You don’t have to be crazy to be the next Ole Miss head coach, but it might help.

Bruce Feldman, who knows a good bit about the Mississippi program, delivers a devastating eulogy of Houston Nutt’s downfall:

… The problems started to come because Nutt didn’t recruit as hard as the old staff. You’re able to get away with not recruiting as hard at Arkansas than you can at Ole Miss. His first few classes were huge, but loaded with misfires and guys who never made it to Oxford or didn’t last long. He also allowed MSU to take over the recruiting in the state in his first few years. Eventually that caught up with him, as did the eased-up, players’ coach mentality inside the program. The team had lost whatever edge was there in the early years of Nutt’s tenure. Whoever replaces him will inherit quite a challenge. There is some talent, especially in a nice group of young receivers, but there are major questions about the QB and throughout the rest of the depth chart, especially on the lines. There also are APR issues the new coach is going to have to be very mindful of because they’ve had so much attrition the past few years there. It looks like this team has been mailing it in on the field so if you’re the next coach you better hope they haven’t been mailing it in off the field too by not going to classes.

The next guy may be crazy or desperate.  The one silver lining – Dan Mullen may not be gaining as much traction at MSU as everyone thought after last season.