We All Underestimated How Good Mullen Was

[Dawgs87]

Nebraska went 4-8 last year... We won 9 games. Nebraska is a complete rebuild, we are not.

I was one of those that felt we undervalued Mullen the last few years. Obviously if he hadn?t shopped around most years I think the fan base wouldn?t have been as frustrated with him. Is what it is. Hopefully we can get back on track.

I?m here to eat my crow. I really thought we would bounce back this week and win. This is a complete disaster.

Let?s hope our defensive players don?t pack it in for the draft. If they do it could get ugly.

I do think Moorhead could be a decent coach but we are paying for him to learn on the job and that?s not what we needed at this point. Extremely frustrating.

I come off as a pessimist, but i'm a realist. I feel certain they will pack it in after yesterday. What incentive do they have? We already know Sweat and Simmons will be 1st rounders. Why would they risk getting injured playing their hearts out for a crappy team. I'm sure that love State, but not enough to risk millions of dollars. Think Jadaveon Clowney and Leonard Fournette. We live in an incentive based, "What have you done for me lately?" society.

Like Boobie said vs Kentucky in his post game:

[Liverpooldawg]

But you fans don't get it.**

Joe may not be the answer. But as far as growing our program Dan wasn't the answer anymore either.

Growing a program from where we came from was never going to be a straight shot up. Mullen got us to where we were bowling in down years. The trajectory for the program was still going up.

[Spiderman]

I think it's clear that we took him granted and never realized how much garbage and lack of talent he covered up.

Just look at the evidence:

- Last night Florida's OL can't block us. What does he do? All quick passes. Gets the ball out of the QB's hands with quick reads.

- 2010 vs Florida, has a QB that can't throw and beats Florida at the swamp without throwing in the 2nd half.

- 2015 he has a 160 lb running back and decides to throw all year.

We can complain all day about why Mullen didn't recruit better but it's more than evident that he was willing to adapt his offense to the strengths and weaknesses of the team and it's clear that we never gave him enough credit for that and that JoMo May not have the ability do that.

No, we all didn't

[Liverpooldawg]

There is a right and a wrong way to do that. Dan did it the wrong way. You don't go active job seeking while your season is still going on. That's unprofessional.

And if you want to be somewhere you don't look for jobs every offseason five years in a row.

What kind of rock do you live under? Good grief. If that were the case nobody in any field would ever change jobs as long as they had one.

[Todd4State]

If you hope he won't win at Florida you are going to be very disappointed.

Win in terms of what he did here? Yes he will. The problem is he actually has to win championships there and that's where he will fail. 9-3 with a loss to Georgia simply isn't acceptable there. At MSU that gets you a 6 million dollar extension.

[Dawg61]

Growing a program from where we came from was never going to be a straight shot up. Mullen got us to where we were bowling in down years. The trajectory for the program was still going up.

He left on his own dude that means he wasn't the answer anymore. We offered him $6 million dollars. That's almost 3x what Joe is getting. He barely beat Joe and we could only muster 200 yards of offense. Hell Mullen doesn't even beat Joe if Osirus could catch a damn wide open touchdown. Mullen is still gonna skull****ed by Georgia and LSU every single year and he'll lose more than he should to Kentucky and Missouri. He can ride 9-4 seasons there for awhile but eventually they will get hungry for more just like we did only much faster. It's the nature of the beast.

[Todd4State]

What kind of rock do you live under? Good grief. If that were the case nobody in any field would ever change jobs as long as they had one.

Hiring is part of my job duties at work. People can change jobs and there is nothing wrong with that. But as I have said there is a right and wrong way to do it. Dan literally did everything wrong. You don't actively admit to seeking jobs if you have one already which he did by not denying that he was talking to people. At most places you get fired for that. We tried to give him a raise.

And then when you leave a place on good terms you don't give your team a two minute "well, bye" speech.

[Todd4State]

Growing a program from where we came from was never going to be a straight shot up. Mullen got us to where we were bowling in down years. The trajectory for the program was still going up.

He didn't do anything that Jackie didn't. And Jackie won more games and a SEC West Title.

[Dawg2003]

Growing a program from where we came from was never going to be a straight shot up. Mullen got us to where we were bowling in down years. The trajectory for the program was still going up.

I thought maybe Mullen hit his ceiling, but I'm not at all convinced that the program itself hit its ceiling under Mullen. Football is just so much different than baseball or basketball as far as chances to win a natty. We are also severely disadvantaged at recruiting because we have to go against Ole Miss, Bama, and LSU. Auburn and LSU recruit at a much higher level than us and still go 8-4. They still struggle to get an SEC Championship. It's just so much less fluid with who can actually win a championship in football.

[Dawg2003]

Win in terms of what he did here? Yes he will. The problem is he actually has to win championships there and that's where he will fail. 9-3 with a loss to Georgia simply isn't acceptable there. At MSU that gets you a 6 million dollar extension.

I think he is capable of winning a natty at FL. I guess we'll see in the coming years. Either way, he wanted to try.

[Todd4State]

I think he is capable of winning a natty at FL. I guess we'll see in the coming years. Either way, he wanted to try.

I think he is capable from a potential standpoint but he has too many issues that I doubt he will change that will allow him to do it.

[Coach007]

Mullen let Ole Miss dog piss on our field, intentionally break our QBs ankle, intentionally try to break our backup QBs ankle, totally disrespect our fans and team for 4 quarters on Thanksgiving night and did absolutely nothing to try to stop it. He bolted on Nick without going to check on him in the hospital. He's a forever piece of dog shit for that. 17 Dan Mullen and 17 anyone patting themselves on the back trying to tell other bulldog fans "I told you so" right now. Mullen was offered $6 million dollars a year by us. That's like $12 million dollars in anywhere outside of Starkville money.

Oh? so Mullen let them break his ankle? Are you listening to what you are saying? He did check on Nick. Stop with the crap.


The fact is people got their wish. Now we have to either choose as fans to support the current coach or again actively seek to replace him.

[Coach007]

They totally changed their approach at half time. Florida was a train wreck last year. They aren't good now, but the improvement is remarkable.

Grantham has majorly improved that defense. They are now at #19 in defense. If people don't see the improvements on their offense, they are blinded by misplaced hate for Mullen

[smootness]

I think he is capable from a potential standpoint but he has too many issues that I doubt he will change that will allow him to do it.

Or maybe what we saw as issues won't be the same problem at Florida that they were here.

[Dawg61]

Oh? so Mullen let them break his ankle? Are you listening to what you are saying? He did check on Nick. Stop with the crap.


The fact is people got their wish. Now we have to either choose as fans to support the current coach or again actively seek to replace him.

I didn't see Mullen fighting for our team that night. I saw him bend over and take it from OM & Luke and then walk out on his team and seriously injured QB a day later.

[Dawg61]

Grantham has majorly improved that defense. They are now at #19 in defense. If people don't see the improvements on their offense, they are blinded by misplaced hate for Mullen

Lol they've played Kentucky and us with our currently most dysfunctional offense in all of P5 football.

[Coach007]

Hiring is part of my job duties at work. People can change jobs and there is nothing wrong with that. But as I have said there is a right and wrong way to do it. Dan literally did everything wrong. You don't actively admit to seeking jobs if you have one already which he did by not denying that he was talking to people. At most places you get fired for that. We tried to give him a raise.

And then when you leave a place on good terms you don't give your team a two minute "well, bye" speech.

That's 100% not true. My wife had a returning contract every year and still went to all interviews set up for her.

You are showing the proof of why people in these types of positions do what they do. If he never took interviews, then 2 things happen:

1- People stop calling as often.

2- Once fans turn (like you) their value decreases and that effects them personally.

None of that means that they did not and will not do their jobs. If they didn't, then their value drops. If you don't value yourself, nobody else will either. That is the nature of this business.

[Commercecomet24]

Look Mullen is a good coach, no doubt about it. Wish he would've stayed but he didn't want to be here for several years now. We didn't fire him. He left. He was given big money, facilities and support here. He left, he's gone and not coming back. Whether you like him or not, Everyone needs to move on. We got problems that have to be fixed here NOW!

[Coach007]

Or maybe what we saw as issues won't be the same problem at Florida that they were here.

+1

[Coach007]

Look Mullen is a good coach, no doubt about it. Wish he would've stayed but he didn't want to be here for several years now. We didn't fire him. He left. He was given big money, facilities and support here. He left, he's gone and not coming back. Whether you like him or not, Everyone needs to move on. We got problems that have to be fixed here NOW!

+1


It's just a shame to see fans still blaming Mullen.... for winning here.