State Fans: Do you want Mullen gone?

If any of them do they deserve all the losing seasons that will follow.

I don't think most State fans want him gone.

The frustration is that every year it seems that he flirts with other jobs. I think most State fans yearn for a Les Miles/Michigan moment where he denies he is interested and is committed to MSU. I dont think we are going to get it out of Mullen, so this is the hand we have been dealt - A decent amount of success for a historically bad program but rumors of a head coach leaving every year.

But we're going to get that in every sport, unless we get lucky and get an insider that has success (which is very rare). Stansbury married into MSU and Cohen is an MSU guy. They both had success and were long term guys. Stricklin as AD even bolted for Florida. He's as Maroon as they come.

Vic Schaffer's name will pop up when a big name women's basketball program needs a coach. Of all the bad programs at MSU, women's basketball is the worst, historically speaking. Last year was the first time we had ever beaten Tennessee. He might be the best coach we've ever had on campus, in any sport. Having MSU Women's basketball in the top 5 and contending for a runner up finish (lets face it, no one is beating UConn) is miraculous.

If Howland turns the ship on the men's side, someone else will come calling.

State fans have got to accept who we are and where we fall. If Mullen did leave, I feel like we are in a much better position to hire a replacement than we were in 2008.

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Now as an LSU fan,

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Gross

I didn't want Mullen fired because we wouldn't find another coach as good. Over the past several years there have been several bigger/richer programs who have hired retreads or coordinators to be their head coaches. Even successful small school head coaches have no history of recruiting blue chip athletes. I'd want Mullen over any of those.

I guess every fan base has them but there are alot of idiots that follow State. Most of them have short term memory and see 5 wins after having 9 and 10 win season back to back years. Mullen had 19 wins in 2 seasons. Croom probably didn't have that many combined. State is back at square 1. Mullen first season was 5-7 and he build and developed his arse off to get to 10 and 9 wins. State has to rebuild and chances are by 2018, State could have 9 or 10 wins again. The question I get is " Why does State has to rebuild not reload? State can't reload. State has the smallest budget in the SEC and that's why will never compete year in and year out. State has to find a way to keep Mullen as long as possible.

The timing of this thread is weird. Mullen's success is indicative, of what happens when State hires a HC that's competent, high energy, and forward thinking.

I too am a big Merlin believer, and catch flack from some LSU friends. And though had him as a second tier hopeful behind Herman and Fisher, do think DM at the right platform could be a monster HC. Always has MSU competent and competitive regardless of talent and depth levels.

Now, as for the quirky workout facility/ex-players fiasco, Foley blackball on hiring process thing, or whether he could recruit well as an elite program HC, etc..not well versed on his question marks.

I am a well known anti-Mullen guy. I generally think his play-calling is atrocious, his loyalty to playing certain players over others despite all sense or evidence to the contrary, loyalty to coaches who haven't been performing well recruiting wise or developing their group(Hevesy), unbashfully going after jobs and being left stuck with us and we're left stuck with him, his energy level in some games. Often times it looks like he just doesn't give a shite.

Now we look at what LSU has done...lol..

I'll hold on to Mullen thanks.