Cohen on Wyatt now

[Todd4State]

The 247 guys have mentioned that some Of the older guys have not bought in. If the person you are talking about is an older guy that will actually be a little bit encouraging because it gives me hope that the younger guys that Joe actually recruited will be giving more effort and have more belief that this can work.

What the heck is up with that? I really don't understand that if true to be honest with you. Not buying in hurts all- not just them. If they really think that they should probably hit the portal and it kind of makes me wonder why they are staying.

Of course it could be BS.

Tongue and cheek here: Keenum and Cohen used the sources to make fans think Moorhead was gone to get people to the game.

LOL.

The AD's job at the end of the day comes down to Booster backing- hell look at Keith Carter. He sang Luke's praises 2 weeks ago- fired him Sunday because he was told to by the Boosters. Money controls everything at the end of the day. Cohen had some money backing to keep Joe or he wouldn't have stood pat.

Yep. The boosters are really the ones running the show. Cohen is simply their face.

I'm concerned Cohen seems to be eaten up with trying to have an "intellectual" coach as his #1 criteria. That may work in some sports, including baseball, but not football. I personally don't think Cohen would have even hired Mullen had it been Cohen's choice. Mullen's playbook didn't have enough plays with 5 or 6 different QB reads. Wondering if the more complex something is the more Cohen is impressed.

As I've said before Cohen wants to be the smartest guy in the room. Oddly enough some of the best football coaches I've ever seen are pretty intellectual. Bill Walsh, Bill Belllichick, Paul Brown, off the top of my head. The difference is those coaches demanded that their teams be physical. Joe- not so much. Of course he's not in those coaches stratosphere anyway. He may think he is but...

[Churchill]

He is what some would call a pseudo intellectual.

[BuckyIsAB****]

I would hope we can be open minded. If we are 5-0 going into the bye next year then everybody needs to be pulling the rope.

If we were worth a shit we would be. We easily could be 5-0 going into it, but if you have any shred of confidence that Moorhead can get us there then I have some ocean front property to sell you in Starkville

[maroonmania]

General Westmoreland? He surrounded himself with ?Yes-men? just as his predecessor, General Harkins did. Like Harkins, he was a blind fool.
As for Moorhead, I was all for firing him. However, had we done so, we would be in the same shape as Ole Miss is now. Thankfully, cooler heads prevailed. Is he The Answer? Perhaps not, but firing a guy after two seasons probably would not have ended well. Have a plan in place next year to quickly replace him should things go to Hell in a hand basket. Look at the sh-t show that is now Ole Miss and that would be us had we run him off. As a consequence of the Egg Bowl disaster, Ole Miss?s hand was forced, and they were caught flat-footed. It may work out for them, but from where I?m sitting, it does not look promising.

Yep, I'm convinced that even besides the money issue with the buyout, Cohen and probably even moreso Keenum were very concerned about the optics of lil' ol' MSU firing a coach after year 2 that just made a bowl for the 2nd year and is 2-0 against OM. I'm not sure either of them believe in JoMo any more than a lot of the fans but they just didn't want to deal with any blowback. Say what you want but Luke is a different story. I know about sanctions, but still he has had 2 losing seasons and his teams have repeatedly done embarrassing things in the Egg Bowls he has coached.

[maroonmania]

As I've said before Cohen wants to be the smartest guy in the room. Oddly enough some of the best football coaches I've ever seen are pretty intellectual. Bill Walsh, Bill Belllichick, Paul Brown, off the top of my head. The difference is those coaches demanded that their teams be physical. Joe- not so much. Of course he's not in those coaches stratosphere anyway. He may think he is but...

For it to work at MSU, he would have to be a hardass intellectual. I'm convinced of that. Nice guy coaches never work for us.

[Todd4State]

For it to work at MSU, he would have to be a hardass intellectual. I'm convinced of that. Nice guy coaches never work for us.

I agree. That's true of any football coach. I remember Bill Walsh had a big sign in the locker room saying " I WILL NOT BE OUTHIT ANYTIME THIS SEASON" and the entire team signed it. Being physical is a non-negotiable in football.

[Todd4State]

Yep, I'm convinced that even besides the money issue with the buyout, Cohen and probably even moreso Keenum were very concerned about the optics of lil' ol' MSU firing a coach after year 2 that just made a bowl for the 2nd year and is 2-0 against OM. I'm not sure either of them believe in JoMo any more than a lot of the fans but they just didn't want to deal with any blowback. Say what you want but Luke is a different story. I know about sanctions, but still he has had 2 losing seasons and his teams have repeatedly done embarrassing things in the Egg Bowls he has coached.

I think Tutor Gate had a lot to do with it too. Our defense was obviously better with Gay, Autry, and Murphy. Add in QB injuries and that's enough of an excuse for some people. Plus winning the Egg Bowl gave him some more leeway. If Tutor Gate doesn't happen we may very well have a new head coach.

[NCDawg]

General Westmoreland? He surrounded himself with ?Yes-men? just as his predecessor, General Harkins did. Like Harkins, he was a blind fool.
As for Moorhead, I was all for firing him. However, had we done so, we would be in the same shape as Ole Miss is now. Thankfully, cooler heads prevailed. Is he The Answer? Perhaps not, but firing a guy after two seasons probably would not have ended well. Have a plan in place next year to quickly replace him should things go to Hell in a hand basket. Look at the sh-t show that is now Ole Miss and that would be us had we run him off. As a consequence of the Egg Bowl disaster, Ole Miss?s hand was forced, and they were caught flat-footed. It may work out for them, but from where I?m sitting, it does not look promising.

I disagree with "cooler heads prevailed." Moorhead should have been fired..

[DeputyDawg94]

So, he likes to surround himself with smart people. That’s nice and all, but I like to win football games.
I wonder if Bill Gates is interested in our coaching position next year? Can’t get much smarter than that.
Sure wish we could of hired Einstein a few years back.

[War Machine Dawg]

Exactly. You would probably not be too shocked at the pull Ole Miss has on the hill in Jackson.

That's because most of the legislature went to school there, and I don't mean for law school. I'll get ridiculed for this statement, but until we start electing qualified officials with Mississippi State ties, then we'll forever be second fiddle. And not just because the Virginia Slims and our admin think we're second fiddle, although that's a major problem too.

[War Machine Dawg]

That's not entirely accurate, there are a lot more politics in play, it's not as simple as you are laying it out to be.

No kidding. How hard is it to figure out the Virginia Slims put The Gelding/Spineless Bastard in place and are keeping him there, at least for now? Keenum may want to do something and not have the pull to get it done because of the Virginia Slims. It all circles back to them at some point.