Best thing for MSU just happened...Andy Kennedy will not be fired
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Whomever gets the job after AK will inherit a pretty good situation if that new facility gets built. Little or no expectaitons and great digs.
I personally think AK is all OM wants with regard to what they will pay for but i'm not an om fan. Just seems that way anyway.
I am in agreement that I dont think OM will get someone with the basketball experience of Andy. Michael White might be the next coming, but if he isnt, that is one bad decision.
I personally think AK is all OM wants with regard to what they will pay for but i'm not an om fan. Just seems that way anyway.
I am in agreement that I dont think OM will get someone with the basketball experience of Andy. Michael White might be the next coming, but if he isnt, that is one bad decision.
We felt the same way after Polk got us to Omaha in 2007 then the bottom fell out. Your front court and senior wing are leaving and Henderson may be in jail in days. Next year y'all will be bitching on the spirit about how Kennedy needs to go. Now y'all are sucking his dick.
Before this week of the SEC tournament, did you honestly feel this way? Every Ole Miss fan I talked to prior to the tournament was unsatisfied with Andy Kennedy as coach.
Don't get me wrong, an SEC tournament championship is great, but besides that it was pretty much consensus from Ole Miss fans they wanted him gone. This will obviously keep him, but I don't think it changes his lack of coaching ability.
I will give them credit for finally winning an SEC title in one of the...
2 major sports for the first time in over 30 years but let's not get ahead of ourselves. This is the worst SEC basketball has EVER been in my memory. Winning a title in the SEC this year in basketball equates to essentially being the tallest midget. I'll be surprised if any SEC teams make any real noise in the NCAA tournament.
2 major sports for the first time in over 30 years but let's not get ahead of ourselves. This is the worst SEC basketball has EVER been in my memory. Winning a title in the SEC this year in basketball equates to essentially being the tallest midget. I'll be surprised if any SEC teams make any real noise in the NCAA tournament.
That is because the 'every Ole Miss fan' you know doesnt know **** about basketball. We are the equivilant of the acc in football. We have the money but not the interest. AK, might not be as good as stansbury or richard williams, but he meets the requirements for the budget of MSU and OM sports. He cares, he knows about bb, he's from MS and he's been other places.
MSU should expect slightly more because we've been to higher places, but in the end just being competitive past the first round of the tournament is about all MSU fans can expect.
OM should expect to make the Ncaa's every 3-4 years or so and be done with it. AK pulled that off and he deserves to be given the chance to build on it.
"OM should expect to make the Ncaa's every 3-4 years or so and be done with it. AK pulled that off and he deserves to be given the chance to build on it."
Hasn't AK been there 7 years? The SEC sucks this year as bad as I can remember and you had to pull one out of your *** to make it... Again, AK staying in Oxford is good for State.
Hasn't AK been there 7 years? The SEC sucks this year as bad as I can remember and you had to pull one out of your *** to make it... Again, AK staying in Oxford is good for State.
We state fans know better. Andy at the very minimum waters down the talent in this state for us. He goes and it's better for MSU bottom line.
He may have been there 7 years or 100. Doesnt matter. MSU and OM will only spend so much on Basketball and he is just about the best either school can hope for. Can either school do better? sure. But not without luck. And that just doesnt come in the form of basketball around here.
We'll be luckier than you because we have a marginally better past in basketball without the local competition for recruits. But at the end of the day, unless a coach loses control of a team completely, Kennedy is the pinnacle of what should be expected.
He may have been there 7 years or 100. Doesnt matter. MSU and OM will only spend so much on Basketball and he is just about the best either school can hope for. Can either school do better? sure. But not without luck. And that just doesnt come in the form of basketball around here.
We'll be luckier than you because we have a marginally better past in basketball without the local competition for recruits. But at the end of the day, unless a coach loses control of a team completely, Kennedy is the pinnacle of what should be expected.
You actually think they could hire a better coach? Kennedy aint that good but the alternatives are worse. Just look at our hiring process last year for evidence. I like Ray but damn near everyone here thought we'd hire a guy that was more well known. Ole Miss would be in much worse shape when hiring. The only option that anyone of us would know is the guy at La Tech. After that it is scraping up someone.
In the end it doesn't really matter because Kennedy is their highest level and that means we have little to be worried about no matter what they do.
In the end it doesn't really matter because Kennedy is their highest level and that means we have little to be worried about no matter what they do.
This was weakest SEC in a very long time and Ole Miss was the benefactor of it. If they had to play the first or second day of the tourney they would not have been in the Championship game. Next year will be a very bad year for ole Miss. They lose many key guys and the SEC will be better.
AK ...
in his 7th year, has overcome typical end of year slumps to win the SECT. OM has not been too eager to extend AK but with the SECT win and dance invite have changed the dynamics. AK's agent is going to be asking for a '3 year deal' and he now has leverage.
As a State fan, this is good news. They lose Williams, Buckner and Holloway. I just don't see Henderson leaving and that may end up being bad for next year's team. Kid has talent and a quick release but he is also a 'powder keg' with a short fuze and when it does go off ... it won't be pretty.
in his 7th year, has overcome typical end of year slumps to win the SECT. OM has not been too eager to extend AK but with the SECT win and dance invite have changed the dynamics. AK's agent is going to be asking for a '3 year deal' and he now has leverage.
As a State fan, this is good news. They lose Williams, Buckner and Holloway. I just don't see Henderson leaving and that may end up being bad for next year's team. Kid has talent and a quick release but he is also a 'powder keg' with a short fuze and when it does go off ... it won't be pretty.
I don't know if they could hire a better coach... but I don't think fans will ever be fully supportive of AK. Some people simply don't like him because of the international incident.
I know people who love UM basketball and go to almost every game - but they could not care less if AK was fired. These same people do not like Henderson & his antics. I realize those fans are probably few & far between... but they are the same people who buy season tickets whether UM is 20-10 or 10-20. They love UM and the basketball program and they hate to see it embarrassed. Just like many of us got sick of watching the dumpster fire regardless of what our record was.
I know people who love UM basketball and go to almost every game - but they could not care less if AK was fired. These same people do not like Henderson & his antics. I realize those fans are probably few & far between... but they are the same people who buy season tickets whether UM is 20-10 or 10-20. They love UM and the basketball program and they hate to see it embarrassed. Just like many of us got sick of watching the dumpster fire regardless of what our record was.
Actually, they've got a great seed to make it to the Sweet 16. You don't have to beat a top 10 team to get there as a #12 seed. They could make the Sweet 16 and Florida would still be the best team they've beat this season. It's a total crapshoot whether they win 0, 1 or 2 games in the tournament.