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re: Croom owned Bama. Why didn't he succeed more at MSU?
Posted on 2/23/16 at 2:52 pm to stomp
Posted on 2/23/16 at 2:52 pm to stomp
The defense that year was stout, and had an abnormally high number of pick 6s and fumble returns for TDs.
We lost a game late in the year - I think Arkansas, and he blamed the defense for not scoring a touchdown.
In the bowl game against Central Florida, Wesley Carroll ignored the calls from the sideline to lead us to a winning drive and was put in the doghouse and ended up transferring to Florida International after leading an SEC team to an 8-5 record as a true freshman.
We lost a game late in the year - I think Arkansas, and he blamed the defense for not scoring a touchdown.
In the bowl game against Central Florida, Wesley Carroll ignored the calls from the sideline to lead us to a winning drive and was put in the doghouse and ended up transferring to Florida International after leading an SEC team to an 8-5 record as a true freshman.
Posted on 2/23/16 at 7:11 pm to anc
First of all, hiring Croom was the equivalent of self imposing sanctions on ourselves. Seriously. Damn you Larry Templeton, you cheap SOB!
Not to mention Templeton sold the rights to our "football" interlocking MSU logo to Nike and then proceeded to let Croom have his choice of uniforms and design.
And what does Croom choose? A very similar look to Bama's uniforms. But I digress.
Sure, Croom was a good man, all about character, doing things the right way and cleaning up the program..yadda yadda yadda.
But the most obvious thing about him was he had NO business coaching D1 football and in the SEC of all conferences.
All that first black head coach in the SEC nonsense is just that..nonsense.
Coaching in this league is about one thing..WINNING.
Thank God we hired Greg Byrne and he ended the nightmare that was the Croom era.
But as for the OP's question...No, Croom owned no one. Ellis Johnson's defense was responsible for the two wins over bama and the 8 wins in 2007.
Not to mention Templeton sold the rights to our "football" interlocking MSU logo to Nike and then proceeded to let Croom have his choice of uniforms and design.
And what does Croom choose? A very similar look to Bama's uniforms. But I digress.
Sure, Croom was a good man, all about character, doing things the right way and cleaning up the program..yadda yadda yadda.
But the most obvious thing about him was he had NO business coaching D1 football and in the SEC of all conferences.
All that first black head coach in the SEC nonsense is just that..nonsense.
Coaching in this league is about one thing..WINNING.
Thank God we hired Greg Byrne and he ended the nightmare that was the Croom era.
But as for the OP's question...No, Croom owned no one. Ellis Johnson's defense was responsible for the two wins over bama and the 8 wins in 2007.
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