Where does Supahstar Davonte Pollard go now?

[Coach34]

Stands would have inked Newman no doubt, .

Not according to Horatio. The only reason we have a chance now is that Stands is gone

[RAYn_Man]

I bet you wanted Kenny Paul Geno, right?

He's homegrown, good student, and a great kid!!**

[Coach34]

. it's a fact that we have had two straight horrid seasons after having 12 of 14 seasons in which we won 17 or more games. .

Can I remind you of the seasons where we DIDNT win 17 games?

1999-2000- that team went 14-16 and 5-11 in the SEC. Why? It lost 4 starters from the year before
2005-2006- that team went 15-15 and 5-11 in the SEC. Why? It lost 5 starters from the year before

2013? We lost all 5 starters plus some recruits due to a coaching change. We also changed the culture of the program and had to run off some other players. Complete roster transition.

[shannondawg]

I would like to know exactly how us Stansbury lovers are not supporting Ray, the games I go to, I see a lot of people that supported Stans? And while we at it, exactly how are you Stansbury haters supporting Ray, by filling up the Hump? Most are too buy on the message board to actually go to the games..

My saying I love Rick Ray, going to help him win any games? Or maybe I hate Stansbury will help Rick Ray win games?

I thought we were going to get off the Stansbury bashing after the final game of the year, but I guess this message board would go away if not for these threads..

[Ifyouonlyknew]

For all y'all taking shots at Black if you have access to Scout you can see his season highlights & make your own determinations. Kid looks pretty good to me but I'm no talent evaluator.

[Sandman14]

Can I remind you of the seasons where we DIDNT win 17 games?

1999-2000- that team went 14-16 and 5-11 in the SEC. Why? It lost 4 starters from the year before
2005-2006- that team went 15-15 and 5-11 in the SEC. Why? It lost 5 starters from the year before

2013? We lost all 5 starters plus some recruits due to a coaching change. We also changed the culture of the program and had to run off some other players. Complete roster transition.

Yes....continue on, sir.....

Allow me to finish your sentence. We followed the 99-00 season with this:

2000–01 Mississippi State 18–13 7–9 T–4th (West) NIT Quarterfinals
2001–02 Mississippi State 27–8 10–6 2nd (West) NCAA 2nd Round
2002–03 Mississippi State 21–10 9–7 1st (West) NCAA 1st Round
2003–04 Mississippi State 26–4 14–2 1st (West) NCAA 2nd Round
2004–05 Mississippi State 23–11 9–7 3rd (West) NCAA 2nd Round

And we followed the 05-06 team with this:

2006–07 Mississippi State 21–14 8–8 T–1st (West) NIT Final Four
2007–08 Mississippi State 23–11 12–4 1st (West) NCAA 2nd Round
2008–09 Mississippi State 23–13 9–7 3rd (West) NCAA 1st Round
2009–10 Mississippi State 24–12 9–7 T–1st (West) NIT 2nd Round

And we followed the 12-13 team with this:

2013–14 Mississippi State 14–18 3–15

One of these trends is not like the other. Also, the two Stands seasons you noted were 2 of 14. The two Ray seasons are 2 of 2. 100% for Ray.

[Coach34]

Yes....continue on, sir.....

Allow me to finish your sentence. We followed the 99-00 season with this:

2000–01 Mississippi State 18–13 7–9 T–4th (West) NIT Quarterfinals
2001–02 Mississippi State 27–8 10–6 2nd (West) NCAA 2nd Round
2002–03 Mississippi State 21–10 9–7 1st (West) NCAA 1st Round
2003–04 Mississippi State 26–4 14–2 1st (West) NCAA 2nd Round
2004–05 Mississippi State 23–11 9–7 3rd (West) NCAA 2nd Round

And we followed the 05-06 team with this:

2006–07 Mississippi State 21–14 8–8 T–1st (West) NIT Final Four
2007–08 Mississippi State 23–11 12–4 1st (West) NCAA 2nd Round
2008–09 Mississippi State 23–13 9–7 3rd (West) NCAA 1st Round
2009–10 Mississippi State 24–12 9–7 T–1st (West) NIT 2nd Round

And we followed the 12-13 team with this:

2013–14 Mississippi State 14–18 3–15

One of these trends is not like the other. Also, the two Stands seasons you noted were 2 of 14. The two Ray seasons are 2 of 2. 100% for Ray.

neither 2000 nor 2006 saw our program in the shape it was in when Ray took over. We'll see what happens this coming season and can more adequately judge him

[Sandman14]

I actually can agree with you there. Think back to great class we had lined up to come in. Probably a top 15 class and maybe top 10 if we had grabbed Pollard. Hood was ready to step up as a leader and take over. And BAM, the administration went and completely obliterated the program. Nuked it. We went from NCAA tournament contender to worst program in history of the SEC overnight. And when the smoke cleared, we had an assistant coach as our head coach, which only exacerbated the situation.

[Coach34]

I actually can agree with you there. Think back to great class we had lined up to come in. Probably a top 15 class and maybe top 10 if we had grabbed Pollard. .

We werent even in the top 30...maybe if we kept Gray we would have broken top 30...it wouldnt have been close to a top 15 class....and we have seen that Pollard was in no way close to his ranking. Sell that BS somewhere else