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Message: [QUOTE="SimpleDawg, post: 3513037, member: 9267"] Your points are understandable looking at it from an outsider's perspective, but if you evaluate this from a Mississippi State perspective we're really sick of good opportunities just passing us by like that. I realize we had no other option (short of Barnes, or going back in time to Goestenkors), but I guess the only real failproof choice was Walz and he refused to be tempted. As for missed opportunities...... here's a bunch........ Had Dan stayed in 2017 with that #1 defense coming back, all he needed to do was have somewhat of an offense (unlike Joe who didn't have any), and I truly thought he could've fought with Saban and Orgeron for the West. A few crushing baseball defeats through the years... we went down to the wire a few times but couldn't finish it. Same with women's basketball and that Ogunbowale buzzer beater, now we return a top 3 ESPN ranked team (maybe top 6 now) and Vic leaves out of nowhere. And I highly doubt next year we could win a title. Maybe with Walz, but not with a first year coach. And yeah....Nikki McCray might sound good to some, but I feel like she's 50/50. She can do all those things you feel she could, or she can drastically underwhelm. But I think the main roadblock to her success here is that she has a one year window. If she goes 22-10 first year..... the players might all bolt out ala Tennessee and Auburn. They came to play for a high-winning organization. Some are in it because they love the sisterhood above all else (Cooks, AEH, Mingo-Young), some because it's their best opportunity to play (Taylor, Morris). Some are in it because they wanna be the best possible player (Jackson). There is a certain amount of games she must win, otherwise I feel like these conflicts of mentalities will eventually win out. However, I think one positive of Nikki is possibly her superior recruiting abilities over Vic. As good as Vic was, MSU recruited themselves to a certain extent after the year we lost to Notre Dame. But I don't feel Vic is an elite recruiter apart from selling his success at MSU. He doesn't go too far BEYOND that, imo. If Nikki pulls 2 top 30 recruits from the southeast (her region) - those are things to feel great about. But like I said, your points are fair and to be taken to mind, but I still think at the end.... Nikki is a 50/50 shot, and those can be seen as risky odds. [/QUOTE]

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