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Posted on 5/25/14 at 8:19 pm to Sleeping Tiger
Posted on 5/25/14 at 8:19 pm to Sleeping Tiger
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Mizzou will never be elite because we can't keep our own.
Lock, Hentges, and Ofadile as a package would've been a game changer.
Instead Mizzou will do continue to try to get the best 2nd tier guys from talent rich states.
Pretty much this. It perpetuates the perception in state that Mizzou is a 2nd tier program. Until the top in state kids view Mizzou as a destination school, we won't quite get over the next hump. And no, I'm not saying we're going to suck. We'll continue to be competitive from time to time, but if actually winning that game in Atlanta means anything, we have got to lock down whoever it is we pursue from within our own state.
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Posted on 5/25/14 at 8:27 pm to reedus23
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Pretty much this. It perpetuates the perception in state that Mizzou is a 2nd tier program.
It is compared to Alabama.
We are not in that tier yet. It took 3 decades to fall from where we were in the late 60's to where we were in the late 90's/early 2000's.
Its going to take time. It HAS gotten a lot better for those paying attention. You have to pick and choose your battles. I dont like losing these two either but it did happen in positions that we recruit well in and have been for 6-7 years now. Mizzou isnt going to live and die by keeping in state kids in the WR/TE position. I remember how much folks flipped out about Durron Neal.
I dont disagree that keeping in state targets is important but, we are still rebuilding from 30 years of self sabotage by the Mizzou administration.
Posted on 5/25/14 at 10:58 pm to reedus23
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Mizzou will never be elite because we can't keep our own. Lock, Hentges, and Ofadile as a package would've been a game changer. Instead Mizzou will do continue to try to get the best 2nd tier guys from talent rich states. Pretty much this. It perpetuates the perception in state that Mizzou is a 2nd tier program. Until the top in state kids view Mizzou as a destination school, we won't quite get over the next hump. And no, I'm not saying we're going to suck. We'll continue to be competitive from time to time, but if actually winning that game in Atlanta means anything, we have got to lock down whoever it is we pursue from within our own state.
Nobody locks everyone down. Nobody.
Losing a blocking TE likely won't be the difference between winning and losing
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