Ok... Which SixPacker sent Crooms a letter...
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I didn't. But I do remember him throwing the players under the bus that final year and not taking any accountability upon himself or his coaching staff. Funny how that didn't make the documentary.
I was wondering
who would be the first one to post that haha. Im curious about any of the letters he may have gotten that were positive?
who would be the first one to post that haha. Im curious about any of the letters he may have gotten that were positive?
Eventually it will be time to move on from the football and celebrate him for his accomplishments (not many but there are some) and for being a trail blazer. His story is a diamond in the rough for us.
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did they show any footage of emperor croom from the bama game where he had the black hoodie pulled over his head in the rain? that was about the low point for me.
actually i take that back. the low point was when he was asked why the 08 season wasnt as successful as the 07 season and he said "we havent had any interceptions for touchdowns this year." are you 17n serious! what about our offense you stubborn bastard?!
actually i take that back. the low point was when he was asked why the 08 season wasnt as successful as the 07 season and he said "we havent had any interceptions for touchdowns this year." are you 17n serious! what about our offense you stubborn bastard?!
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Croom didn't need a letter to tell him he was a loser... He never missed an opportunity to act defeated. I remember vividly being at the Georgia Tech game in Atlanta, watching Croom stare at the top of his shoes the ENTIRE game! I made my way from the visitors section to just behind our bench as fans left. By the middle of the fourth quarter, I was in Croom's ear yelling at him to pick his head up. He simply was not a leader who could withstand adversity. When one thing went wrong, he displayed his defeated behavior. Our team fed off that negative energy and led to subpar performance.
Good coaches ,like Mullen, change the way you look at yourself. If you believe in your abilities, it shows in the W-L column.
Greg Byrne had the vision and advice from a trusted advisor that encouraged him to hire Mullen, although unproven as a head coach, "At the end of the day... Winners find a way to win."
Boys we've got us a winner.
Good coaches ,like Mullen, change the way you look at yourself. If you believe in your abilities, it shows in the W-L column.
Greg Byrne had the vision and advice from a trusted advisor that encouraged him to hire Mullen, although unproven as a head coach, "At the end of the day... Winners find a way to win."
Boys we've got us a winner.
One of my problems with Croom was his attitude
I mean the man flat out said he didn't want to be here. WTF??? I'll never forget after the Tulane disaster a reporter asked him something to the effect about whether he was worried about losing fan support or not and that ******* said "I don't really care what the fans think". All this character talk? My ***. He had a bad attitude.
I mean the man flat out said he didn't want to be here. WTF??? I'll never forget after the Tulane disaster a reporter asked him something to the effect about whether he was worried about losing fan support or not and that ******* said "I don't really care what the fans think". All this character talk? My ***. He had a bad attitude.
I don't think so
I don't think there are many who thinks that he was always a loser. He won championships at bama and by all accounts was a good rb's coach. He was just a piss poor college head coach.
I don't think there are many who thinks that he was always a loser. He won championships at bama and by all accounts was a good rb's coach. He was just a piss poor college head coach.
I sent him a letter of encouragement right before the Liberty Bowl season....I signed it Bear Bryant, which is obviously why we went bowling that year. ***
The only problem I have with the documentary was the end, where he blamed his failure at the end on TWO players causing a losing season rather than a championship game appearance and Byrne not understand that. Then Byrne said that Croom wasn't willing to make changes (Woody) and offered a resignation so he took it, followed by Croom insisting he was forced out.
Outside of that it was "ok"...
I just hate how he talked about Bryant the entire time, as if to affirm everyone he was a good coach.
Outside of that it was "ok"...
I just hate how he talked about Bryant the entire time, as if to affirm everyone he was a good coach.
"If you can't see the improvement, you're blind." - Crxxms I've NEVER seen a coach so openly antagonistic toward his own fanbase. His disdain for State and love for all things Bama was sickening. And what was even more unforgivable as far as I'm concerned, is LT BEGGING him to take the job after he turned it down 3 times. LT is, and always has been, more concerned about currying favor with the SEC office than doing what was right for MSU. Any AD with half a brain would've told the NCAA & the SEC to stick it, that we'd hire the coach we wanted to hire, considering the NCAA had little or nothing on us after a 2-3 year anal probe. But LT's "woe is us, we're poor lil' ol Miss'ippi State" attitude led him to bend over and take the *** raping at the first empty threat.
I did not watch the Croom special last night. I try as hard as I can to forget his tenureas head coach. Perhaps now that theyhave celebrated his breaking to color barrier we can drop any conversation ofhim on our boards. It is like ground hogday, repeating the same ole crap over and over again. If we were serious about winning and being competitivehe was not qualified to be head coach atState, he proved it and got fired, end of story (after too many years of crappyfootball). Thank God for the General andGreg.<o
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17 that lazy, hardheaded bastard.Dont tell the fans you dont care what they say- but then get mad when one writes and tells you the truth
I would love to sit down with Byrne one day to hear the truth as to what went down the morning that Croom resigned. There still seems to be two very different sides to that story. My suspicion is that it was something like this:
1. They discussed the season and the direction of the program
2. Ninja laid down some reasonable expectations
3. Croom knew he couldn't meet those expectations and probably got his feelings hurt that Greg was forcing him to make staff changes
4. Croom took his ball and went home while somehow forming the story in his head that he was "forced" out
5. NONE of this was Croom's fault
I don't think that Byrne was in any way upset with Croom resigning, but at the same time, I do not in any way believe that he walked into that morning's meeting with the intent to fire Croom. Croom fired himself in more ways than one, and it kills me that down to the last day he's still wanting to blame everyone but himself. How anyone sees that and still thinks that he was a good man is beyond me. He may have been great when things were going well, but he was downright pathetic when they weren't.
1. They discussed the season and the direction of the program
2. Ninja laid down some reasonable expectations
3. Croom knew he couldn't meet those expectations and probably got his feelings hurt that Greg was forcing him to make staff changes
4. Croom took his ball and went home while somehow forming the story in his head that he was "forced" out
5. NONE of this was Croom's fault
I don't think that Byrne was in any way upset with Croom resigning, but at the same time, I do not in any way believe that he walked into that morning's meeting with the intent to fire Croom. Croom fired himself in more ways than one, and it kills me that down to the last day he's still wanting to blame everyone but himself. How anyone sees that and still thinks that he was a good man is beyond me. He may have been great when things were going well, but he was downright pathetic when they weren't.