#1 Texas vs Lady Dawgs

[KOdawg1]

Did not say you were did I? Just saying that is where some of these rumors started.

Well you quoted me.

Cool.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Well you quoted me.

Cool.

Just responding to you. But my bad for that one. Also good to know you don't get your info from Robbie Faulk. Kid is not right a whole lot.

[NCMSTFAN]

Sam has the most wins of any coach in our history over his first three years and he inherited a drama filled shit show, I'm willing to be patient with him. We show flashes, just no consistency except turnovers. He needs to recruit the HS ranks better and build a program. We're too portal heavy and that creates problems.

I agree, I get mad at him alot but he has won some games and recruits well. He recruits alot of portal players now because you almost have to if you want to stay relevant. That being said, he has some highly recruited High School girls coming in. He's signed 3 top 100 high school girls and you know he will find a couple of good players in the portal.

https://www.espn.com/high-school/gir...s/_/class/2025

[StarkVegasSteve]

I agree, I get mad at him alot but he has won some games and recruits well. He recruits alot of portal players now because you almost have to if you want to stay relevant. That being said, he has some highly recruited High School girls coming in. He's signed 3 top 100 high school girls and you know he will find a couple of good players in the portal.

https://www.espn.com/high-school/gir...s/_/class/2025

I think next year is probably the make or break year for Sam. You obviously follow the women's team a lot closer than I, but would you say that if he's a bubble team again next year that he's in trouble?

[MoreCowbell]

Sure wish I had your mind reading powers. Must be awesome to know what everyone is thinking.

It is actually pretty awesome, comes in handy sometimes

[MoreCowbell]

If Vic wanted to stay, he would've stayed. He and Cohen didn't get along and it had nothing to do with politics, drama with the team, clandestine relationships, etc. Vic wanted us to sink more money into a program losing close to 6 million dolllars a year. And he wanted it coming out of men's basketball or football. He also didn't like that baseball was thought of so highly at Mississippi State. He wanted us to be known for women's basketball and wanted it marketed that way. This is the same guy who pulled Robbie Faulk aside after a press conference one time and berated him about why the women's basketball team was on Pg 4 in the Starkville Daily News. Keep in mind, it was November and they had beaten some no name by 60. But he thought that should be front page over football. DURING FOOTBALL SEASON.

Now I will go one by one on why all those "rumors" are BS:

1. Politics-Cohen had literally just hired the most unabashed Donald Trump supporter in college athletics 2 months prior. So gonna call BS on that.

2. Drama with the team- There was no relationships going on with players and staffers. We would've heard about it by now. Mississippi State lives by the motto loose lips sink ships. There's loose lips all over that campus and in that athletic dept.

3. Clandestine relationships-No. This kind of folds into the other one but involves his family. I will just say no. I have many reasons to know that is so far from the truth and if you'd like to know them please PM me and I'll tell you.


At the end of the day, Vic made a decision. Texas allows him to lose as much money as he wants and they don't give a rats ass. We were not going to allow him to do that.

Vic may have wanted all that time but even if we agreed to it he would have left for Texas. It is Texas.

[preachermatt83]

Regardless of any of the rest of it, I think we all can agree that Vic is beyond just good. He?s great. Elite!