This has to be the most consistent thing I've seen on this board in the past year. Seems like nearly every one of you is convinced that we're some kind of coaching incubator.
The most baffling thing is that this sentiment has just appeared with zero evidence of it ever happening. Mizzou has facilities, is in the premier athletic conference in the NCAA, and has the means and a willingness to pay. Cuonzo was being compensated like a top 25 coach, and there was a stretch last year (before we collapsed) where we were going to pay him MORE. When we scrapped the Odom experiment, we went and found a great coaching candidate and paid him a lot to come here. I'm certainly excited about the direction football is headed under Drink. We have opened up the pocket book and Drink is paying whatever he wants to attract the assistants he wants.
Gary Pinkel came here as an up and coming FB coach, and started winning. He received overtures from Washington and Michigan, two big time programs where he had coaching (Washington) and geographical ties (Michigan) and we stepped up and paid him and kept him.
We have made some stupid decisions in our recent coaching hires (Haith, Kim, Odom) but that doesn't mean that everything the University has going for it has made it irrelevant.
Pinkel won big here, got derailed by that 2015 garbage and health concerns. Norm Stewart won big here. Quin won here and Mike Anderson won here. All of those coaches were just a play or two away from the BCS National Championship game, or multiple Final Fours.
Yes, we have been frustratingly under-achieving lately, but that does not mean we're garbage. Are there certain opportunities that could lure a coach away? Probably. Is FSU just gonna cherry-pick our next hoops coach? GTFOH.
We need to stop feeling sorry for ourselves and have some pride in what we have here. Beautiful campus, great facilities, big in-state cities, SEC money, history of success, proximity to talent, media exposure, everything needed to win.
I'm proud of this school, I'm proud of my degree from it. I'm proud to be a Tiger. I'm confident that any coach that comes and builds here will feel the same.
The most baffling thing is that this sentiment has just appeared with zero evidence of it ever happening. Mizzou has facilities, is in the premier athletic conference in the NCAA, and has the means and a willingness to pay. Cuonzo was being compensated like a top 25 coach, and there was a stretch last year (before we collapsed) where we were going to pay him MORE. When we scrapped the Odom experiment, we went and found a great coaching candidate and paid him a lot to come here. I'm certainly excited about the direction football is headed under Drink. We have opened up the pocket book and Drink is paying whatever he wants to attract the assistants he wants.
Gary Pinkel came here as an up and coming FB coach, and started winning. He received overtures from Washington and Michigan, two big time programs where he had coaching (Washington) and geographical ties (Michigan) and we stepped up and paid him and kept him.
We have made some stupid decisions in our recent coaching hires (Haith, Kim, Odom) but that doesn't mean that everything the University has going for it has made it irrelevant.
Pinkel won big here, got derailed by that 2015 garbage and health concerns. Norm Stewart won big here. Quin won here and Mike Anderson won here. All of those coaches were just a play or two away from the BCS National Championship game, or multiple Final Fours.
Yes, we have been frustratingly under-achieving lately, but that does not mean we're garbage. Are there certain opportunities that could lure a coach away? Probably. Is FSU just gonna cherry-pick our next hoops coach? GTFOH.
We need to stop feeling sorry for ourselves and have some pride in what we have here. Beautiful campus, great facilities, big in-state cities, SEC money, history of success, proximity to talent, media exposure, everything needed to win.
I'm proud of this school, I'm proud of my degree from it. I'm proud to be a Tiger. I'm confident that any coach that comes and builds here will feel the same.
