Well that sounds like a situation Stans will quickly solve**
Only kidding. I really like Stans and hope he has tons of success there.
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You younger guys just don't understand what us older folk have gone thru pulling for state. Thats the main reason we are so happy to have had coaches like Jackie, Richard, Mullen and Stansbury, and why we were a baseball school before any other SEC school, Polk made us proud and something we could hang our hat before the above mentioned coaches brought winning to us. Bob Tyler was a brief bright spot before these others came on the scene.
Umm y'all lost a bunch but you also didn't have to endure some of the negative things an instant news world brings like yesterday for example. Some douchebag in Indiana takes a pot shot at Howland so we have to throw jabs back at him or some douche in Orlando writes a column saying MSU needs to be replaced by UCF in the SEC and on and on. It never ends now. Y'all could just go home and never read the Clarion Liar and you'd be done with it. We literally never stop standing up for our University nowadays.
As someone thats in between the Diaper Daddy's and the Young Punks- I do have to say some of the losing and problems we had in the 50's thru the 80's had alot to do with State and it's propensity to keep the "good ol boy network" going. Until the 2000's- we were about as progressive in sports as an Homish community. Lots of self-inflicted wounds with dumb decisions coupled with a fanbase that cant get united. Looking back at some of our athletic hires and admin choices is astonishing.
Yes, AK may pass Stans in number of wins .. BUT few Coaches at modern MSU sports history have been as successful as Rick in beating OM on a consistent basis .. period.
In his 14 years at MSU, Stans had a 21-8 record (72%) and ONLY lost ONE game to OM at the Hump. He beat OM EVERY year and won both meetings 6 times ('00, '03, '04, '05, '10, & '11). He also had two stretches .. one of 7 in a row and one with 6 in a row and won the only game we played OM in the SECT.
Stans and Mullen are on opposite ends of the spectrum as far as coaches. You have Stans that LOVES to recruit but has trouble running a disciplined program that develops players to their potential whereas Mullen really doesn't care for recruiting that much at all and usually doesn't want to even get into the fray for top prospects (especially out of state) but does have a well run program that usually gets the best out of players that have a good work ethic and want to be developed.
Someone please fill me in on why this is such a hot button issue on a STATE message board? Why does anyone here care if a coach from a team other than STATE becomes a Head coach on another team Not even in the SEC, I mean damn please someone please explain it to me.
You are 100% correct. We had one coach that couldn't coach,helluva golfer , so made him ad, the committee that hired Felker were doctors, cpa's ect. One member told me that they had as much business in hiring coaches as doodle squat. Just some of the examples.
I will take up for LT, he did manage our money very well, when we had none. He did things that we didn't agree with just to keep us afloat. Later years he held us back and should have been let go long before he was. He surrounded himself with people that pretty much had their self interest in mind, and hired people he knew wouldn't be a threat to him, if one actually did, he fired him or ran him off.
PS: I like olderthandirt, geezer or whatever, better than Diaper Daddy. Cause the day I need them , it won't be so funny.
We, The Message Board Mafia, are directly responsible for his unemployment. We are responsible for his kids having to walk 10 miles to school everyday, in the snow, up hill, both ways. Since he now has gainful employment , the pangs of guilt we feel can be soothed and we can turn our attention to the next coach who needs our undivided council and scrutiny. ****