Challenging the notion about talent gap & our inevitable fate to fall short

DGB would have made a huge difference in our offense. There is no doubt there. That's not on the staff.

I also don't agree with the "not enough talent" line. People get way too invested in recruiting rankings. I don't think we were out talented vs Auburn, we were outcoached. This year, sure but Bama is more talented than pretty much everybody. Also, take a look at the All SEC selections. We are very well represented. Look at all the draft picks. Specifically the high ones. We have plenty of talent. Way more than anyone gives us credit for.

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The talent differential between us and Bama is substantial, if you don't believe it, that's fine, believe whatever you want, but as far as I'm concerned it's a fact.

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You misunderstood what was said. I'm sorry.

It's obvious that Alabama has more talent top to bottom, I'm most definitely not saying we match up head for head.

The point is that Mizzou recruited and developed players well enough to beat anyone, unfortunately some unpredictable things happened that took away from the team Mizzou should have had (yes, all teams lose players for various reasons).

The stance that the gap is very large and we will always be overmatched I feel is inaccurate and omits a larger context.

I'll leave it at that, you seem difficult for the sake of being difficult and zero-summed, two traits I try to avoid when having a discussion.

Yikes...welcome to the board OP!

First, a question. I only know 2 people to use the term Miz Zombie. Killz and Dave Matter. So which are ya?

Seriously though, just to take the flip side to what you say, my response would be shite happens. It happens every year. If you regularly have top 20 classes, then when DGB goes down, you have PBR ready to go and don't miss a beat. We don't have that kind of luxury because typically, when you recruit 2 and 3* recruits, it takes 2 or 3 years to get them ready to contribute significantly. As opposed to the 4 or 5 star (take Beckner for example) who could come in and contribute immediately if someone leaves early for the NFL or whatever reason.

I know it's not realistic, but as an example, if we had recruited a Nick Chubb instead of Ish Witter, then losing Abbington and Steward and Josey doesn't change the entire offense. That is what I mean when I talk about talent gaps and needing to close it in order to get to the next level. Closer to home and more realistic. Keep in state kid Elliott and the offense doesn't change with losing those guys.

you think I'm rough, wait til he ventures over to the rant.

It's not gonna be pretty.

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The stance that the gap is very large and we will always be overmatched I feel is inaccurate and omits a larger context.

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I don't think the gap is large. Sometimes typed words aren't good at giving context. But I do think there is a gap. I guess the way to look at it I think, is the way we do what we do leaves little room for error (guys leaving early, dismissed etc.)

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First, a question. I only know 2 people to use the term Miz Zombie. Killz and Dave Matter. So which are ya?

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I read it in a recent Matter article, also, I've lurked the site and saw it mentioned.

Due to my lack of creativity I stole someone else's brainchild!

I most definitely hear what you're saying, my response is that we're not talking about going head for head with talent depth as the elite programs, and I understand that was part of the point Bernie was making. However, that doesn't mean that the talent gap is so very large and we're forever fated to fall short. I feel the narrative being put out there really isn't as accurate as it should be.

Mizzou has to have the stars align. We need all to go right, all the pieces to be in the right place at the right time.

DGB getting kicked off, Josey making a very poor decision, Abbington failing to qualify, and Steward getting hurt changed the team drastically.

With those pieces in place you can beat and match up with anyone.

What I'm saying is more for mental exercise. I realize all teams lose players for various reason. I realize we're not going to have 4 stars on third string like the elites.

Thinking about what could have been, and what will be again (these kind of pieces will be in place again) allows us to see that we shouldn't accept the notion that we'll always fall short because of a talent gap we can't overcome.

*And thanks for the welcome!

Oh, and I was ribbing about the name. It was a joke here because killz came up with the name and about a week or two later, Matter uses it in an article.

Got me thinking now.

Maybe.

Just maybe.

If you're not Matter.

Then maybe






















Killz = Matter

Deep breaths, man.

Deep breaths.