Is anybody else sick and tired of being sick and tired of Gary Pinkel's Tigers? In the words of a man much wiser than me: "Can I get a witness?"
Anybody that knows me personally, outside of a man named Jeremy Burford, knows that I tend to "playa hate" on Missouri sports. Yes, I'm a Tiger - by which, I mean, I attend the University of Missouri. And yes, in my heart, I truly root hard for the Tigers (sometimes). And yes, when I graduate (which I can't wait to do), I will proudly claim to be a Tiger Alumni (most of the time). But anybody who knows me doesn't know that I hold this soft spot for the Tigers in my heart, anybody that knows me thinks I hate the Tigers.
And the truth is....
THEY'RE SO DAMN EASY TO HATE!!!
All that said. And on the day after the Tigers extended his contract for another three years, supposedly keeping him on board for another FIVE years, here I am, a humble sports writer with a two cent opinion, saying: FIRE GARY PINKEL.
I've heard that he's a good recruiter. I've heard. Ok, I'll trust it. I'll give him that. But I don't need to hear that he's a bad football coach, that much I know. Two years ago he put the ball in Brad Smith's arm instead of on his legs, and ruined both the Tiger season and Heisman hopes for Brad Smith. For the past three years he hasn't run the ball up the middle with the tailback ONCE (I swear). He hasn't made a descent, or even semi-descent play call on third down in over two years. He continuously comes up with big starts, or big wins, but the minute his team gets ANY national attention he can't keep them together. Going to school here, I've noticed there's one thing consistent with Missouri sports over my four year tenure: they get national attention, they get cocky, they suck. SEE ALSO: Missouri Basketball 2003.
To be honest, I'm not a football guy. And I don't know much about play calling, or clock management, or special team formations. But I think Pinkel sucks. And I agreed with my friend, Andy, this afternoon when we were all sitting around the small radio on the kitchen counter, drinking Busch beer, Ohio State-Michigan on pause, listening to the final ticks of the clock as Iowa State (the worse team in the BIG 12) beat Missouri: "Gary STINKel."
Fire him. I don't care how good of a recruiter he is. A five year extension to a head coach because of recruiting abilities is ludicrous. Get someone in here who knows how to win games, because with Chase Daniel and Will Franklin - there is too much talent to waste.
Then again, the prelude to the head coaching position for the Tigers was Larry Smith who, after his final season in 2000 - a 3-8 affair - he was quoted in the press conference following the final game of the season (a 24-28 loss to Kansas State): "this is exactly where this program needs to be."
At least we're not 3-8. And this program still isn't exactly where it needs to be. I want a national championship. FIRE PINKEL AND HIRE SOMEONE WHO CAN GET ME ONE.
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3 comments:
Can you believe his making a million bucks a year. They have only beat one good team this year.
Anyone who has watched how bad the Missouri football program has been knows that Mizzou will never win a national title. A national championship means that a team has to have a flawless season. Mizzou has been making too many mistakes for too long to ever win a title.
Too many Busch beers..."decent"
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