Not trying to be full of hyperbole, but this has to be up there with DGB and TBJ, right?
Bryant could win ten games with that schedule next year. You do that, and Odom went from a 7 win season, to an 8 or 9 and then maybe a 10. Mizzou is then a program trending way up, and Odom is looked at as a great coach that, if he wasn’t at his alma mater, could land a bigger and better job.
If Bryant goes elsewhere, and Mizzou doesn’t land another GT, Mizzou could end up with 5 or 6 wins and the narrative switches to Odom’s only good year was with a NFL caliber qb he didn’t recruit and the 8 or 9 wins in 2018 was the ceiling for Odom’s program.
Maybe I’m putting too much into it. And sure, Bryant could come and they still flop. Unlikely, but it could happen.
Bryant could win ten games with that schedule next year. You do that, and Odom went from a 7 win season, to an 8 or 9 and then maybe a 10. Mizzou is then a program trending way up, and Odom is looked at as a great coach that, if he wasn’t at his alma mater, could land a bigger and better job.
If Bryant goes elsewhere, and Mizzou doesn’t land another GT, Mizzou could end up with 5 or 6 wins and the narrative switches to Odom’s only good year was with a NFL caliber qb he didn’t recruit and the 8 or 9 wins in 2018 was the ceiling for Odom’s program.
Maybe I’m putting too much into it. And sure, Bryant could come and they still flop. Unlikely, but it could happen.
