Quote Originally Posted by Indndawg View Post
I know older fans point to Darrel Royal...which is apples vs oranges bc it was b4 integreation.

Point 1: I know many ppl who hated to see Rocky let go but quickly warmed to JWS, esp when he won right off the bat

Point 2: Jackie should have been nudged to the retirement door after 2002. We know the division on Gene's Page over that. Even after the disaster of 2003, many fans said we can't fire him, we owe too much

Point 3: Many fans said you can't fire Croom 1 year removed from an SEC COY...but it happened.

Point 4: Evidience is there, that JoMo is prolly the worst coach MSU has ever had, at least in the last 50 years....yet, the blue hairs and fraidy cats still want to keep him and keep making the same lame excuses.
So what have yall heard
Point 4 is hyperbole... 50 years is back to 1970.
Shira was worse (16?45?2)
Tyler was better ( thanks NCAA)
Bellard was worse (Won with Tylers players, then won 5 SEC games in 5 years)
Rocky was worse
Jackie was better, the worse, then better, then worse
Croom was worse. (Maine)
Mullen was better

My only fear in replacing him is the transition from Stansbury to Rick Ray. Everyone said " we have a great program , it will be easy to replace Stans", and we ended up the Clemson's 3rd assistant coach.

We have to get a coach lined up before we make the move. Like we did with Howland.

This is not a don't fire him, it's a "get the other guy signed up first". IMO, we have to get a head coach, and pay him.

(I.e. Fleck $3.5mm, Fickell $2.4mm, Matt Campbell $3.5mm, Norvell $1.8mm)