Comments on: Can Mississippi State Really do Better than Sylvester Croom?

By: $nave

$nave — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:24:25 +0000

You’ve never watched a down of MSU football. The man punted from the 30 of the other team only to have it roll into the end zone for a touchback on a 4th and 1. That stuff hurts my brain when I think about it.

He lost to Maine.

Croom is a great man, but a horrible head coach. He would be perfect for a Division III team where the kids are true student athletes.

By: Gene

Gene — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:42:37 +0000

Those guys already tried the “top 20″ money route without success. They paid bigtime for Jackie Sherrill and it didn’t make too much of a difference. Maybe they didn’t have a bull to castrate in Starkville, Mississippi.

Anyone who thinks that MSU can be Boise State is out of touch with reality. Boise State doesn’t play in the SEC and had no competition to recruit against when they made their move, and certainly not SEC competition to play against.

Maybe MSU should follow the TCU model and withdraw from the SEC and play in a lesser conference. That seemed to work for the Horned Frogs, who have had a number of winning seasons and bowl appearances since the breakup of the Southwest Conference.

By: Larry Brown

Larry Brown — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:42:08 +0000

You guys better ante up top 20 money for a coach if you want to be as good as you think you should be.

By: joel

joel — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:24:59 +0000

you are an idiot…. you know nothing about MSU football. Your condescending attitude toward State shows you only notice the big programs and “little programs” just can’t win. Tell that to Boise State. And it seems there is a little team called Ole Miss that is having a pretty good year. You are an arrogant jerk who’s only insight is what you saw on sportscenter. What a joke….

By: hailstate

hailstate — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:07:59 +0000

Seriously???

“but if you look at their schedule, what would have been realistically better, five wins?”

Auburn sucked this year
Tennessee sucked this year
UK was mediocre
LSU was down
La Tech sucks every year

A good coach could’ve easily won three of the five. You’ll never see a more manageable SEC schedule again at State. Croom blew it big time.

“Furthermore, the Mississippi State defense struck me as legit this year, but their offense was crap. ”

Guess who controlled the offense, moron. Expecting a coach to win 6-7 games in his 5th season is reasonable. Excuse State fans for wanting more out their football program than the 3-4 wins Croom normal gave us.

A 21-38 record is not doing a “very fine job.” Only an idiot would think so.

Also, expect State to put our next coach in the top 20 nationally in coaches’ salaries. That will get a lot of people interested.

By: Gene

Gene — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:42:28 +0000

Why is Croom leaving? Maybe he agrees with you that he has taken the program as far as it can go and he anticipates a better job offer. On the other hand, maybe he was going to be fired. My guess is that it is the former, because he has done a very fine job there.