I like Coach Odom. I want him to be successful. I have fired too many people in my career, some of them good people, and I have a hard time calling for someone to be fired unless they do something illegal, immoral, unethical or show incompetence. I assume Barry has not done the first 3... but after reading Bernie this evening I am having a hard time with #4. This article was kind of a wake-up slap in the face for me.
Win out... OK
Win 4 of 5... we're gonna talk.
Win less than 4 and there's the door. And I hate to say that.
At some point you have to draw a line... and as much as I hate to say it, I have the feeling Bernie is right on this one.
https://www.101sports.com/2017/10/1...resents-mizzou-football-progress-time-change/
"So this is what it’s come to? Really?
If Odom can somehow find a way to steer his team past mighty Idaho, and go on the road to conquer UConn … hey, the coach may have a chance to bag another win or two and show enough progress to stay in charge for a third season.
Does this possibility excite anyone?
...
Show Me the victories over SEC rivals and other Power 5 teams.
That’s where the progress is measured. Against Big Boy programs.
Not by taking your cleats and mashing beetles on the ground and thinking it actually means anything.
Check that; here’s what it means: the standards for Mizzou football are no longer high, or moderate, or relatively low. When viewing these next two games against Idaho and UConnn as some marvelous opportunity to begin Coach Odom’s infamous “Turnaround,” then MU’s standards are subterranean.
...
Missouri is in the SEC, and that’s the most meaningful basis for making a judgment call.
If we’re afraid to hold Mizzou football accountable for its sorry performance in a prestigious conference that annually pumps a huge amount of revenue into the university’s bank, then maybe the Tigers can join the American and cultivate a rivalry with Memphis or Cincinnati."
Win out... OK
Win 4 of 5... we're gonna talk.
Win less than 4 and there's the door. And I hate to say that.
At some point you have to draw a line... and as much as I hate to say it, I have the feeling Bernie is right on this one.
https://www.101sports.com/2017/10/1...resents-mizzou-football-progress-time-change/
"So this is what it’s come to? Really?
If Odom can somehow find a way to steer his team past mighty Idaho, and go on the road to conquer UConn … hey, the coach may have a chance to bag another win or two and show enough progress to stay in charge for a third season.
Does this possibility excite anyone?
...
Show Me the victories over SEC rivals and other Power 5 teams.
That’s where the progress is measured. Against Big Boy programs.
Not by taking your cleats and mashing beetles on the ground and thinking it actually means anything.
Check that; here’s what it means: the standards for Mizzou football are no longer high, or moderate, or relatively low. When viewing these next two games against Idaho and UConnn as some marvelous opportunity to begin Coach Odom’s infamous “Turnaround,” then MU’s standards are subterranean.
...
Missouri is in the SEC, and that’s the most meaningful basis for making a judgment call.
If we’re afraid to hold Mizzou football accountable for its sorry performance in a prestigious conference that annually pumps a huge amount of revenue into the university’s bank, then maybe the Tigers can join the American and cultivate a rivalry with Memphis or Cincinnati."
