Just a Hypothetical Scenario

[Todd4State]

Arkansas will make a run at Deion and a few other big names and then they will circle back to Malzahn.

No way they get Deion because of Deion's contract. He's not going to pay Colorado 15 million to go to Arkansas.

[StarkVegasSteve]

No way they get Deion because of Deion's contract. He's not going to pay Colorado 15 million to go to Arkansas.

The Hunt family, the Walton family, or Tyson family would pay that in 5 minutes.

[War Machine Dawg]

Naw. He wins nobody cares. If Mullen hadn't lost to USA, the shorts would have never been brought up.

Bingo. It was about the casual attitude it signified. If he'd won, we'd have hailed him as a trendsetter with the guts to wear shorts.

[CadaverDawg]

I would think we did great if we hired any of the following...

1. Jamey Chadwell

2. GJ Kinne

3. Dave Clawson

I like guys that are consistently winning at lower tier schools without major advantages.

I am honestly stunned that people are saying Malzahn, Petrino, etc. I'd rather have Mullen back than either, but I'd rather have one of the above instead. Chadwell seems like the perfect guy to me....45ish, wins everywhere he goes, Southernish roots. I don't know if it's realistic to get Chadwell, but that would be great.

Jonathan Smith would be great, but he has never ventured out of the Northwest, and is at his alma mater, so I'm not thinking he is realistic either.

Kinne would also be a home run. I know he hasn't stayed in one place very long, but you can't blame the guy for wanting to climb. Let us be his entry into the SEC, bc he will get it at some point. Texas roots, young innovative guy....would love this hire.

A young up and coming offensive genius, or a coach that has shown the consistency of overachieving at disadvantaged programs....that's my targets.

[PGHBulldogBG]

I would think we did great if we hired any of the following...

1. Jamey Chadwell

2. GJ Kinne

3. Dave Clawson

I like guys that are consistently winning at lower tier schools without major advantages.

I am honestly stunned that people are saying Malzahn, Petrino, etc. I'd rather have Mullen back than either, but I'd rather have one of the above instead. Chadwell seems like the perfect guy to me....45ish, wins everywhere he goes, Southernish roots. I don't know if it's realistic to get Chadwell, but that would be great.

Jonathan Smith would be great, but he has never ventured out of the Northwest, and is at his alma mater, so I'm not thinking he is realistic either.

Kinne would also be a home run. I know he hasn't stayed in one place very long, but you can't blame the guy for wanting to climb. Let us be his entry into the SEC, bc he will get it at some point. Texas roots, young innovative guy....would love this hire.

A young up and coming offensive genius, or a coach that has shown the consistency of overachieving at disadvantaged programs....that's my targets.

Best list of potential coaches I have seen so far. I don?t know much about Kinne but Chadwell and Clawson would be homerun hires and exactly what we need if Arnett doesn?t work out. I?m still willing to give Arnett until the end of the year though to see if he can fix things

[TrapGame]

I would think we did great if we hired any of the following...

1. Jamey Chadwell

2. GJ Kinne

3. Dave Clawson

I like guys that are consistently winning at lower tier schools without major advantages.

I am honestly stunned that people are saying Malzahn, Petrino, etc. I'd rather have Mullen back than either, but I'd rather have one of the above instead. Chadwell seems like the perfect guy to me....45ish, wins everywhere he goes, Southernish roots. I don't know if it's realistic to get Chadwell, but that would be great.

Jonathan Smith would be great, but he has never ventured out of the Northwest, and is at his alma mater, so I'm not thinking he is realistic either.

Kinne would also be a home run. I know he hasn't stayed in one place very long, but you can't blame the guy for wanting to climb. Let us be his entry into the SEC, bc he will get it at some point. Texas roots, young innovative guy....would love this hire.

A young up and coming offensive genius, or a coach that has shown the consistency of overachieving at disadvantaged programs....that's my targets.

After watching the Liberty/App State game I'd 100% be down with Chadwell.

[KB21]

Got to get that triple option to Mississippi State. QBs and WRs will love playing in that scheme.

[HancockCountyDog]

Got to get that triple option to Mississippi State. QBs and WRs will love playing in that scheme.

You just named two of the most expensive positions to recruit to in the NIL world we live in.

Top flight kids don't care about system, they care about NIL.

For MSU to be good at football the QB must be dual threat because it is the only way to even the playing field against SEC defenses when we don't have equal talent at all of the other positions. If you don't realize that, I can't help you.

Stonka is the best WR commit we have had in a long time and he didn't commit to a pure air raid offense, so I'm not sure you have a point.

[KB21]

You just named two of the most expensive positions to recruit to in the NIL world we live in.

Top flight kids don't care about system, they care about NIL.

For MSU to be good at football the QB must be dual threat because it is the only way to even the playing field against SEC defenses when we don't have equal talent at all of the other positions. If you don't realize that, I can't help you.

Stonka is the best WR commit we have had in a long time and he didn't commit to a pure air raid offense, so I'm not sure you have a point.

Oh, I absolutely have a point. Good WRs aren't going to play in an offense where their touches will be limited due to scheme. Same goes for good QBs. It appears some of you want a particular style because you have that age long belief that many Mississippi State fans have that say we can't recruit QBs and WRs well enough to throw the football. When you say dual threat, you are really saying a QB that can run whether he can actually throw or not. Because true dual threat QBs who can operate and excel in the passing game are few and far between.

[HancockCountyDog]

Because true dual threat QBs who can operate and excel in the passing game are few and far between.

This is the only thing you said that I agree with. They are extremely rare and are very expensive. We cannot swim in those NIL waters.

I don't have a preference for an offense at MSU except I don't want a triple option, pro-style or pure air raid. You can't be successful with those styles in the SEC on a consistent basis. I'm fine with a modified Air Raid with read option concepts, I'm fine with an option attack out of the shotgun with read option passing plays.

On pure football level, for MSU to be successful offensively, we need a QB that can get first downs with their feet as well as their arm. We need someone that can convert 3rd and 3 with their legs sometimes. The best teams at schools like MSU - Arkansas (Matt Jones), AU (Cam, Marshall), bears (Kelly, Corral) SC (Garcia) and A&M (Manziel) all mobile QB's that could throw that leveled the playing field. IT is no coincidence that our best years 2009, 2014 and 2015 we had a mobile QB.

[KB21]

This is the only thing you said that I agree with. They are extremely rare and are very expensive. We cannot swim in those NIL waters.

I don't have a preference for an offense at MSU except I don't want a triple option, pro-style or pure air raid. You can't be successful with those styles in the SEC on a consistent basis. I'm fine with a modified Air Raid with read option concepts, I'm fine with an option attack out of the shotgun with read option passing plays.

On pure football level, for MSU to be successful offensively, we need a QB that can get first downs with their feet as well as their arm. We need someone that can convert 3rd and 3 with their legs sometimes. The best teams at schools like MSU - Arkansas (Matt Jones), AU (Cam, Marshall), bears (Kelly, Corral) SC (Garcia) and A&M (Manziel) all mobile QB's that could throw that leveled the playing field. IT is no coincidence that our best years 2009, 2014 and 2015 we had a mobile QB.

Did you mean 1999?

Also, look at the history of MSU QBs. There is a reason that the offense with Dak is probably the best we have ever seen at Mississippi State. He could throw the ball, throw it accurately, and excel in the passing game. Nick Fitzgerald couldn't. Chris Relf couldn't. Go back to the days of Derrick Taite. He couldn't.

[Goldendawg]

Free article on genespage yesterday on every transfer out since 2019 and their performance at their new schools. Those 3 highly ranked Texas QB's (Two 4's and a mid 3, I think), have been busts to boot. In fact the only real loss to date may be RaRa. He only has a dozen catches so far but his ypc is impressive. Recruiting, as we know so well, is a real crap shoot for us. Those average of about 51% of our recruits who left the last 3 years have not made a contribution anywhere , some out of football. Makes me think we have had very poor evaluation of our commits the last three years.

[CoachT14]

I would think we did great if we hired any of the following...

1. Jamey Chadwell

2. GJ Kinne

3. Dave Clawson

I like guys that are consistently winning at lower tier schools without major advantages.

I am honestly stunned that people are saying Malzahn, Petrino, etc. I'd rather have Mullen back than either, but I'd rather have one of the above instead. Chadwell seems like the perfect guy to me....45ish, wins everywhere he goes, Southernish roots. I don't know if it's realistic to get Chadwell, but that would be great.

Jonathan Smith would be great, but he has never ventured out of the Northwest, and is at his alma mater, so I'm not thinking he is realistic either.

Kinne would also be a home run. I know he hasn't stayed in one place very long, but you can't blame the guy for wanting to climb. Let us be his entry into the SEC, bc he will get it at some point. Texas roots, young innovative guy....would love this hire.

A young up and coming offensive genius, or a coach that has shown the consistency of overachieving at disadvantaged programs....that's my targets.

Good list outside of Clawson. He's fine, I'm just not a massive fan of his in general. It's a boring hire. I get that he's at Wake Forest, but he's just been meh outside of 1 year.

I'd rather grab a Chadwell or Huff type at this juncture over Clawson. Give me someone younger with some energy about them. I think Kinne is a stud in the waiting possibly. It's risky though. Just depends on what type of risk we are willing to take. Chadwell is a safer hire than Kinne, but would be ecstatic for either.

[Really Clark?]

I like Kinne as well. My biggest issue with him is he is only 1 year in D1 as HC. And he can't recruit. Or he can but he's never stayed longer than a year anywhere to know if he can or if he has a good recruiting plan to build a program upon.

[CoachT14]

I like Kinne as well. My biggest issue with him is he is only 1 year in D1 as HC. And he can't recruit. Or he can but he's never stayed longer than a year anywhere to know if he can or if he has a good recruiting plan to build a program upon.

There's definitely some give and take with him. He showed the ability to use the portal extremely effectively. His lack of experience (and big time football experience) and questionable recruiting ability is worrisome. His defense sucks this year so does he have the connections to hire a legit DC too? The offense is a no doubter though.

[KB21]

Good luck trying to attract WRs and QBs to Chadwell's spread triple option offense.

[CoachT14]

Good luck trying to attract WRs and QBs to Chadwell's spread triple option offense.

Im glad you finally used a semi correct term for his offense.

I think Kaidon Salter and Grayson McCall would disagree though.

[KB21]

Im glad you finally used a semi correct term for his offense.

I think Kaidon Salter and Grayson McCall would disagree though.

Neither one of those QBs can operate a drop back passing scheme.

[MrCoachKlein]

We have a fanbase that would shit a brick if our head coach looked like this:

You would shit a brick because he doesn't run AR and runs the ball almost as much as he passes

[KB21]

LOL at the idea that McDaniel is running a run first offense in Miami.