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3 years is plenty of time.

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I think patience is a virtue, but the reality is we may be looking at our future. In this environment of the transfer portal, with a coach in his third year who has out recruited everyone but UGA in his division over the last two years, fans should expect something big.

We are debating the feel good moments of almost while our peers with coaches in their first two/three years are doing the minimum like winning on the road against FBS teams or the big like knocking off top 5 teams.

So the expectation is to take what you have and find a way to win 6 games period. You got your preseason excused guaranteed L out the way with UGA already. The mentality should be 6-0.

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Mizzou vs Tennessee by the808bass
That would be a hilarious take if you put it as a white kid.

“My kid from West Plains is only around white kids. How are you going to meet his unique emotions and social-cultural needs?”

Hilarious.

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Since I am being real.

This will be my last reply, and you think that’s hilarious, but in a locker room or hell across a lot of other scenarios, there is an acclimation and culture shock for everyone who lives in siloed communities.

So that kid from white plains, yes, coaches and others help that kid navigate environments they are not accustomed to.

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Glad you played the race card bc that was needed

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That wasn’t a “woke” take or whatever you want to call it. That’s just facts.

In some cases you are recruiting black kids who have no real substantive interactions with other races based on circumstance or location. Similarly to predominantly white or Hispanic areas in this country. Only difference is they will now be put into a situation they have no idea how to navigate.

Whether it’s Kirby going into SWAT’s, Saban going into Finley or Maysville in AL, or Drink on the East Side/ North Side of STL, when they pull up for that home visit and the matriarch or patriarch of the family asks “Will you take care of my boy?”, a black kid who is probably 15 or 16 when you start recruiting them, what does a coach do or say? What examples does he lean on to show if you give me your 4 or 5 star talent that yes I practice what I preach?

Hate him or not, Pinkel and Ivey both did that and that speaks volumes. Now meeting other needs that those kids and their families may want or need, we can’t and don’t compete with the top half SEC teams to close the deal. We put it on coaches a lot, which is a big part, but sometimes the other variables keeps up where we at.

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Agree…. However, look at their recruiting rankings from 2017-2020…. Both programs were top 20-30 for the most part. Mizzou has consistently been in the 40’s.

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I get that. But we are talking about losing to programs with worst recruiting numbers like BC. I get the lack of talent and understand the need to build, but teams are literally running the ball down our throats. Say what you want about BO, but we would at least be able to be competitive at stopping the run through scheme.

Would be wild to see Ford commit to us on a Notre Dame blog YouTube channel.

Could only imagine the national and social media attention Drink and the program receives...

In a perfect world I think this is the answer. Part of me worries Ryan W. will maintain his man principles and we get beat with Leach’s crossing/man beating routes.

Georgia tried to install zone the week of but you saw they were exposed in both zone and man concepts against MSU.

I still see us winning 30-10 but it gets a little worrisome if MSU scores two first half TD’s. They have a tough defense and working to score can get difficult if they are in the game.

Results alone ain’t it. It’s the brand on your feet, the environment you play in, and the players you got coming with you.

Talk to young men today and it’s about building their brand and getting better to achieve long term goals.

We are missing two of the three things I said above, and it’s like a chicken and egg situation. Fans want and need success/players to feel energized. Players need that environment and one player to make that jump so they can pair up.

Not looking to fire anyone. Just about to grab another drink and transition to watching some other teams play.

I am disappointed because I look at CFP at a macro level and I am blessed enough to have limited insights into multiple programs. This loss hurts because it keeps us on the same space.

We started the season with some national recognition. They could talk about our easy schedule on ESPN, but they recognized we had a few horses to get us to a top 10 ranking and a 8-0 record. So when that 4 star athlete is spending his time looking at programs, the ability to compete and have national recognition is on display. Odom’s pitch of championships is actually something that is within reach and this class can be the savior of a program who consistently gets shitted on in recruiting by other tier 1 and 2 programs.

After Wyoming we were in the C-block or not discussed at all on most college programming. We lose two recruits who can impact our program with high level visibility with other potential recruits and all of our wins now have asterisks. We fight through and get that top 25 ranking just to shite the bed.

There is no positive perception outside of Columbia. That hurts at a macro level. Yea we can recognize where we came from, but that shite don’t matter. It’s a reason teams like us and Wisconsin loses to unranked teams year after year. We have to be perfect in so many aspects, until we catch up athletically and unfortunately we continue to help maintain the big picture narrative which drives away the success we want to see.

Good win because this could have went sideways otherwise...

Future success is determined by talent and developing that talent.

Leach is a good coach but has taken advantage of a conference that has taken a nose dive, just look at Pac 12 teams on the line of scrimmage. Virginia Tech still had a full 6 months for recruiting after that loss, we only realistically have 2 months to retain and attract talent.

8 wins with losses to Georgia, Florida, USC, and Kentucky does not help achieve the future championship aspirations Barry Odom has set as a precedent.