Dan Mullen

[dasher]

I hate to say this, but I'm more worried about the weather scaring him tha I am about the money.

 

[phil77]

Look we know he was here Wednesday to interview
During that interview he MAY have been at practice
Now rumor he should be back at Syracuse tomorrow
Current players and recruits and coaches have started following him on Twitter
There has been no other confirmed on campus interviews from any other candidate
Players and recruits didn’t just randomly start following anyone else from the list.
Co-worker on national tv was dropping hints.

Without any inside knowledge myself all that adds up to like 90% sure he is our coach. How are we not going to give him what he wants and just have him back on campus for the second time in 5 days. While nobody else have ever even been rumored on campus.

IMO if the deal wasn’t done Mullen wouldn’t be coming back. If we couldn’t meet his financial demands we would tell him over the phone and not have him back.

I put 90% only because there could be some late SEC boat load of cash offer that chances his mind but I think that offer would have to come tonight. My prediction if Mullen makes it to campus for the second time he isn’t leaving without signing.

 

[David332]

No matter what happens I think we should all agree that it seems SU is a lot more serious about FB than we thought.

 

[dasher]

I really don't like this because now it seems like it was semi leaked to draw interest from other teams.

No. The leak was from us. Not him. The national media didn't have it. It was from people in the Syracuse area.

 

[orangenauburn]

Who says they can pay more than us? We don't know that. Let's let it all play out. And the reports were that he already turned them down once during this process.

My fear is he turned them down, turned to us as leverage knowing they'd counter with something greater, and he gets a sweeter piece of the pie at MSU using our interest as leverage

 

[dasher]

My fear is he turned them down, turned to us as leverage knowing they'd counter with something greater, and he gets a sweeter piece of the pie at MSU using our interest as leverage

I don't believe that. It could end up like that if they throw a ridiculous amount of money at him but I don't think that was the plan.

 

[SUforme]

No. The leak was from us. Not him. The national media didn't have it. It was from people in the Syracuse area.

The comment on ESPN?

 

[dasher]

The comment on ESPN?

LOL That wasn't much of a comment. If there was a ploy, it would have been much more than just the word Orange

 

[Bulldog04]

He doesn’t need to leverage Syracuse to get more money at MsU. They are willing to pay it regardless so it makes no sense

 

[phil77]

I hate to say this, but I'm more worried about the weather scaring him tha I am about the money.

Wasn’t he part of the NE mafia. He knows what the weather was like before he reached out to us.

 

[Cusefan0307]

It depends on what a hc wants. If I’m a spouse I want to be in Wellesley or Brookline vs Solvay. Let’s be real. Syracuse is a better college town but Boston is a cosmopolitan place. It matters to some not all.

holy hell

 

[baggerbob]

No matter what happens I think we should all agree that it seems SU is a lot more serious about FB than we thought.

Why go back to a place that didn't appreciate you when you were there?
Also with Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, now Texas, and Oklahoma coming in, you have no chance of being in the playoffs.

 

[SUforme]

No matter what happens I think we should all agree that it seems SU is a lot more serious about FB than we thought.

Listen I want this to happen but if it doesn't you can't say we are doing everything possible if it doesn't. I will not accept well we tried attitude.

 

[DocFlanders]

Well I am getting off this ride now, I will wait until the coach is announced to be happy or freak out. not getting Mullen now, however, will be a huge letdown after today but still some decent options out there…

 

[orangeinjersey]

We may be bidding against MSU both in salary and NIL availability.

I think coaches realize that the encore is never as good as the original performance, i dunno.

 

[OrangeFoo]

He doesn’t need to leverage Syracuse to get more money at MsU. They are willing to pay it regardless so it makes no sense

This +1000. Mullen could always name his number at MsU. He never needed Syracuse or anyone else as leverage.

 

[David332]

Why go back to a place that didn't appreciate you when you were there?
Also with Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, now Texas, and Oklahoma coming in, you have no chance of being in the playoffs.

100 percent agree. Great point.

 

[SUforme]

LOL That wasn't much of a comment. If there was a ploy, it would have been much more than just the word Orange

It rose a few eye brows here to say the least.

 

[bigmike]

Me waiting for the music to stop

 

[HeaterCuse22]

I don't believe that. It could end up like that if they throw a ridiculous amount of money at him but I don't think that was the plan.

They wanted him before he could have got what he needed then.

If he comes tomorrow like planned. He’s the guy

 

[SP_Gilbs]

All of the smoke on the Mississippi State board is pointing to Jeff Lebby and they don’t even mention Mullen as a candidate. One of their mods posted 10 minutes ago that they’re not pursuing Mullen at this time. Although we know things can change in a heartbeat with this kinda stuff.

 

[Marsh01]

Dont let him get on the plane tomorrow without doing a deal

 

[CanadianSU]

I honestly think we have a better chance at succeeding over MSU. It’s a death conference they are in with standards that are not Cuse.

In the end money talks however.

 

[Jack_Ball]

I think this is last ditch effort to get him back. Their board says Jeff Lebby is new Head coach

 

[dasher]

Listen I want this to happen but if it doesn't you can't say we are doing everything possible if it doesn't. I will not accept well we tried attitude.

Well, that's on you. You can only do so much to close a deal. If the girl doesn't want to dance with you, you aren't going to dance.