MeridianOMRebel wrote:

I'm 99.9999% positive I read this article yesterday elsewhere...

Having said that, there is zero reason to keep Luke. It's not like we have a class full of 5 stars lined up.

Agreed. Zero
 

Good answer, Catfish. 

The problem with Ole Miss athletics started at the top. Vitter and Bjork allowed the NCAA to run over Ole Miss and literally accepted anything and everything until our program was depleted and dismantled to a point of near "oblivion." Thank goodness they have moved on.
We still have a BIG problem with our athletcis at Ole Miss, especially with the programs that bring in that all important "MONEY," especially our football program, and a basketball program which allows players to "kneel" during the National Anthem in order to "protest" some disagreement over a so-called political agenda. which amounts to one person's beliefs against another's. Our athletic fields are not the place to show and demonstrate "political correctness."
What is needed at Ole Miss are programs that gets the fans off their wallets and back in the seats.
Problem is that wtih the hirinig of Matt Luke, at least half of the Rebel followers did NOT want him as our coach (me included), about 25% had mixed feelings, and the other 25% or less (the GOB's) had Vitter's ear and more than likely "his checkbook."
Ole Miss needs a completely revamped program, with a good, smart, well knowledgable head coach that plans on buidling Ole Miss to be the next 'dominent team. This coach has to be able to choose his own assistants without question and to "run" his program as he sees fit. I believe that past coaches at Ole Miss have proven that not only can we recruit on a national scale, but we can also win nationally and consistently. If ANY coach we hire does not believe this, then we don't need them at Ole Miss. I'm not living in the past, but I believe that past years have proven that Ole Miss can consistently be a national power to contend with year in and year out in ALL sports.
I'm tired of having second rate coaches, mediocre seasons, and coaches that appear to be as lost as a "deer in headlights." 
Without a doubt we have recruited some very good players, but what I see is that (wtih exceptions) we don't have a full team of coaches to get these players to the next level of a Power 5, SEC West Division football with a consistency of being competitive and able to win every game! The coaches we currently have can't get our players to the next level because they have never been at that level to teach someone else how to play to that level. Coaching is more than the "knowing" how to teach to "block and tackle," it is also knowing how to motivate and get players to a level of determination and willingness to only accept a goal of winning on each and evey play. (I believe that Coach Bianco has this problem)
All of this to say that our football program needs to "clean house," and give our players AND fans something to YELL about. Hopefully we have a good Chancellor (time will tell). So far, from what I hear, some of the liberal progressives on campus don't like him. That's a feather in his cap as far as I'm concerned. 
Ole Miss needs an Athletic Director AND a Head Football Coach that knows their business, their direction, who to hire, how to teach and the morivation to "get 'er done." 
We need people dedicated to get Ole Miss back to #1.
 

Last edited by TexasRebel (10/22/2019 10:11 am)

Sooper_Rebel wrote:

Good answer, Catfish. 

Thanks.  So far they have posted my response, so my comments may not have been approved.  Maybe this blogger is a Luke fan and will not allow partiality from other posters.