From the Money Guys

[Coach34]

Arnett wins 6 and he will be the coach in 2024

Saturday is huge for our HC

[Homedawg]

Arnett wins 6 and he will be the coach in 2024

Saturday is huge for our HC

We aren't firing a 6-6 coach. Now getting there is the question. 5-7 and I'll hold my bets. But wouldn't shove them to the middle either way depending on how we look.

[civildawg]

Then our money guys are dumbasses. 6 wins in a bad SEC is just terrible. Hope they like ole miss whipping our butts in the foreseeable future and in recruiting

[civildawg]

We aren't firing a 6-6 coach. Now getting there is the question. 5-7 and I'll hold my bets. But wouldn't shove them to the middle either way depending on how we look.

Why do people keep saying we aren't firing a 6-6 coach when we just did it a few years ago and he beat ole miss?

[BeardoMSU]

These the same money guys who told you we weren't hiring Mike Leach?

[KOdawg1]

I just don't see how you can let 1 game make a difference.

Let's say we squeak one out this weekend, beat USM, but get skull drug by A&M and OM. Do you really feel more confident in Arnett than you would if he were 5-7? DWS is going to be ghost town next year either way.

[Really Clark?]

Why do people keep saying we aren't firing a 6-6 coach when we just did it a few years ago and he beat ole miss?

Well we didn't fire him at the end of season though. We fired him after everything imploded during bowl practice, everything going on inside the program came to a head and our bowl loss to finish 6-7.

[Coach34]

These the same money guys who told you we weren't hiring Mike Leach?

No. I never said the money guys told me we werent hiring Leach. I just didnt think we would be stupid enough to do it.

[Coach34]

Why do people keep saying we aren't firing a 6-6 coach when we just did it a few years ago and he beat ole miss?

Because they saw JoMo's lack of accountability couldnt be covered up anymore once the LB broke the QB's jaw and the player's floor of the team hotel smelled like a Cheech and Chong party

[Coach34]

Then our money guys are dumbasses. 6 wins in a bad SEC is just terrible. Hope they like ole miss whipping our butts in the foreseeable future and in recruiting

Mississippi has at least twice the NIL we do. They spent over 3 million on their last class/transfers. We are wayyyyyyy behind that

[ZedFedder]

We need one super rich alumnus to donate 10 million to NIL and go change the game.

[Really Clark?]

Let's look at it this way, I understand the thought of well just because he is 6-6 and have looked so bad this year shouldn't be grounds to keep him. But can anyone name a coach that has been fired in their first year going .500? I can't think of one. Caldwell is the only one recently I could think of being fired after 1 year in the SEC and he went 2-10. Johnson resigned that summer and he was promoted to HC. Outside of that, I've got nothing.

[basedog]

Let's look at it this way, I understand the thought of well just because he is 6-6 and have looked so bad this year shouldn't be grounds to keep him. But can anyone name a coach that has been fired in their first year going .500? I can't think of one. Caldwell is the only one recently I could think of being fired after 1 year in the SEC and he went 2-10. Johnson resigned that summer and he was promoted to HC. Outside of that, I've got nothing.

Times have changed, it’s a lot to evaluate with this team and staff. If you look at how we played so far then it tells a whole lot. I haven’t seen one game we have played and thought, “we looked really good”.
We are not fundamentally coached.

[Dawgface]

Arnett wins 6 and he will be the coach in 2024

Saturday is huge for our HC

Even with a blowout loss to OM?

[Irondawg]

I?ll ask it this way:

Is it because they feel he?s a solid head coach that will get better with some experience?

Or

They just don?t want the perception that MSU would fire a 6-6 coach even if he may not be the right guy?

[Really Clark?]

Times have changed, it’s a lot to evaluate with this team and staff. If you look at how we played so far then it tells a whole lot. I haven’t seen one game we have played and thought, “we looked really good”.
We are not fundamentally coached.

Times have changed, I agree but in recent history what school fires a .500 coach in their first year. They don't and I'm not lobbying for keeping him but there is a realty that schools, any school really, doesn't fire a coach for being .500 his first year. Add to that he still would have a 7-6 career record. Maybe it's happened and I can't remember it. But Caldwell is the only one I could come with and he was 2-10.

[Quaoarsking]

Arnett has lost the team and the fanbase. Even he lucks out and wins 6 or 7 games, it's time to move on.

For any entertainment product, whether that's sports, books, tv shows, etc., you have to keep the fans happy first and foremost or you're done.

[Really Clark?]

Arnett has lost the team and the fanbase. Even he lucks out and wins 6 or 7 games, it's time to move on.

For any entertainment product, whether that's sports, books, tv shows, etc., you have to keep the fans happy first and foremost or you're done.

Well I have to disagree with the 7 wins. That means he hasn't lost the team and they upset either TAM or UM. There's not an AD in the country firing after going 7-5 with an 8-5 career record. He would have a 62% win percentage at that point in his short career.

[MaroonFlounder]

Mississippi has at least twice the NIL we do. They spent over 3 million on their last class/transfers. We are wayyyyyyy behind that

We’re behind for sure, but not WAY behind.

One of the more recent donations was $1.3M.

[Really Clark?]

I?ll ask it this way:

Is it because they feel he?s a solid head coach that will get better with some experience?

Or

They just don?t want the perception that MSU would fire a 6-6 coach even if he may not be the right guy?

Little bit of both but more the second option, you just fired a guy with a career winning percentage at what is a lower P5 job. You just shrunk your pool of coaches being interested on your own.