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Ole Miss football fans are very familiar with the term ‘lack of institutional control’. Last time I checked, the athletic director runs the institution.
The first rule of plumbing and Ole Miss football is crap runs down hill. It certainly has in recent months around Oxford. Right now, around the Ole Miss football program there are fingers being pointed in every direction. Ole Miss football is in a state of turmoil unlike any before. It’s truly a sad state of affairs in Oxford.
Amid the entire NCAA investigation there have been several very big question marks. How did all of this happen? Who failed to monitor the football program? As bad as I dislike Jeff Vitter right now, it wasn’t his fault. Maybe, who knows? He seems to be more worried with mascots than anything right now. Smh.
Oh, and iIt wasn’t Hugh Freeze. He was thrown under the bus early into the ‘cell numbers’ scandal. Come on, three of us are on an elevator and one passes gas and we all know who did it. Even if we didn’t do it, we know who did. Freeze may be guilty but he’s not the culprit. So, who’s left? Who is the one guy who is over all athletics operations? Oh yeah, Ross Bjork the Ole Miss AD. He’s the biggest question mark in this whole charade.
Right now, there are voices among Rebel faithful crucifying one of our own over a lackluster Ole Miss football team. Oh, this is far from Matt Luke’s fault. Matt Luke has been thrown as far under the bus as Freeze. Not just one head coach has been sacrificed but the Luke/Ole Miss legacy is under scrutiny. Essentially, there have been two head coaches ruined. Whose watch did this mess fall under? Athletics Director Ross Bjork.
Problems In Oxford
Sure, there are obvious issues with our athletics department. In no time, in my 52 years, can I remember there being this many problems. We’re talking about the Brewer probation issues included.
I’ve seen the worst of the worst and the current state of Ole Miss football is truly a dumpster fire. The sad part is this is just the beginning of what will be even worse.
So we ask ourselves, could this have been diverted? Was Freeze the pound of flesh to satisfy the NCAA? Or was he the pound of flesh which saved Ross Bjork’s job? Funny how Bjork’s name keeps popping up.
We really have no way of knowing, however could this entire 2-3 record under an interim head coach have been diverted? Of course, it could have. However, we have bigger issues at Ole Miss to worry about. I mean mascots are way more important right now than a winning record. Smh.
Just My Opinion
Yes, we all have an opinion. I happen to know mine is shared with a large number of Rebel faithful. It’s my belief Ole Miss football would have been better served by allowing former head coach Hugh Freeze to finish the 2017 season. We’d have a better record, a chance of salvaging a large exodus of players and at least they would have shown they cared about our program more than themselves.
Right now, there are fans of schools across the SEC begging for Hugh Freeze to take over. Oh it’s true. They are willing to give Hugh Freeze another chance, so why didn’t we? Because, one man cares more about his job than he does Ole Miss. Ross Bjork is not Ole Miss family and never will be. Right now, Bjork is on borrowed time. With Freeze out of the picture, who does the NCAA coffin lid close upon? Oh, I believe we know.
If the COI should rule beyond what Ole Miss self-imposed then Bjork should be gone. Ole Miss football has met their ruin at the hands of a man who will go down as the worst athletics director in our athletics department history. Oh yeah, we have problems and Ross Bjork is one of the biggest. Is this the point in which we settle for mediocrity because of another inept Ole Miss AD? Do we want or deserve that? NO! We should cut him loose. Step up and rise above what’s not Ole Miss. Hotty Toddy!
SOURCE: = Daniel Skipper,
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Shaffer might have been the worst ever.
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Bjork isn't the problem - he was overruled by Vitter.
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Vitter needs to go. Now the big question is "how do you get rid of a Chancellor at a major University?" Ole Miss needs better leadership that will move them forward instead of someone who is more interested in political correctness and changing the concept of Ole Miss as is known by most fund donating alumni.
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I don't think anyone is blaming Luke for this season but just saying he's not the right one for the job and should be gone after this year. As far as Freeze doing a better job this year, he was the coach last year when we played Vandy and State and we got throttled just as bad by lesser teams so I'm not sure he'd do any better right now. If he'd have kept his pants on, we wouldn't have to wonder.
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Fire Vitter, make Luke Chancellor. Chancellor Luke.
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Luke might be a good Chancellor. You can be assured that he would want to succeed in athletics.
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catfishboy wrote:
Luke might be a good Chancellor. You can be assured that he would want to succeed in athletics.
But can he block out opposing views........ (get it? get it? stupid puns.........)
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Ah the drumbeats for the GOB's own Walker Jones. They get louder and louder especially since their golden boy Luke has been a complete bomb as HC. Anyone with a pulse and a nickels worth of sense would have known this would be the result. Well hell maybe not this bad but you get the point that it wasn't going to be good or even neutral. Matt Luke is a great guy. Ole Miss to the core and I'm sure he will always be welcomed in the tents of many in the Grove and in the stands at VHS. But he is not nor does it appear ever will be worth a damn as a coach. We endured his shitty coaching for 5 or more seasons and the end result is as bad if not worse than the beginning. Let that sink in. In what profession can you draw a nice salary, underperform annually, arguably regressing annually and still get annual raises and contract extensions? None unless you a part of the GOB's and are forced on a HC.
Ross Bjork isn't an Ole Miss guy and that is the best things we can have for an AD. Anyone remember Warner Alford, Pete Boone? Those were Ole Miss guys and total trainwrecks as AD's. Ross doesn't cater exclusively to the GOB's and that has always wrinkled the sweater vests and penny loafers up. That's a good thing because those SOB's need to have a foot on their heads constantly or they will slither back out and ruin us again for their own selfish goals.
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I would say that the original post is how I view the situation.