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Message: [QUOTE="MSUrealist, post: 3860379, member: 11054"] CL82, I'm in agreement with your comment, "Why not focus on the team and coach that’s there, rather than fantasize about one that’s not." In a subtle way, that's what I was doing. MS State have been fixated all year on NMP not living up to what VS would have done with this year's team. When I write a post about the situation and somewhat gutted roster that NMP inherited, MSU fans just don't give it any consideration. I thought they maybe by writing about all the ways this team would be better with VS, things that have nothing to do with actual coaching, then maybe some would see that expecting NMP to come in and the program not miss a beat was unrealistic. It was a long shot attempt, and like most long shots, I suspect it missed the mark with most everyone. I look at the way NMP succeeded at building the Old Dominion program and I still believe she will be a success at MSU and was a good hire. This year has been rough and she has caught no breaks and certainly has been given no breaks by the fan base. The fans will always want the kind of success that VS was able to put together when he had Tearia McCowan coupled together with Victoria Vivians, and it is going to be hard for any future coach to match that success. Much like UCLA being dissatisfied for decades with any coach who didn't win a championship at least every other year like John Wooden, I think the MSU fans are in for a long stretch of discontent. I also think Texas fans will be in for the same. [/QUOTE]

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