Quote Originally Posted by Statecoachingblows** View Post
I?d like to also play the character card. With all the sudden changes they could have easily written off any attempt by the new staff but they didn?t. They honored their commitment which is not a guarantee these days even without turning over an ENTIRE staff. Kudos to these men, and kudos to the new staff.
I'd say Mullen's "lack" of recruiting was directly tied to character kids.

The only recruits in 9 years with a question mark were Evans, James, and Simmons.

Evans got tossed, because Mullen wasn't a Freeze type and wouldn't "Haiti" him to save face, James stuck it out and grew up and was never a problem here, Simmons has been a choir boy so far, team leader, 4.0 gpa, and not one incident.

Say what you want, but I bet Mullen was the top of HC's in the SEC with the least off the field problems. I really believe that's why we had the run with him we had.

I hope it stays that way.