Croom unofficially blames the Sixpack
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I guess Croom must have thought a 21-38 record was ok and you ******** on the internet cost him his job. Croom should blame Al Gore for the loss of his job since Gore created the internet.
No D-1 team should ever be beat by Maine with less people in attendance than a freakin 3A high school game.</p>
Blow me. You were hired to do a job. You didn't do it. In the world I live in, you lose your job when you fail at it. Quit making goddamn excuses.
I tend to sympathize with him.
I once thought the Sixpack was an ironclad safehaven for rational, original thought. A place where stupid ideas could be heard but quickly dismissed and their purveyor ridiculed. But Friday proves otherwise. We're all ignorant, hopeless, groupthinking sheep. We'll take what we want to hear, convince ourselves it's true, pronounce it as gospel, and love every second of it. When someone gives us solid proof to the contrary, we'll find a way to dismiss it.
We all know Ninja Byrne has read this board in the past, but if he's taking his cues from this board, God help him. If the fallout from Friday's euphoria eventually ruins this entire coaching search, perhaps we all got what we deserved.
I once thought the Sixpack was an ironclad safehaven for rational, original thought. A place where stupid ideas could be heard but quickly dismissed and their purveyor ridiculed. But Friday proves otherwise. We're all ignorant, hopeless, groupthinking sheep. We'll take what we want to hear, convince ourselves it's true, pronounce it as gospel, and love every second of it. When someone gives us solid proof to the contrary, we'll find a way to dismiss it.
We all know Ninja Byrne has read this board in the past, but if he's taking his cues from this board, God help him. If the fallout from Friday's euphoria eventually ruins this entire coaching search, perhaps we all got what we deserved.
This is a good thing. Apparently we (and now GB) are the only group that will hold him accountable for sucking.
If the next Coach sucks (which he won't) I would hope this board will again be the voice of reason.
We should be proud of this.
If the next Coach sucks (which he won't) I would hope this board will again be the voice of reason.
We should be proud of this.
In the interview he says he was given a 3 year FREE PASS. I mean, I am parphrasing. But, he said he was absolutely not accountable for the first 3 years.
I know this is widely known and has been lambasted ad nauseum. However, when you set the tone with a 3 year free pass, even Saban might be led down the lazyass pass. So, you think he is going to have a tough time of it the first 3 years? Fine. Still, you can set concrete objectives -- not give the guy a free pass. Nobody gets a free pass and is worth a ****. Nobody.
I know this is widely known and has been lambasted ad nauseum. However, when you set the tone with a 3 year free pass, even Saban might be led down the lazyass pass. So, you think he is going to have a tough time of it the first 3 years? Fine. Still, you can set concrete objectives -- not give the guy a free pass. Nobody gets a free pass and is worth a ****. Nobody.
..He has absolutely no clue when to shut his mouth. All he is doing is cutting his own throat with these remarks if he ever wants to be in college coaching again. If you're Nick Saban, you can spout off to the media about AD's not being quick with the trigger. He'll get another job no matter what.
But if you're Croom... practically the worst of the worst college coaches, blaming somebody else for you being fired is the quickest way to never being considered for another job.
Keep talking, Sly. It's what you do best.
But if you're Croom... practically the worst of the worst college coaches, blaming somebody else for you being fired is the quickest way to never being considered for another job.
Keep talking, Sly. It's what you do best.
without Templedick, we'd have never had Croom to begin with. This was the same AD that told Rick Stansbury that all he expected from him was a trip to the NIT every few years.
Martyr much?
This board or Swan Lake had nothing to do with Petersen not coming. If you think it did, you need help. Fact is, none of us know what happened. There was way too much smoke on Friday for there not to have been a fire. But apparently, negotiations didn't go the way we wanted, and now we're moving on.
This board or Swan Lake had nothing to do with Petersen not coming. If you think it did, you need help. Fact is, none of us know what happened. There was way too much smoke on Friday for there not to have been a fire. But apparently, negotiations didn't go the way we wanted, and now we're moving on.
<font size="2" face="Georgia">"we were going to clean things up during the first three years and then start to built the program after that"
sortof funny that in year 5 he was burning redshirts and saying that he didn't care about the long term implications from it. i am so glad he is gone.
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sortof funny that in year 5 he was burning redshirts and saying that he didn't care about the long term implications from it. i am so glad he is gone.
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Could Croom have been a good hire if he had not been given such a free pass? What if he knew on the front end that wins and losses was #1, #2, and #3 on the priority list? Obviously LT felt like we couldn't get anyone on that basis.
It is clear that Croom had other priorities. I believe he wanted to win. I just don't think winning was his highest priority. I don't think he wanted to do whatever it took within the bounds of legality to win. I think his relationship with his OC was a higher priority. I beleive he talked himself into some sort of "doing in the right way" image that surpassed both who he actually was and his desire to win. I mean, at Green Bay, did he constantly project this "doing the right way" regardless of a desire to win?
I say all the ******** around hiring him and building things the right way took over where a decent coach might have been. Might.
It is clear that Croom had other priorities. I believe he wanted to win. I just don't think winning was his highest priority. I don't think he wanted to do whatever it took within the bounds of legality to win. I think his relationship with his OC was a higher priority. I beleive he talked himself into some sort of "doing in the right way" image that surpassed both who he actually was and his desire to win. I mean, at Green Bay, did he constantly project this "doing the right way" regardless of a desire to win?
I say all the ******** around hiring him and building things the right way took over where a decent coach might have been. Might.
Don't give us this "I was going to change offensive coordinators" ********. You went 4 years with the same OC finishing below #100 nationally in offense. It's his fat ***'s fault that he kept him and went down with him. But in typical Crxxm fashion, it's always somebody else's fault.
I was a little disappointed to see Croom resign, not that I didn't want him gone, I just wanted to see the guy succeed. Regardless of his hardheadedness regarding the offense, I truly believed he was a good man and could of been great for our program but his pride cost him.
Now, the more I hear him talk lately the more I hate that fat motherf#ker.
Now, the more I hear him talk lately the more I hate that fat motherf#ker.
