Friday's game showed me they're not quitting and neither should we.

[War Machine Dawg]

No, he's not. And you're doubling down on stupid if you really think those who don't agree with your opinion on Dan's degree of "care" are "just not very bright".

One side is probably more "right" than the other, but intelligent people can disagree. Intelligent people can hold either position. Stupid people think the other side must not be bright for holding a different opinion.

Or they're liberals. Like smoot. They ask for differing opinions then are shocked and offended to fdiscover someone actually has a different opinion.

[JohnnyQuid]

https://sdnmsu.wordpress.com/2016/10...e-youre-wrong/

Also go check out Boobie Dixon's tweets today. What do you guys say we just all try pulling in the same direction for 6 more games, and see how we feel after that? Fair?

I'll be doing that, and I hope you join me.

couldn't agree more

[Apoplectic]

He's going to have to win me back. He's effed up everything since we were ranked #1. You're not worth $4mm if you can't manage a coaching staff, if you dont have the balls to play the best players because you've failed to coach them, if you don't put in relentless effort in recruiting, if you can't handle the strain of tough personnel decisions, and you act like an ass everytime there's a camera in ur face.

[Johnson85]

Anyone who thinks Mullen quit caring or even just started caring less is, sorry to say, just not very bright.

They're the type who think if you're not succeeding as much and the coach isn't raging on the sideline, the only explanation is that he must not care.

Thinking mullen quit caring is crazy. Thinking he cares a little less is not. A minuscule portion of the population would be able to avoid caring less. He's been under a grind for 8 years (after doing the assistant coach grind). He has kids. He has millions of dollars. There's just not much margin for error and I don't think Dan is as driven as he was. Doesn't mean he can't figure out a way to be successful. But I do think it has contributed to the drop off.

[lastmajordog]

Good stuff you?ve had today Cadaver......I?m in....

[Corn Bread]

Not necessarily. Consensus is he was gone last year to Miami until Richt fell in their lap. Very obvious he's shopped himself every offseason the last few years. Not saying he hates coaching here, but I won't be convinced he'd leave depending on the situation.

Vegas, I got reprehended for saying he was shopping himself for several years.

[BossDawg]

He was enthusiastic & excited because he was talking about Dak. He ain't got the same fire he had, I don't care what any article says. I'll still be pulling for my dawgs..

I have to agree. I have no doubt that he still has passion for the GAME, but that doesn't mean he isn't burned out where he's at. I think he even said a while back that usually a coach is only good for 7 to 10 years before needing to move on, or something like that.

Anyway, either he's just getting burned out at State or he's grieving from past mistakes that got him to this point where he's losing the fan base....either way he simply seems frustrated at least, like he's got other things on his mind, too. Whatever that is exactly, who knows, but some new blood needs to be infused somewhere.

[BossDawg]

Thinking mullen quit caring is crazy. Thinking he cares a little less is not. A minuscule portion of the population would be able to avoid caring less. He's been under a grind for 8 years (after doing the assistant coach grind). He has kids. He has millions of dollars. There's just not much margin for error and I don't think Dan is as driven as he was. Doesn't mean he can't figure out a way to be successful. But I do think it has contributed to the drop off.

I think he needs to learn how to delegate responsibility a little more instead of putting so much on his shoulders, like getting a bona-fide OC or letting the DC do his job without interfering. I'm sure that's easier said than done though.

[smootness]

Or they're liberals. Like smoot. They ask for differing opinions then are shocked and offended to fdiscover someone actually has a different opinion.

Hahaha what?!

[Really Clark?]

I have to agree. I have no doubt that he still has passion for the GAME, but that doesn't mean he isn't burned out where he's at. I think he even said a while back that usually a coach is only good for 7 to 10 years before needing to move on, or something like that.

Anyway, either he's just getting burned out at State or he's grieving from past mistakes that got him to this point where he's losing the fan base....either way he simply seems frustrated at least, like he's got other things on his mind, too. Whatever that is exactly, who knows, but some new blood needs to be infused somewhere.

He said that when he first got our job but it was more about how today even if you do well at most places fans want a change by year 10. The fan support slowly erodes from the peak and that's when a coach is successful.

[WSOPdawg]

Supporting the team and wanting us to win every game? I'm in.

Thinking that Dan is 100% committed to our long term success? Not in.

Agree, I'll ALWAYS support my Bulldogs. But if Dan felt the same, he would not have jeopardized (TANKED) his last few recruiting classes by job shopping (what kind of message does that send recruits anyways?) and hanging on to below-average coaches (Hev, Sallach, Knox).

For me to get back on the Mullen wagon, I need to see him bone up and say "Thanks, but no thanks. I've got one of the top 25 paying jobs in the country and I wanna build this program to long-term sustainability and competitiveness, and one day, we're gonna kick the shit out of Bama and LSU on a regular basis!!!"