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State fans: Was there a single identifiable point when you turned on Mullen?
Posted on 10/27/13 at 11:38 am
Posted on 10/27/13 at 11:38 am
This is a serious question and I apologize in advance for anyone who uses this as a platform to flame, but I honestly am curious to hear what State fans have to say.
So we as Ole Miss fans understand as well as anyone how much of an emotional roller coaster a coaching era can be (i.e. Nutt). From reading the board lately it seems that State fans fall into 3 categories; a) want Mullen gone b)stratting the fence and not sure c) want to give him more time.
For the fans that are over Mullen, I want to know, when did the honeymoon end? When did you sour on him? Was it one game that did it? Was there a pattern of behavior you grew weary of? If it wasn't a single point, what were the repeated offenses?
Looking forward to the Egg Bowl
So we as Ole Miss fans understand as well as anyone how much of an emotional roller coaster a coaching era can be (i.e. Nutt). From reading the board lately it seems that State fans fall into 3 categories; a) want Mullen gone b)stratting the fence and not sure c) want to give him more time.
For the fans that are over Mullen, I want to know, when did the honeymoon end? When did you sour on him? Was it one game that did it? Was there a pattern of behavior you grew weary of? If it wasn't a single point, what were the repeated offenses?
Looking forward to the Egg Bowl
This post was edited on 10/27/13 at 11:41 am
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Posted on 10/27/13 at 11:41 am to Grateful Reb
Somewhere along the lines of 38-7, 38-13, 37-17, 41-24, and 34-20 I'm going to guess.
Posted on 10/27/13 at 11:45 am to TupeloReb
I have been saying "shut the hell up until you win something" for about 4 years. So........
Posted on 10/27/13 at 11:50 am to Diamondawg
So you were never really hot on him? I can't imagine that was your attitude after he beat a decent OM team in '09 or after the Gator Bowl victory.
Posted on 10/27/13 at 11:57 am to Grateful Reb
quote:I knew Ole Miss was a fraud in 09 but yeah, beating them was great. I went to the Gator Bowl in 10 but the 4 games we lost were pretty bad losses. I appreciate the interest he has brought to the campus but never cared for his hype - ever.
So you were never really hot on him? I can't imagine that was your attitude after he beat a decent OM team in '09 or after the Gator Bowl victory.
Posted on 10/27/13 at 12:24 pm to Grateful Reb
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When did you sour on him?
MSU vs LSU 2011, down 13 pts in Q4 with 3 mins left & Mullen quits by running out the clock. That was the death of "relentless effort".
...Also disagree with his tendency to needlessly burn redshirts.
Posted on 10/27/13 at 12:25 pm to Diamondawg
On any Saturday in Starkville there are about 50000 + fans supporting and happy to have Mullen. There are about 100 that don't. And about 12 post on message boards. Those 12 are very easy to get worked into a frenzy. As you know.
Posted on 10/27/13 at 12:32 pm to Grateful Reb
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Posted on 10/27/13 at 12:32 pm to SouthOfHere
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On any Saturday in Starkville there are about 50000 + fans supporting and happy to have Mullen. There are about 100 that don't. And about 12 post on message boards. Those 12 are very easy to get worked into a frenzy. As you know.
Take that Genespage crap elsewhere.
Pertaining to the thread in general, it wasn't really a particular game but it was mostly last season. I was always slightly reserved with the 8-0 bs.
Posted on 10/27/13 at 12:38 pm to SouthOfHere
quote:50,000 support him but only half of those are still happy with him. I thought Croom was a bad hire but I supported him. There is a difference.
On any Saturday in Starkville there are about 50000 + fans supporting and happy to have Mullen. There are about 100 that don't. And about 12 post on message boards. Those 12 are very easy to get worked into a frenzy. As you know.
Posted on 10/27/13 at 12:40 pm to Bulldog288
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Bulldog288
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31-3
You should really consider coming up with some new material.
frick, you're terrible.
Posted on 10/27/13 at 12:49 pm to Grateful Reb
Honestly, he should've left after 2010. I'm surprised he didn't go back to Florida.
Posted on 10/27/13 at 12:54 pm to beHop
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beHop
Why so mad?
Posted on 10/27/13 at 12:56 pm to Grateful Reb
I'll be honest, I was still on Mullen's side all the way up until the second half slide we had last season. I didn't honestly think we'd beat Bama, but I figured we would have at least been somewhat competitive. Same goes for the rest of the games after that, too. It just looked like the team had given up. That seems like something Mullen has struggled with the entire time he's been here - when has our team ever responded to any amount of adversity? It seems like we give up unless we're winning comfortably at the half.
The Jenga that toppled the tower was the OkSt game this season. There was no excuse to only score 3 frickin points on a Big12 D. The rest of this season has been just as shitty.
The Jenga that toppled the tower was the OkSt game this season. There was no excuse to only score 3 frickin points on a Big12 D. The rest of this season has been just as shitty.
Posted on 10/27/13 at 12:57 pm to Diamondawg
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I have been saying "shut the hell up until you win something" for about 4 years. So........
Precisely zero of the State fans I know shared your attitude. Every one of them loved the way he talked smack to Ole Miss.
Posted on 10/27/13 at 1:04 pm to Bulldog288
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31-3
41-24
Posted on 10/27/13 at 1:27 pm to jtwoody1
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MSU vs LSU 2011, down 13 pts in Q4 with 3 mins left & Mullen quits by running out the clock. That was the death of "relentless effort".
Not a state fan but married into a state family with some connections, so I'm forced to watch/go to a lot of games. IMO-this was the turning point to his downfall and it changed the attitude of his program. It was if he had literally given up at that moment and he/his program have been quitters ever since. I don't know if that feeling can be changed or not once you develop it either
Posted on 10/27/13 at 1:29 pm to Grateful Reb
I was done after the Texas A&M game last year when the team had zero effort and Mullen seemed ok with it.
Posted on 10/27/13 at 1:42 pm to TeeteringBrink
quote:OP didn't ask what the state fans in general thought. He asked when "you" as in me turned.
Precisely zero of the State fans I know shared your attitude
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