Quote Originally Posted by Reason2succeed View Post
I had the benefit of a great Mississippi State education among my other scholastic achievements. Hahahaha!

(And being educated and disciplined doesn't make me an a hole).

The idea that we can just cycle through coaches until we find a real winner is real dumb and won't work. It will show that we have an unrealistic fanbase and administration that top candidates would not be attracted to. Plus, during all those experimental years we would have to wait 3/4 years for that coach to get his players in to see if he is any good.

Go ask Tennessee how that worked out for them. Yes, Fulmer had slumped but they haven't been right since they dumped him. Dooley and Kiffin were absolute train wrecks and the jury is still out on Butch Jones. And Tennessee has way more money, fans and more tradition that we do.
Obviously the intent is to hire someone that will win. Not making a decision because someone else might not work leads to stagnation and never reaching your potential. You're operating under the assumption that Dan is the absolute best we could do and there's no truth in that.

People said the same thing about Jackie at one time. And yet he left, we were on probation AND hired an unsuccessful head coach and our program is still in good shape overall.

There are a lot of talented coaches that would be happy to come here get paid millions and put up with our "unrealistic expectations" which should be elevated to championship level after 2014. Not let's just be happy with 8 wins and the Belk Bowl.