re: Had an interesting convo today with someone involved in recruiting

Posted on 7/30/19 at 4:08 pm to tylerdurden24

Posted by StrawsDrawnAtRandom

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Posted on 7/30/19 at 4:08 pm to tylerdurden24

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People keep repeating this mantra but never provide any evidence to back up the claim

Kirby has a losing record against the West despite having the sixth highest ranking or better every single year (according to 247 Team Talent Composite).

If he coached at Mississippi State he would likely never bowl.

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Posted by Crowknowsbest

Member since May 2012

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Posted on 7/30/19 at 4:17 pm to StrawsDrawnAtRandom

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If he coached at Mississippi State he would likely never bowl.

Good think he doesn’t coach at Mississippi State.

Doing more with less is not his job. In all likelihood, our “shitty” coach is going to keep beating the brains out of supposed “good” coaches who don’t sign as good of players.

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Posted by fibonaccisquared

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Posted on 7/30/19 at 6:46 pm to StrawsDrawnAtRandom

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Kirby has a losing record against the West despite having the sixth highest ranking or better every single year (according to 247 Team Talent Composite).

If he coached at Mississippi State he would likely never bowl.

Intellectual dishonesty, folks. If you needed a quality example, straws is here to help you out.

You act like Mullen got Miss St bowl eligible on the backs of the SECw... when in fact it was generally a combination of:
4 soft OOC games - frequently CUSA, WAC, or FCS schools
1 permanent East game - Kentucky
win at least 1 more game - either from the rotating east opponent or in the west... Arkansas, Ole Miss, Auburn/LSU/aTm in a down year...

Yeah, Kirby clearly would have had trouble equaling Mullen's performance with that schedule configuration...

Never mind that his regular season record against the SECw is 50/50. We've won and lost 1 game against the SECw during the regular season every year with arguably the 2nd best team from the west over that 3 year stretch as our permanent west opponent (only team not named Alabama to make it to the SECCG)...