TSK Article on Croom

[Bdog9090]

It is a pretty good story Here
Some pretty good quotes:

His offenses were, to put it bluntly, nothing short of disastrous. For someone who was supposed to be an offensive guy, that's not good.

His biggest problem was trying to run a West Coast Offense in college. The only programs that can make that work are those with elite talent who can handle the complexity in the relatively small amount of practice time. If you try to run a complicated scheme like that without much talent, you will fail. Even after four years of terrible offense, Croom was still swearing by the West Coast before the 2008 season, showing that he's not aware of one definition of insanity.</p>

Even in his lone bowl season, Croom's offense was firmly in the bottom quartile of all the NCAA. One of the reasons he's not coaching in Starkville anymore is that you can't really tell one year from the next.</p>

<span style="font-weight: bold;">Bulldog fans have the right to expect to see an offense that's not ranked in the triple digits nationally every year, and that's something Croom couldn't deliver.</span>

 

[jackobee]

19 total touchdowns in 2005? Is that what that chart shows? That's incredible.

 

[DerHntr]

In any event, what some pessimists feared did not come to pass. True, the SEC's first African-American head coach did not leave his school on rosy terms after a long and successful run. However, he did not exit Starkville due to prejudice, racism, or anything like that. He left because his teams just plain sucked; no more, no less.</p>

this is good too

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After five full years, Croom had one relative outlier among four otherwise dismal seasons. Anyone who really watched the 2007 team knew it was a bit of a mirage as the team MacGyver'd one win after another. The fact it was outscored and outgained on the year was another red flag.</p>

it is refreshing to see two articles in less than a week that have said croom sucked.

 

[1msucub]

The other money quote:<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">

However, he did not exit Starkville due to prejudice, racism, or anything like that. He left because his teams just plain sucked; no more, no less.

</span>Edit: Sorry, DerHntr....great minds think alike. Got me by two minutes.<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">
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[DerHntr]

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