Coach Arnett was put in an extremely difficult position from day one as our head coach due to tragic and uncontrollable circumstances. But when you consider the job he has done so far you have to give him credit for taking care of business. Thus far he has won the bowl game, made tough personnel decisions and put together a solid staff, held together the early signing class, and won a couple of recruiting battles today to sign players at key positions. So far, it hasn't been flashy but he has got the job done by doing what he needed to do. Once again, all things considered I think you have to give him a lot of credit so far as it's been hard up to this point to find a lot of reasons to complain as hard as we sometimes try. Hail State!
Arnett's Job Performance So Far
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I'm personally a fan of the Arnett hire. That said, this is like giving out grades the first week of school. Patience grasshopper.
Seems to be an B. But can't answer that completely until I see what he does in year 1 with a relatively older team. I am on record saying he probably should have retained the Air Raid guys for at least one year due to experience (therefore extending them the same grace that Keenum showed Arnett). But I'm willing to wait and see if his offensive decisions are the right ones.
Crootin is definitely going well, though.
Crootin is definitely going well, though.
Have any of you forgotten that even Sloe Joe Moorhead went 8-4 his first year and then fired the next? Pull the reigns back boys and slow the horses down, this show hasn't even started, its definitely "the first week of school" as PooPops said
I say "Flashy". "Home Run", & "Great Start". We couldn't asked for a better job at this juncture for a 1st time HC.
17 This. I've already bought a hotel room in Atlanta.
So far, he gets an A. He is saying the right things.
There is not a better period for a coach than the time between hired and the first game. It's all roses.
There is not a better period for a coach than the time between hired and the first game. It's all roses.
I like the hire. You can have a janky offense at Mississippi State and get eight wins, but you can't have a porous defense and get eight wins.
I'm not going to put a grade on his job so far as much as a big, heartfelt Thank You for stepping up, taking the reigns with calm confidence, keeping our recruits while adding a few new faces, slowly assembling a coaching staff, and handling this whole situation like you did. You could have hit the door running after the funeral but you didn't. So thanks and I'm looking forward to seeing your beginning steps as a head coach.
I don't think anyone is saying we should crown him the next Nick Saban. All I am saying is that if you can't recognize that CZA has done a good job thus far in the short amount of time that he has been HC considering everything that has happened then you are being a cotton headed ninny muggins!
I also think it is naive not to realize that things could have been much worse so far. I am not sure why our fans are sometimes hesitant to give credit where credit is due. We all know that ultimately a coach is judged by wins and losses but there is a lot that happens before the season and after the season that contributes to those W's and L's. So, as a MSU fan in our position things couldn't have gone much better than they have up to this point. Yes, it's early but t's ok to be ok with where we are at this point. Hail State!
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He has done an outstanding job so far. I just hope this energy carries forward to the actual season. I am cautiously optimistic about this next year in football but as others have said, it's only the first week of school.
With a team that could've won 10+.
I promise you if we would have lost the bowl game, the signing class would have fallen apart, we were still trying to piece a staff together, and we would have lost the two commitments today people around here would have been very quick to give out grades. It is the mentality of so many MSU fans not to be optimistic or encouraged at any time or any place and I get that but geez for the life of me I wouldn't want to live my life that way.
8-4 for that team SUCKED. One of the best defenses we've ever had in the history of the school with 3 first round draft picks and what SHOULD have been a good offense had JoMo not tried to make Fitz a pocket passer. That team should have won 10 games that season with a shot at 11.
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These are sort of my thoughts as well. I wasn't a huge fan of the air raid - but I definitely wasn't a fan of trying to coach & run it without Leach. So I've got to give him credit for having the balls to make the tough decision to go in a different direction.
This is a dumb point. Not all 8-4s are created equally. That season was one of the most colossal 17-ups in MSU football history.
Exactly my point to begin with, things aren't as they seem because they can turn quickly from one to another so lets not be getting all giddy about about some success in 6 weeks of the off season. This past season was a very underwhelming 9-4 season for me much as you say that 8-4 season was, it wasn't a 17up but it was very much underwhelming
Why was last seasons 9-4 record underwhelming ? That’s kind of a new one on me. I guess if I was a Georgia or Ohio State fan, 9-4 would be underwhelming. We might go a few seasons before we see 9-4 again, I’m not sure I would crap on that record. Do you think 10 or 11 wins should be the floor next year ?
Losing to LSU when we led at halftime and giving up 21 points in the 4th to them and only scored 3 in the entire 2nd half was underwhelming. Tied w/ KY at half w/ only 3 points then getting outscored 24-14 in the 2nd half to lose to an eventual 7-6 team was underwhelming. Putting up only 1 measly TD w/ under 4 minutes to go when we were down 30-0 to Bama was underwhelming. Having a 24-6 lead against Auburn at half only to have to go to overtime to pull it out against a team w/ a new interim coach/cheerleader was underwhelming. Beating up on E TN St, Bowling Green, a 7-6 Memphis and a 5-7 Arizona team just aren't overwhelmingly exciting to me. Sure its 9-4 but we made fun of Ole Miss about beating up on buttercups to start the season 7-0, we beat up on 4 buttercups and lost to some we shouldn't have. That underwhelms me when it comes to watching football.
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Wow, you have high standards. I’m not sure Arnett will go undefeated next year, we play several toss up games. Unless you are one of the four teams to make the playoffs , just about every program drops one they could have possibly won.
Given your expectations and our improved coaching staff, do you see us going 10-3, 11-2 next year ?
Given your expectations and our improved coaching staff, do you see us going 10-3, 11-2 next year ?
8-4 in 2022 was an overachievement, 8-4 in 2018 was an underachievement. It's really that simple.
Well, bowl game and multiple signing days is one hell of a first week. Recruiting is literally half of their job, and he stepped into a situation where a drop in talent was almost assured. He held it together and hell even won some battles. The coaching changes took me by surprise, but you have to admit the staff that is in place is very interesting and our new focus is going to play well with Mississippi players.
This was exactly my point. I understand the man has only coached one game but considering what he has gone through a little recognition is deserved in my opinion. It isn't like he just to named last week and hasn't been tested or faced any trials yet. I think it pains some people to say anything remotely positive about a MSU coach.
If last season was underwhelming for you, then you will never be happy as a MSU football fan.
Oh I’m not sure. 9-4 is “underwhelming” to some. I’m not sure when we became Alabama , I must have slept through it.
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