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Your last sentence is spot on. I have a family member that's a big ole miss fanboy. We saw him at Christmas and he was right in step with the whole "Golding is responsible for all Lanes success. Lane is not a good person. We're glad he's gone".Quote:
Originally Posted by Coursesuper
State fans suck at this. Ole Miss gets it. They get the message out there to the fans and they preach it like it's the gospel!!!
Sure, swear on a bible that golden is why they succeed, but no matter how much it's repeated, it isn't true, Lane was the engineer, and that's why OM offered him what lsu did (or more), not bc he was he 2nd most important behind golden.Quote:
Originally Posted by DownwardDawg
And LSU has even deeper pockets. It's going to be funny when Kiffin takes whoever he wants from them- but I'll stop laughing when my Caniac combo costs 40 dollars.Quote:
Originally Posted by parabrave
They have also had almost everything go right for six years in a row. Once they lose a game or two that they "aren't supposed to" we'll see how in step they are with everything. It's easy to fall in line when you have an elite coach, your rival is down, and you have an easy schedule.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coursesuper
If they're a NFL franchise then they just lost a HOF coach, their entire scouting dept., and now have a more difficult schedule. Now, I don't think they will be as bad as we were under Arnett- if anything at least Golding has hired someone that is off of the Kiffin tree so there won't be as much of an adjustment and you won't have the fan debate/split over it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
But Kiffin was a much bigger piece of the equation than they would like to admit. Specifically identifying talent in the portal. They're going to miss that a lot. You can have money, but you have to know who to target and then be able to attract them. And Kiffin was a household name- Golding is not. The Kiffin brand carried a lot of weight with transfers. Kiffin was also an elite play caller and game planner- how many times did they start a game up 21-0 in the first quarter? It seemed like a weekly occurrence. Even Croom could find a way to win games if you spot him a 21-0 lead. And then with Golding being the head coach that is going to take away some from their defense because he is going to have to adapt to being a head coach.
Do I think they will be a 2-10 team? No. But I do think they will be a 6-8 win team. And now that they have won 10-11 that's probably not going to be good enough. And instability creates weaknesses and allows opportunities for others to win games.
Yeah. They weren't paying Kiffin 12 million+ to make Juice videos and promote hot yoga in Oxford.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
Is this where the Scooby Doo gang pulls the mask off C34 and we find out it was Colonel Reb all along?
Hard disagree. They won't sniff 11-1 next year. They are going somewhere - backwards.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
OM schedule next year is one of the toughest. Egg Bowl could be two 5-6 teams playing for a bowl berth.
I was told by an OM alum that they lose A LOT on both sides of the ball.
Wtf even is this commentQuote:
Originally Posted by SailingDawg
I am wearing a Scooby doo shirt right now which makes this comment even funnier. Shout out to Side Action ApparelQuote:
Originally Posted by Activated Alpha
We all know that. But that's not the point. They are all united and pull together. We eat our own.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
No they won?t be 11-1 next year at the end of the season. But they will likely be an 8/4/9-3 team no doubt. They have a strong front office and will spend a lot of money to get talent.Quote:
Originally Posted by confucius say
Things could not have fallen better for olemiss when NIL became a thing. They already had an understanding of getting money from boosters to recruits, fans and boosters that are cultish about paying players, a good coach with one of the best offensive minds out there and who understood and embraced the portal, AND a very favorable schedule.
They will continue to get players b/c they embrace paying players and have always been obsessed with appearing to be one of the “big programs”; this will lead them to throwing tons of money at players. Their problem is, I don’t see them get the players that they would have had Kiffin stayed.
Ok, then we aren't in disagreement. I absolute can see 8-9 wins, but there will be a drop.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
Agree. You can't spend your way out of a bad spot alone.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
TAMU, Indiana, etc. The list is long on those that spent plenty and got nothing and those that spent a little and got a lot. Nothing has changed. Poor player evals happened before NIL and the whole recruiting rankings deal - see starters in NFL and what teams they play for to see how off talent evals are. Yes as a whole they can hit but the one off misses are way many.
College football sucks, not sure I will ever enjoy it, don't like anything about paying players (even high school kids get paid now) and the transfer/portal is terrible!
As far as Ole Dixie, we shall see but they do have way more tradition than us, they have been to 11 sugar bowls! I don't know where college football is headed for the coming years.
No problem with paying players. Big problem with free agency every offseason. Players have all the leverage.
Lane was also smart to leave right before the 9 game SEC schedule kicks in. Mathematically that would have cost him .35 wins a year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
Look at us, agreeing completely! This is the crux of the mess, it’s going to be very difficult to put this genie back in the bottle.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
Not sure I agree with this. If their front office was in alignment and they were going to match LSU's pay, Kiffin wouldn't have bolted before a potential NC playoff run. I do not think they are as perfect as you think they are.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34