this sums it up
Posted on: February 23, 2022 at 21:17:20 CT
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Frank Martin took over a wretched program at South Carolina and led the Gamecocks to the Final Four in his fifth season. Bruce Pearl had Auburn rolling by his fourth season. Eric Musselman had Arkansas straightened out and winning by his second season. Will Wade turned LSU into a winner in his second year. Alabama had five losing seasons in six years before Nate Oats became coach; the Crimson Tide went 16-2 in the SEC in his second season. Tennessee was a loser in Rick Barnes’ first two seasons; over the last five years the Vols have gone 58-28 in SEC play.
If MU director of athletics Desiree Francois-Reed wants to give the coach a sixth season, that’s her decision. She’ll have a lot of explaining to do to thousands of empty seats at Mizzou Arena.
If the sixth season is granted because Mizzou is too cheap to pick up the cost of making a coaching change, that’s pitiful and would tell us all we need to know about Missouri’s commitment to winning. (Perhaps the Tigers could follow Lindenwood University and join the Ohio Valley Conference?)