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Watching the SEC storied on Sylvester Croom

Posted on 4/23/13 at 1:58 am
Posted by Mstate
Birmingham
Member since Nov 2009
10397 posts
Posted on 4/23/13 at 1:58 am
this angers me
This post was edited on 4/23/13 at 2:00 am
Posted by TaxmanMSU
a glasscase of emotion
Member since Oct 2012
4217 posts
Posted on 4/23/13 at 6:40 am to
Yeah, according to that program we hired Croom out of 'white guilt' because we're "the people's university", then we fired him later on cause basically..whitey gonna whitey.
It's a bunch of crook.

Truth is that style of play and coaching is outdated and even though we had some good defenses you have to have balance and an aggressive, high-powered offense if you wanna last in this league. Also we refused to lie, cheat, and steal...which just doesn't work in this conference
Posted by reggierayreb
Member since Nov 2012
18951 posts
Posted on 4/23/13 at 6:53 am to
I'd say he was a class act but that could be misconstrued as derogatory and racist... He was a solid person and a committed disciplinarian... But he was not an SEC head coach.

Posted by Al Bundy Bulldog
The Grindfather
Member since Dec 2010
36293 posts
Posted on 4/23/13 at 8:01 am to
quote:

But he was not an SEC head coach.


THIS

We turned down very qualified up and coming African American coaches such as Charlie Strong and Randy Shannon for Croom
Posted by Hardy_Har
MS
Member since Nov 2012
16326 posts
Posted on 4/23/13 at 8:02 am to
quote:

But he was not an SEC head coach


Posted by Cdawg
TigerFred's Living Room
Member since Sep 2003
61515 posts
Posted on 4/23/13 at 8:15 am to
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We turned down very qualified up and coming African American coaches such as Charlie Strong and Randy Shannon for Croom


THANKS LARRY!!!!!
Posted by MaroonNation
StarkVegas, Mississippi, Bitch!
Member since Nov 2010
22105 posts
Posted on 4/23/13 at 9:11 am to
Quite possibly the biggest load of bullshite ever produced by ESPN. Alabama fans love him because he was Baaars "boy". Apparently to ESPN their opinion was the only one that counts.
Posted by MaesterMullen
flowood,ms
Member since Jul 2012
1653 posts
Posted on 4/23/13 at 9:59 am to
and to top it off, that letter that Croom read at the end of the show from the State alum. Just a last minute stab at our school. Screw Sly Croom, that whole show was a load of bs
Posted by DMagic
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Member since Aug 2010
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Posted on 4/23/13 at 10:20 am to
Posted by bullpup01
Utopia
Member since Jan 2013
566 posts
Posted on 4/23/13 at 10:41 am to
DMagic

Posted by Eric Nies Grind Time
Member since Sep 2012
25418 posts
Posted on 4/23/13 at 10:56 am to
I remember wanting us to hire Jimbo Fisher when the coaching search was going on.

RACIST
Posted by NIH
Member since Aug 2008
119647 posts
Posted on 4/23/13 at 11:47 am to
That sounds like something Clayton Bigsby would have said during the search.
Posted by CoonassBulldog
Member since Sep 2008
6913 posts
Posted on 4/23/13 at 12:22 pm to
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I remember wanting us to hire Jimbo Fisher when the coaching search was going on.



LT told Jimbo to piss off- we were hiring Crooms

Top 3 worst decisions by an AD ever
Posted by Eric Nies Grind Time
Member since Sep 2012
25418 posts
Posted on 4/23/13 at 12:25 pm to
It is depressing to think about how much further ahead we would be in football if we had hired Fisher instead of Croom.
Posted by Requiem For A Dawg
Guff of Mex
Member since Dec 2010
11985 posts
Posted on 4/23/13 at 12:32 pm to
Or Maineri instead of Polk II or Roy Williams back in the day.
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
100262 posts
Posted on 4/23/13 at 2:16 pm to
Posted by LBC
Member since Jul 2012
3370 posts
Posted on 4/23/13 at 2:26 pm to
I would have rather had Gary Patterson over Fisher. But any of those options over Croom would have been monumentally better for our program.
Posted by Cdawg
TigerFred's Living Room
Member since Sep 2003
61515 posts
Posted on 4/23/13 at 8:46 pm to
The worst part is Jimbo wanted the job.
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