Quote Originally Posted by PGHBulldogBG View Post
I am not saying Arnett is not the right man for the job, but I still do not like the way the search went. I felt as though we should have hired an AD prior to making a head football coaching hire. Maybe Selmon would have thought Arnett was best, but I wish the Selmon hiring would have happened before the Arnett hiring. Arnett seems to have a mindset that fits Mississippi State though and that is important. His experience is the biggest concern and his ability to manage a SEC offense. These next few years will definitely be interesting to see how it plays out.
We couldn't have for a number of reasons. Mainly the complaining about recruiting now would have been total nuclear melt down in Dec when we lost that class and scrambled to put one together for Feb. Mike's passing was tragic but it also came at a bad time as well. Secondly, Mike trusted Zach and was grooming him to take over a program, either here or hired away elsewhere if Mike was able to still coach for a number of years.