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re: How bad are Mizzou fans going to melt when Odom
Posted on 11/10/20 at 5:21 pm to midnight special
Posted on 11/10/20 at 5:21 pm to midnight special
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Was there excitement in year one of Barry's tenure? No. So don't tell me about lack of excitement in the last year.
The overwhelming core of Mizzou fans thought they deserved an established, high profile head coach after Pinkel's success.
They didn't get that, so they pouted and looked for any and all reason to push Barry down with zero effort to understand context or issues within the program.
lol. What a crock of shite.
Everyone knew with the fallout from the protests we weren't going to land a high profile coach. As a Mizzou alum Odom was largely celebrated as a good hire under the circumstances.
Most fans wished he would have had previous head coaching experience and as it turned out that concern was correct. He was still making the same kind of in-game mistakes in Year Four as he was in Year One and allowed DLineZou to deteriorate (among other things).
It's a shame it didn't work out. Most fans really wanted to believe.
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Posted on 11/10/20 at 6:48 pm to Mizz-SEC
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As a Mizzou alum Odom was largely celebrated as a good hire under the circumstances.
Most fans wished he would have had previous head coaching experience and as it turned out that concern was correct. He was still making the same kind of in-game mistakes in Year Four as he was in Year One and allowed DLineZou to deteriorate (among other things).
It's a shame it didn't work out. Most fans really wanted to believe.
Odom was unironically fought against by your fanbase during your search process - FACT. I followed the process. Can't rewrite history.
Odom was not happily rejoiced and welcomed as the new coach - it was more of a drag than a hopeful and happy moment.
In fact it occurred at a time of unprecedented apathy across the entire state, which is worse than hatred.
Important contextual fact: After nearly 20 years of Pinkel you missed out on that 'new' moment with Barry because he was already a Mizzou guy AND it happened under such a negative and apathetic environment.
There was no splash and the entire state was sour at Mizzou.
Fans were vowing to be done forever - many of them have come around now that everyone has seen just how crazy the entire world has gotten - funny how 2015 at Mizzou now seems so long ago and not really that big of a deal.
Mizzou fans refuse to understand the scope of damage during 2015 AND the damage leading up to it that involved your HC getting a DUI and starting QB doing coke on game days. The paper recruiting classes that didn't materialize to those athletes being the team. There was MASSIVE trouble in Columbia for years and Barry was left with the mess and managed to build a strong foundation that Drink now gets to use as a launching point.
What we just established:
The Mizzou fan base did not want Odom to be the HC during the hiring process, and once named HC it was met mostly with disapproval or apathy.
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