Dan Mullen

[Sherman20]

Instead of listing my top coaching candidates i’m going to go backwards. Worst hires we can make.

1. Liam Coen
2. Liam Coen
3. Tony White
4. Sean Lewis
5. Bob Chesney
6. Dan Mullen

Mullen can still get right back in this thing. Unlike Cal, which had no shot.

 

[FloridaCuse]

I feel very sad for the younger fans of the program who have not yet learned how to temper hope with SU's version of reality...let this be a lesson for you, grassyhoppers!

I feel sad for our current players.

 

[Day2]

I’m really curious to know just how much of the Mullen stuff was true versus just speculation.

Yeah, I’m sure it was a coincidence that at least half the team started following him this past week.

 

[Toga]

Maybe it means Chesney and an ungodly amount of NIL donor money. IDK. This sucks.

 

[JJReddawg]

Maybe it means Chesney and an ungodly amount of NIL donor money. IDK. This sucks.

What good is NIL money if an unproven FCS level coach is the one trying to convince them to come onboard?

 

[AngryOtto]

I could be wrong but I do not see strong season ticket sales hiring Chesney. They are increasing the ticket prices and have not placed a consistent good product on the field in years. Now they want to increase prices and hire a coach with no G5 or P5 experience. May loose the rest of the diehard fans with this move especially if next season the team regresses.

 

[kcsu]

Remember, supposedly one major donor wasn't behind Dan. He was behind Chesney. Maybe SU couldn't get consensus on him.

 

[FloridaCuse]

Two late thoughts: 1) maybe Mullen & Wildhack didn't hit it off in the interview (if there really was one) - one or both could have gone into it arrogantly - and 2) it seems that Pete Thamel knew all along that there wasn't any real interest, probably by Mullen, or it was unlikely to happen.

 

[SanDiegoCuse]

Remember, supposedly one major donor wasn't behind Dan. He was behind Chesney. Maybe SU couldn't get consensus on him.

That would be sincerely disappointing.

 

[JJReddawg]

I could be wrong but I do not see strong season ticket sales hiring Chesney. They are increasing the ticket prices and have not placed a consistent good product on the field in years. Now they want to increase prices and hire a coach with no G5 or P5 experience. May loose the rest of the diehard fans with this move especially if next season the team regresses.

It appears to be an epic gamble. Bottom of the ninth, with two outs and were going to bunt to try getting a runner on rather than swinging for the fences. Mullen felt like all hands on deck and a surge to the program. Chesney seems like a wait and see scenario. If they finish 5-7 next year after back to back bowls, it will look awful.

 

[AngryOtto]

Remember, supposedly one major donor wasn't behind Dan. He was behind Chesney. Maybe SU couldn't get consensus on him.

If this is the case than the school should have stepped up. If the school is relying on one major donor to tip the scales we are never going to compete in the current landscape.

 

[dwilmont44]

Here's my cope

Mullen was out of the game for a couple years, who knows if he could actually get back in the swing of things.

He didn't like recruiting at Florida no way would he like trying to get kids to play at Syracuse and now all the NIL stuff.

I'm going against the grain and thinking there was a chance he could leave Syracuse very early for a better job. He's a known commodity already schools would jump all over him the second he had success.

 

[JJReddawg]

Here's my cope

Mullen was out of the game for a couple years, who knows if he could actually get back in the swing of things.

He didn't like recruiting at Florida no way would he like trying to get kids to play at Syracuse and now all the NIL stuff.

I'm going against the grain and thinking there was a chance he could leave Syracuse very early for a better job. He's a known commodity already schools would jump all over him the second he had success.

1. Two years away? He’d be fine.
2. The recruiting thing isn’t true.
3. Good. We’d take the buyout payment and hire someone else.

There’s not really any spinning this into being not a big deal. This was a massive failure, if it fell apart on Syracuse’s side.

 

[FloridaCuse]

Here's my cope

Mullen was out of the game for a couple years, who knows if he could actually get back in the swing of things.

He didn't like recruiting at Florida no way would he like trying to get kids to play at Syracuse and now all the NIL stuff.

I'm going against the grain and thinking there was a chance he could leave Syracuse very early for a better job. He's a known commodity already schools would jump all over him the second he had success.

Maybe 1) Wildhack didn't think he was serious enough about wanting to coach again, 2) Dan came into the interview arrogantly as though he'd come and save the program, 3) Dan didn't get that SU was serious about having a top tier program, and/or 4) Wildhack found out something about Mullen from his sources at ESPN that he didn't like. I believe that eventually we'll find out what happened or that it was never serious in the first place.

 

[kcsu]

When Pete's list came out
AFTER the Mullen rumors were already full bore and his list didn't include Dan we should have known the Dan stuff wasn't real.

 

[mayselc]

If Dan Mullen goes to Duke, it will be another twist of the knife.

 

[Fat tire 13]

After reading this entire thread, I now understand what it feels like to be catfished

Unless JW pulls a rabbit out of his hat, this one will hurt for awhile.

 

[pokercuse08]

The story Wildhack should tell, regardless of whether or not it's true, is that he reached out through his ESPN ties to bring Mullen in to consult. He wanted to pick his brain on the current state of SU football, and what he thought about potential candidates. Mullen visited on Wednesday, toured the facilities, and gave some valuable input.

It's plausible, and everyone saves face.

 

[anomander]

somebody better call that poster that went to sleep

 

[JJReddawg]

After reading this entire thread, I now understand what it feels like to be catfished

Unless JW pulls a rabbit out of his hat, this one will hurt for awhile.

He’ll pull out a possum and try convincing us it’s a rabbit.

 

[mayselc]

The only way ADJW can even remotely say he got his pick if Al Golden signs and says he's bringing in an elite OC with him.

 

[anomander]

The only way ADJW can even remotely say he got his pick if Al Golden signs and says he's bringing in an elite OC with him.

Can’t wait to find out how we botched this

 

[anomander]

Remember, supposedly one major donor wasn't behind Dan. He was behind Chesney. Maybe SU couldn't get consensus on him.

Who in their right mind would think this? This could have been a program changing hire. If true I would have given them back their money for being so stupid.

 

[Toga]

 

[FrancoPizza]