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re: Croom owned Bama. Why didn't he succeed more at MSU?
Posted on 2/22/16 at 11:08 pm to stomp
Posted on 2/22/16 at 11:08 pm to stomp
Mississippi State finished 8-5 in 2007 on the backs of a defense that finished the season ranked 21st in total defense. Meanwhile, the offense was a complete mess ranking #113 in total offense. Ellis Johnson was pissed off about the defense having to carry the entire load for the team to be successful. So he wanted Croom to fire the OC Woody McCorvey. So what does Croom decide to do? Not only does Croom decide to keep McCorvey, he persuades the Mississippi State AD to give him a raise. Johnson is fed up and leaves Mississippi State for South Carolina. And guess what happens? The offense is still horrible while the defense takes a step back due to being on the field all the time and Croom gets canned. With decisions like that, no wonder Croom has never advanced past a NFL RB coaches job after leaving Mississippi State.
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Posted on 2/23/16 at 12:11 am to Bench McElroy
Yeah, he admitted that he would have to be fired before he would get rid of any of his assistant coaches. Everyone was like, OK, if you say so Sylvester, with your crazy sideways baseball cap.
Posted on 2/23/16 at 6:41 am to Bench McElroy
Everyone with half a brain realized Woody McCorvey was a terrible OC. The problem with Croom was that he was too loyal to his coaches. I can remember well people saying McCorvey would eventually cost Croom his job and it did. Croom can blame anything or anyone he wants but the fact is Woody was a total disaster and Croom refused to see it. Worse offense we ever had.
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