What was dan asked about the flag?

[confucius say]

I only ask bc Kellenberger has this article trashing dan on the front page of the cl. I'm curious as to what bonner specifically asked.


http://www.clarionledger.com/story/s...ssue/30156235/

[Smitty]

Don't give him any clicks

[mic]

How kellenberger of him....

[mstatefan91]

He was asked about his opinion on the state flag, which seems inappropriate to begin with for a head football coach to have to answer when he has fans on both sides of the issue. Just the media being the media and Kellenberger being a shit head.

Dan Mullen is not a politician. Dan Mullen is a football coach in a state whose flag has been thrown under the microscope. Pieces of shit like Kellenberger write biased articles for the benefit of the other big school in the state.

Bucky now has the benefit of knowing how to answer said question and Kellenberger will praise him and trash Mullen again.

[Ralph]

That was a weak article. Dan's in a tough spot bc he has no ties to MS (prob not confed flag either) so he really doesn't care. If it was absolute that the flag stood for 'racism' then of course he would come out and blast it. He doesn't have a dog in this fight. Politicians have to walk thin lines on these issues not football coaches.

[confucius say]

He was asked about his opinion on the state flag, which seems inappropriate to begin with for a head football coach to have to answer when he has fans on both sides of the issue. Just the media being the media and Kellenberger being a shit head.

Dan Mullen is not a politician. Dan Mullen is a football coach in a state whose flag has been thrown under the microscope. Pieces of shit like Kellenberger write biased articles for the benefit of the other big school in the state.

Bucky now has the benefit of knowing how to answer said question and Kellenberger will praise him and trash Mullen again.

Thanks. Well if he was just asked his opinion on the flag or the situation as a whole, then I really have no problem with his answer. If he was asked directly whether it should be changed, then yea he was probably avoiding the question.

[mstatefan91]

Thanks. Well if he was just asked his opinion on the flag or the situation as a whole, then I really have no problem with his answer. If he was asked directly whether it should be changed, then yea he was probably avoiding the question.

The point is that football coaches shouldn't be answering those types of questions to begin with. Kellenberger and Bonner just want to get in on the state flag story.

[ScoobaDawg]

Hugh is just being a little bitch as normal. He got his ream..instead of Dan storming the set and demanding the State change the flag or something dramatic, Dan did his damn job and stuck to the prepared statement for the most part. He is a football coach not a politician.
But that of course was Hughs wet dream to get to bash him for not answering how he thought he should of. What an embarrassment of a column.

[LC Dawg]

In this age of media I don't feel like Mississippi State really NEEDS the Clarion-Ledger. Someone in our administration needs to point that out to them. That slob Kellenberger has a hard on for State and especially Mullen. Bonner does a decent job but I would let him know that his access may suffer if all Kellenberger writes about us is negative. I really don't like that asshole.

[Thompson92]

That's the most Killaburger column ever. How are you going to whine about that response (that was actually pretty straightforward) when you have been in a position to critique institutionally approved racism since you started this job? Like your team is actually called THE REBELS and youre speaking up because Mullen didn't publicly stomp on the flag?

Don't read the column. You won't be able to stop rolling your eyes.

[Dawgcentral]

Hamburgler said Mullen "fell apart" on the answer. That's just not true. Not true in any shape or form. Maybe he straddled the fence a bit. But I bet he doesn't give two sh1ts about the flag. He'll damn sure never be a politician,..or a lying OpEd writer. That's to be commended.

[I seen it dawg]

That's an editorial piece not a sports piece.

[Todd4State]

Here's Dan's response that is being called criticized.

"That's a lot for people in Jackson and for the people in Mississippi. I know -- I don't see it very often. We don't have it on our campus up. I do know we're the most diverse campus in the Southeastern Conference. I know the university embraces that diversity as a whole. I certainly embrace that diversity. We're so diverse, they have a Yankee as the head football coach in the Southeastern Conference.

“I think it's something that on a national level is getting an awful lot of attention right now, that people are really looking into how we can make things better in the state of Mississippi. And I hope as a university we're out on the forefront trying to help make things better with the type of school that we have and the diversity we have in our school.”


So, pretty much no matter how Dan answered, it was going to be criticized one way or the other.

This is all because Freeze is about to get reamed over Tunsil.

[mstatefan91]

Dan, how dare you make a joke against yourself instead of talking about the coach who came before you and did his best to run MSU football into the ground... just, how dare you?!

[Liverpooldawg]

I only ask bc Kellenberger has this article trashing dan on the front page of the cl. I'm curious as to what bonner specifically asked.


http://www.clarionledger.com/story/s...ssue/30156235/

I quit taking the Ledger 15 or 16 years ago due to delivery issues. I bought one a year or so ago. I couldn't believe how bad it had become. The Brits wouldn't even wrap fish with that rag.

[EAVdog]

As I was following along on Twitter the response from the National Media seemed to be pretty positive. Lots of affirmative tweet snippets. Here I was thinking he made a good statement and reiterated the Universities position which is pretty strong on the matter.

So glad Kellenburger could set me, and the rest of the media, straight. What would we ever do without the wisdom of the Clarion Ledger.

[Statefan]

I'm sure the CL will continue their unbiased reporting by asking Freeze his direct response to all the confederate flags that fly in the Grove

And if he doesn't direct condemn them, I expect another scathing editorial

[Dawgcentral]

I'm sure the CL will continue their unbiased reporting by asking Freeze his direct response to all the confederate flags that fly in the Grove

And if he doesn't direct condemn them, I expect another scathing editorial

This is it! The hammer meets the nail!

[confucius say]

The point is that football coaches shouldn't be answering those types of questions to begin with. Kellenberger and Bonner just want to get in on the state flag story.

I get your point. The question shouldn't be asked, I agree. My point was in regards to his response once the question is asked.

[Interpolation_Dawg_EX]

Hamburgler said Mullen "fell apart" on the answer. That's just not true. Not true in any shape or form. Maybe he straddled the fence a bit. But I bet he doesn't give two sh1ts about the flag. He'll damn sure never be a politician,..or a lying OpEd writer. That's to be commended.

Exactly...and the microscope on Mullen continued on Head2Head. Little dick can't help himself and criticizes Mullen for the smallest things. I bet his attitude is completely different for the reverends day.