re: Aren't Miss St and Ole Miss

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quote: The only thing I hold against Vaught is he refused to recruit black players. And that is one reason we fell so far behind talent wise He was a product of the times in which he lived. Not to make excuses or anything, but I've always had a really hard time judging someone with decades of hindsight. Johnny was Johnny. Sure, it would have been nice if he'd learned the lesson Bryant learned about recruiting black players, or if Bryant had been able to impart that lesson to Vaught but what can you do?

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Vaught had a better winneing Pct and more bowl wins than Bear did when Vaught retired. Bear's years coaching after JV had the heart attack is when he passed Vaught.

Who's to say Vaught wouldn't have changed had he stayed? Bear only had a handful of Black players when JV retired.