Best MSU Coach of All-Time?
- Thread starter Dinkle
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Does anybody really know why he left/got fired? If we fired him, then State has deserved every last crappy season we've had in the last 60-something years.
Per the football vault book that came out a few years back:<div>
</div><div>"As one might expect, there was more to the discontent with McKeen than just a couple of losses to the archrival and a .500 record in his ninth season. Former player Bob Sanders had developed financial and political clout in Mississippi, and well-heeled alumnus [sic] expected McKeen, Noble, and others at Mississippi Sate to satisfy his every whim. When McKeen did not, Sanders began the covert process of having him removed. Sanders used his power to swing board members in his favor and eventually had the wherewithal to have McKeen fired. Gone was the coach who led Mississippi State to a 65-19-3 record during nine non-losing years. Six of his seasons ended in seven or more wins. It would be 16 years before Mississippi State would reach seven wins in a season again."</div><div>
</div><div>17 you, Bob Sanders.
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</div><div>"As one might expect, there was more to the discontent with McKeen than just a couple of losses to the archrival and a .500 record in his ninth season. Former player Bob Sanders had developed financial and political clout in Mississippi, and well-heeled alumnus [sic] expected McKeen, Noble, and others at Mississippi Sate to satisfy his every whim. When McKeen did not, Sanders began the covert process of having him removed. Sanders used his power to swing board members in his favor and eventually had the wherewithal to have McKeen fired. Gone was the coach who led Mississippi State to a 65-19-3 record during nine non-losing years. Six of his seasons ended in seven or more wins. It would be 16 years before Mississippi State would reach seven wins in a season again."</div><div>
</div><div>17 you, Bob Sanders.
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hands down, nobody else is even close. We ran him off for not winning enough and sexy enough continuouslyby standards he had set himself. Our football program has never really recovered.Our football failure sincethen is largely self inflicted and reminds me A LOT of the mentality on this board. That's why I always say you boys who think you are something new in attitude for MSU are actually a throwback to the WORST of our past. NEVER forget Allen McKeen. He WAS our Bear and we ran him off.
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for LSU and UF on occassion. I believe Bob Tyler might need to get a mention in this category. Take away the NCAA issues and what do you get?
