I’d be perfectly fine with bringing Stricklin back. What’s everyone else thoughts? Besides the fact he left us, when he was here we were doing amazing things!
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Then all the da's can hope he brings Mullen back.
If we ever allowed Stricklin back in Starkville, we'd deserve everything that happened to us as a result.
Not "NO", but "HELL NO"!!! No way, no how!! Loafers burned his bridges the day he headed south for Florider!! He'd be like Merlinz - always looking for greener pastures.
Considering bringin' Stricklin back has a combination of dumbassedry, estrogen, and battered wife syndrome all rolled into a penis sized blunt laced with fentanyl.
I would be irate. Seriously. We gave him his opportunity and he left us high and dry. He can wallow in it. 17 the traitor. We weren’t good enough then, so he can enjoy being in ULL athletic department or something.
I don’t want to be anyone’s safety net.
He can kick rocks.
I don’t want to be anyone’s safety net.
He can kick rocks.
I would rather have Croom back than have Stricklin back.
Good gracious, we have the dumbest fans. Heck yes, I'd love to have him back.
The times I had before my wife cheated on me were the happiest i ever had. When he dumps her I would definitely take her back.
Did you see what he did to our basketball program? 8 of our 9 best seasons of the last 21 years were coached by a guy Stricklin fired 10 years ago.
Why? Assuming Cohen moves on to Auburn, our last four ADs have left for higher-prestige positions. LT (SEC front office), Byrne (Arizona -> Bama), Stricklin (Florida), Cohen (Auburn).
I say lean into it. There's no reason why we can't actually conduct a nationwide search this time and hire the best and brightest to come in with the assumption that if they improve po' ol' Mississippi State that they'll be poached by a school with a larger budget in a few years.
It's kind of embarrassing but as long as our Athletics program makes steady progress under some genius we hired outta bum-17 Egypt who gives a ****? We can just go out and hire another genius looking to step up.
This could be a top five worst post EVER. Don’t ever allow that commie traitor prick ever back in Starkville. Ever.
Nothing embarrassing about it. Cohen was not discouraged from looking around. Some things went down the last couple months and we're fine with him leaving. He's been bad.
You have to take your emotions out of this. This is business. You can't equate this to a personal relationship. If you have an employee who did a good job for you, but left for what he thought was a better opportunity, then wanted to come back several years later, most wouldn't hold that against him. It happens all the time, providing no one burns bridges on the way out.
Heck I've been it more than once. I'm back with my original employer after leaving for what was a great opportunity. When my organization wanted me back (and I wanted to come back), no one held any hard feelings.
Heck I've been it more than once. I'm back with my original employer after leaving for what was a great opportunity. When my organization wanted me back (and I wanted to come back), no one held any hard feelings.
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I think many of us would have given him a chance, but the Mullen deal slammed that door shut forever. Hiring Ross Bjork for our AD would elicit less protest than bringing back Stricklin.
Why bc he left here? That’s idiotic.
If he isn’t a good hire ok. If he’s a good hire and wants to come back, we’d be stupid not to take him.
If he bails on Florida now he'll look like he can't take the pressure. Though I imagine he might want out of there because if Napier doesn't work out he's not gonna get the chance to hire a third coach
I'd be perfectly fine never seeing his weasely a$$ in Starkville again. I'm not sure exactly how the whole Mullen situation played out, but I've been unable to forgive SS for that.
Wait..wait..wait...let's think about this a little more, k?
Strick did good here but when he moved to Florida then hired Mullen away that burned a lot of people. Plus he has been struggling at Florida. Times and colleges sports have changed. Time for new blood and somebody who understands the new sports business world. Get somebody that understands endorsements deals, nil, and sports business game day atmosphere and advertising your brand.
But Stricklin didn't just do that. He poached our HC and took him as we were going into the next season with the highest legit hopes we have had in decades. He didn't just leave us...he gutted us for his own advancement, and in a lazy way, IMO.
If when you left your company for a competitor, you immediately turned around and hired away the top engineer responsible for nearly your entire product line & development there is no way they would take you back. Not unless they were complete idiots.
In terms that Stricklin should understand well.....
Gimme a "N", Gimme a "O"
He might even throw in one of those A&M yell leader knee lifts.
17 that 17er
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