re: How can Mizzou Mirror Their Pro Teams?

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I wouldn't say it's a big IF at all. The athletic department has had 2 highly successful seasons in the last decade or so to capitalize on and a back to back SEC Championship appearance but wasn't able to stoke an insane amount of interest with that.

I think, honestly, the SEC media has alot to do with that. Even after almost winning the conference, we were wrote off the next year by experts and ended up appearing in the ship again. In the Big XII we always had favorable media coverage surrounding our successes. In the SEC, as with this board, our success are always written off as luck. A&M who has had alot less "success" in football since joining the conference, has been able to have alot favorable media coverage from the experts and pundits of the conference.

I do believe that has alot to do with it aswell.

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The main reason is Missouri was not putting the money into hiring a great HC. That starts right there! Drinkwitz should be the one getting it there. First time I was glad Missouri went away with the traditional hiring of HCs in general. I am really happy that Drinkwitz is the HC. H's going to turn Missouri around and it will not just be winning a 8-4 season and then flopped back down to a 6-6 season. He will be recruiting better! When the first season is completed that will get the in-State top players to go to mizzou. Right now it is hard to convince recruits to go to Mizzou based on 1 season at Appalachian State and not at Mizzou. That is why give it a year to get the recruits to see the similar results at Appalachian State and Missouri. The win loss record might not be the same but it should be respectable. I am picking Missouri to go 8-4 this season.