I can't believe we rode a 17ing bus...

[GTHOM]

The staff and team were not focused and never matched their intensity from the first snap. They should not have went home on thursday, they should not have taken a bus the day of the game. You take every single advantage you can get, and you avoid anything, even the smallest thing that can hurt you. Period. Mullen did not do that

[GTHOM]

His actions speak far louder than his words. It's something every year with him with the theme of not doing everything you can to win. You cannot leave anything on the table in this business. How many ****ing teachable moments does he ****ing need. The theme of this week should have been to bury those sons of bitches in the turf. We are one win away from a shot at a ****ing NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. why leave anything to chance. ****!!! It's the most maddening thing I can imagine.

The whole "just another game" routine some players mentioned highlights the problem. ITS NOT just another game.

The "we still would have been left out of the playoffs" quote from Dan.... I can't even come up with the words...

Did he really say that??????????????????????

[Todd4State]

Uh guys, I've been informed the team did practice on thanksgiving. Paul Jones said they practiced until 2pm Thursday afternoon. WTF?!

OK, now that we know this info- back to my scenario. From Starkville to NOLA- about five hours, and I assume that player x leaves around 3 or so at the earliest, they would be getting home around 8 PM that evening. Then player x would have to turn right back around the next day to drive back to Starkville, and they would probably want to wait around a little while before going back.

[Todd4State]

His actions speak far louder than his words. It's something every year with him with the theme of not doing everything you can to win. You cannot leave anything on the table in this business. How many ****ing teachable moments does he ****ing need. The theme of this week should have been to bury those sons of bitches in the turf. We are one win away from a shot at a ****ing NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. why leave anything to chance. ****!!! It's the most maddening thing I can imagine.

The whole "just another game" routine some players mentioned highlights the problem. ITS NOT just another game.

The "we still would have been left out of the playoffs" quote from Dan.... I can't even come up with the words...

I totally agree.

[Smitty]

Did he really say that??????????????????????

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Yes! Like I ****ing said... Completely maddening.

[hells bells]

Yea Coach Mullen made the statement. I was really expecting the team to practice as they did apparently on Thanksgiving Day. Would any rules have been broken if the parents of the players been on campus for a late lunch. Just been cool to have as many parents as possible there.

[GTHOM]

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Yes! Like I ****ing said... Completely maddening.

Wow. Holy shit wow. If im scott stricklin and i see this i have his ass in my office THIS morning. Wow. This takes this to a whole nother level for me. No wonder. Good job coach

[MabenMaroon]

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Yes! Like I ****ing said... Completely maddening.

You don't get it do you? That was said in the context of taking some of the luster away from the tsun fans, doesn't want them getting any more mileage out of our loss. Basically he was saying they won the in-state championship and the Battle for the Golden Egg, he doesn't want to give them more luster than that. Weak? maybe, but don't concede a damn thing in this rivalry, and that is fine with me.

[dawg27]

Come on guys we won 10 games never happened before. Yes we got skull dragged last night,but come on.

[dawg27]

Are we back to this dan is a dud hire hud? this is the best state has ever done besides last night come on 10 games

[hells bells]

2009 I went to the EB expecting a drumming. The Mullen era started that day for me, especially after the LSU let down. Look how far CDM has brought this school. Stop the bitch'en and enjoy the damn ride. Far from over.

[Todd4State]

Are we back to this dan is a dud hire hud? this is the best state has ever done besides last night come on 10 games

I don't want Dan fired. I want him to find some common sense.

[GTHOM]

I don't want Dan fired. I want him to find some common sense.

Hell yeah

[Dawg61]

Wow. Holy shit wow. If im scott stricklin and i see this i have his ass in my office THIS morning. Wow. This takes this to a whole nother level for me. No wonder. Good job coach

So it's ok for everyone else but Dan to have a copying mechanism after a brutally stressful grieving loss? Come on man. Judge the guy on his comments BEFORE the game not right after. After the game he is grieving. He lost. When he was so very close. To make the loss less painful you say things like "we couldn't make the playoff anyways". The fear of failure.

[GTHOM]

So it's ok for everyone else but Dan to have a copying mechanism after a brutally stressful grieving loss? Come on man. Judge the guy on his comments BEFORE the game not right after. After the game he is grieving. He lost. When he was so very close. To make the loss less painful you say things like "we couldn't make the playoff anyways". The fear of failure.

It also shows a defeated attitude and i know you just dont all of a sudden feel that way after the game. Im a Mullen guy, have said it already in this thread. But this made me furious. Coping mechanisms be damned you cannot say that after flopping in epic fashion. If he had this attitude pre game how can anyone blame the players for being uninspired? Im not saying he did have it either. Just made me wonder. You cannot be afraid to fail, you can hate to lose. I do. with everything in me and i know he does but if you are afraid to fail you will play it safe and we did that vs LSU, and we did it yesterday. Hes been conservative in big games, even against Bama he was. Always has been. It bit us in the ass. He will get better from it

[Dawg61]

It also shows a defeated attitude and i know you just dont all of a sudden feel that way after the game. Im a Mullen guy, have said it already in this thread. But this made me furious. Coping mechanisms be damned you cannot say that after flopping in epic fashion. If he had this attitude pre game how can anyone blame the players for being uninspired? Im not saying he did have it either. Just made me wonder. You cannot be afraid to fail, you can hate to lose. I do. with everything in me and i know he does but if you are afraid to fail you will play it safe and we did that vs LSU, and we did it yesterday. Hes been conservative in big games, even against Bama he was. Always has been. It bit us in the ass. He will get better from it

Only way it gets better is if Mullen hands over the reigns of OC and game manager and we all know that will never happen. Take the bad with the good. This is the bad.