Quote Originally Posted by maroonmania View Post
There is really nothing to be scared of, I mean Mullen has won 8 games twice in the last four years no matter what happens this year. Its not like giving a consistent "3-win a year Croom" an extra year. The ONLY reason, I REPEAT, the ONLY reason to be worried about trying to make a move this year would be that our administration is convinced that Hud is the man we've GOT to have for the long term and we are gravely concerned we will miss our window with him if we don't nab him before some other big program picks him up. Other than that I don't see any downside to giving Mullen another year. We may be VERY pleasantly surprised when we are running the true Mullen offense full time with a competent dual threat QB. I mean if anyone on this board thinks we are consistently going to win in the range of 9 to 10 games a year with a different coach (unless the SEC West goes through a down cycle of some sort) then I'm afraid that's probably not realistic. We didn't do that even in Jackie's hayday when the SEC was not nearly as strong as it is now.
maroon, I'm sorry but I simply disagree. Do you see the lack of improvement and effort over the last 10-12 games? We've shown glimpses of better offensive play, but the coaching decisions have been just as bad. Recruiting has gotten slightly better, but nothing great, and in the meantime Auburn, Ole Miss, Tennessee, and others are improving. We can't just sit back and say that Mullen has won 8 games before, no need to worry. Mullen has beaten nobody that is really that good in the grand scheme of things. You have to look back to a 14-12 loss against USC to even find the last time we were truly competitive against a good team. And that was a loss.

So yes, there is something to be afraid of. It's that Mullen can cruise to an easy 6-7 wins next year without truly making us better or our team living up to its' potential, and then we would have to keep him although deep down the writing would already be on the wall.

Just look back at our schedule and results over the last 10-12 games. Think about those games and how we looked. And tell me you aren't even slightly worried about the direction we're headed right now. We can't let wins over weak teams and Only weak teams, cover our eyes to what is really going on