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Ben Fred: Mizzou's Hire Of Drinwitz Looking Better By The Day
Posted on 1/7/20 at 8:00 pm
Posted on 1/7/20 at 8:00 pm
Here's an except from a column Ben Fredrickson of the Post-Dispatch wrote two days ago.
It sounds like Eli's Coming!!
It’s been less than a month since Mizzou athletics director Jim Sterk’s rocky coaching search for Odom’s replacement stopped at Eliah Drinkwitz, and already the clouds seem to have cleared, or at least moved on to other campuses.
Credit MU curators for steering Sterk away from Arkansas State’s Blake Anderson, Louisiana Tech’s Skip Holtz and Army’s Jeff Monken. Another spin of the coaching carousel has, at least for now, left the trio behind, a good indicator of a lack of interest from other programs.
Credit Sterk and MU curators for patching things up publicly in time to land Drinkwitz, who was also being pursued by Arkansas.
Credit Drinkwitz for quickly turning the page.
Drinkwitz has bopped around the state to meet with high school coaches and recruits. He’s forged an early relationship with former Tigers coach Gary Pinkel, a valuable resource Odom for the most part resisted. Drinkwitz convinced running back Tyler Badie to stick around after some cryptic remarks raised questions of a potential transfer. He has created excitement with his all-in approach to social media, something that is easy to shrug off until you remember where recruits spend most of their time.
Most importantly, Drinkwitz has made some fascinating hires, ones that show he’s going to place an emphasis on raising the bar in recruiting. New offensive assistant Curtis Luper, former TCU co-offensive coordinator, is a nationally respected recruiter who is being asked to sink his teeth into St. Louis’ fertile football footprint. New offensive assistant Bush Hamdan, former Washington offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, helped Washington secure consecutive top-15 finishes in the 247Sports class recruiting rankings the past two seasons.
All Drinkwitz can do until he gets a chance to win a game is continue to stack up little wins off the field. Each one moves Mizzou a step away from the chaotic coaching search. Continued success will make the bumpy road that stopped at Drinkwitz nothing more than a forgotten bruise.
This post was edited on 1/7/20 at 8:19 pm
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Posted on 1/7/20 at 8:02 pm to Mizz-SEC
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Credit MU curators for steering Sterk away from Arkansas State’s Blake Anderson, Louisiana Tech’s Skip Holtz and Army’s Jeff Monken. Another spin of the coaching carousel has, at least for now, left the trio behind, a good indicator of a lack of interest from other programs.
Media can’t let this lie die.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 5:52 am to the808bass
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Media can’t let this lie die.
Bc that's all they got. They refuse to acknowledge the fact that Sterk maybe smart.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 10:17 am to Wtodd
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Bc that's all they got. They refuse to acknowledge the fact that Sterk may
I think it is more they refuse to admit they got played by folks with an agenda.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 12:34 pm to notsince98
The Agenda was their own: They don't like Sterk, and Sterk for sure does not like them. Perceptive of him, really.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 4:05 pm to Drydock
I am worried that the media won't leave Drink alone, let him do his job and when he wants to talk he will quit knocking on his door.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 4:47 pm to Mizz-SEC
This is the part of the column that drew my focus...
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New offensive assistant Curtis Luper, former TCU co-offensive coordinator, is a nationally respected recruiter who is being asked to sink his teeth into St. Louis’ fertile football footprint.
New offensive assistant Bush Hamdan, former Washington offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, helped Washington secure consecutive top-15 finishes in the 247Sports class recruiting rankings the past two seasons
This post was edited on 1/8/20 at 4:48 pm
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