Why You Should Appreciate Coach Stansbury

[killahdmt]

I do not think some (probably many) of yourealize our basketball history. Coach Stansbury has completely changed our culture atMSU and has proven that you can win here consistently. I love Coach Richard Williams with the best of them, but the reality is that he did not win until he hired Coach Stansbury. Many of you judge Coach Stansbury based on him not making the Sweet 16 thus far, but how many Sweet 16'sdid we makebefore Coach Stansbury came to Starkville? </p>

In our basketball history, we have a grand total of 10 NCAA appearances. Only 1 (1963 occurred) before Coach Stansbury got here and 6 (will be 7 this year) of them have occured since he has been the head coach. If you compare Coach Stansbury to Coach Richard Williams: Coach Stansbury has a higher SEC winning percentage (.548) to Coach Williams (.441) percentage; hehas won more SEC tourneys; and, he has won an Outright SEC regular season championship.</p>

For all the griping many of you do on here about his coaching, you should really take some time to appreciate what he has accomplished. Knowing our history Pre-Coach Stansbury, some of you should be more appreciative.

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[missouridawg]

wanting to have a program that can compete nationally year-in and year-out.... instead of just being better than the rest of our ****** teams in history?

 

[patdog]

There's maybe 10 programs that are competitive nationally year-in and year-out, if that many. You can hope for that all you want to, but it's just not going to happen at MSU due to our resources. Where it become wrong is if you start firing coaches because they don't meetrealistic expectations. Just look at what's happend to Mississippi football since they fired Cutcliffe who was by far their most successful coach since Vaught. They were pretty competitive for a decade, and now their program is a joke.

 

[maroonmania]

for a school that even with our best basketball teams have trouble getting a crowd of over 5 or 6 thousand in the Hump until we start conference play. Yes, I wish Rick was a little better floor coach but how many other coaches could gather the talent he does in Starkville for a fanbase that only half-heartedly supports basketball. Now I say those things realizing that other than KY similar things could be said about a lot of other schools in the football crazy SEC.

 

[Thick]

accomplished. Hell, he's getting paid and HE got his PF that he was adamant about getting to improve recruiting and practice time. So he's appreciated, but damn, when is our fanbase going to realize that baseball and basketball have the most upside in winning championships at MSU. Winning 6-8 games a year, and maybe squeeze in a 9-10 win season every 4-6 years is great for football in this conference, but baseball and basketball we can compete for overall titles and national championships. You don't have to win the NC in either, but if you are hosting Super Regionals, making the CWS you are golden. In basketball, just make the tourney and get to the Sweet 16, maybe Elite 8 occasionally that's golden.

We can and should expect that from those 2 sports, but especially basketball because this is Rick's program. No rebuilding, no train wreck that he inherited...it's his and he should be accountable. This season has a chance to be special, and it's Stans job to put the players in a situation to succeed.

 

[oem]

There's maybe 10 programs that are competitive nationally year-in and year-out, if that many. You can hope for that all you want to, but it's just not going to happen at MSU due to our resources. Where it become wrong is if you start firing coaches because they don't meetrealistic expectations. Just look at what's happend to Mississippi football since they fired Cutcliffe who was by far their most successful coach since Vaught. They were pretty competitive for a decade, and now their program is a joke.

Put missouri's expectations in perspective. They areexpectations of a woman who knows nothing about college basketball.