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They could do worse and probably not better.
Mullen was from the north east too and fit in well.
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Ehh, this still looks pretty bad and mismanaged.
Should have kept the interim tag on for the year.
If you gave it to him, you have to realize it's a 3yr investment minimum with OJT.
If you're going to rip it off, probably best to at least let the year play out and demote him during the off season. Doing it in the last 2 weeks gains you what exactly?
Dibs on hiring Jim Fisher?
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I’d say that’s the case in most circumstances. But a coach unexpectedly dying a week after the regular season put them in a very strange position.
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That's why you leave the interim tag on him for a year.
I go back to when we unexpectedly canned Tressel. Fickell picked it up, but even though he was a... disappointing first time Head Coach... it was handled carefully to save face for everyone, make sure he had future opportunities, etc.
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Fair point. I can only respond by saying there’s a reason why Ohio State is a football program, athletic department, and university of a caliber that is well regarded while Mississippi State is Mississippi State.
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Nothing gets you pumped for a game like carbon monoxide.
Nutriaitch
Retired Super Hero
Mullen won enough games for them to tolerate him.
but from everything I've ever heard, he was universally loathed in Starkville, and didn't "fit in" at all.
that part of Mississippi is seriously like stepping back in time.
it's very rural. mostly farmland.
and everyone there is almost comically polite and friendly.
as in genuinely nice people almost to a fault.
Dan Mullen is kind of a prick and rubbed everyone the wrong way.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Here are contract terms for new Mississippi State football coach Jeff Lebby
Mississippi State football will pay new coach Jeff Lebby an average of $4.51 million in base compensation during his contract, according to a term sheet distributed to members of the media on Monday.The contract's official length is listed as four years, the longest permitted by Mississippi state law to public employees.
Lebby, whose appointment was made official on Sunday, replaces the fired Zach Arnett, whose 2023 salary was listed at $3 million.
Lebby's average base compensation would have ranked 13th in the SEC this season, above Arnett and Vanderbilt's Clark Lea.
The contract is laden with incentives. He will receive $50,000 if he is named SEC Coach of the Year and $100,000 if he is named national coach of the year. He also will get $125,000 for every regular-season SEC victory, beginning with the fifth SEC win of each season.
Lebby's contract includes a $100,000 bonus for appearing in the SEC title game and an additional $150,000 for winning it.
He will receive the highest of the following available bonuses in any given season:
- $100,000 for participation in any SEC Tier 3 bowl game
- $150,000 for participation in the following bowl games: TaxSlayer, ReliaQuest, Duke's Mayo/Las Vegas, Music City, Texas or Liberty
- $200,000 for participation in the Citrus Bowl
- $250,000 for participation in the first round of the College Football Playoff
- $350,000 for advancing to a CFP quarterfinal
- $500,000 for advancing to a CFP semifinal
- $750,000 for playing in the national title game
- $1 million for winning a national title
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Nutriaitch
Retired Super Hero
it's really, really impolite to pick on special needs kids, so I'm not going to hanger State like I did those other schools.
I will just make one statement.
in 1999, Mississippi State went 10-2.
it was the first time they'd won 10 games in a season since before the start of the Korean War, and only the 2nd time they'd ever done it in their entire history.
that same year, LSU went 3-8. They broke the school record for most consecutive losses and fired their coach. was one of the lower points of a decade often referred to as "the Dark Ages" by LSU fans.
Mississippi State hung this banner
They seriously hung a fucking banner to commemorate a 1 point victory over an absolutely terrible LSU team during one of their best seasons ever.
(yes, I am aware that pic is quite obviously photoshopped, it's still funny as hell and right up their alley)
I will just make one statement.
in 1999, Mississippi State went 10-2.
it was the first time they'd won 10 games in a season since before the start of the Korean War, and only the 2nd time they'd ever done it in their entire history.
that same year, LSU went 3-8. They broke the school record for most consecutive losses and fired their coach. was one of the lower points of a decade often referred to as "the Dark Ages" by LSU fans.
Mississippi State hung this banner
They seriously hung a fucking banner to commemorate a 1 point victory over an absolutely terrible LSU team during one of their best seasons ever.
(yes, I am aware that pic is quite obviously photoshopped, it's still funny as hell and right up their alley)
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cincibuck
You kids stay off my lawn!
I would argue that Luke did one hell of a job given the cir cumstance. He lost to Corn because he had no backup QB. He had five starters that were allowed to return on different weeks. He damn near beat Michigan with a receiver who was only back for the last two weeks. But most important, he held the together so that UBS didn’t walk into an empty cabinet .
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