Rock M Nation · Dec 6, 2019
Rock M Roundtable: Evaluating what we want in the next coach
Barry Odom may not have been a complete disaster at Missouri, but Jim Sterk made the decision that in four years he still wasn’t the coach the Tigers needed him to be. In your opinion, what was Odom’s biggest failure as Missouri’s head coach?
Josh Matejka, Deputy Manager: It’s something we’ve discussed since the beginning of this season — the lack of player development. How many times did we see freshmen set Faurot on fire only to fade away in their sophomore or junior years? Odom and his staff could scout talent, no question. But with few exceptions — and mostly on the defensive side of the ball — it felt like no one on the Tigers ever got any better than they were when they arrived.