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He walked into a tough situation but in my opinion he was

Posted on: July 16, 2025 at 16:12:16 CT

Erwin Fletcher STL

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not the guy at that point in his career to take this program to the next level. Maybe some day he will be and will be happy for him if he gets there. Not a bad guy but this job was over his head at again that point in his career.

All coaches have their faults. Drink is quirky but he is creative and brash enough to be the right guy at the right time for us. He is aggressive enough to take risks and plays the media fairly well like a tamed down version of Kiffin. Maybe in the early Odom days maybe Drink would have failed too. I don't think Odom would have been creative enough to compete in the SEC with today's rules.

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Odom named 11th best coach in the country - Fire Marshall Bill STL - 7/16 13:04:15

bs list haha nm - fatrat MU - 7/17 05:07:26

Hiring Dooley colossal mistake - cybertyger MU - 7/17 00:52:49

Still underrated......nm - HDTiger MU - 7/16 21:34:21

He's a good coach and a better person...I hope - Carlos Rossi KC - 7/16 22:36:31

Maybe in Big 10 country……..MAYBE - alwaysright MU - 7/16 19:58:05

RE: Odom named 11th best coach in the country - sarasotatiger MU - 7/16 17:48:00

Interesting article. - muwinn MU - 7/16 16:22:09

pinkel 3rd, not fourth.EDIT: i see he is 3rd and 4th - Harvey Specter MU - 7/16 13:42:42

Meathead sure blew it here but - TigerFan92 STL - 7/16 13:14:59

He didn't blow it here. He took over a sh*t situation when - Carlos Rossi KC - 7/16 13:30:16

He was not good. His teams were routinely unprepared. - alwaysright MU - 7/16 21:02:36

I always felt like Mizzou fans Odom an apology (nm) - McMuffin MU - 7/16 15:38:29

RE: I always felt like Mizzou fans Odom an apology (nm) - sarasotatiger MU - 7/16 17:49:59

Not bad.(nm) - Carlos Rossi KC - 7/16 15:45:22

Not Barry good either (nm) - McMuffin MU - 7/16 15:46:42

Lol.(nm) - Carlos Rossi KC - 7/16 15:48:33

He took over a team coming off a 5-7 record with a - playhard KC - 7/16 15:34:57

especially one ingrained with white privilege - Fire Marshall Bill STL - 7/16 15:40:47

non-institutional (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 7/16 17:27:25

He is a fine mid-major coach where expectations are low(nm) - DollarSigns MU - 7/16 14:38:35

RE: He is a fine mid-major coach where expectations are low(nm) - sarasotatiger MU - 7/16 17:54:37

A big part of a head coach's job is *getting* the talent, - JeffB MU

- 7/16 17:56:55

false; coaching at Alabama isn't the same job in nearly - 90Tiger STL - 7/16 17:56:24

ok thx(nm) - TigerFan92 STL - 7/16 14:27:10

he's correct - Fire Marshall Bill STL - 7/16 14:45:42

He may have succeeded here in different circumstances. He - pinkman MU - 7/16 14:18:24

He cratered Pinkels program (nm) - El-ahrairah BAMA - 7/16 14:13:13

Dumb as **** (nm) - Hickeytime MU

- 7/16 14:35:23

Lost to Wyoming with a national championship QB - El-ahrairah BAMA - 7/16 15:02:47

Worst year was 4-8. Finished .500 overall - Hickeytime MU

- 7/16 17:38:55

this is the internet, sir - Fire Marshall Bill STL - 7/16 19:21:43

"a national championship QB" - Fire Marshall Bill STL - 7/16 15:03:43

It's not easy to coach out of a Poop Swastika(nm) - ERB KC - 7/16 13:54:44

His recruiting was terrible. Read and react in college is a - CraigS STL - 7/16 13:42:55

Hid recruiting was not as bad as most MU fans think. It was - alwaysright MU - 7/16 21:04:21

what is “read and react”?(nm) - Fire Marshall Bill STL - 7/16 14:18:58

Cross’s failed experiment - MenInBlack MU - 7/16 20:20:04

yes, but nobody can say what it is - Fire Marshall Bill STL - 7/16 20:40:42

He would have gotten pummeled in this new era of - Erwin Fletcher STL - 7/16 14:17:38

I'm not saying we didn't upgrade, but to say he blew it - Carlos Rossi KC - 7/16 15:48:10

He walked into a tough situation but in my opinion he was - Erwin Fletcher STL - 7/16 16:12:16