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05-08-2025, 12:28 PM
#161

Originally Posted by
Coach34
I'm in no way saying we should have kept Arnett. But I am saying nothing has been impressive about Lebby to this point. Best thing he has done so far is land a legacy QB that most State coaches would have signed.
Lebby had no chance with what was "gifted" or left with the mess Arnett created. Come on 34, you were all in 100% sure of Arnett and staff. In saying this, it is a wait and see on what Lebby can do, our tradition sucks and we have had two really good coaches in my lifetime as a Msu fan and graduate, JWS and DM, I suppose I should put Leach as the the third as he at least produced better than most Coaches.
I agree with Todd, Arnett was the worse HC ever at Msu! At least Leach left him with some talent.
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05-08-2025, 01:45 PM
#162

Originally Posted by
basedog
Come on 34, you were all in 100% sure of Arnett and staff.
I supported them. I would have supported Bobby Hall as HC after 3 tortuous years of The Airbone
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05-08-2025, 02:40 PM
#163
BOC says no dice / he?s got future support at UVA
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05-08-2025, 02:48 PM
#164

Originally Posted by
sandjunky
BOC says no dice / he?s got future support at UVA
And the beat goes on. Always a bridesmaid, never a bride. But we've always known that and we'll always know that. <sigh>
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05-08-2025, 02:50 PM
#165

Originally Posted by
sandjunky
BOC says no dice / he?s got future support at UVA
Sure hope that's just coachspeak or else the hire is a disappointment.
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05-08-2025, 02:51 PM
#166

Originally Posted by
Coach34
You guys are some of the very few impressed with the football hire. We went in saying we wanted someone with HC'ing experience and came out with a coordinator from his previous school that had a worse season than what we fired. We are in Y2 and just making a bowl game is very iffy still.
Who are you talking about with "you guys". I told everyone before we hired Lebby that the OU faithful wanted him out of there as my inlaws are boosters there. Thankfully they got humbled this past year.
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05-08-2025, 02:53 PM
#167

Originally Posted by
Coach34
I'm in no way saying we should have kept Arnett. But I am saying nothing has been impressive about Lebby to this point. Best thing he has done so far is land a legacy QB that most State coaches would have signed.
We moved the ball with a true freshman QB and a crappy Oline. The team never quit on him. And he has been working his ass off this offseason in the portal. That's 3 positives.
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05-08-2025, 02:54 PM
#168

Originally Posted by
basedog
Lebby had no chance with what was "gifted" or left with the mess Arnett created. Come on 34, you were all in 100% sure of Arnett and staff. In saying this, it is a wait and see on what Lebby can do, our tradition sucks and we have had two really good coaches in my lifetime as a Msu fan and graduate, JWS and DM, I suppose I should put Leach as the the third as he at least produced better than most Coaches.
I agree with Todd, Arnett was the worse HC ever at Msu! At least Leach left him with some talent.
Base - I enjoy your wisdom on this board. But Arnett didn't create any mess. That was Moorhead/Cohen/keenum that created it. Leach didn't help it. And neither did Arnett.
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05-08-2025, 02:57 PM
#169

Originally Posted by
sandjunky
BOC says no dice / he?s got future support at UVA
And like I tried telling everyone - it was only a red flag that he was mentioned so quick. We have been a part of so many coaching searches the last decade that everyone here should have known what that was about. Kendall should give ED some commission for pushing his narratives.
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05-08-2025, 02:58 PM
#170
I tried to get us back on the rails but here we are
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05-08-2025, 03:22 PM
#171

Originally Posted by
Todd4State
If we still had Arnett we would have just fired him for driving through the Starkville Wendy's naked. Arnett was the worst coach I have ever seen at MSU and our program wasn't going anywhere until we fired him. Lebby has had to clean up his mess.
Arnett made Croom look like Saban.
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05-08-2025, 03:32 PM
#172

Originally Posted by
DownwardDawg
Arnett made Croom look like Saban.
Arnett won 5 games. That’s 2 seasons for Crooms
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05-08-2025, 03:43 PM
#173

Originally Posted by
Cowbell
Base - I enjoy your wisdom on this board. But Arnett didn't create any mess. That was Moorhead/Cohen/keenum that created it. Leach didn't help it. And neither did Arnett.
Thanks and I can agree with what u r saying. But Arnett had really bad assistants and he wasn't close to being ready as HC.
Glad it only took one year. I have not a clue how it's gonna go for Lebby but I think he has been working his butt of in recruiting and portal. I just hope we can get the players coached up.
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05-08-2025, 03:50 PM
#174
One thing we've learned over the years. The first names that "leak" out are smokescreens.
Everyone wants to be a beast...until its time to do what beasts do.
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05-08-2025, 04:06 PM
#175

Originally Posted by
sandjunky
I tried to get us back on the rails but here we are
Tried to talk them 2 pages ago, but like you said, “here we are”, again.
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05-08-2025, 05:28 PM
#176

Originally Posted by
Cowbell
And like I tried telling everyone - it was only a red flag that he was mentioned so quick. We have been a part of so many coaching searches the last decade that everyone here should have known what that was about. Kendall should give ED some commission for pushing his narratives.
I'm not surprised that Virginia stepped up. I'm glad that it's happening now and not 4-5 weeks from now.
Like Schlossnagle.
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05-08-2025, 05:30 PM
#177

Originally Posted by
Leroy Jenkins
One thing we've learned over the years. The first names that "leak" out are smokescreens.
Yep. And it's usually not the obvious MSU guy with connections either- so it's probably not Coggin either.
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05-08-2025, 05:39 PM
#178

Originally Posted by
Coach34
Arnett won 5 games. That’s 2 seasons for Crooms
Lmao. Arnett almost destroyed the program in record time. He would have never sniffed a bowl.
Croom absolutely sucked, but was 100 times better than Arnett.
Croom went to a bowl.
Croom beat Bama twice, including a win over Saban.
Croom left a pretty decent team for Mullen.
Arnett did absolutely NOTHING positive.
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05-08-2025, 05:40 PM
#179

Originally Posted by
Leroy Jenkins
One thing we've learned over the years. The first names that "leak" out are smokescreens.
100%
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05-08-2025, 06:13 PM
#180

Originally Posted by
DownwardDawg
Lmao. Arnett almost destroyed the program in record time. He would have never sniffed a bowl.
Croom absolutely sucked, but was 100 times better than Arnett.
Croom went to a bowl.
Croom beat Bama twice, including a win over Saban.
Croom left a pretty decent team for Mullen.
Arnett did absolutely NOTHING positive.
Croom beat a different animal than the one Bama is today.
It took 4 years for Croom to make a bowl. Croom lost to Maine.
End of discussion
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