Quote Originally Posted by HoopsDawg View Post
Right, and Mcphee didn't commit until late in the process either. But Miss. State, the school you pull for, recruited him for 18 months. Mullen and Hud and the other coaches we kept did a good job of holding on to the class. But Croom and his staff recruited and gained commitments from almost all with the exception of Madrecus Hood, Perkins, Ricco Sanders, and Leon Berry. Give Mullen Slay if want though Croom evaluated and recruited him. That's still 2 NFL players compared to the 11 that Croom left him.

Croom is the worst recruiter we ever had, bar none. His highlight was signing a guy in prison. This claim that Croom left Mullen all this nfl talent is laughable. Sherrill left Croom some NFL talent, but he never developed it or used it right. Croom had the one good class and Mullen had to save it and added to it. Had Tyler walked, like he was considering, the class would've likely fell apart. Compare Crooms first recruiting class vs what Mullen managed in 2009 and then come telle how great Croom was at recruiting and talent evaluation. He did good that one class thanks to Ellis Johnson saving his ass plus a lucky combination of the best class MS has produced in a long time. He missed on waaaaay more than he hit on over his 5 years. And that is NOT debatable. Croom was a disaster in every aspect and saying otherwise is revisionist history. I'd bet that less than half of those 12 would've finished their career at MSU or made the NFL had Croom stayed throughout their career.