very odd Commercial Appeal Headline.............

[tbaydog]

https://www.commercialappeal.com/st...tzgerald-college-coaching/2465246002/?src=rss

 

[TBone.sixpack]

Horka is just stirring the pot. That’s the new journalism.

 

[Shamoan]

It's irrelevant if the team likes him and we keep losing games we were heavy favorites. Talk is cheap. I want a leader of men, not a buddy.

 

[maroonmania]

Definitely stirring the pot. "Devastatingly defeated" "nearly a 10 point favorite" (spread was 7).

 

[RocketDawg]

That's a very irritating web site ... popups all over the place.

 

[jakldawg]

He can't say that about our coach...
only we can say that about our coach

 

[TNT.sixpack]

Horka is just stirring the pot. ThatÂ’s the new journalism.

I’m glad he’s doing it. He needs to. And others do as well. Joe gets a paid a lot of damn money. Yesterday was unacceptable. A team with -15 rushing yards and only 190
Total yards (75 on one play), beat us by scoring 27 points. It was a devestating loss if you love MSU football as much as I and many others do. Call it what it is.

 

[msstatelp1]

https://www.commercialappeal.com/st...tzgerald-college-coaching/2465246002/?src=rss

He must read this board.

 

[CochiseCowbell]

I’m glad he’s doing it. He needs to. And others do as well. Joe gets a paid a lot of damn money. Yesterday was unacceptable. A team with -15 rushing yards and only 190
Total yards (75 on one play), beat us by scoring 27 points. It was a devestating loss if you love MSU football as much as I and many others do. Call it what it is.

I'm not making excuses (for the team or for JoMo), but you can't mention all of that & conveniently, for your argument, fail to mention the elephants, or zebras & their flags rather, in the room.

 

[DancingRabbit]

Nashville does the odd, straw man headlines we're told. But Hornka

https://www.commercialappeal.com/st...tzgerald-college-coaching/2465246002/?src=rss

should've used "should have" in the first sentence of the article.

 

[maroonmania]

I’m glad he’s doing it. He needs to. And others do as well. Joe gets a paid a lot of damn money. Yesterday was unacceptable. A team with -15 rushing yards and only 190
Total yards (75 on one play), beat us by scoring 27 points. It was a devestating loss if you love MSU football as much as I and many others do. Call it what it is.

Goodness, I totally disagree. Was I disappointed we lost the game? Yes, very much so, but other than the CFP games, bowl games are just rewards and glorified exhibitions for the most part. There was nothing "devastating" about yesterday's loss unless you consider not bringing back the Outback Bowl trophy devastating. Nothing about that loss will have anything to do with 2019 because we will go through Spring and come back in 2019 as a very different team as will everyone else. I'm much more worried about JoMo fixing our offense and getting a passing game going for the future than I am the loss in the Outback Bowl.

 

[TNT.sixpack]

Goodness, I totally disagree. Was I disappointed we lost the game? Yes, very much so, but other than the CFP games, bowl games are just rewards and glorified exhibitions for the most part. There was nothing "devastating" about yesterday's loss unless you consider not bringing back the Outback Bowl trophy devastating. Nothing about that loss will have anything to do with 2019 because we will go through Spring and come back in 2019 as a very different team as will everyone else. I'm much more worried about JoMo fixing our offense and getting a passing game going for the future than I am the loss in the Outback Bowl.

Understand that by "devastating", I'm not referring to the Outback bowl nor the trophy. I'm referring to the product on the field and ALL THE MISCUES, PROBLEMS, PLAY CALLING, etc..... It's devastating to me because after a full season with the talent he had, I would have expected a better effort on the field for this game. We looked atrocious. Yes, the officiating was bad. But that had nothing to do with some of the play calling and miscues I'm referring to. Even w/ the bad officiating, we still ran 3 RPO"s on first and goal from the 1 yard line and it was FROM THE SHOTGUN formation. We lost 2+ yards on each one. How many times has that failed us this season running out of the shotgun on short yardage situations? Yet we still do it. It was devastating for me because I just don't see a future where we make the necessary adjustments to compete at the level that I've come to expect from this team. 3 more years of that BS to me, is devastating to think about. That game for me, cemented my concerns from earlier in the year. Not a one which seemed to ever be addressed by this coach.

 

[the dog is on the loose]

Everything about that game was devastating to me from the throat slash, running back facemask, very bad play calling, not going for it on fourth down late in the fourth quarter, etc. Whats worst to me is that this same crap happened in our 13th game of the season. I have absolutely no faith in this coach at all. I know of at least one season ticket holder that said he will not re-new his this year and another that said he’s thinking about not re-newing his. This is very concerning and I’m afraid we’re going back to the croom days.

 

[TBone.sixpack]

If we rapidly trend down and Cohen refuses to act, hopefully Keenum will step in.

I’m concerned too. I want so bad to be proven wrong. But my gut tells me we missed on this hire.

 

[maroonmania]

Understand that by "devastating", I'm not referring to the Outback bowl nor the trophy. I'm referring to the product on the field and ALL THE MISCUES, PROBLEMS, PLAY CALLING, etc..... It's devastating to me because after a full season with the talent he had, I would have expected a better effort on the field for this game. We looked atrocious. Yes, the officiating was bad. But that had nothing to do with some of the play calling and miscues I'm referring to. Even w/ the bad officiating, we still ran 3 RPO"s on first and goal from the 1 yard line and it was FROM THE SHOTGUN formation. We lost 2+ yards on each one. How many times has that failed us this season running out of the shotgun on short yardage situations? Yet we still do it. It was devastating for me because I just don't see a future where we make the necessary adjustments to compete at the level that I've come to expect from this team. 3 more years of that BS to me, is devastating to think about. That game for me, cemented my concerns from earlier in the year. Not a one which seemed to ever be addressed by this coach.

Well I agree it was not a good display and leaves me with concerns going forward. No doubt about that.