We are in the midst of SEC Media Days this week, with all of the coaches taking their time to speak to the media. On Tuesday, it was Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen's turn, and some of the questions he got made for some very peculiar statements.
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Mississippi State has faced some criticism recently for its handling of the Jeffery Simmons fiasco. Simmons, a five-star recruit, is currently facing charges related to an incident where he allegedly punches a woman. The incident was captured on video.
Simmons is currently slated to received a one-game suspension for the allegations, which has drawn the ire of many across college football. Many even questioned whether the school should have admitted him in the first place.
Well, Mullen was asked about those things, and it probably didn't work exactly how he wanted it.
"You want to make sure everyone in the university is involved," Mullen said. "It's not a football decision. It's a university decision that we're all looking at making."
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There is nothing necessarily wrong with that statement... only that Mullen contradicted himself a bit later with another comment.
"I wasn't involved as much," Mullen said. "It was a university decision."
"We felt that Jeffrey deserved the opportunity to be a part of our family."
So a football player is facing admission issues due to discipline, and the head football coach "wasn't involved as much"? And this is after he said that everyone had come together to make this decision? Yikes.
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As for that family comment, one reporter took it up to follow up on that, asking if Mullen would change his mind if the incident was a bit closer to him.
We that is one hell of a non-answer.
The interview has caused further fire to be tossed on Mississippi State and Mullen, and ESPN's Paul Finebaum weighted in live from the event.
"That was an incredibly stupid comment," Finebaum said.
Mullen will probably clarify his comments in the future, but for now, it looks like he tried to throw everyone else under the bus and to make himself look as clean as possible. Unfortunately for him, all the mud he was slinging just bounced back into his face.
