re: Looking at this schedule before the season

Well the most Mizzou thing ever would be for the appeal to last pst this season (which would have been beneficial had we not shite the bed) only to have them uphold the ban and we can’t play in a bowl game next year.

Prepare thyselves

If Bryant's leg isn't healed after the bye to a point where he can get his weight off his back foot, the bowl thing is going to take care of itself.

I can’t prove it, but something happened after the Ole Miss game. The team the last 2 weeks looks nothing like the team from the first 6 games.

They have completely fell off the map, but everyone swears that they don’t have an answer on the appeal yet.

It would make a lot of sense if they did, but they say they don’t. I don’t know what else would make a team that was looking legitimately good turn into complete dogshit so quickly.

SOMETHING has to be going on in that locker room.

If he would have been hired from outside the program in 2015 there may have been a bit of different light on the first couple of seasons. A significant portion of the fanbase wanted the entire staff gone after the boycott and readily said "frick the entire roster".

Since he was attached to Pinkel and the hiring of Cross was a complete debacle, it added fuel to a fire that already had plenty of wood on it. The failure of Cross was huge. The defense he was supposed to bring works and would have been perfect for the overall direction the conference is heading offensively. I don't know if Cross could have put a more poorly executed product on the field if he tried to do it on purpose. He also soured the relationships with several kids in STL where he was supposed to be an asset as a former STL HS player.

Promoting Walters was unwise as well. He has had some moments, but overall has been a disappointment in setting the defense and as a position coach.

I do think he made several good hires as a HC. Heupel, Elarbee, Haley, Hargreaves, Davis, Finley, and his brother all put solid products on the field. If Gibbs had more time I think he would as well.

People have their problems with Dooley but before getting injured, Bryant was keeping the offense on schedule. I wouldn't have thought Robinson's appeal denial would be a major factor but it has become pretty obvious why the staff wanted him available.


In the end, it's year four. You can't lose a majority of the games against South Carolina and Kentucky whilst getting your drawers dropped by Vandy/Wyoming/Purdue along the way and consider things as moving forward. There is a fracture in his locker room, empty seats, and revenue bonds on the south endzone. We will just assume that UGA and UF are going to hammer MU. Dropping the last two games isn't out of the question if the offense can't score more than 14 points. Sterk won't have a very hard decision to make given the cheap buyout and guys like Mike Norvell available.

All of that is true. He came in with a bunch of good ideas, but the execution just has not been there even after four years. He has one of the lowest salaries in the SEC and is a Mizzou guy, it would have been nice for everyone if it had worked out. He also has a low buyout. I thought it would be next season but Sterk is a business guy, not a mousey faculty AD. The team would really have to turn around for him to save himself. If we get hammered by Georgia, then Florida, and probably at that point Tennessee I can't imagine him lasting.

It's ironic Memphis wanted Odom and settled for Norvell. If we raid Norvell they gonna be pissed.

Norvell was a coordinator at two P5 schools, grew up in Texas, and has spent the last 3 years recruiting the SEC footprint. He should be at or near the top of Sterk's list.

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There is no coaches to make a list. Even if Odom resigned right now, there isn't anyone of substance to replace him.

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There are always coaches out there. But with the new rules to pay players that will change everything! So it does not matter any more. Missouri is better off just keep Odom and be one of the rock bottom feeders with 3 stars players. Missouri does not have deep pockets to pay players to go to Mizzou. So might as well keep Odom.

Who gives a shite about 2015? You are hiring the coach he is in 2019.

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Who gives a shite about 2015? You are hiring the coach he is in 2019.

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I am talking about paying players! Where is the money going to come from to pay them? Does Mizzou have anyone to pay the players for 4 and 5 stars players? That is going to be the key for 2020 and on. If you can find someone willing to be bottom feeder since players will get paid and need to have people willing to pay them to go to Mizzou.