And, a lot of Herd fans have a problem with reading and hearing the truth! I've gotten half of my "smites" over the last year because I've been very critical of Doc and Hamrick. We were "promised changes" for the entire team. Only 2/3 seemed to have made that change, the offense is (the SOS), acronym for Same Ole Sh*t!
Don't sweat the "smite" crap, E-Man. You happen to be, unfortunately, one of the minority of Herd fans who refuse to accept mediocrity as the acceptable standard for Herd athletics. Too many Kelly green wearers look at the sub par performances of MU athletics and the lack of championships among all the schools' teams while in CUSA and just shrug their shoulders and say, "well, that's just the way it is in good ole Huntington, WV".
Contrast that to the mentality out in Lincoln, Nebraska. After about 5 or 6 years, the Nebraska administration just canned their AD. Officials cite lack of performance/progress (i.e., WINS) in football and basketball, mainly for the action. One can also read into that statement the fact that the exceedingly loyal Cornhusker fan base is none too thrilled with the school's lack of success, championships, in those sports since joining the Big 10.
Back in H-town, one can count the Marshall CUSA championships since entering the league on the fingers of a one armed man, with fingers to spare!! What a novel idea Nebraska has: making the Athletic Director ACCOUNTABLE for the success, or lack thereof, of his department's athletic teams. Wonder if the application of such an approach has ever dawned on the powers that be in Huntington and at MU??
Its past time, E, for the MU community at large and its top administration to say that being average or even mediocre is NO LONGER ACCEPTABLE as the norm at MU. Be it in the school's academic disciplines or in its athletic programs, or, frankly, in any other activity of the school. Just fielding a certain number of teams because being a conference member or the NCAA requires MU to field that many teams should NOT be the main factor that Mike Hamrick is evaluated on. How said teams fare on the fields and courts, are they competitive, can they win more than lose, can they garner an expected reasonable number of championships in said sports, these are the things he should be evaluated upon.
Maybe MU officials should take a long, hard look to see if just being average to mediocre in academics and athletics is perhaps a VERY SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN THE SCHOOL'S STAGNANT ENROLLMENT and FAILURE TO GROW for the last couple of decades!!