I think we may be making a change...

[PMDawg]

Exactly, with Croom I felt we were poorly coached and had very little SEC level talent but never felt the culture of the program was decaying. In fact, Croom restored a lot of the culture within the program lost during the final years of JWS. I do appreciate him for that even though I thought when he showed up he ran off many more players than he should have.

Oh gosh, not this stupid garbage revisionist history again.

[dantheman4248]

Have you ever coached upwards basketball? Them mommas and grandmommas ain?t playing that crap***

The younger you go, the worse the parents are. Source: Have umpired tball one game. Stuck to Babe Ruth after that.

[Cowbell]

He gone guys. Rosebowl all but said it. My gosh read between the lines a little. He gave every possible reason for a change of heart since the egg bowl and said every department with the football team would see coaching changes. It would be the first time an entire staff left except for the HC.
ETA - he even tried to smooth over his own change of position since he took up for JM 3 weeks ago. Told everybody we have to do what's best for the program going forward.

[BeardoMSU]

Massafrigginchusetts????!!!! Who tha eff drug your Southern ass all the way up there?

I've got your file under review***

Working on Warren's campaign. Why do you think she's doing so well?**

[maroonmania]

I actually had a similar take to what Steve said. He didn't close door on new HC tho and Steve is in favor of that.

Like I said, SR is NOT going to come out saying a HC change is being made and then have to go back and retract that if things all fall through and JM is still here. That would put him in a really bad light and would make things very awkward should he have to deal with JM next season. Just the fact he is saying that a HC change is a distinct possibility now when just a couple of weeks ago he was saying JM would absolutely be the coach in the 2020 season is pretty telling.

[mstatefan91]

Like I said, SR is NOT going to come out saying a HC change is being made and then have to go back and retract that if things all fall through and JM is still here. That would put him in a really bad light and would make things very awkward should he have to deal with JM next season. Just the fact he is saying that a HC change is a distinct possibility now when just a couple of weeks ago he was saying JM would absolutely be the coach in the 2020 season is pretty telling.

SR is not one to talk negatively about MSU coaches in any way.. it is telling to me for sure.

[maroonmania]

Oh gosh, not this stupid garbage revisionist history again.

Revisionist? You are joking right? Of all of the criticisms of Croom, I've never heard anyone say he ran a lax or undisciplined program at MSU.

[Rex54]

Oh sure he ripped jughead a little but he is appeasing the masses .Then he added that part about the assistants being changed for sure. That was planting the seed per his controllers.
I'm a little bit of a cynic, So I could be wrong . I still have the question though, Why won't they fire this program killer ?

I'm of the opinion it was a trial balloon to see if we would accept just the assistant changes (we won't)

[THE Bruce Dickinson]

Oh gosh, not this stupid garbage revisionist history again.

For real...Croom was the worst. I guess the "culture" he is referring to is multiple players firing pistols on campus.

[TrapGame]

Like I said, SR is NOT going to come out saying a HC change is being made and then have to go back and retract that if things all fall through and JM is still here. That would put him in a really bad light and would make things very awkward should he have to deal with JM next season. Just the fact he is saying that a HC change is a distinct possibility now when just a couple of weeks ago he was saying JM would absolutely be the coach in the 2020 season is pretty telling.

Yep, he was saying Joe is 100% safe three weeks ago. Now after Fightgate, Bowl Debacle #2 and I think some heated conversations about staff changes it looks like Joe may be done.

[ShotgunDawg]

You people look at Steve's opinions incorrectly.

- You don't listen to Steve Robertson because you care about what he actually thinks.

- You listen to Steve Robertson to see what he is willing to say. It's pretty well established that Steve has inside info & will only say what he is allowed to say. He will toe the party line until the party like changes.

Thus it's a waste to time to say "well, he said this 3 weeks ago, etc" It's only important what he is saying at the moment because that's what is likely to happen.

[BuckyIsAB****]

If we make a change, it's likely Hud.

If it is, we will be a lot tougher than we were this year. At minimum we wont be soft and we wont run from anyone. Hud is a hardass coach. I dont think its a home run but its a good fit

[KB21]

Yep, he was saying Joe is 100% safe three weeks ago. Now after Fightgate, Bowl Debacle #2 and I think some heated conversations about staff changes it looks like Joe may be done.

This is just my interpretation, but Steve went all in on criticizing the job that Joe has done to this point. If Joe stays, he’s not going to let that go. Steve doesn’t typically do that, which makes me think he’s heard some talk.

[Todd4State]

He gone guys. Rosebowl all but said it. My gosh read between the lines a little. He gave every possible reason for a change of heart since the egg bowl and said every department with the football team would see coaching changes. It would be the first time an entire staff left except for the HC.
ETA - he even tried to smooth over his own change of position since he took up for JM 3 weeks ago. Told everybody we have to do what's best for the program going forward.

Reading between the lines...

There will probably be a meeting this week to decide Joe's fate.

And either Joe will go or he will stay and we'll hire a bunch of new assistants.

Either way Rosebowl can make it look like whatever happens he was right.

He's probably speculating that Joe will be gone though but gave himself enough wiggle room if it doesn't happen.

[TrapGame]

You people look at Steve's opinions incorrectly.

- You don't listen to Steve Robertson because you care about what he actually thinks.

- You listen to Steve Robertson to see what he is willing to say. It's pretty well established that Steve has inside info & will only say what he is allowed to say. He will toe the party line until the party like changes.

Thus it's a waste to time to say "well, he said this 3 weeks ago, etc" It's only important what he is saying at the moment because that's what is likely to happen.

Makes sense.

[OLJWales]

It's never been anything but that. Sure 2014 was great, but it was just a winning season- not a championship season, and it certainly wasn't the norm.

Just 2 years after our number one season we were 5-7 and winning the Egg Bowl possibly saved Mullen's job. Smoking that stupid ass cigar after going 5-7 was embarrassing, but our fan base slurped it up.

I prefer cigars over rock kicking.

[mstatefan91]

Reading between the lines...

There will probably be a meeting this week to decide Joe's fate.

And either Joe will go or he will stay and we'll hire a bunch of new assistants.

Either way Rosebowl can make it look like whatever happens he was right.

He's probably speculating that Joe will be gone though but gave himself enough wiggle room if it doesn't happen.

Steve also typically just comes out and says if status quo is status quo.. the fact that he wouldn't... there's definitely smoke.

[Todd4State]

This is just my interpretation, but Steve went all in on criticizing the job that Joe has done to this point. If Joe stays, he’s not going to let that go. Steve doesn’t typically do that, which makes me think he’s heard some talk.

This is true. And MSU has been a lot harder on the media this year than ever before. See Tyler Horka's slam piece on Michael Story one year after that incident occurred. MSU basically shut off the media the entire year for the most part as far as practice goes.

[Randolph Dupree]

I'm not guaranteeing anything- but I'm really getting the vibe a change may be happening. Between Rosey's criticism and a rumor I got passed- I think we may do what needs to be done.

FWIW I have always been under the impression that if things went south for the bowl game that the 'extension' wasn't going to happen. Nobody told me that outright, but just had and still have that feeling. Hoping it comes through. Can't imagine anyone thinking we are on the right track.

It wouldn't be a bad time to make the change. Recruiting class is mostly done (we might lose one or two but would've probably lost more if we change after the egg bowl). Coaching conference is right around the corner so it's a good time to put together a staff.

[Todd4State]

Steve also typically just comes out and says if status quo is status quo.. the fact that he wouldn't... there's definitely smoke.

I think there is definitely some smoke. I just think that the meeting hasn't happened yet so nothing is official at this point.