Honest question for the board

[o_dawgnabit]

Was Stricklin not hiring Kermit Davis to hire Rick Ray the dumbest decision is Mississippi State history?

 

[Philly Dawg]

Not hiring any coach you can think of to hire Rick Ray instead was a dumb decision.

 

[josebrown]

Absolutely

 

[Msubulldogfan1]

Hiring rick ray instead of me would have been a dumb decision.

 

[cytubb]

His father in law advised him not to.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

Was Stricklin not hiring Kermit Davis to hire Rick Ray the dumbest decision is Mississippi State history?

No, If we would have hired Kermit who served a two year show cause and almost gave Texas A&M the Death Penalty that would have been a big red flag to NCAA.... We didn’t retire Stansbury because of his on the court performance.

 

[tatedog]

You have to remember we had Larry Templeton as an AD for a very long time, but I'm still gonna go with yes.

 

[FlotownDawg]

That line of thinking is stupid and will keep us mired in mediocrity. Where are the red flags are OM now? Seems they’re doing just fine with Davis. Houston hired Kelvin Sampson, who got two schools put on probation, and he has them undefeated and in the top 20. Where are the red flags there? You hire the best coach, regardless. Just because he has issues in his past doesn’t mean it will affect his next program.
Edit to add: The red flags also don’t seem to be affecting Auburn. Bruce Pearl was still serving a show cause when they hired him and he’s winning SEC championships now.

 

[tatedog]

Nevermind the fact that we hired our second winningest head football coach of all time under the EXACT same circumstances and that turned out okay.

 

[anon1787432961]

Yeah Kermit signing the player of the year from Kansas and bringing down a top Jersey kid should have raised eyebrows.

 

[Lowdog]

You have to remember we had Larry Templeton as an AD for a very long time, but I'm still gonna go with yes.

Cohen?

 

[Lawdawg.sixpack]

We wanted Steve McNair but told him he’d have to play defense...

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

Nevermind the fact that we hired our second winningest head football coach of all time under the EXACT same circumstances and that turned out okay.

Jackie wasn’t following Rick Stansbury either. Rick didn’t “retire” because of on-court performance. Ray and Croom were identical hires... to appease the NCAA.

 

[HotMop]

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&sou...CsUc&ust=1547427539629374&cshid=1547341136884

 

[HotMop]

This is why he wasn't hired....

 

[Drewbowski]

That is ********. We were placed on probation in football. Strick told Stans to gire his assistants and Rick quit instead.

Quit pushing this ******** narrative.

 

[FlotownDawg]

I’d rather have taken punishment from the NCAA. We basically gave ourself the death penalty by hiring Ray.

 

[mrbinsdog]

Dude Noble firing Allen McKeen

And replacing him w Slick Morton

 

[The Peeper]

Explain that line of thinking using Bobby Petrino?

 

[DAWG61]

That line of thinking is stupid and will keep us mired in mediocrity. Where are the red flags are OM now? Seems they’re doing just fine with Davis. Houston hired Kelvin Sampson, who got two schools put on probation, and he has them undefeated and in the top 20. Where are the red flags there? You hire the best coach, regardless. Just because he has issues in his past doesn’t mean it will affect his next program.
Edit to add: The red flags also don’t seem to be affecting Auburn. Bruce Pearl was still serving a show cause when they hired him and he’s winning SEC championships now.

Sweet let's hire Rick Pitino then

 

[Shmuley]

It’s going to suck having to watch Kermit take those pieces of **** to the tourney repeatedly and live with the conflict that it’s a good resurrection from the dead story for him and a hot poker in the *** that it’s the shitheads.

 

[olblue.sixpack]

Yeah Kermit signing the player of the year from Kansas and bringing down a top Jersey kid should have raised eyebrows.

Signing the top player in Kansas in a lot of years can be like signing the top player in Attala County.