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Yeah, this just wasn't supposed to be happening right now. We were supposed to get a few more years of Leach being a goof in the SEC then him retired being a goof on TV. Shattered for his family, just shattered. I don't know if he had grandkids or not, but that's a weird grandpa stolen away. damnit, this fucking sucks

Please be playing this in the arena.

I'm sure I'm not alone in being someone who is A-OK with jettisoning literally any aspect of the basketball program that makes us look bad because ... it's just basketball who cares? (It's true, and I'm tired of pretending it's not.)

This is some fucking bullshit.

I hope not. There is zero reason to let this simmer. Fire him for cause as soon as legally possible. Remove every trace of him from campus this afternoon after lunch. Start talking to the agents of coaching prospects and hitting up boosters for NIL inducements to keep current recruits. Don't even think about this guy. He's less than a ghost.

Great news. This guy has never lost a case.

Exactly. Cut ties with this dude ASAP and pretend he never existed. Purge the websites.

It blows my mind that Bernie still bothers with this horseshit. He's too good for us.

Fuckin' spoiler that shit, dude

So it's just a "I came up in this and you didn't!" thing, not the prince thing. I am DEFINITELY not SWAC.

Would be interesting for you to explain what you mean by this. I think the "SWAC people" who are angry with Deion about this is relatively low. It's not that much different than people getting mad at Local HS Star for going out-of-state instead of to Hometown U. There's really not any need to do the thing you're obviously doing here.

Eddie Robinson Jr said "he (Sanders) ain't SWAC, I'm SWAC". Eddie Robinson Sr is THE legend. Coached from WWII to the late 90s at Grambling. It's a club and Deion was an outsider, simple as that. Robinson Jr is a prince in a small, insular kingdom. He's essentially talking street cred and Sanders is playing an entirely different game, and it hurts Jr's feelings. (Also, Jr lost on the field, which doesn't help.) Robinson explains it here (skip to a minute in to avoid promos) There's a push/pull in terms of how you feel as an HBCU community member. On the one hand, you are proud of what it is and you think it's good enough as it is. But on the other hand, you see where it maybe COULD go and how it is failing in certain ways. So do you admit the need for change and growth and jeopardize your pride? Or do you reject change and growth in favor of maintaining your pride? [edit]

Yes, but for two huge reasons: 1 - Deion earned the come-up through a ridiculously successful effort Eddie George is another ex-NFL star who went to coach an HBCU. His overall record in two years is 9-13. Sanders went 15-5 his first two years (27-5 overall). (Both their schools were ~.300 the year before each arrived) Deion won on the field. Deion reinvested HEAVILY in his school and community. Deion brought massive attention to JSU and, of course, himself. George hasn't won, and if George has reinvested heavily in his school and community, we the general public have no idea. And all that hype isn't an accident, it takes intelligence and skill, and it actually does matter a hell of a lot. I guarantee you that TState's players would like all the attention and money coming to JSU's kids. And George is in Nashville. Just imagine Primetime Neon Deion selling Nashville. At Titans games and such. 2 - His ceiling is way higher than JSU's (or any other HBCU's) in relative terms There is only so high any HBCU is going to climb, no matter who the coach is or how many times they win the SWAC (or OVC in George's case). Looking at it from the outside (in racial and demographic terms) I don't see what else Sanders could have accomplished for JSU/HBCUs. Him leaving sucks specifically because he did so much. Overall, I would love for JSU to stay on the best possible terms with him, because it's best for them. Keep the train rolling as much as possible.

Needs to be a mutual cease fire between any pissed off people in the Sanders camp and any pissed off people in the JSU camp. Just keep pumping the "we love each other!" narrative and move on down the damn road. That YT video starts off saying that if JSU wasn't so "shady" that Deion wouldn't have left. That's bullshit. It's like a divorce. It can go down clean or it can go nasty, but it's going to go down. This kind of bullshit drama hurts everyone involved.

Two corches who made Heisman-winning QBs into what they are. Stupid sips

Fixed.

Very eager to see this extremely large human continue to improve and hopefully dominate.

This is why Emmitt is my favorite Cowboy. He bumped me from behind at Cowboy Cafe back in the day. When I turned to say something smart, I looked down and it was Emmitt. I couldn't say shit. I smiled, he smiled and apologized. Then bought me a replacement. All right, hoss, let's throttle back on talking shit about 22.

Looks like this guy instead?

Money and attention. Hey, it's better than nothing!

It's a message board. Does anyone under 35 even know what a message board is?

I only want coaches whose entrance song is "Chattahoochee". I will accept "Friends in Low Places" in a pinch.

"No idea" is too strong. I don't want my HC to have to get granular with coordinators during the game. An ideal situation is that the defensive staff runs the defense, the offensive staff runs the offense, and the HC sets larger expectations, manages the game (clock, refs, etc...), runs the staff leaders (DC/OC), and acts as a general sideline cheerleader on occasion.

Probably some hard feelings if you try to come back. Like dramatically announcing to the wife that you're going to find a new woman then crawling back home two weeks later. "Baby I realized I never knew what I had after all!!"