Arnett was handed a coaching staff that spent three years running a successful Air Raid offense... three years for all the players who are seniors to sophomores. In one season, rather than what these players spent three years running and were experienced in, decided to change EVERYTHING and now the team is suffering because of it...
I have spent most of my life interested in football (including several years as a sportswriter) and I have NEVER seen a team follow up a winning season with another winning season if the new coach decides to change up the offense in one spring session. I guess I will never understand why new head coaches believe in throwing out successful schemes in one year. Why can't you play what was winning for your team while you slowly change the scheme with new players?
I said it before and I'll say it again... I have seriously have doubts about MSU being able to compete in the SEC in the future. Top recruits will not come to Starkville when every other team can give them a nice NIL payout. Adding Texas and Oklahoma will send this team further into futility. Any talent that does somehow make it here will be in the portal faster than Coach Prime jumped to Colorado...
It would nice to be wrong about this, but in the 40 years since I graduated only Sherill, Mullen and Leach gave me a hope for success..
I have spent most of my life interested in football (including several years as a sportswriter) and I have NEVER seen a team follow up a winning season with another winning season if the new coach decides to change up the offense in one spring session. I guess I will never understand why new head coaches believe in throwing out successful schemes in one year. Why can't you play what was winning for your team while you slowly change the scheme with new players?
I said it before and I'll say it again... I have seriously have doubts about MSU being able to compete in the SEC in the future. Top recruits will not come to Starkville when every other team can give them a nice NIL payout. Adding Texas and Oklahoma will send this team further into futility. Any talent that does somehow make it here will be in the portal faster than Coach Prime jumped to Colorado...
It would nice to be wrong about this, but in the 40 years since I graduated only Sherill, Mullen and Leach gave me a hope for success..