Which is what a BUNCH of us said. And yet there were even people on this board that said it would never happen. Some even dunked on Stein when he was hired.
It's almost like a lot of dingleberries on here forget that problematic coach, took over a 2 win team loaded with MAC talent and turned in 2 10 win seasons, ended the Florida streak and built the foundation that Stein is standing on. And did that without the portal and NIL.
Meh, I want to give a shout out to Stoops for building Stein a strong foundation.
No it was time for Stoops to go, but too many people on here act like he didn't accomplish anything while he was here.
He had 2 good seasons out of 12 with a down SEC East and an extra gimme game. While Stoops had some good moments, he was vastly overpaid and overrated by many here. I think a lot of coaches could have done a better job and Stein is proving it.
I want to go on a Stoops/Pope rant, but anyone watching this game should realize how significant of a culture change a coach can bring to a program YEAR 1. It doesn’t take longer than that in this current college sporting world. But let Stein’s success press that point I’m trying to make. It. Doesn’t. Take. Longer. Than. A. Year. Not for Stoops; not for Cal; not certainly for Pope. It’s now. Immediately.
Barney is that you?
All the respect and props to Stoops, but he got content and was going through the motions the last couple years. He had did what he wanted and was already halfway out the door. Great full for his time here for sure but like you said it was time to go. It’s all good. Stoops is always a Wildcat as far as I’m concerned.
USC beat UT and Florida. We can too! Let’s go!
The undisciplined play killed me year after year. Stein has us as the least penalized in the SEC. Feels good.
It was the "pony up" comment that doomed him. You can't claim to be blue collar and like the fans and then turn on the fan base like that. Just can't. I guarantee Stein doesn't have Bama, LSU, TAMU NIL money and yet we beat two of those dudes.
WHAT Are you smoking dude. " Built the foundation" like not winning an SEC home game for nearly 3 years or perhaps the highest turnover and penalty in SEC the last 2 years or maybe having players going to the concession stand and getting hot dogs DURING THE GAME. In what universe can you see somebody from a Stein coached team doing that. He padded his record each year playing tomato cans. He SUCKED at the end of his career here and left the cupboard completely bare for Stein. I might also add he coached for 2 years with NIL in place and they were the worst of his career. Get real man!
This.....competent play and coaching.
Stein could lose out and end up 7-5 and I’d still say there is no excuse for Pope with the resources he has to not be among upper echelons of the SEC and make a deep run in the tournament. If Stein can win this many games with the 2nd lowest NIL budget, there’s no way Pope should not be a top 10 team with one of the highest NIL budgets in the country.
Don’t worry he’s getting paid handsomely for it this year…. More than our own coach who’s actually coaching the team to a 7-1 record!
Not to hijack the thread, but how good does that win in Columbia look now? South Carolina got portrayed as a team that was completely dead in the water around that time, but it’s proven not to be the case since then.
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