KA style discipline

I thought beidscied just decided to leave after KA was hired. Wasn't really following then so could easily be wrong.

What about Clark and Bello?

I can't believe Clark was weed again. That would have stuck out to me as his second offense.

If KA is expecting a team full of choir boys like he had in D2, he's in the wrong place. If he's trying to instill reasonable discipline and having this many problems, we either have a team full of tPOS, or he's not a very motivational leader. This is disturbing.

Cam. Beid. chose to transfer out. He was never suspended or booted by Anderson.

Torren Jones was given a chance to take responsibility for a legal problem and fix it. he chose not to. The AD required his dismissal at that point, not Anderson.

Bello was academically ineligible for a few games as per AD standards, not Anderson's judgement.

You obviously have never had kids or have been in a management position. When you are the boss/parent you have to make hard decisions when it comes to discipline. When you are told the rules, you follow them even if you think they are trivial or stupid. It doesn't make the players tPOS's-it means they need to be taught how the real world operates. Sure, the kids can transfer to another school if they don't like it but when basketball is over they can't transfer-away when the going gets rough with a job,ect. Aren't these kids supposed to be learning some life lessons or do we just care about the win-loss record? BTW, to suggest that KA had a bunch of "choir boys" at UCM shows how little you know about his years there. I still shake my head at some people who were outraged when Mike Dixon and DGB were cut loose-yah, that's the kind of kid I want representing my alma mater.

Not sure what the difference is between Anderson and, well Anderson.

LINK from 2008

Obviously these kids didn't go out to a nightclub and start punching people in the face, but I remember the game after Club Athena happened Mizzou played Nebraska with about 6 scholarship players and there was a full house out to support them. I get that this team has lost a ton of games and that erodes some goodwill, but a guy suspending players for being sh*theads doesn't necessarily mean he's out of his element.

I just think you've gotta give him some time and can't make too many judgments after one year.

I think the point is that this has been an ongoing problem since the summer. So either KA is effective in his managerial style but the kids just don't give a damn, in which case they need to go, or KA's managerial style isn't effective because it is continuing to be an issue. So I think semo does get it. Having to make hard decisions has nothing to do with it. It is the ongoing nature and volume of incidents that is the problem.

As a fan, I care about wins/losses. Would I like them to be taught life lessons along the way? Most obviously. In other words, if KA's plan is to teach kids life lessons with wins/losses being a second thought, then I wish him luck. I won't follow, but I hope they learn a lot.

You bring up DGB and Dixon. Are you suggesting that what these basketball players rose to the level of allegedly raping and assaulting women? Here, I think most understood Dixon had to go after it was learned there were 2 incidents. Same for DGB with the number of do-overs he received.

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I'm sure they'll change their tune if Anderson starts winning some games.

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I truly hope KA does turn it around. I couldn't be happier. But it won't change my opinion that this has been a shitastic season that is unwatchable.

I do get what KA is trying to do. I've compared it to Dick Vermeil and how he tore down the building when he came to the Rams, just to build it up the way he wanted to. Next thing you know, a few years later, he won a Super Bowl. Can KA do the same thing? Time will tell. I think it's tougher at the college level where you have to worry about convincing kids to come play for you versus the pros where they're at where they're at because of contract and not going anywhere.

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I'm sure they'll change their tune if Anderson starts winning some games.

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IF is the key term there. He has to step up his recruiting and not suspended every damn player on the team. It should never be ok to sacrifice a season like he is, it's just ridiculous. The team doesn't play hard for him either, which is a major red flag too. I'm so sick of the excuses too, there's a million excuses for anything if you want to look for them. At the end of the day, all that really matters is wins and losses.

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At the end of the day, all that really matters is wins and losses.

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Bet Bobby Petrino is your hero.