Are you really naive enough to think that anyone who really looks at our program as a whole and sees what has gone down in the past 5-6 years and thinks, "well, gee, I'd better win at least 25 games or I might get fired"?
Here is my take: Stansbury did not get "retired" because he went 21-12 and missed the NCAA tournament, though missing the tournament is the straw that broke the proverbial camel's back. No, he got "retired" because of the complete chaos that has surrounded our program for years now. It doesn't take a microscope to glance at our program and see that it has been a circus of chaos for years, and that all falls on the coach. Hell, I'll give him props for holding it together enough to put out a respectable product during the midst of the chaos, but that does not mean that its not his fault that we've had a mess to deal with in the first place.
Here are some examples of what the rest of the country can see by just taking five minutes to google our program:
1. Sidney fights with a team captain in the stands in Hawaii, the "team captain" gets kicked off the team, while Sidney is allowed to remain and continue to be a cancer.
2. Players transferring out of the program by the truckload, and not just players unhappy with their playing time. When a Ben Hansborough transfers out and becomes the Big East Player of the Year, coaches and people around the country might just think, "hmm, wonder what held him back at MSU?". The same goes for players like Osby.
You want to know what other coaches see, and why they may not think our job is so great? Here are some reasons:
1. We are losing 4 starters and the vast majority of our production, we have an incoming PG asking for a release, we have no depth behind those 4 starters to rely on next year - which means that whoever comes in is going to have a very tough season on their hands next year and likely the year after that.
2. The players that will still be here are used to playing in a disfunctional circus, which may not be that easy to break.
3. We are in a state which, while full of talented "athletes", is not stocked full of talented "basketball players", and our High Schools do not teach players the same level of fundamental basketball skills that other states' do.
4. We are a football school and play in a football conference. Basketball will never be king here
5. As much as we all love Starkville, its not exactly a major metropolitan area or anything
6. The job is in Mississippi, and as much as we rag on Ole Miss for their racist ways, that negative perception (along with a slew of others) exists for the state as a whole and is not isolated to Ole Miss (which is something most of the people on here are simply incapable of understanding)
There are other reasons, but you get the point. Some of this is Stansbury's fault and some is just a function of who and where we are. In any case, it was time for a change, not because we missed the tournament this one season, but because of the joke our entire program has become.
Here is my take: Stansbury did not get "retired" because he went 21-12 and missed the NCAA tournament, though missing the tournament is the straw that broke the proverbial camel's back. No, he got "retired" because of the complete chaos that has surrounded our program for years now. It doesn't take a microscope to glance at our program and see that it has been a circus of chaos for years, and that all falls on the coach. Hell, I'll give him props for holding it together enough to put out a respectable product during the midst of the chaos, but that does not mean that its not his fault that we've had a mess to deal with in the first place.
Here are some examples of what the rest of the country can see by just taking five minutes to google our program:
1. Sidney fights with a team captain in the stands in Hawaii, the "team captain" gets kicked off the team, while Sidney is allowed to remain and continue to be a cancer.
2. Players transferring out of the program by the truckload, and not just players unhappy with their playing time. When a Ben Hansborough transfers out and becomes the Big East Player of the Year, coaches and people around the country might just think, "hmm, wonder what held him back at MSU?". The same goes for players like Osby.
You want to know what other coaches see, and why they may not think our job is so great? Here are some reasons:
1. We are losing 4 starters and the vast majority of our production, we have an incoming PG asking for a release, we have no depth behind those 4 starters to rely on next year - which means that whoever comes in is going to have a very tough season on their hands next year and likely the year after that.
2. The players that will still be here are used to playing in a disfunctional circus, which may not be that easy to break.
3. We are in a state which, while full of talented "athletes", is not stocked full of talented "basketball players", and our High Schools do not teach players the same level of fundamental basketball skills that other states' do.
4. We are a football school and play in a football conference. Basketball will never be king here
5. As much as we all love Starkville, its not exactly a major metropolitan area or anything
6. The job is in Mississippi, and as much as we rag on Ole Miss for their racist ways, that negative perception (along with a slew of others) exists for the state as a whole and is not isolated to Ole Miss (which is something most of the people on here are simply incapable of understanding)
There are other reasons, but you get the point. Some of this is Stansbury's fault and some is just a function of who and where we are. In any case, it was time for a change, not because we missed the tournament this one season, but because of the joke our entire program has become.