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I’m really having a hard time following where you are going with this. Maybe I missed it but I honestly can’t recall very many pulling for DM during the selection process. Many were very vocal with their dislike for him. The initial reaction upon announcement wasn’t any better. It seemed almost universally everyone had another guy in mind. For me it was Frost. I can’t stand Chip Kelly and I was glad he walked away from the table but I’m still disappointed we didn’t get Frost.
So we got Mullen. What is it you want GatorNation to do? Rise up as one and boycott the program? Publicly denounce him at every turn? Ridicule players that sign with him? Make his experience here as miserable as possible so maybe he too walks away early? You keep saying that folks are “rationalizing” his performance. It seems to me more like folks who also didn’t have him as their preferred choice simply recognizing he has done well so far and they are trying to inject some positivity while at least giving him a chance to prove himself here. What choice do they really have?
Or is it as simple as you just want everyone to publicly agree with you that Dan Mullen was no Nick Saban at MSU? That he took over a mediocre program and failed to take them to the pinnacle of college football? That he could not consistently beat the very best teams in college football with that program? I’ll plead to all of that.
But he’s still our coach. I like what he’s doing. I think he’s going to move us forward significantly. Will he become Saban? I don’t know.....but I know nobody else has become Saban either. He’s our coach and I’m supporting him. Why wouldn’t I?
Look...he‘s just another in a very long line who has failed to move Mississippi State to the pinnacle of college football. Eventually they are going to find the guy who will take that recruiting hotbed of talent and turn them into perennial champions.....just not in our lifetime.
I never said anything close to what you are saying? Boycott? LOL. Hyperbole much? No one has said that. And yes, tons of excuses have flowed about his poor record against ranked teams. I thought he did well for a transition class too. There are positives. It's the folks that need to make him appear better than he really was at MSU. Like he did something remarkable there when in fact he was ho-hum at MSU. That's all. I don't think I have said one time on here not to support him. He is our coach for better or worse.
Also, some of the comments about him are literally word for word things that were said about Mac when he was hired. QB guru...took a crappy school and turned them around...etc etc. What's done is done.