A little hoops update
We've got a little bball news today and it fits right in with the recent football news. Travis Gabbidon, a 6'-7" power forward, didn't enroll today. All I can say is it figures. Apparently this is the year of not getting recruits in school. It began with Archie Sims and Anthony Johnson last year. It continued with Courtney Jones, Alex Dekle, etc this year. Now it has spread to basketball. Stans hasn't commented and the CL has no idea why he hasn't enrolled yet. He apparently has until August 23 to do so. I can tell you this right now: we need depth in the post. Rhodes cannot play all 40 minutes or two positions simultaneously. He needs help. He needs sophomores Vernon Goodridge and Bernard Rimmer to step up, and he needs Gabbidon on campus to either provide depth or snatch a starting spot alongside him. We cannot compete without better play from the post players not named Rhodes.
Now back to football where things continue to be quiet. Supposedly the team is practicing better. I'll just say I hope so. Word is the wide receivers are catching better and the line is blocking better. I'll reserve judgement until I see them in person on the 31st. Let's just say after 4 years of "rebuilding" and sunshine being pumped down my throat I'm a little weary. I'll believe MState's offense is better when I see it actually gain first downs and score points.
Watched Fox Sports South's preview tonight. What a bunch of sunshine pumping. First they spend a bunch of time showing Norwood, and rightfully so, but then they go into telling us how the other positions are going to carry the slack with him gone. Come on guys, do you really believe that? The best part of all was the roundtable of "experts" telling us we should be satisfied with Croom and give him "all the time he needs". They say things like "he will continue to recruit down there". Do they know anything about our recruiting lately because we aren't exactly setting the world on fire. You can talk till you are blue in the face about giving time to rebuild a program, but the simple fact is the fans need two things: wins to show improvement, heading in the right direction, etc and good recruiting that will add the players necessary to turn the corner. Right now State has neither. Don't proceed to tell us how we should feel about our program, "experts". You don't follow this, you don't drive to Starkville and sit in that stadium to watch this team, and you certainly don't have a dog in the fight. Why do these personalities think they have the authority to tell fans of a team to back off a coach?
Now back to football where things continue to be quiet. Supposedly the team is practicing better. I'll just say I hope so. Word is the wide receivers are catching better and the line is blocking better. I'll reserve judgement until I see them in person on the 31st. Let's just say after 4 years of "rebuilding" and sunshine being pumped down my throat I'm a little weary. I'll believe MState's offense is better when I see it actually gain first downs and score points.
Watched Fox Sports South's preview tonight. What a bunch of sunshine pumping. First they spend a bunch of time showing Norwood, and rightfully so, but then they go into telling us how the other positions are going to carry the slack with him gone. Come on guys, do you really believe that? The best part of all was the roundtable of "experts" telling us we should be satisfied with Croom and give him "all the time he needs". They say things like "he will continue to recruit down there". Do they know anything about our recruiting lately because we aren't exactly setting the world on fire. You can talk till you are blue in the face about giving time to rebuild a program, but the simple fact is the fans need two things: wins to show improvement, heading in the right direction, etc and good recruiting that will add the players necessary to turn the corner. Right now State has neither. Don't proceed to tell us how we should feel about our program, "experts". You don't follow this, you don't drive to Starkville and sit in that stadium to watch this team, and you certainly don't have a dog in the fight. Why do these personalities think they have the authority to tell fans of a team to back off a coach?
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