Editorial Bored: Evaluating Barry Odom’s young career

Welcome to Editorial Bored, a weekly Rock M Nation roundtable getting you through the desert of summer by looking ahead to the coming year in Mizzou Sports.

Nine months ago, Mizzou was coming off a brutal loss to Kentucky and Barry Odom’s job was in question by the wider Mizzou fanbase. After four straight wins and a Top 25 finish, Odom is now the guy for the foreseeable future. Give us your thoughts on the Odom tenure thus far.

Ryan Herrera, Football Beat Writer: It’s sort of hard to come up with a clear conclusion on how Odom’s tenure has gone. As with any new coach, Odom’s teams struggled — especially during the first year-and-a-half. He also struggled to get big recruiting wins early on,…