Recruiting staff- the elephant in the room

[Todd4State]

Because the talk of HS coaches not liking him is way overblown. Say 5-10 coaches don't like him he'll there's over 100 who don't fit in that category. Let's not act like every HS coach liked Peterson & he did fine. A guy who's head of HS relations who's worked in the state 16 out of the last 20 years. Yea I'm good with that. The overthink & overreach on this hire is funny.

Because those 5-10 have guys on their staff that will possibly become head coaches one day. That can spread throughout the state pretty quickly.

But hey! We're Mississippi State! We don't care about recruiting or value it. And this is another sign of it.

Tony Hughes will solve everything right?**

It's only the weakest aspect of our program right now and is holding us back. We don't make moves like this in baseball. But we want to stay 1990 in football apparently.

Again- why not make Hopson an analyst and hire a recruiting person that has no ill will against him? What's wrong with that?

[KOdawg1]

Because those 5-10 have guys on their staff that will possibly become head coaches one day. That can spread throughout the state pretty quickly.

But hey! We're Mississippi State! We don't care about recruiting or value it. And this is another sign of it.

Tony Hughes will solve everything right?**

It's only the weakest aspect of our program right now and is holding us back. We don't make moves like this in baseball. But we want to stay 1990 in football apparently.

Again- why not make Hopson an analyst and hire a recruiting person that has no ill will against him? What's wrong with that?

Just curious, who would you rather see get the job? If you can name a guy with equal or greater experience inside this state who is 100% liked by the coaches in the state, then I'll be all for it. But he has to be liked by every single coach now. If he's disliked by one HS coach, that coach's assistants will go on to be head coaches, and I heard that stuff can spread throughout the state pretty quickly.**

Your entire post is an overreaction.

[Todd4State]

Just curious, who would you rather see get the job? If you can name a guy with equal or greater experience inside this state who is 100% liked by the coaches in the state, then I'll be all for it. But he has to be liked by every single coach now. If he's disliked by one HS coach, that coach's assistants will go on to be head coaches, and I heard that stuff can spread throughout the state pretty quickly.**

Your entire post is an overreaction.

Reed Stringer would be good.

[Ifyouonlyknew]

Reed Stringer would be good.

Now if you said Reed Stringer for Villagrana spot that would make more sense IMO. I'd personally rather have someone from outside the area but I'd understand the support for Stringer.

[Ifyouonlyknew]

What's wrong with that?

Because I think you're wrong.

[Todd4State]

Because I think you're wrong.

OK- so it's wrong to hire someone that high school coaches like at MSU.

[Ifyouonlyknew]

OK- so it's wrong to hire someone that high school coaches like at MSU.

There is nobody that every coach is going to like. That candidate doesn't exist.