['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

In fairness - as far as I can tell, Hamas hates pretty much every coach ever (or maybe that's Frazod).

I'm completely stumped how anyone can kill Gary Pinkel. I guess I understand Anderson, we really have to start wondering about his ability to recruit size and if that continued failure will always hold him back at this level. But if someone constantly slams both Pinkel and Anderson, I have to wonder if they know just exactly who they're rooting for.

MU has no right to top 25 squads in both sports. They damn sure don't have a right to top 10 ones. Pinkel's built a consistent top 25 squad and Anderson has a team capable of doing damage (built on the rubble of the Snyder era) that seems to have a lot of very good kids on it.

All told, there aren't many schools I'd swap our coaching situations with. I mean is anyone really eager to bring in Rick Barnes and Mack Brown? We have a nice pair of coaches in Columbia.

I don't hate Pinkel or Mike Anderson, but I do think that both have served their purpose. You can exist on a continuum of improvement where you move from Larry Smith to a good coach to a much better coach.

Missouri is a large, public university with a really nice donor and booster base. They have excellent facilities, and the town, although not Austin, Texas, is pretty good for a college atmosphere. It doesn't have the in-state pipelines of California, Florida, or Texas, but there's no reason why it can't be a solid, second tier school that can occasionally compete for NCs rather than waiting on a tornado to turn a junkyard into a functional F-15.