Something about this recruiting class...

[Fred Garvin]

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.

I completely agree with this. I don’t things think we as fans acknowledged enough how good the chemistry was on Mullen’s teams. We hardly ever saw any public spats between teammates. And our guys were pretty good citizens. Nothing more than typical college-age hijinks. And those that went too far were effectively dealt with.