MIZZOU - The next Ole Miss?

I mean, Ole Miss was gradually getting better year by year starting in like 2008. The 09 recruiting class was better, then the 10 was better than that. A lot of those guys never panned out, but there were finally guys with decent high school times coming into the program. Then as things developed, the big recruits came in through Kennedy and stayed for Vanhoy. But Vanhoy was only the 3rd coach in 3 years, and that was only due to retirement, not getting fired.

TLDR: OM really wasn't an overnight success, it was steadily getting better until the breakthrough. And there wasn't ever a regression in talent like Mizzou has had.

Regression in talent? When was the last time that Mizzou had an incoming class of freshmen/transfers that was as good as the current class?

I think you have a good point. Bringing in guys like Wood, Prodanov, and Davidson will help the tigers. These guys added with Christopher Conrad (who ran 1:48 last season as a true freshman) will make a successful DMR come this indoor season. Hopefully, they will be able to gain more recruits in the upcoming years. I think it may be a stretch to call MIZZOU the next Ole Miss, but we will see in the next year or two if your prediction is correct.

Pretty sure Hindman is slower now that he was in high school.

asmither wrote:

Pretty sure Hindman is slower now that he was in high school.

Hindman is no longer on mizzou’s roster. He has gone pro in the triathlon.

MUCK FIZZOU

Hes gone wrote:

asmither wrote:

Pretty sure Hindman is slower now that he was in high school.

Hindman is no longer on mizzou’s roster. He has gone pro in the triathlon.

Well certainly losing a guy that ran 8:43 in high school will help turn them into Ole Miss.

Ok....every year it’s the same thing. Someone (I’m guessing a guy on the team) starts a post about how Mizzou is actually going to be good this year. Or comments on a general SEC thread to watch out for Mizzou (which has already happened this year). And every year, for the past couple years Mizzou has done nothing. If this is a guy on the team you need to shut up and let your running do the talking. You are embarrassing yourself and the program.

And as for all this international talent that the team seems to be obsessed with these days is stupid. It’s obvious that the coaching staff is more interested in a quick fix rather than developing talent (which is where the majority of the teams best runners have come from in recent years). The Kenyans this team has gone out of their way to recruit have never done a thing. The Brits that they have gone out of their way to recruit have never done anything spectacular. They’ve been good runners but that’s it...good, not great. This team has been trash ever since Joe Lynn left. The guys on the team care more about free gear and travel rather than running fast. They are satisfied with mediocrity.

Stop running your mouth online about how great Mizzou is going to be. Like I said it’s the same thing every year. If you had any dignity and respect for this program, whoever you are, you’d ask the mods to delete this thread, it’s embarassing. I have seen nothing in recent years to make me believe they’ll be anything other than a midpack SEC team.

Go home, you’re drunk

Are you serious dude? This team is clearly on the rise and you are blind if you don't see it! Zach Cook is the savior of this team and will put them back on the map this year. Keep in mind, he is an SEC 1500m finalist. I have inside information that he did have a small injury this summer and didn't get much training in. However, once he is gets that milage back up into the 40s, WATCH OUT!!!

Are YOU mad bro? Why the hate on Zach Cook? He's a great kid who's provided tremendous leadership to a team that was in desperate need of it and has played a huge role in helping change the culture of the team. It's unfortunate that he hasn't even begun to scratch the surface of his potential due to numerous injuries outside of his control and for you to make a mockery of that is turly sad.

Responsibility wrote:

Are YOU mad bro? Why the hate on Zach Cook? He's a great kid who's provided tremendous leadership to a team that was in desperate need of it and has played a huge role in helping change the culture of the team. It's unfortunate that he hasn't even begun to scratch the surface of his potential due to numerous injuries outside of his control and for you to make a mockery of that is turly sad.

I think it’s turly Sad that you don’t proofread your posts before you submit them.

To contribute my two cents to the thread, I can't see Mizzou ever becoming relevant with Brett Halter at the helm of the program. He just doesn't seem to have a killer instinct and can't facilitate a winning culture for the life of him. Sure there have been some outlier individuals here and there, but the team has been near the bottom of their conference (Big 12 and SEC) for as long as he's headed the program. On the distance side, they've consistently been able to get plenty good recruits (sub 4:15/9:10) that just haven't materialized in to being competitive on even the conference level. For the few years that Joe Lynn was the distance coach, the distance program came closer to emerging from mediocrity. But from my understanding of the whole situation, Halter didn't like that Lynn refused to submit to him which resulted in Lynn's resignation and the loss of any progress seen on the distance side. No disrespect to any of the current or incoming athletes, but I just don't see Mizzou coming close to becoming relevant unless they completely clean house.

Stop it Mr. Stephen

Probably the late 90s.

True Son wrote:

Regression in talent? When was the last time that Mizzou had an incoming class of freshmen/transfers that was as good as the current class?

Late 90s chief? They're class in 2012 was pretty damn solid for a team that doesn't have much history. Of course none of them panned our, but it was a good class nonetheless.

Ten bucks says it's schneider or roe posting these comments

bounce out wrote:

Ten bucks says it's schneider or roe posting these comments

Ten bucks that when they were on the team, Schnieder and Roe, on an average day, would have destroyed every guy in this current team. Please proceed to tell me about they were bad for the the team.

You could be right, I was just offering a rebuttal to the other poster. I haven't been paying attention for a while now. The program does have history, by the way, if you count non-millennial teams.

DUMBO. wrote:

Late 90s chief? They're class in 2012 was pretty damn solid for a team that doesn't have much history. Of course none of them panned our, but it was a good class nonetheless.

Lololol whoever started this had to have been trolling. Mizzou literally lost to some D2 and D3 schools (including in state WashU) at the Loyola invite today. How can a fully funded power 5 school lose to a D3 school?