Next Head FB coach

[NeuteredDawg]

Sad overall situation with Coach Leach. When the page turns where do we go for our next head coach?

Arnett proved enough to be able to run the program?

Mullen on line 2?

[SailingDawg]

Need to let Arnett and Hughes run things for a year. Let's recover from this.

[Jack Lambert]

I think let's not rush hiring AD or Coach. I would be ok making Arnette Interim through next season. He might be the guy.

[Chuck3124]

Who would you go with for OC if Spurrier Jr said no and left?

[BorneDawg]

Who should he go after for OC?

[Tough Dawg]

I agree. Hard to think about the next steps from here, but you got to. I?m sure Keenum is laying out a plan. Hard thing to manage I?m sure with the coaches, support staff that are here because of Mike and then all the players/recruits.

[Leroy Jenkins]

The reality is its too soon to move on right now..... and at the same time the rest of the SEC is not going to cut you any slack.
It really is one of those 'rock and a hard place' situations. You can't make any decisions, and you can't not make any decisions.

[basedog]

Graham Harrell has a pretty impressive resume; seems WV Coach Neil Brown was on the hot seat. I'd go with Arnett as HC, not sure of his contract length (HC or Interm), but I'm not for started all over to what has been built just yet.

It's very sad but we can't just sit around long.

[EdwardDrayton]

Too soon for this.

[msu15]

Yea I wouldn't do interim tag at all. I'd wait and start a search until after the bowl game.

[StarkVegasSteve]

You go with Arnett for next year. No clue what you do at DC or OC. My guess is you either promote Spurrier or Mason Miller to OC or you bring in a guy like Zach Kittley. No clue at DC because that 3-3-5 is such a unique system. I would imagine Zach will try to convince Rocky Long to come out of retirement for a year to coach it

[Desoto1967]

Too soon for this.

I'm with you.

[Leroy Jenkins]

Arnett told one of the defensive guys he has no desire to be the HC.

[DownwardDawg]

As already been pointed out, it's too soon yet we will get trampled by the rest of the league if we don't move forward.
I say interviews start as soon as the new AD gets in place. I'm leaning towards Arnette as the next HC though. Dude has proven he can coach.

[Chuck3124]

We could give the guy from Syracuse a look at DC if Arnett is named HC. I think his name is Tony White runs a 3-3-5 also and had them in top 15 in defense if I?m not mistaking

[Johnson85]

Graham Harrell has a pretty impressive resume; seems WV Coach Neil Brown was on the hot seat. I'd go with Arnett as HC, not sure of his contract length (HC or Interm), but I'm not for started all over to what has been built just yet.

It's very sad but we can't just sit around long.

Keenum can't sit around long. We can. And even Keenum can sit around longer than this.

[Dawgology]

Too soon for this.

Unfortunately it is...but if you think recruiters from other programs haven't already reached out to our current recruits and athletes then you have a very naive view of this sport. I know of one current commit that has alreay been contacted by another program.

To allow the program that Leach built to crumble is NOT the right play here.

Make either Arnett or Spurrier the head coach for a season and let it play out. If Leach pulls through he will be happy to see Spurrier and Arnett as head coach. Either way, it would make him proud and it would continue our momentum.

[Fader21]

We can all talk about who, what, when. But in all honesty MSU athletics is still in a good spot. I think you have to make a quick decision on AD. Even though I feel like this should be done by now. Then with AD in place you have to evaluate the program as if you don?t have a coach at all. Yes, I love Arnett as our coach. I think he could do a good job, but he also could do a horrible job trying to live in the shadows of taking over a legend Coach under this circumstance. It?s one of the reasons we don?t make decisions like this in a day or two.

[KOdawg1]

I don't think it's time to discuss it yet but it's naive to not do anything in proper time.

As mentioned before, we can't let the program and culture Leach helped build after Moorhead was fired go to waste.

[CoachT14]

Yea I wouldn't do interim tag at all. I'd wait and start a search until after the bowl game.

You can’t wait that long. It sucks. I hate it. But there has to be talks on going now.