ill tell you why Mullen is staying

[Pokerdawg44]

Compare Mullen's record against another msu coach in their 1st 5 seasons

When was the last time a msu coach was coming off 3 straight bowl seasons..... then starts the next season 4-3 and all 3 losses are against top 18 teams. Aub#8 Lsu#13 & OkSt#18............and half the msu fanbase wants to fire their coach?

If it wasn't for Mullen firing up our fanbase, we wouldn't be bowling in the endzone.......which there was a short time ago where I had my doubts msu would ever be able actually bowl it in

When was the last time we had back to back 1st rd picks? And gabe Jackson will be another one?

When was the last time we had a sophomore qb with this much swag and potential?

When was the last time we had this many sell outs?

Ive questioned some of *cough**cough**cough**cough**cough**cough**cough* moves but not enough to want him fired during a season were 4-3 chasing a bowl. Im not just going to give up on my team, especially a young one........ its not DMs fault that its hard to recruit to msu esp with Bracky. Its not DMs fault he compete against other SEC teams with bigger budgets andl can hirer better assts. Its not DMs fault that Msu fans can only be happy when msu is doing good and om does bad. God forbid om have any success.

Bottomline is Mullen has raised the bar and I get it.......msu fans want more but do yall even ****ing realize how far our program has come under Mullen? I sure can remember the 30k crowds getting our asses handed to us by a nonbcs team and hear Croom make excuses to why we should be patient with the 109th ranked offense. I can remember Jackie having some really bad seasons and what would of happened if we fired him after going 3-6-2 with a tie to Ark St? Mullen is still young and still learning but we have a very young team with alot of ball left and all our fanbase can talk about is hiring hud. This is a young team and next yr sets up real nice for us. Mullen is hear ATLEAST til 2014 so stop bitching bc I promise you its hurting our program and not helping.

If you want to know the REAL reason why Mullen is getting an extension then look at all the Hud supporters. Opposing schools are showing recruits our message boards and putting doubt that Mullen will be hear much longer so now msu has to sign an extension so we can assure mullen will be hear.

Rant over

[Political Hack]

if the message board forced Strick to cement Dan's tenure here, them we're doing a good job.

[hells bells]

Compare Mullen's record against another msu coach in their 1st 5 seasons

When was the last time a msu coach was coming off 3 straight bowl seasons..... then starts the next season 4-3 and all 3 losses are against top 18 teams. Aub#8 Lsu#13 & OkSt#18............and half the msu fanbase wants to fire their coach?

If it wasn't for Mullen firing up our fanbase, we wouldn't be bowling in the endzone.......which there was a short time ago where I had my doubts msu would ever be able actually bowl it in

When was the last time we had back to back 1st rd picks? And gabe Jackson will be another one?

When was the last time we had a sophomore qb with this much swag and potential?

When was the last time we had this many sell outs?

Ive questioned some of *cough**cough**cough**cough**cough**cough**cough* moves but not enough to want him fired during a season were 4-3 chasing a bowl. Im not just going to give up on my team, especially a young one........ its not DMs fault that its hard to recruit to msu esp with Bracky. Its not DMs fault he compete against other SEC teams with bigger budgets andl can hirer better assts. Its not DMs fault that Msu fans can only be happy when msu is doing good and om does bad. God forbid om have any success.

Bottomline is Mullen has raised the bar and I get it.......msu fans want more but do yall even ****ing realize how far our program has come under Mullen? I sure can remember the 30k crowds getting our asses handed to us by a nonbcs team and hear Croom make excuses to why we should be patient with the 109th ranked offense. I can remember Jackie having some really bad seasons and what would of happened if we fired him after going 3-6-2 with a tie to Ark St? Mullen is still young and still learning but we have a very young team with alot of ball left and all our fanbase can talk about is hiring hud. This is a young team and next yr sets up real nice for us. Mullen is hear ATLEAST til 2014 so stop bitching bc I promise you its hurting our program and not helping.

If you want to know the REAL reason why Mullen is getting an extension then look at all the Hud supporters. Opposing schools are showing recruits our message boards and putting doubt that Mullen will be hear much longer so now msu has to sign an extension so we can assure mullen will be hear.

Rant over

Mullen has done a decent job. I will admit we need a new OC and it would be fun to see the excitement Danno had on the sidelines in years past. State has talent with more on the way. With the quick strides TSUN made in one years times has caused chicken little syndrome in Bully nation. We're gonna be fine and we are in better shape than others would to believe. Wish list, Bracky dismissed, a new OC, finish strong.

[BulldogBear]

Mullen has done a decent job. I will admit we need a new OC and it would be fun to see the excitement Danno had on the sidelines in years past. State has talent with more on the way. With the quick strides TSUN made in one years times has caused chicken little syndrome in Bully nation. We're gonna be fine and we are in better shape than others would to believe. Wish list, Bracky dismissed, a new OC, finish strong.

This^ ....but just for S&G, would dumping Bracky for "no reason" set a lightbulb off and attract the NCAA to keep a close eye?

OT question, what the heck is vcash?

[starkvegasdawg]

This^ ....but just for S&G, would dumping Bracky for "no reason" set a lightbulb off and attract the NCAA to keep a close eye?

OT question, what the heck is vcash?

Vcash is the backdoor way this board gets cash and good deals on mustangs to potential recruits.**

[Dawgface]

Mullen has done a decent job. I will admit we need a new OC and it would be fun to see the excitement Danno had on the sidelines in years past. State has talent with more on the way. With the quick strides TSUN made in one years times has caused chicken little syndrome in Bully nation. We're gonna be fine and we are in better shape than others would to believe. Wish list, Bracky dismissed, a new OC, finish strong.

If our administration is truly in full support of Mullen and I presume that to be the case with the contract extension talk, then I doubt they will force his hand on making changes to the staff. Mullen won't be making any changes because of message board talk and he is hard headed enough not to do it because of it. Hard for me to have much optimism at this point.

[Goat Holder]

Great post.

[Goat Holder]

It will probably help our recruiting tremendously come Jan/Feb by having the whole staff intact, for once. We did that in 2011/2012 and see how that class turned out? Plus, we don't really have an duds on this staff at all except maybe Hevesy, but Mullen ain't getting rid of him. Funny how everybody blames him for us losing Deon Mix, but before he decommitted, all the doomsayers were saying he wasn't worth a shit anyway.

Some people just like to bitch. They need new hobbies, or a job, or both. Something to get their mind off Mississippi State...a subject that, outside of a BC contribution, they really can do nothing about.

[MrKotter]

if the message board forced Strick to cement Dan's tenure here, them we're doing a good job.

Just asking purely out of curiosity, why are you so adement of Mullen staying when the team is underwhelming at best?

[MrKotter]

It will probably help our recruiting tremendously come Jan/Feb by having the whole staff intact, for once. We did that in 2011/2012 and see how that class turned out? Plus, we don't really have an duds on this staff at all except maybe Hevesy, but Mullen ain't getting rid of him. Funny how everybody blames him for us losing Deon Mix, but before he decommitted, all the doomsayers were saying he wasn't worth a shit anyway.

Some people just like to bitch. They need new hobbies, or a job, or both. Something to get their mind off Mississippi State...a subject that, outside of a BC contribution, they really can do nothing about.

Seems you should take your own advice.

[ShotgunDawg]

Dear Dan Mullen,

Can you please surprise everyone and win at South Carolina this weekend so that we don't have to talk about this anymore?

The AD can give you an extension, a raise, and a vote of confidence in hopes that it will calm the masses. However, what we need more than anything is just a freaking win! A statement. Go win a big game, and you won't hear a peep. Simple as shake and bake

[FISHDAWG]

Dear Dan Mullen,

Can you please surprise everyone and win at South Carolina this weekend so that we don't have to talk about this anymore?

The AD can give you an extension, a raise, and a vote of confidence in hopes that it will calm the masses. However, what we need more than anything is just a freaking win! A statement. Go win a big game, and you won't hear a peep. Simple as shake and bake

No - no extension !!

[smootness]

Mullen has done a decent job.

He's been better than 'decent'.

[Homedawg]

Why is everyone going crazy about the extension? It was agreed to in August in principle. It is thru 2016. It's not giving him 4 years after this one. Just 3 because it's an extension following 3 straight bowls! He's not getting fired and this extension doesn't have one thing to do with it.

[Eric Nies Grind Time]

One big positive for Mullen is that he will never get our hopes up.

We know what to expect from this guy. We don't have to bother looking at good players on recruiting rankings because we have no shot of landing them. We don't have to bother worrying about winning a big game. If you think about it, he's really saving you all a lot of stress. Thanks Dan!

[maroonmania]

If you want to know the REAL reason why Mullen is getting an extension then look at all the Hud supporters. Opposing schools are showing recruits our message boards and putting doubt that Mullen will be hear much longer so now msu has to sign an extension so we can assure mullen will be hear.

Rant over

I agree with a lot of what you are saying but just being honest my enthusiasm on Mullen has waned quite a bit from what it was in 2010. Yes, we are 4-3 for the moment but I can already see plain as day sitting at 4-6 with 3 straight double digit losses to very good teams the next 3 weeks because right now we don't seem to be able to beat good teams or even compete that well for 4 quarters. As far as recruiting, it sort of is what it is. Over the past few years when we were ALL 100% UNIFIED on all things Mullen all the time our recruiting was still ho-hum so I can't believe the fact that some are questioning Mullen on message boards at this point is going to have any major effect. I will say though that I'm very much limiting my posting at the moment during a time when I don't have a lot positive to say other than the fact we are at least skating by the teams we have no business losing to.

[smootness]

One big positive for Mullen is that he will never get our hopes up.

We know what to expect from this guy. We don't have to bother looking at good players on recruiting rankings because we have no shot of landing them. We don't have to bother worrying about winning a big game. If you think about it, he's really saving you all a lot of stress. Thanks Dan!

Geez. Can people come down off the pessimism train for a minute?

This is the coach who has given us our best first 5 years in program history. So while Mullen may not be lighting the world on fire, and it's fair to want to continue to improve, some act as though we should expect significantly more, when we've never...literally never...done this well under a new coach before.

That's fine if you think we can do better, but don't act like he's given us nothing or is somehow a terrible coach.

We also just landed possibly the best recruit in the history of the program.

[Goat Holder]

It's really borderline insanity, isn't it? Or maybe ignorance or youth of the fanbase, or both.

[maroonmania]

Geez. Can people come down off the pessimism train for a minute?

This is the coach who has given us our best first 5 years in program history. So while Mullen may not be lighting the world on fire, and it's fair to want to continue to improve, some act as though we should expect significantly more, when we've never...literally never...done this well under a new coach before.

That's fine if you think we can do better, but don't act like he's given us nothing or is somehow a terrible coach.

We also just landed possibly the best recruit in the history of the program.

Not to split hairs but 1996-2000 was the best 5 years in program history. If we had had one extra easy win in those years like we do now with the extra non-conference game that 5 year stretch would look even better than it was.

[Coach 57]

Not to split hairs but 1996-2000 was the best 5 years in program history. If we had had one extra easy win in those years like we do now with the extra non-conference game that 5 year stretch would look even better than it was.

Uh the SEC west was as weak then as a low flow shower head. So guess what a lot of those wins WERE easy wins. So you're out on that one.