MU ****Official 2019 Missouri Tigers Football Thread**** - Page 47

Originally Posted by Rams Fan:
Shocked that they canned Odom.

I wonder who they can get.

I don't know why it's so shocking. His 5 game losing streak this year was more than enough reason. It's year 4. The entire team was recruited by him. He built the team and was unable to beat good teams or even mediocre teams. It was time for a change.
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Originally Posted by C3HIEF3S:

BREAKING: Per multiple sources #Mizzou has fired Barry Odom after four seasons. Free story with much more to come: https://t.co/ciaKLNIg0D
— Gabe DeArmond (@GabeDeArmond) November 30, 2019

See you in shitville.
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Originally Posted by Jewish Rabbi:
See you in shitville.

Pity the new guy.
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Get the fuck out
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Originally Posted by HonestChieffan:
Pity the new guy.

Maybe he can beat renowned powerhouse Wyoming.
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Originally Posted by jjchieffan:
I don't know why it's so shocking. His 5 game losing streak this year was more than enough reason. It's year 4. The entire team was recruited by him. He built the team and was unable to beat good teams or even mediocre teams. It was time for a change.

I don’t consider his first class really his due to the coaching change.
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Not to be happy for a guy losing his job, but its for the best. Mizzou just spent all that money on the new stadium, and they can't have it half full on game day, and when it's half full, the majority of those fans are from the visiting team during SEC season. Mizzou was just a drag to watch. I haven't really said that since Bob Stull was the coach. Onwards and upwards...
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Originally Posted by HonestChieffan:
Pity the new guy.

You are clueless when it comes to the university.
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You normally feel bad for the guy getting the pink slip, but in this case Odom earned it. In a season set up to literally cakewalk to 8 wins without breaking a sweat, Odom and his team struggled to win 6.

It would have been fun to see Mizzou throw a fly in the ointment and win the East and force the SEC to support them against the lackluster NCAA brass.

But instead we see them wallowing against Vandy and Kentucky along with losing to Wyoming. That Wyoming game showed this team didn't have the backbone to take a punch in the mouth and fight back.

Now let's see if Mizzou has the guts to go out and get a guy who is innovative and intelligent....a guy who can think on the fly and make adjustments.
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Today @MizzouFootball fired one of the greatest men that I know. I don’t support this at all! Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe Barry Odom has more wins than any former coach in 4 years at Mizzou. Ncaa ban up held and a True Son becomes the scapegoat. Smh! Good luck BO!
— Sean Weatherspoon (@SeanWSpoon56) November 30, 2019

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PTL. They’re not just gonna sit on their hands and maintain the status quo.

Odom had his chance. They should have cakewalked to 8 or 9 wins this year. 10 was realistic. He failed. Mizzou should be finishing around .500 or better every year (including the non-con) with the occasional double digit win season and challenging for the East mixed in every few years. This was that year. Odom blew it from the opening week against Wyoming and then repeated it against Vandy after they had rebounded to get to 5-1. He lost the confidence of the fanbase, and more importantly, the donors. Sounds like enough of them were fed up by the 5 game losing streak to finish the season and more than willing to help buy him out. Nothing personal, Barry, but good riddance.

Bring on the next guy. Hopefully they get this one right and bring in a coach and staff that can actually start locking down the state of Missouri and keeping a lot of that rich in-state talent here.
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Odom is a good DC. Not all DCs are cut out to be coaches. Most aren't. He tried and failed. No shame in that, but the program has to move on. He made millions. He'll be fine.
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We did it guys! Oh thank god, it's finally over

E: Sounds like the dumbass basically created his own firing.

Originally Posted by :
Odom went to AD Jim Sterk asking for a public statement and vote of confidence, Sterk said he had to go to the Board of Curators, they told him that we're not in a position to do that and that they expected to be in a holding pattern due to the sanctions. Odom is told this and then goes out and runs his mouth, telling everyone on his staff and recruits, etc. that no one at Mizzou believes in us and they'll get fired--despite the fact that the Board never said such thing. This gets back to Sterk and the Curators, who are rightfully angry and decide "well, why not fire him?"

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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins:
The path pretty obviously seems like Bazelak, provided he didn't tear his ACL. Robinson is intriguing, but I don't trust anyone on the staff to handle a dual threat QB.

The next coach is going to need to seriously bolster the skill position talent on this team, which is the worst it's been since 2000. These receivers fucking suck, and Albert looks similar to Egnew: a product of his college QB that turns to a pumpkin once said QB is gone.

Couldn't have been any more accurate at the end. Dude cost himself millions by coming back for another year.
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