WOW, no ego involved

[Jarius]

Ironically, if he had stayed here he wouldn't have had to deal with unrealistic expectations and would have been allowed to keep his country club together for as long as he wanted.

The grass isn't always greener on the other side of the fence.

I agree with that and that’s why I shook my head when he left, especially when we had that team returning. However, he went to 3 straight NY6 bowls while inheriting a team that went 4-8 the year prior to his arrival. Firing him for 1 bad year is pretty ridiculous in my opinion, but I don’t feel sorry for him.

[viverlibre]

I agree with that and that’s why I shook my head when he left, especially when we had that team returning. However, he went to 3 straight NY6 bowls while inheriting a team that went 4-8 the year prior to his arrival. Firing him for 1 bad year is pretty ridiculous in my opinion, but I don’t feel sorry for him.

Supposedly Mullen's remarks at press conference, where we said something to the effect, "we'll worry about recruiting when the season is over," greatly contributed to his firing. Obviously he is smart and accomplished, and understands how important recruiting is and that it goes on 24/7, but that flippant remark didn't sit well with the fans.

[Jarius]

Supposedly Mullen's remarks at press conference, where we said something to the effect, "we'll worry about recruiting when the season is over," greatly contributed to his firing. Obviously he is smart and accomplished, and understands how important recruiting is and that it goes on 24/7, but that flippant remark didn't sit well with the fans.

Yea I mean he wasn’t very good at recruiting. However, he recruited just as well here as Joe Moorhead did, which everyone loved as a recruiter. Leach is also recruiting in that same area.

[Johnson85]

Yea I mean he wasn’t very good at recruiting. However, he recruited just as well here as Joe Moorhead did, which everyone loved as a recruiter. Leach is also recruiting in that same area.

Mullen may have recruited similar based on rankings, but Moorhead did a much better job recruiting needs. He was left with a pretty imbalanced roster and huge holes that needed to be filled on the OL and that is basically the only thing he was good at.

[Jarius]

Mullen may have recruited similar based on rankings, but Moorhead did a much better job recruiting needs. He was left with a pretty imbalanced roster and huge holes that needed to be filled on the OL and that is basically the only thing he was good at.

Mullen’s tenure here and Moorhead’s tenure here would say Mullen recruited needs much better than Moorhead did. Mullen was here for nearly a decade and did better than pretty much any of his predecessors. Seems to me the needs were being met just fine.