Dan Mullen
Dan Mullen
Dan Mullenis an American football coach currently serving as the head coach of the Mississippi State Bulldogs...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth27 April 1972
CityDrexel Hill, PA
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Yeah, I do. It's a big comfort level. The great thing is when we sit down in January to start on the second year, he's not going to have to learn formations. He already knows all the plays, all the formations. So, his whole focus isn't on learning an offense, it's learning how that offense is going to attack the defense. That's where the comfort level comes in in the second year.
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He does a very nice job of doing that. He's one of the first quarterbacks I've coached who is really comfortable throwing on the run. He's real comfortable on the move out of the pocket, so that's part of (the offense). You'll see us do a little bit more of that because that's where his comfort level is and that's us evolving the offense.
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We need to know what kids are reading, what they are saying.
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Whenever you capture information, there should be checks and balances. It's certainly important to bear security in mind whenever you're working with databases.
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I don't think we've gone away from the option as a staff at all. That's still a big part of what we want to do.
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He's going to have to play in that first game to get some experience.
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Because we feel there was a good-faith argument to make that the statute as written was constitutional, we feel we have an obligation to make that argument if at all possible.
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I could sense he was a little bit nervous. He had been the starter here for a couple of years. He came in kind of quiet, and we knew that had to change.
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If something comes out, you had better be ready, no matter how incorrect it might be.
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He would be in our meetings, then run out to take batting practice. Even if he couldn't go out on the (football) field, he would try to come see us and he would come in on his own time and study film.
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Bob is a true leader and goes off of his gut instinct. This is a key to why his employees support and follow him.
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When you can only get in touch with them by phone once a week, it (text) provides more direct constant communication with the players you're recruiting. It's a big, big benefit to stay in touch with them.
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The toughest part for these kids is coming in mid-semester, and not coming in with a full group of young guys. You have to make sure they are being looked after.
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Your job as coaches is putting your team and players in the best situation. We've tried to do that and the offense has kind of evolved around the players.