2024 Macadoodles Mailbag: 12th Edition
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Every week, PowerMizzou.com publisher Gabe DeArmond answers questions from Tiger fans in the mailbag. This format allows for a more expansive answer than a message board post. Keep your eye out each week to submit your question for the mailbag or send them to powermizzou@gmail.com. On to this week's inquiries.
Cb53mizzou asks: Curious if you also think there could be a domino effect once we get our first 2025 commit???
GD: Yes and no. I don't think the first one is going to lead to a bunch of others right away like guys are just waiting for someone to start the movement. But commitments tend to come in clusters. With spring visits happening and Mizzou spring ball over, there will probably be a few in March/April. Then there will be another wave with official visits in June. I don't think one is necessarily going to lead to more, but simple numbers say Missouri doesn't have any commitments right now and they're going to get 20 or so in the next nine months so they'll tend to be grouped together.
Bmorrow23 asks: Gabe what do you think is the meaning of The Brotherhood that the football team talks so much about? I thought it was ironic that Ryan Day used the same term in his on-field interview right before the kickoff of the Cotton Bowl. Is it coach-speak, or is it a galvanizing term to show how hard a group works towards a goal? Interested in your thoughts, thanks.
GD: I think it's a term sports teams have used since the beginning of sports teams. It's not unique to Mizzou.
Graphic Edge Guy asks: Just this past fall it was said by many on Power Mizzou that for the first time in a long time...all the powers that be at Mizzou (Coaches, AD, Admin, BOC) seemed to be aligned and "pulling in the same direction."We seemingly had the right AD in place...and talented, bright, young, energetic head coaches in both key sports and our immediate future looked very bright and sustainable success seemed to finally within our grasp.Since the calendar flipped to 2024...not much has gone right for us. What the hell happened? How did things seemingly fall off the rails so quickly as far as the total athletic program trajectory?Some people rationalize that football is still in great shape so "why worry?"WHY have we had so much trouble hiring and holding on to an Athletic Director? There is seemingly a BIG problem with getting this key position right...and it appears we have a bad reputation for NOT allowing the AD's to "do their job" without micromanagement and outside interference.How do we fix this problem and get this AD hire right to provide some stability and continuity within our Athletic Department as a whole? AND...in your opinion...is long term football success sustainable unless we do?
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