Dan Mullen to UNLV
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great hire, i would've been much happier with that back in 2022.
I like Mullen as a coach. I just don't know that he would have been anymore successful than Rhule over the long haul. His Florida teams regressed each year, Mississippi St teams were mostly average and he was below .500 in the league and he only had 1 winning conference season. The SEC west was tough but his teams played a not so good Kentucky team every year in crossover and in at least 5 of his seasons there he played the 2 worst SEC east teams in crossover games or his record would have been further below .500.
That being written, I think he does well at UNLV
That being written, I think he does well at UNLV
Rhule
career winning %: 0.508
bowl game winning %: 0.333
Mullen
career winning %: 0.628
bowl game winning %: 0.700
Yeah it's really a tossup
UNLV has been fun to watch the last couple of years, hope Mullen can keep it rolling!
comparing their records at different schools is pointless. Mullen is a fine coach, but his Florida team went from 10-3 in year 1 to 5-6 in year 4 and he was fired. His Miss St teams were below .500 in the league and were quite frankly inconsistent fluctuating from 5 wins to 10 ten wins and back to 6 wins. With those results in Lincoln he could have been fired as Pelini was, but Pelini had a better record and more consistency.
no it's not, its just inconvenient for you.
Rhule had an overall losing record against Big 12 opponents. He currently has an overall losing record against B1G opponents.
Take Rhule's best stretch as a head coach from 2015-2019 and it's still worse than Mullen's stop at either Miss St or Florida.
Yeah I highly doubt Pelini could HC his way to 3 straight SEC Championships.
He produced 3 top 15 teams at Florida. He at one point had Miss St. ranked as the #1 team in the country. When has Rhule ever come close to producing these results?
While I think it is a good hire, the mood amongst many in Vegas was to elevate Brennan Marion so that the Go-Go would continue in Vegas. Looks like this news has him leaving.
"Brennan Marion opted not to immediately join Odom at Purdue in the interest of making his case for the UNLV head coaching job. He also had committed to coaching the Rebels in the LA Bowl against Cal on Wednesday, sources confirmed. A source with knowledge of the situation said Thursday morning Marion had not been informed that he didn’t get the UNLV job and was disappointed he had not received an update. Marion’s goal is to become a head coach, and he will now pursue external options, the source said. It’s now unclear if he will coach in the LA Bowl."
"Brennan Marion opted not to immediately join Odom at Purdue in the interest of making his case for the UNLV head coaching job. He also had committed to coaching the Rebels in the LA Bowl against Cal on Wednesday, sources confirmed. A source with knowledge of the situation said Thursday morning Marion had not been informed that he didn’t get the UNLV job and was disappointed he had not received an update. Marion’s goal is to become a head coach, and he will now pursue external options, the source said. It’s now unclear if he will coach in the LA Bowl."
The Pelini comments were in reference to Mullen's record at Mississippi St
Mullen coached in 1 SEC championship game as a HC and lost that game. Who coached his way to 3 straight SEC titles?
Rhule's has never had a season where his win total was less than the previous season.
2 to 6 to 10 to 10 at Temple
1 to 7 to 11 at Baylor
5 to 6 at Nebraska
However, my point remains, there is nothing in Mullen's history that says he would do any better at Nebraska than Rhule has done nor bring Nebraska back from the dead.
2 to 6 to 10 to 10 at Temple
1 to 7 to 11 at Baylor
5 to 6 at Nebraska
However, my point remains, there is nothing in Mullen's history that says he would do any better at Nebraska than Rhule has done nor bring Nebraska back from the dead.
He’s not that good of a coach. I remember how lovestruck some you clowns were with him.
And Mike Riley had Nebraska ranked as high #6. He was an awesome coach too, right?
It is especially when one coach took over a program with zero football success (Temple) and also took on a program with only 45 scholarship players left (Baylor) before this current transfer era.
Yeah Mullen had it just as tough as Rhule did to start at Florida and Mississippi St.
Well that's easy to do when you just up and leave any time there is a chance of that happening.
Rhule took over a 4 win team with Temple and didn’t have a winning season til year 3.
Mullen took over a 4 win team with Miss. St and won 9 games by year 2. In the SEC.
You are simply not a serious person if you think Rhule accomplished more.
Mullen *finished in the top 15 three years in a row.
Hopefully you understand the difference.
Wait a minute … this you?
Important to have fun teams to watch on Friday nights.
Winning in the Mountain West is like winning in the AAC. I think Odom is going to show once again why he wasn't a success at Missouri. Coaching in the AAC and jumping to the B1G hasn't worked yet. Cincy and UCF had great years that got coaches gigs at B1G programs with better resources than Purdue. It didn't or hasn't worked out well.
We'll see if Frost can win in the Big 12.. Some guys are better at places where they can play the underdog. You can't play that card at places like Texas, Ohio State, Florida, Nebraska, Georgia, Michigan, Alabama or Penn State.
We'll see if Frost can win in the Big 12.. Some guys are better at places where they can play the underdog. You can't play that card at places like Texas, Ohio State, Florida, Nebraska, Georgia, Michigan, Alabama or Penn State.
temple won more games in the 4 years leading up to Rhule getting there (30) than they did in the 4 years he was their coach (28).
Yup. Pretty even.
It's almost like Rhule & Mullen are very similar in what they've each accomplished.
Bear Bryant, Nick Saban, Steve Spurrier.
Guess that's some kind of measuring stick.
In which conference? Surely you care about the context.
Oh, you do. But it’s irrelevant. You know that where you finish is what matters, so your Mike Riley comment was stupid.
They also switched conferences from the MAC to American in that time. Addazio went from 9 wins in the MAC to 4 wins in the Big East/ American. not all circumstances are equal
I'll be happy for UNLV if they win the conference for the next 10 years straight.
It will not affect Nebraska football in any way, with the possible exception of matching up with them in a bowl or playoff game.
It will not affect Nebraska football in any way, with the possible exception of matching up with them in a bowl or playoff game.
Both the AAC and Big 12.
Not sure why the conference matters? Mullen had SEC talent to work with while competing against other SEC talent opponents while Rhule had AAC talent to work with while competing against other AAC talent opponents.
The Baylor accomplishment is much more impressive considering what he was walking in to.
You're right, it was stupid. Just like your "Mullen had MSU at #1" comment.
#1 is very different from #6 and Miss St. carried that ranking much later in the season.
MSU avg recruiting class ranking at that time was 31st. Mullen is simply better at competing against top teams. Are you interested in comparing wins against ranked opponents?
Please quote the post of mine where I said that.
Absolutely. But it also took Mullen 6 whole years to crack the Top 10. It only took Mike Riley 2 years.
We've tried that already with Osborne & the Huskers. You're incapable of having that type of conversation, so no. I have zero interest wasting my time with you, again, on that.
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