Quote Originally Posted by Cooterpoot View Post
Moorhead was an outside the box hire. There?s a big risk-reward factor. I?m not going to sit here and blow sunshine up your ass and I?m not going to get too caught up in the staff stuff. We whiffed on some of his top guys. Just have to see next season. Too late to worry about it now. But I don?t think this staff can possibly be a worse recruiting staff than what we had. All we really had was Mullen?s name as a QB coach and our local staff guys. I?m betting Mo Head will be way more willing to fire a lazy ass than Mullen too. I think we?ll be ok. I think TN will have an incredible recruiting staff though. That?s the only disappointment for me right now. I?m jealous of that staff. But I like our HC better.
CJM alone will be a better recruiter than Mullen's regime. But it's not exactly easy to get coaches to come to Starkville because of the propaganda that's dished out, every year, about the place. Most folks these days prefer city life, and Starkville has a very rural feel to it. I like it fine myself, but for an outsider, it takes some getting used to, and others simply can't hack it.

Tennessee is going to continue to be a big recruiter. But if we can execute our offense like CJM says, we are going to win at least as much as Mullen did, regardless.