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re: Who had the worst coaching tenure in SEC history
Posted on 7/30/18 at 8:43 am to tarzana
Posted on 7/30/18 at 8:43 am to tarzana
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Croom was a groundbreaking hire, according to USA Today. That's all that matters.
Yeah, Mississippi State was the first SEC program with the courage to hire an african american coach.
Thankfully, State brought in an AD who had the courage to be the first SEC program to fire an african american coach. He received a lot of unfair criticism for that, but it was the right thing to do.
Croom was a good man. He was just stubborn as hell, and woefully inept.
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Posted on 7/30/18 at 8:56 am to Drebin
No way was Croom on the worst coach list.
He inherited a horrible situation plus probation then had to purge another 20+ talented but malcontents off the roster in 2004. So the first couple of years, 2004/05 it was a given that we were going to be so low that we were looking up at Australia.
2006 the record did not reflect it but we were getting better. After the beat down by Ole Miss in 2008 Egg Bowl, a change was appropriate but he had left the program in much better shape than he found it and left Mullen a superb 2009 signing class as well.
Felker was not a good on the field coach but like Croom in 2008 , he left a loaded roster for Sherrill who took immediate advantage of it by having success right away back in 1991.
So IMHO, if you look at the big picture, neither Felker or Croom would be on the worst coach list. I know at the end of the day, your record is what makes or breaks you but in these two cases it is more than just the record of each.
He inherited a horrible situation plus probation then had to purge another 20+ talented but malcontents off the roster in 2004. So the first couple of years, 2004/05 it was a given that we were going to be so low that we were looking up at Australia.
2006 the record did not reflect it but we were getting better. After the beat down by Ole Miss in 2008 Egg Bowl, a change was appropriate but he had left the program in much better shape than he found it and left Mullen a superb 2009 signing class as well.
Felker was not a good on the field coach but like Croom in 2008 , he left a loaded roster for Sherrill who took immediate advantage of it by having success right away back in 1991.
So IMHO, if you look at the big picture, neither Felker or Croom would be on the worst coach list. I know at the end of the day, your record is what makes or breaks you but in these two cases it is more than just the record of each.
Posted on 7/30/18 at 9:34 am to Drebin
Who was the AD in 2007 when Croom was there? I actually went to his home in Starkville, for a wedding party for my nephew's bride. Was really impressed with their palatial home.
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