Croom + Winning = This....

[DowntownDawg]

This is the big Croom upside, and this is why you hire the man.

<span class="storybody">"I am in a position up there that I want to be in. And they have what I am looking for in a <span style="font-weight: bold;">father figure</span>.
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"I'm excited it's over and I'm relieved that it's over. It's like Christmas every day now. It's not just to say that I've committed earlier and got everything over, but I <span style="font-weight: bold;">feel like I'm doing the right thing and that I'm going to a great place</span>.</p>

"<span style="font-weight: bold;">Coach Croom has coached NFL running backs. And the coaches aren't just telling me things that I want to hear. They are Christian guys who are men of their word."</span></p>

As someone said a day or two earlier, perception is reality. Cynics can point to Melvin and all of that, but the bottom line is that Croom comes across as a father figure and a fine Christian man when he goes into these living rooms. And kids with any kind of background or parental backing are going to like him, and parents with any kind of backbone are going to like him. It wasn't enough before he proved he could win. As a father, I wouldn't encourage my kid to go to a perennially losing school with a head coach that I really liked because I would fear that the coach would be gone before my kid graduated, and that he would be losing every year. But give me somebody like Coach Croom that can win, and I would be all over that.

This is the upside. This is what can happen. It's the only way we can compete with the Bama's of the world, for these guys to feel like they are doing the "right thing."

 

[redbird4state]

very true.

 

[Goat Holder]

I'll let Coach34 take it from here.

 

[DowntownDawg]

...but I will. The downside is that we will get raked over the coals by the media and outside world if we ever have to fire a guy like this. That's why it was such a big gamble to hire him, and that's why anybody who is a supporter of Mize State should be pulling hard for his success, buying tickets and getting there. We have taken a huge gamble with him, and it's starting pay off.

 

[Todd4State]

we'll have to deal with Jesse and Al.</p>

 

[Stansfield]

What makes me worry though is that people know that coaches like Saban are pieces of **** so they expect him to act like a piece of ****. However, when and if Croom ever does <17> up big time, then he has a very high pedestal to fall from and make that much more noise when he lands.

 

[hatfieldms]

Is coach banned from here now? Just wonddering why you said he couldn't respond

 

[DowntownDawg]

...but he doesn't give a **** for Croom(s), and doesn't understand what would happen if we fired him. He tries to find ways to justify not liking him instead of getting behind the program and supporting it. He would fire both Croom and Stansbury if he had the chance, because he thinks we could do better, and has no understanding of the consequences.

 

[TR.sixpack]

it will likely be at least one season too late (see Sherrill '02; Felker '89), therefore the race hustlers won't have much to say. If we fire him after say, a 5-7/6-6 season this year...then I might be out there with a bullhorn myself.

 

[DowntownDawg]

...in fact, excuses are made for him when things go wrong. I don't worry about that. The NCAA's not going to touch him, and I seriously doubt he is banging his secretary or anything like that. The biggest fear for me is him not winning.

 

[lanceharbor7]

It's the only way we can compete with the Bama's LSU's of the world, for these guys to feel like they are doing the "right thing."

/fixed.

//I hate Bama

///MSU is better than Bama

 

[DowntownDawg]

...and will talk unless we are just absolutely 2003 terrible for a couple of years.

If we fire him after say, a 5-7/6-6 season this year...then I might be out there with a bullhorn myself.

I can't imagine the shitstorm we'd see in this scenario, even though it's what Peach and his ilk wants.

 

[The Peeper]

did he pi$$ in the Wheaties w/ the fans too much to get the credit. Did he see those qualities in Croom before hiring or did he luck into it? I've heard him (LT) say since the hire that he saw it in the interviews but that could be some of that 20/20 hindsight. Not saying either way, just asking........

 

[windcrysmary]

nt

 

[DowntownDawg]

y

 

[HammerOfTheDogs]

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