sCrUmptious! said:
You guys are acting like this past game was an isolated event. We've been improving under Pinkel for many years, and we're not going anywhere.
Your team on the other hand seems to be going backward, sliding into Baylor territory. It's time you guys take a long look at your program and prepare for a few years of mediocrity. You're just not a good team anymore. It sucks, but accept it. Southeast Missouri gave us a better game than Nebraska did.
Just be thankful Pinkel has class and didn't hang 70+ on you like all of us wanted him to do.
Weren't you the guy calling for Pinkel's head after he completely wasted all 4 years of Brad Smith's tenure? Wait, maybe that was someone else... and by "someone else" I actually mean "every fan of Missouri football fan who isn't dead."
Regardless, to say that Missouri has been steadily improving under Pinkel "for many years" is a gross misrepresentation of the situation. Before Chase Daniel arrived the Missouri program was in the exact same place that it was at the beginning of Pinkel's stay in Columbia.
Now that said, your second declaration ("we're not going anywhere") may prove to be true, though it's certainly no sure thing at this time. We'll have to wait and see how the recruits that Pinkel's been bringing in recently pan out... only time will tell.
That is not really true. The issue for most with Pinkel was the 2004 season only. And by most, you mean a few wackos at Tiger Board. Most Mu fans were upset with 04, but few were calling for heads. Now if 05 would have been a disaster also, you would be right on. It wasn't so there you go.
To say before Chase the program was in the same place as when Pinkel took over is laughable. I don't pretend to know everything about your team, please do act like you are some Tiger guru, especially since you have probably only paid attention to them for 2-3 years max. MU SUCKED before Pinkel. Minus the two decent seasons under Larry Smith in 97-98, Mu had not had a winning season since 83. Pinkel has taken the Tigers to 4 bowl games in 7 years, which might not sound like much to you, but that is twice as many bowls as they had in the previous 18 years before he got there. (2 under Smith, 2 under Chase)
Yes Chase Daniel has put this program on a higher ground then it was, but PLEASE don't act like this is some one man show. There are only a handful of NU players that could start for MU right now. This is not a one man team, as you clearly have seen.
Will there be a drop off next year, yeah there will be. But that is because 15 starters will graduate. Possible 2 more leaving early (Maclin & Weatherspoon). This team will plug in the young players and we will all watch with anticipation. The next two years will do alot in determining what happens to MU. I am hoping for the best, but you never know. let me just leave you with this. I have heard the "just wait till so-and-so leaves" before. You were probably saying the same thing in 05 when Brad Smith was a senior. But Mizzou will always be Mizzou right?
