Nebraska will win, Gary will be back to his old ways this Saturday.
Add Mizzou's Pinkel to the "Hot Seat" Lists
Missouri fans are shocked and angry about their team's nosedive in 2004. A team that returned most impact players from a bowl season in 2003, that entered the season ranked #17 in the Coaches' Poll, that features what was once considered to be a Heisman candidate in quarterback Brad Smith, and was blessed with a weak schedule in a ridiculously weak (Big XII North) division should not be limping into the season's final game with a 4-6 record, riding a five-game losing streak.
Most fingers are pointed squarely at MU head coach Gary Pinkel for this disaster of a season. Mizzou is widely considered to be a talented squad and has remained virtually injury-free, so the classic excuses are unavailable.
Columnist John Henderson of the Denver Post asks, "Was there a worse coaching job in the country than by Missouri's Gary Pinkel?" Another Columnist, Joe Posnanski of the Kansas City Star, writes that Pinkel "lost the team". Dan O'Neill of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch describes the state of the football program as, "really sad."
As ominous as those columnists sound, their words are very mild compared to the rantings of common fans. Tigerboard.com, an internet hot-spot for MU fans, has been overflowing with cries of "fire Pinkel!" and other anti-Pinkel sentiments. A new site, FirePinkel.com, is under development.
It is unclear whether or not a win over Iowa State next Saturday would douse the enflamed opinions of Tiger supporters. (The way MU is playing these days, a win seems improbable, anyway.) Pinkel remains under contract for at least three more seasons, and athletic director Mike Alden has yet to weigh in on his coach's future. Should Pinkel return for the 2005 season (which I anticipate), expect his name to appear on every "hot seat" list across the land.
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or I'm wrong and we fired Callahan to soon.
Add Mizzou's Pinkel to the "Hot Seat" Lists
Missouri fans are shocked and angry about their team's nosedive in 2004. A team that returned most impact players from a bowl season in 2003, that entered the season ranked #17 in the Coaches' Poll, that features what was once considered to be a Heisman candidate in quarterback Brad Smith, and was blessed with a weak schedule in a ridiculously weak (Big XII North) division should not be limping into the season's final game with a 4-6 record, riding a five-game losing streak.
Most fingers are pointed squarely at MU head coach Gary Pinkel for this disaster of a season. Mizzou is widely considered to be a talented squad and has remained virtually injury-free, so the classic excuses are unavailable.
Columnist John Henderson of the Denver Post asks, "Was there a worse coaching job in the country than by Missouri's Gary Pinkel?" Another Columnist, Joe Posnanski of the Kansas City Star, writes that Pinkel "lost the team". Dan O'Neill of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch describes the state of the football program as, "really sad."
As ominous as those columnists sound, their words are very mild compared to the rantings of common fans. Tigerboard.com, an internet hot-spot for MU fans, has been overflowing with cries of "fire Pinkel!" and other anti-Pinkel sentiments. A new site, FirePinkel.com, is under development.
It is unclear whether or not a win over Iowa State next Saturday would douse the enflamed opinions of Tiger supporters. (The way MU is playing these days, a win seems improbable, anyway.) Pinkel remains under contract for at least three more seasons, and athletic director Mike Alden has yet to weigh in on his coach's future. Should Pinkel return for the 2005 season (which I anticipate), expect his name to appear on every "hot seat" list across the land.
Fanblogs.com
or I'm wrong and we fired Callahan to soon.
