FOOTBALL | Jeff Lebby - Week Four Press Conference

[@jordanriley1187]

Jake Mangum for AD.

[@sanjay122499]

You can’t be a head coach if you don’t have full control of the team down to the scheme and philosophy. State is a run first team on offense with a complementary 4-3 physical defense that will get 3 & outs consistently and force FGs in the red zone with bend but don’t break type of defense. Adjust the schemes and get to work.

[@martinagoodwin2545]

First rule of all levels of competition is to respect your opponet. Still after being beat at all phases of the game: Offense, Defense and Special Teams; Toledo was more physical, dominated both lines of scrimmage, created turnovers; exectuted on all downs made big plays; he has yet to give them credit for a game well coached and played. Wont get better like that! T.O.L...

[@iiWJH46]

Yall gotta look after what Moorhead did to the program! Leach was gettin state on the right track but passing away and then having Arnett for a disaster year! This is gonna be a croom type year but I have faith he’s building his own foundation! HAIL STATE FOREVER!

[@sanjay122499]

Nah, he needs to get rid of this DC. How fu(king stupid do you have to be to run 3-3-5 again when your team got gashed for 250 rushing yards in the previous game. Get that bum out of here.

[@js290]

@@sanjay122499 the stupidity isn't in the scheme... it's not making adjustments quicker... Arnett would have stacked the box against ASU on the 2nd drive...

[@sanjay122499]

@@js290 No the problem with the scheme is you have to have the DL especially at NT to command double teams. 4-3 suits the players on this team and allows you to stop the run without having to load the box and play coverage with LBers. 4-3 helped produce winning seasons for State and I’m not going to overlook what works in the SEC. Base DL needs to be : DE- DT - NT - DE

[@js290]

@@sanjay122499 I don't know enough about football to comment on schemes... but as Davante Adams told Josh McDanies, gotta coach the team/players you have, not the ones you wish you had... someone should have made adjustments well before Skattabo ran 250yds

[@jaygremillion]

Leach's "unique" recruiting was the start of the talent deficiency.

[@sigbauer9782]

Too early for the hot seat? Y'all remember what I've said all season thus far? At least there's FSU to take some of the spotlight off!

[@whiteycroon]

We can not fire another coach now.

[@drake0074]

Credit to Lebby for sticking by his guys. We all want to see better football in Davis-Wade, none more than those guys I'm sure.

[@durty808p7]

I don’t like what I saw but let’s chill with the hot seat talk. Ain’t no freakin way he’ll be on the hot seat for the next two seasons. Now maybe a different story for the DC. We need more players, but the defense looked so lost all game and we could do nothing to stop Toledo. TOLEDO! They beat us up in the trenches and their QB trucked our LB. After saying all that, it’s still early and we have a chance to bounce back against Florida, who is also bad. I at least want a competitive game. We need some keys guys back. And we gotta play wit that DAWG MENTALITY!!!

[@Kayluv101]

Welll if lebby gets blown out 70-0 these next five games then loses to Umass he should be fired..And they should hire the texas state head coach..

[@sigbauer9782]

I didn't think I've ever seen a more poorly assembled, coached, and prepared team than this.

[@js290]

certainly has not been an improvement from Arnett&Co...

[@youngin881]

State can’t buy the players like the big brothers can. This is a $$$ game now. State needs to focus on what they’re good at - cheese making.

[@jaygremillion]

@@youngin881 God help us if Toledo just did that to us because resources available.

[@js290]

@@youngin881 paid players have no incentive to improve

[@sigbauer9782]

@@js290 I would give Arnett a pass b/c of how he came to be the HC and the fact that the offensive system is something only a handful truly understand. Maybe perhaps should have kept him as DC? I also have to give SOME slack, since we're looking at 53 new players and an entirely new coaching staff...still, we lost to TOLDEO!

[@jaygremillion]

This was inexcusable. I questioned this hire when it was made and it looks even more questionable now. It would be one thing is Georgia or Texas does that do us...but Toledo? C'mon. If there is a gap like that between us an Toledo we might need to go ahead and forfeit a few games this year. I'm not a fan of the hot seat question, one way or the other, but the fear of "changing coaches too quickly could crush a program" is valid but so is the idea that we could wait too long and let it get worse and worse. I've seen people say he'll get three years regardless. What does that mean? Regardless? What if we win one game this year and one game next year. Does he get a third year? What if we win 2 games and zero next year? Does he get a third year? We fired Moorhead for program culture issues and we are hearing rumbles about questions with the program now. This was, easily, the most embarrassing loss in the last 25 years if not EVER. This is lower than Maine. When there is only 30k people at the Florida game I sure as hell hope no coach, player, or anybody associated with the program questions the fans. I, for one, will not make a three hour drive there and back to see THAT. And no fan should be expected to. So, if we have to give a new coach at least 2 or 3 years than understand that fans may wait to see where it goes from here...because we spend too much money to come over from hours away to see THAT. (And then add to the fact that the school makes it harder to enjoy tailgating on campus...) Every player (save our punter) should be ashamed and every coach should be embarrassed. And I keep hearing "the worst is yet to come." That is scary...

[@tylercarman2010]

Thank you for saying what should be said.

[@jamesjennings6869]

we might win 3 games this year

[@StephenBarfoot]

Let’s roll. Ignore the idiots who want to fire at the first sign of adversity

[@js290]

this year's adversity looks exactly like last year's adversity... same song, different verse

[@Kayluv101]

I’m just throwing this out there what if Lebby hired Art briles as an assistant coach to help get us turned around??? He was found innocent and his case was dropped in 2023.. It’s not like he would be the face of our program but he’s a very good coach and honestly would help our program..I’ve always believed in second chances especially when the person is found innocent and zero evidence against them doing anything wrong..Idk but rn we could use whatever help we can get.. I’d support art being apart of our squad everyone makes mistakes..If there was evidence proving he covered the stuff at baylor i’d never suggest that but they dropped the case because they had zero evidence that he knew about it..

[@jaygremillion]

Nah. He wasn't found innocent. They couldn't prove beyond a reasonable doubt he was involved. But as the HC that is a pretty startling discovery. For all of THAT to go down under your watch and you are clueless. Nah, Lebby's connection to Briles and Baylor is also one of the reasons I wasn't wanted him to be hired. There is a big difference between proving something happened, not being able to prove it and being found "not guilty," and actually being found innocent. It is similar to Paterno at PSU. In the end, they should have known. But Lebby is here. And isn't going anywhere. It is scary how lost he and his staff appear and just how far behind the roster is. I get the notion of not changing a coach to quickly and too often but I don't get the "he gets 3 years no matter what" mentality.

[@Kayluv101]

@@jaygremillion Wait a minute Lebby coached at Baylor when all of that happened?????🤔😮 I never even thought about that..Was in 8th grade when all of that went down so just barely started looking into it. There’s a recent article by ESPN talking about his case being dropped so assumed he was innocent. Shouldn’t have commented this without knowing what I was talking about 😬 My bad..

[@calebsudduthhighlightz]

State has major fixing to do. Lebby keeps on having defense players quit and he needs a defensive line and an offensive line and Shapen needs to start throwing the ball away when he is about to get sacked.

[@js290]

Leach would say Shapen is trying to do too much... throw it away BEFORE he's about to get sacked...

[@calebsudduthhighlightz]

@@js290 fr

[@zacwillmadeit]

I believe in ya lebby

[@sanjay122499]

Lebby has to go if he doesn’t change the defense to 4-3 . 😡

[@zacwillmadeit]

@@sanjay122499 no lebby leaving is the stupidest thing you could say… the DC should been fired before head coach be serious!

[@sanjay122499]

@@zacwillmadeit If he is stubborn enough not to change then he needs to go. The AD needs to send a message to him ASAP. Not wasting couple of years if it’s going to be Zach Annette’s defense again. What was the point of getting rid of him then.

[@calebsudduthhighlightz]

Guys we are not going to have a good of a coach as Mike leach. These coaches are filling in one of the best coaches of all time in the air raid offense.

[@js290]

@@calebsudduthhighlightz yes, Leach was a master coach... this young bucks, Arnett, Lebby, aren't close...

[@TheWatchman879]

Lebby may want to remove all running plays for now. The O-line can't create holes or protect the qb. All State needs to do for now are quick passes.

[@js290]

Not sure Shapen reads the defense well enough for pass only offense... I suspect under Leach's Air Raid, the vast majority of run plays were Will Rogers checkdowns based on his read of the defensive coverage.

[@TheWatchman879]

@@js290 Well, they sure as heck can't RUN the ball, so....

[@THEhandyman247]

Don’t hire a special teams guy as DC… it’s pretty simple.

[@js290]

two years in a row now...

[@nova3930]

I could swear we fired Croom a long time ago....but he seems to be back with lighter skin tone...

[@chrisbowman3556]

Why can’t State find a coach?? Seriously?

[@chrisbowman3556]

Every coach we’ve ever hired in the last 10 years just looks “sedated” on the sidelines. Never any emotion, control, anything.

[@rickymcdonald2669]

Rocky felker repeat. We're back to the basement and bottom feeding. This guy doesn't have a chance in hell of winning anything. Only bright spot was Dan Mullen and nothing else. I'm from Mississippi born and raised there. Went to state in the late 80's

[@js290]

Make Tech&10 Great Again

[@brantleymalpass9716]

Y’all gotta remember Saban lost to ULM his first year and Mullin went 4-8. I don’t think we’ll win with the defensive scheme but if we fix it we’ll be fine

[@philipspeering7938]

This guy is a LIAR! He does not stand for what Mississippi State represents. We DO NOT have good player personnel in that locker room, his gameplans will NOT work, the defense will NOT get better in its current scheme. Players, administrators, and fans that support fLebby should be ashamed.

[@MrMarkaparker]

Probably the worst loss in the history of the program. Afraid this isn't the guy. Whoever hired Cohen should be fired today (I'm looking at you Keenum), because he was the start of this downfall. Piss poor management from the top down and we have some powerful alumni with their ass on their shoulders that need to be shown the door.

[@THEhandyman247]

Zach Selmon is our athletics director.

[@js290]

Cohen hired Leach... Selmon brought in his version of Zach Arnett