Home | Find it in today's St. Louis Post-Dispatch | Suburban Journals | St. Louis' Best Bridal | Ladue News | MySTLtoday.com | Coupons | Mobile
Log In | Subscriber Services | Advertise | Privacy
Web Search powered by YAHOO! SEARCH
Go to page 1, 2  Next
Once again now where do we go?
Post new topic Reply to topic
>Previous Topic >Next Topic
author
message
Rbgriff
Forum User
Rbgriff is offline 
Joined: 16 Feb 2009
Posts: 26
Post subject: Once again now where do we go?
Posted: 07 Nov 2009 19:47 pm
The rest of this season needs to be setting the stage for next year. If we are rebuilding.. then rebuild. Expectations should be very low. There are lots of problems to fix, lots of opportunities to change. The key going forward is if the coaching staff can be innovative and creative enough to adapt the system to the talent we have. Not trying to cram the talent into the system.
View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote
Davros
Forum User
Davros is offline 
Joined: 02 Oct 2005
Posts: 3296
Location: Recovering from Internet Addiction
Post subject: Re: Once again now where do we go?
Posted: 07 Nov 2009 19:53 pm
You play the game to win.

Next week, at Kansas State, you play to win. If Baylor can win at Mizzou, then Mizzou can win at K-State.
View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote
Rbgriff
Forum User
Rbgriff is offline 
Joined: 16 Feb 2009
Posts: 26
Post subject: Re: Once again now where do we go?
Posted: 07 Nov 2009 19:59 pm
Absolutely, Play to win..But address the issues that exist.
View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote
Omaha Mizzou Tigers
Forum User
Omaha Mizzou Tigers is offline 
Joined: 07 Nov 2009
Posts: 13
Post subject: Re: Once again now where do we go?
Posted: 07 Nov 2009 20:20 pm
yes this is what i want to hear from mizzou fans theres too many on here sounding like husker fans trust me i live in nebraska...but next year is the year the wrinkles get taken out the players and coaches get on the same page maybe even more important the players in general get on the same page...next year is the year to expect big things from this team and coaching staff...if that doesnt happen then call for GP's head
View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote
westco_fan
Forum User
westco_fan is offline 
Joined: 07 Nov 2009
Posts: 27
Post subject: Re: Once again now where do we go?
Posted: 07 Nov 2009 21:00 pm
problem is we're not recruiting for :!:.
View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote
Omaha Mizzou Tigers
Forum User
Omaha Mizzou Tigers is offline 
Joined: 07 Nov 2009
Posts: 13
Post subject: Re: Once again now where do we go?
Posted: 07 Nov 2009 21:20 pm

westco_fan wrote

problem is we're not recruiting for Exclamation.



your kidding right??? a top 10 dual threat QB, OL and like 5 or 6 others that are top 50 at their position not recruiting? they arent USC/Florida/Alabama/Texas kids just dont want to come here unless they grew up a mizz fan...they may not be 5 star guys but once again we arent those teams

http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/commitlist.asp?Year=2010&School=49&Sport=1
View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote
smg81170
Forum User
smg81170 is offline 
Joined: 08 Jun 2009
Posts: 42
Post subject: Re: Once again now where do we go?
Posted: 07 Nov 2009 22:57 pm
The inability of this program to make adjustments at halftime is nothing new. It's been a common theme for years, although I will agree the previous 2 years it was somewhat muted. Pinkel has been the coach at Mizzou for what, nine years now? That's long enough to know what kind of coach he is. It's something that you must either live with it or change coaches. Maybe the possibility is that this is simply as good as he can be, coaching in a major conference. He can only take them this far; and for this program to take the next step may require a more talented head coach.

What's alarming to me is that blue chippers such as Wes Kemp and Andrew Jones don't seem to be getting any better. Those were both in-state kids who definitely had big time offers from other major programs. We make a big deal about Mizzou locking down the borders and keeping the best talent in-state. Well, that's all well and good...but if that talent doesn't get better while at Mizzou, it may sour the next crop of in-state blue chippers on coming here.
View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote
parsifal
Forum User
parsifal is offline 
Joined: 05 Apr 2001
Posts: 4991
Location: ABQ, NM
Post subject: Re: Once again now where do we go?
Posted: 07 Nov 2009 23:26 pm
Mizzou has had first-half teams before. Coach Smith was the very best one-half coach in the nation in 1998. But he couldn't recruit well enough to take us to the top. That was a shame as I genuinely liked the guy.

Pinkel has in the past been able to coach full games, but that may have been because he could run up a first half surplus and the second half didn't matter as much. The halftime adjustments this year have been particularly bad, though.

*

Where do we start from here? The same place I was hoping we'd start prior to spring scrimmages: with a new offense featuring a pro-set. Gabbert has the pro scouts salivating and he's putting up ridiculous passing numbers in losses as a sophomore. We give this guy a pro set with a legitimate running threat and we maximize our chances of winning and winning at the highest level.

Next year we'll have to prove that as we lose Baylor, OSU, and Texas, and, if I'm thinking right, add A&M, Oklahoma, and Texas Tech to our schedule.

We have the talent at QB and WR that can be developed into it, so I see little reason why we can't deploy a West Coast-style passing game. The type of passing game that turned Roger Craig into a decent running threat. When you have a QB as good as Gabbert, there is no reason to run him from the shotgun every play. It's time to make this move.
_________________
Nobody said fixing Republican failures would be cheap or easy.
View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote
miz zou fan
Forum User
miz zou fan is offline 
Joined: 07 Nov 2009
Posts: 2
Post subject: Re: Once again now where do we go?
Posted: 08 Nov 2009 00:17 am
Pinkel's loyalty to his coaches is admirable, but it's become apparent he's promoted the OC and DC to their level of incompetence. If they don't show a spark of genius reminiscent of Dave Christensen in the last three regular season games, Mizzou may well lose their top 2010 commits to better coached programs and then watch out below.
View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote
acidbill
Forum User
acidbill is offline 
Joined: 25 Nov 2007
Posts: 1307
Post subject: Re: Once again now where do we go?
Posted: 08 Nov 2009 00:36 am
What I plan on doing is rooting for Mizzou for the rest of the season and for every game of every season after that.
View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote
Navynuke
Forum User
Navynuke is offline 
Joined: 24 Jun 2009
Posts: 196
Post subject: Re: Once again now where do we go?
Posted: 08 Nov 2009 03:01 am
I am going to drink beer and watch the games that MU plays on TV. Otherwise, I am not too worried about it. As much as I like MU and CFB, it does not effect my bottom line. People are getting all worked up over some adversity. Pinkel knows that MU fans want a winner, and a BIG winner. How long was Bobby Bowden at FSU before he won a NC? People are howling like mashed cats about the last nine years. MU football was non existent when I was growing up. My dad brought a football schedule home that had Woody Widenhofer and his wagon and I asked him, "Who is that." My dad calmly replied, "This is what happens when people who know nothing about football push for a change and get exactly what they want, a guy that rode on Chuck Knoll's coat tails." And the beatings commenced. Pinkel may not be everyone's cup of tea, but the guy has helped a very subpar program win some games and get on TV. I just wish that Alexander's monster year was being put to better use.
_________________
I never trust a fighting man who doesnt smoke or drink. - Admiral Bull Halsey
View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote
sofa
Forum User
sofa is offline 
Joined: 24 Oct 2000
Posts: 1120
Location: Boston
Post subject: Re: Once again now where do we go?
Posted: 08 Nov 2009 06:24 am
Yesterday sucked. A whole lot. But it's just sports.
_________________
Winner of the 2009 Mizzou Talk Bracket Challenge.

View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote
All times are CST (CST6CDT)
Go to page 1, 2  Next
Post new topic Reply to topic
> >Previous Topic >Next Topic
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum