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Don't forget Dan Mullen and Gus Malzahn. Lots of potential for SEC West schools to be done with their current head coaches after this year.
No coach who could write his own ticket would go to either.
MSU is the second school in a small state. Geographically, it is stuck vying for the same recruits as Bama, L$U, Auburn, OM, UGA, UF, F$U...
It does not have the money to build facilities on par with any of the above. At least 8 SEC programs have significantly bigger stadiums.
Dan Mullen was about to be fired when Dak won the egg bowl in 2013. Then 2014 happened. Now Dak is about to start winning pro games. Now MSU is losing to FCS teams.
Auburn is not as obvious. But, for years they tried to fire Tubberville. It turned out that Bobby Lowder was mad that Tubberville would not allow Lowderville to pay athletes. Tubberville has one bad season and gets fired.
Malzahn took them to a title game with a weak-armed QB. Their last 3 recruiting classes were excellent. Whether its because of Malzahn or the money, who knows. If its because of Malzahn and they still want to fire him, they need to check themselves. If its because of the money. then Herman would need to think long and hard about whether he wants to be in a situation where he cannot recruit without crooked alums. Crooked alums tend to get caught eventually.
Auburn is a much better opportunity than MSU, but there are warts. L$U and the sips are both better opportunities.