Originally Posted by Rams Fan:
It's not a given that the investments will keep coming in, but if Drink is able to not alienate the boosters or fan-base to the point that Odom did, which I don't think he will, there's no reason not to think that the investments won't continue.
I do agree he does need to deliver results at some point and personally would move on from in 2024 if he doesn't hit 8 wins either this year or next, but Mizzou isn't Georgia, Florida, Alabama, etc. It takes time to develop and establish recruiting ties in football for most teams before seeing results.
I think that's completely fair.
I'll go back to what I said in the previous thread - right now the only 'miss' he has is Bazelak. And even then, he didn't recruit Bazelak (and frankly, I loved that kid; thought he was going to be great). And I guess Macon, but I think he knew more about Macon than we did. I saw him in the spring game and turned to my buddies and said "oh shit - this kid can't actually throw the football..."
I mean he just hasn't had better options than...meh. And the guys he tried to get in here through the transfer portal OVER Cook last year just didn't pan out.
I think we're jumping the gun in a BIG way on closing the book on Drink already. We've seen a lot of progress across the roster and the one thing to worry about is the QB position. But he CLEARLY recognizes the importance of it (just as Pinkel did and Odom did NOT). He's going to keep taking swings there and like MOST college programs, he'll have more misses than hits.
But it only takes one Lock. Or hell, even a Gabbert. And with a little patience I absolutely believe he can/will get that. And suddenly you have a pipeline you can start to build around a little stability at the position. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
I think that's completely fair.
I'll go back to what I said in the previous thread - right now the only 'miss' he has is Bazelak. And even then, he didn't recruit Bazelak (and frankly, I loved that kid; thought he was going to be great). And I guess Macon, but I think he knew more about Macon than we did. I saw him in the spring game and turned to my buddies and said "oh shit - this kid can't actually throw the football..."
I mean he just hasn't had better options than...meh. And the guys he tried to get in here through the transfer portal OVER Cook last year just didn't pan out.
I think we're jumping the gun in a BIG way on closing the book on Drink already. We've seen a lot of progress across the roster and the one thing to worry about is the QB position. But he CLEARLY recognizes the importance of it (just as Pinkel did and Odom did NOT). He's going to keep taking swings there and like MOST college programs, he'll have more misses than hits.
But it only takes one Lock. Or hell, even a Gabbert. And with a little patience I absolutely believe he can/will get that. And suddenly you have a pipeline you can start to build around a little stability at the position.
The 2 big transfer QBs I believe Mizzou was interested in that he missed out on were Jayden Daniels and J.T. Daniels. Jayden Daniels went to LSU while not being guaranteed to be the starter, but ended up being the #1. J.T. Daniels got a massive NIL deal at WVU, didn't do shit, and is now at Rice.
I do agree that the roster design and improvement is occurring or has been noticeable every where other than QB. And it's hard as ****, as I mentioned before, to get QB right. Especially now with the portal.
You can do far worse than Cook but your ceiling is limited.
Which is why I wouldn't give up him on yet as he's bringing in guys and improving the roster.
Not saying they beat LSU or Tennessee, but win 1 of those 2, mood changes a bit. Given the schedule, anything less than 6 wins would be a disappointment and 8 wins should lead to being content. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Rams Fan:
Last year he was forced to play Cook because Macon did not end up being who he thought was, Bazelak experiment didn’t work out, and Horn was a true freshman.
He also missed on transfer QBs.
This year, Horn has a year of development and brings in a 4* transfer from Miami and says it’s a competition.
Unless Garcia is better than Cook or Horn shows he’s ready, settling for inferior alternatives for an average college QB who has shown he’s admittedly average while also playing with a torn labrum and an atrocious OL would be stupid.
And Horn didn’t arrive on campus until VERY late. [Reply]
Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins:
Things are looking fairly good for Nwaneri and Wingo, but Mizzou can always happen.
Oh and it can happen in glorious fashion. Like where we don't get any of these 3 in state kids, but Eli can at least recruit well, so hopefully that doesn't happen. [Reply]
But it doesn't matter, because that motherfucker is going to start Brady Cook at QB and he's gonna start him until it's no longer possible to start him and we're gonna lose all of our other QBs to the portal. [Reply]
Nwaneri announces tomorrow and so far today we've gotten crystal ball predictions from Steve Wiltfong, Director of Football Recruiting, and Allen Trieu both saying he's going to Mizzou. If he does commit here I think a big part of it has to do with MO's new NIL laws. It's huge! [Reply]
Originally Posted by dlphg9:
But it doesn't matter, because that motherfucker is going to start Brady Cook at QB and he's gonna start him until it's no longer possible to start him and we're gonna lose all of our other QBs to the portal.