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Re: Drink is being outcoached by a country mile

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Armchair QB wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:35 pm
11WSChamps wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:26 pm
Armchair QB wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:22 pm
11WSChamps wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:15 pm
rezero wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:05 pm
icon wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:01 pm
rezero wrote: 27 Dec 2025 21:50 pm One of the worst coached games I have seen and I have seen a lot of them. Four times we had 3rd or 4th down and 2yds or less and never once game Hardy the ball. Drink kept running Zoellers when it had no chance. I cant blame it all on Drink though as our Defense was jorrinly coached this game as well. virginia kept having 3rd and 4 and we would play 10yds off the ball. We played a bend don’t break and never once tried to press them on a 3rd down. Batoon would love to have this back.

My biggest concern is if Drink lost Hardy during this game. There was a heated exchange on the sideline when Drink took him out and you could see Hardy was very upset. Hardy only needed q11yds to,lead the country in rushing and Drink did not play him for the first 20 minutes of the second half. Basically took that away from Hardy.
Malpractice coaching. Hardy would be a fool not to run far away from this game day idiot.
Plus, why were we running the ball with 1:41 left in the game and zero timeouts. Did the announcers comment on that? The people in the crowd were totally confused.


I can see trying to pop one run into the secondary but that would be it.

Talking about coaching the Virginia's coach decision to not punt the ball giving MU great field position on the second to last possession of the game was one of the worst I've seen too.

Why in God's name would you give a team that has had a difficult time moving the ball a short field when a TD can beat you?
I thought that too, Elliott got greedy.

That said, it was a masterful coaching job otherwise and unbelievable job by their O Line and QB. They roasted us on 3rd and 4th down.

It’s truly a miracle we had a chance at the end. Our D line played their hearts out tonight. We needed to blitz and get off the field on 3rd down. Played conservative all night.
Trotter being out really hurt.

How many third down flat patterns were converted into third downs probably half a dozen.

Trotter has been great in the open field this season his being out was felt and Virginia took advantage of it.
Absolutely, Trotter is maybe our best defensive player. Not having him back there was huge. Give Virginia credit. They surgically picked us apart and exploited our weaknesses.
Look we gave up 13 points, the loss wasn't on the defense. If we had a mediocre QB we would have won, even with Drink calling plays.
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Re: Drink is being outcoached by a country mile

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Lightning Rod wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:37 pm
Armchair QB wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:35 pm
11WSChamps wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:26 pm
Armchair QB wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:22 pm
11WSChamps wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:15 pm
rezero wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:05 pm
icon wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:01 pm
rezero wrote: 27 Dec 2025 21:50 pm One of the worst coached games I have seen and I have seen a lot of them. Four times we had 3rd or 4th down and 2yds or less and never once game Hardy the ball. Drink kept running Zoellers when it had no chance. I cant blame it all on Drink though as our Defense was jorrinly coached this game as well. virginia kept having 3rd and 4 and we would play 10yds off the ball. We played a bend don’t break and never once tried to press them on a 3rd down. Batoon would love to have this back.

My biggest concern is if Drink lost Hardy during this game. There was a heated exchange on the sideline when Drink took him out and you could see Hardy was very upset. Hardy only needed q11yds to,lead the country in rushing and Drink did not play him for the first 20 minutes of the second half. Basically took that away from Hardy.
Malpractice coaching. Hardy would be a fool not to run far away from this game day idiot.
Plus, why were we running the ball with 1:41 left in the game and zero timeouts. Did the announcers comment on that? The people in the crowd were totally confused.


I can see trying to pop one run into the secondary but that would be it.

Talking about coaching the Virginia's coach decision to not punt the ball giving MU great field position on the second to last possession of the game was one of the worst I've seen too.

Why in God's name would you give a team that has had a difficult time moving the ball a short field when a TD can beat you?
I thought that too, Elliott got greedy.

That said, it was a masterful coaching job otherwise and unbelievable job by their O Line and QB. They roasted us on 3rd and 4th down.

It’s truly a miracle we had a chance at the end. Our D line played their hearts out tonight. We needed to blitz and get off the field on 3rd down. Played conservative all night.
Trotter being out really hurt.

How many third down flat patterns were converted into third downs probably half a dozen.

Trotter has been great in the open field this season his being out was felt and Virginia took advantage of it.
Absolutely, Trotter is maybe our best defensive player. Not having him back there was huge. Give Virginia credit. They surgically picked us apart and exploited our weaknesses.
Look we gave up 13 points, the loss wasn't on the defense. If we had a mediocre QB we would have won, even with Drink calling plays.
Pribula would have lost this game also given the offense play calling
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Re: Drink is being outcoached by a country mile

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Lightning Rod wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:37 pm
Armchair QB wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:35 pm
11WSChamps wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:26 pm
Armchair QB wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:22 pm
11WSChamps wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:15 pm
rezero wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:05 pm
icon wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:01 pm
rezero wrote: 27 Dec 2025 21:50 pm One of the worst coached games I have seen and I have seen a lot of them. Four times we had 3rd or 4th down and 2yds or less and never once game Hardy the ball. Drink kept running Zoellers when it had no chance. I cant blame it all on Drink though as our Defense was jorrinly coached this game as well. virginia kept having 3rd and 4 and we would play 10yds off the ball. We played a bend don’t break and never once tried to press them on a 3rd down. Batoon would love to have this back.

My biggest concern is if Drink lost Hardy during this game. There was a heated exchange on the sideline when Drink took him out and you could see Hardy was very upset. Hardy only needed q11yds to,lead the country in rushing and Drink did not play him for the first 20 minutes of the second half. Basically took that away from Hardy.
Malpractice coaching. Hardy would be a fool not to run far away from this game day idiot.
Plus, why were we running the ball with 1:41 left in the game and zero timeouts. Did the announcers comment on that? The people in the crowd were totally confused.


I can see trying to pop one run into the secondary but that would be it.

Talking about coaching the Virginia's coach decision to not punt the ball giving MU great field position on the second to last possession of the game was one of the worst I've seen too.

Why in God's name would you give a team that has had a difficult time moving the ball a short field when a TD can beat you?
I thought that too, Elliott got greedy.

That said, it was a masterful coaching job otherwise and unbelievable job by their O Line and QB. They roasted us on 3rd and 4th down.

It’s truly a miracle we had a chance at the end. Our D line played their hearts out tonight. We needed to blitz and get off the field on 3rd down. Played conservative all night.
Trotter being out really hurt.

How many third down flat patterns were converted into third downs probably half a dozen.

Trotter has been great in the open field this season his being out was felt and Virginia took advantage of it.
Absolutely, Trotter is maybe our best defensive player. Not having him back there was huge. Give Virginia credit. They surgically picked us apart and exploited our weaknesses.
Look we gave up 13 points, the loss wasn't on the defense. If we had a mediocre QB we would have won, even with Drink calling plays.
Who the fruck said it was?

Take a break already.
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Re: Drink is being outcoached by a country mile

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JackBolly wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:38 pm
Lightning Rod wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:37 pm
Armchair QB wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:35 pm
11WSChamps wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:26 pm
Armchair QB wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:22 pm
11WSChamps wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:15 pm
rezero wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:05 pm
icon wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:01 pm
rezero wrote: 27 Dec 2025 21:50 pm One of the worst coached games I have seen and I have seen a lot of them. Four times we had 3rd or 4th down and 2yds or less and never once game Hardy the ball. Drink kept running Zoellers when it had no chance. I cant blame it all on Drink though as our Defense was jorrinly coached this game as well. virginia kept having 3rd and 4 and we would play 10yds off the ball. We played a bend don’t break and never once tried to press them on a 3rd down. Batoon would love to have this back.

My biggest concern is if Drink lost Hardy during this game. There was a heated exchange on the sideline when Drink took him out and you could see Hardy was very upset. Hardy only needed q11yds to,lead the country in rushing and Drink did not play him for the first 20 minutes of the second half. Basically took that away from Hardy.
Malpractice coaching. Hardy would be a fool not to run far away from this game day idiot.
Plus, why were we running the ball with 1:41 left in the game and zero timeouts. Did the announcers comment on that? The people in the crowd were totally confused.


I can see trying to pop one run into the secondary but that would be it.

Talking about coaching the Virginia's coach decision to not punt the ball giving MU great field position on the second to last possession of the game was one of the worst I've seen too.

Why in God's name would you give a team that has had a difficult time moving the ball a short field when a TD can beat you?
I thought that too, Elliott got greedy.

That said, it was a masterful coaching job otherwise and unbelievable job by their O Line and QB. They roasted us on 3rd and 4th down.

It’s truly a miracle we had a chance at the end. Our D line played their hearts out tonight. We needed to blitz and get off the field on 3rd down. Played conservative all night.
Trotter being out really hurt.

How many third down flat patterns were converted into third downs probably half a dozen.

Trotter has been great in the open field this season his being out was felt and Virginia took advantage of it.
Absolutely, Trotter is maybe our best defensive player. Not having him back there was huge. Give Virginia credit. They surgically picked us apart and exploited our weaknesses.
Look we gave up 13 points, the loss wasn't on the defense. If we had a mediocre QB we would have won, even with Drink calling plays.
Pribula would have lost this game also given the offense play calling
Disagree. Pribula would have at least been able to run the ball. We score more than 7 points if Pribula starts this game.
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Re: Drink is being outcoached by a country mile

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11WSChamps wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:41 pm
Lightning Rod wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:37 pm
Armchair QB wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:35 pm
11WSChamps wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:26 pm
Armchair QB wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:22 pm
11WSChamps wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:15 pm
rezero wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:05 pm
icon wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:01 pm
rezero wrote: 27 Dec 2025 21:50 pm One of the worst coached games I have seen and I have seen a lot of them. Four times we had 3rd or 4th down and 2yds or less and never once game Hardy the ball. Drink kept running Zoellers when it had no chance. I cant blame it all on Drink though as our Defense was jorrinly coached this game as well. virginia kept having 3rd and 4 and we would play 10yds off the ball. We played a bend don’t break and never once tried to press them on a 3rd down. Batoon would love to have this back.

My biggest concern is if Drink lost Hardy during this game. There was a heated exchange on the sideline when Drink took him out and you could see Hardy was very upset. Hardy only needed q11yds to,lead the country in rushing and Drink did not play him for the first 20 minutes of the second half. Basically took that away from Hardy.
Malpractice coaching. Hardy would be a fool not to run far away from this game day idiot.
Plus, why were we running the ball with 1:41 left in the game and zero timeouts. Did the announcers comment on that? The people in the crowd were totally confused.


I can see trying to pop one run into the secondary but that would be it.

Talking about coaching the Virginia's coach decision to not punt the ball giving MU great field position on the second to last possession of the game was one of the worst I've seen too.

Why in God's name would you give a team that has had a difficult time moving the ball a short field when a TD can beat you?
I thought that too, Elliott got greedy.

That said, it was a masterful coaching job otherwise and unbelievable job by their O Line and QB. They roasted us on 3rd and 4th down.

It’s truly a miracle we had a chance at the end. Our D line played their hearts out tonight. We needed to blitz and get off the field on 3rd down. Played conservative all night.
Trotter being out really hurt.

How many third down flat patterns were converted into third downs probably half a dozen.

Trotter has been great in the open field this season his being out was felt and Virginia took advantage of it.
Absolutely, Trotter is maybe our best defensive player. Not having him back there was huge. Give Virginia credit. They surgically picked us apart and exploited our weaknesses.
Look we gave up 13 points, the loss wasn't on the defense. If we had a mediocre QB we would have won, even with Drink calling plays.
Who the fruck said it was?

Take a break already.
We were talking about Trotter and how they took advantage of his absence, try to keep up. Why are you always so argumentative?
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Re: Drink is being outcoached by a country mile

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Lightning Rod wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:51 pm
11WSChamps wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:41 pm
Lightning Rod wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:37 pm
Armchair QB wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:35 pm
11WSChamps wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:26 pm
Armchair QB wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:22 pm
11WSChamps wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:15 pm
rezero wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:05 pm
icon wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:01 pm
rezero wrote: 27 Dec 2025 21:50 pm One of the worst coached games I have seen and I have seen a lot of them. Four times we had 3rd or 4th down and 2yds or less and never once game Hardy the ball. Drink kept running Zoellers when it had no chance. I cant blame it all on Drink though as our Defense was jorrinly coached this game as well. virginia kept having 3rd and 4 and we would play 10yds off the ball. We played a bend don’t break and never once tried to press them on a 3rd down. Batoon would love to have this back.

My biggest concern is if Drink lost Hardy during this game. There was a heated exchange on the sideline when Drink took him out and you could see Hardy was very upset. Hardy only needed q11yds to,lead the country in rushing and Drink did not play him for the first 20 minutes of the second half. Basically took that away from Hardy.
Malpractice coaching. Hardy would be a fool not to run far away from this game day idiot.
Plus, why were we running the ball with 1:41 left in the game and zero timeouts. Did the announcers comment on that? The people in the crowd were totally confused.


I can see trying to pop one run into the secondary but that would be it.

Talking about coaching the Virginia's coach decision to not punt the ball giving MU great field position on the second to last possession of the game was one of the worst I've seen too.

Why in God's name would you give a team that has had a difficult time moving the ball a short field when a TD can beat you?
I thought that too, Elliott got greedy.

That said, it was a masterful coaching job otherwise and unbelievable job by their O Line and QB. They roasted us on 3rd and 4th down.

It’s truly a miracle we had a chance at the end. Our D line played their hearts out tonight. We needed to blitz and get off the field on 3rd down. Played conservative all night.
Trotter being out really hurt.

How many third down flat patterns were converted into third downs probably half a dozen.

Trotter has been great in the open field this season his being out was felt and Virginia took advantage of it.
Absolutely, Trotter is maybe our best defensive player. Not having him back there was huge. Give Virginia credit. They surgically picked us apart and exploited our weaknesses.
Look we gave up 13 points, the loss wasn't on the defense. If we had a mediocre QB we would have won, even with Drink calling plays.
Who the fruck said it was?

Take a break already.
We were talking about Trotter and how they took advantage of his absence, try to keep up. Why are you always so argumentative?
What are you talking about I was the one who brought Trotter up in the discussion with Armchair? You're the one who brought the QB back into the discussion not me.
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Re: Drink is being outcoached by a country mile

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11WSChamps wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:54 pm
Lightning Rod wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:51 pm
11WSChamps wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:41 pm
Lightning Rod wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:37 pm
Armchair QB wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:35 pm
11WSChamps wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:26 pm
Armchair QB wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:22 pm
11WSChamps wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:15 pm
rezero wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:05 pm
icon wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:01 pm
rezero wrote: 27 Dec 2025 21:50 pm One of the worst coached games I have seen and I have seen a lot of them. Four times we had 3rd or 4th down and 2yds or less and never once game Hardy the ball. Drink kept running Zoellers when it had no chance. I cant blame it all on Drink though as our Defense was jorrinly coached this game as well. virginia kept having 3rd and 4 and we would play 10yds off the ball. We played a bend don’t break and never once tried to press them on a 3rd down. Batoon would love to have this back.

My biggest concern is if Drink lost Hardy during this game. There was a heated exchange on the sideline when Drink took him out and you could see Hardy was very upset. Hardy only needed q11yds to,lead the country in rushing and Drink did not play him for the first 20 minutes of the second half. Basically took that away from Hardy.
Malpractice coaching. Hardy would be a fool not to run far away from this game day idiot.
Plus, why were we running the ball with 1:41 left in the game and zero timeouts. Did the announcers comment on that? The people in the crowd were totally confused.


I can see trying to pop one run into the secondary but that would be it.

Talking about coaching the Virginia's coach decision to not punt the ball giving MU great field position on the second to last possession of the game was one of the worst I've seen too.

Why in God's name would you give a team that has had a difficult time moving the ball a short field when a TD can beat you?
I thought that too, Elliott got greedy.

That said, it was a masterful coaching job otherwise and unbelievable job by their O Line and QB. They roasted us on 3rd and 4th down.

It’s truly a miracle we had a chance at the end. Our D line played their hearts out tonight. We needed to blitz and get off the field on 3rd down. Played conservative all night.
Trotter being out really hurt.

How many third down flat patterns were converted into third downs probably half a dozen.

Trotter has been great in the open field this season his being out was felt and Virginia took advantage of it.
Absolutely, Trotter is maybe our best defensive player. Not having him back there was huge. Give Virginia credit. They surgically picked us apart and exploited our weaknesses.
Look we gave up 13 points, the loss wasn't on the defense. If we had a mediocre QB we would have won, even with Drink calling plays.
Who the fruck said it was?

Take a break already.
We were talking about Trotter and how they took advantage of his absence, try to keep up. Why are you always so argumentative?
What are you talking about I was the one who brought Trotter up in the discussion with Armchair? You're the one who brought the QB back into the discussion not me.
Okay, I guess I just felt having Trotter in the game made little difference, it was the lack of QB play that cost us. My bad if I misunderstood.
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Re: Drink is being outcoached by a country mile

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Lightning Rod wrote: 27 Dec 2025 23:00 pm
11WSChamps wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:54 pm
Lightning Rod wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:51 pm
11WSChamps wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:41 pm
Lightning Rod wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:37 pm
Armchair QB wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:35 pm
11WSChamps wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:26 pm
Armchair QB wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:22 pm
11WSChamps wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:15 pm
rezero wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:05 pm
icon wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:01 pm
rezero wrote: 27 Dec 2025 21:50 pm One of the worst coached games I have seen and I have seen a lot of them. Four times we had 3rd or 4th down and 2yds or less and never once game Hardy the ball. Drink kept running Zoellers when it had no chance. I cant blame it all on Drink though as our Defense was jorrinly coached this game as well. virginia kept having 3rd and 4 and we would play 10yds off the ball. We played a bend don’t break and never once tried to press them on a 3rd down. Batoon would love to have this back.

My biggest concern is if Drink lost Hardy during this game. There was a heated exchange on the sideline when Drink took him out and you could see Hardy was very upset. Hardy only needed q11yds to,lead the country in rushing and Drink did not play him for the first 20 minutes of the second half. Basically took that away from Hardy.
Malpractice coaching. Hardy would be a fool not to run far away from this game day idiot.
Plus, why were we running the ball with 1:41 left in the game and zero timeouts. Did the announcers comment on that? The people in the crowd were totally confused.


I can see trying to pop one run into the secondary but that would be it.

Talking about coaching the Virginia's coach decision to not punt the ball giving MU great field position on the second to last possession of the game was one of the worst I've seen too.

Why in God's name would you give a team that has had a difficult time moving the ball a short field when a TD can beat you?
I thought that too, Elliott got greedy.

That said, it was a masterful coaching job otherwise and unbelievable job by their O Line and QB. They roasted us on 3rd and 4th down.

It’s truly a miracle we had a chance at the end. Our D line played their hearts out tonight. We needed to blitz and get off the field on 3rd down. Played conservative all night.
Trotter being out really hurt.

How many third down flat patterns were converted into third downs probably half a dozen.

Trotter has been great in the open field this season his being out was felt and Virginia took advantage of it.
Absolutely, Trotter is maybe our best defensive player. Not having him back there was huge. Give Virginia credit. They surgically picked us apart and exploited our weaknesses.
Look we gave up 13 points, the loss wasn't on the defense. If we had a mediocre QB we would have won, even with Drink calling plays.
Who the fruck said it was?

Take a break already.
We were talking about Trotter and how they took advantage of his absence, try to keep up. Why are you always so argumentative?
What are you talking about I was the one who brought Trotter up in the discussion with Armchair? You're the one who brought the QB back into the discussion not me.
Okay, I guess I just felt having Trotter in the game made little difference, it was the lack of QB play that cost us. My bad if I misunderstood.
QB play was predictable given his lack of experience and working with virtually a new group of receivers and a poor game plan.

No argument there my friend.
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4th and 2 he could have let the clock run down to 2 min warning and given Hardy 3 minutes to refresh for a 2 yard run.

He is an absolute idiot who should be fired on the spot.
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TheSolution wrote: 27 Dec 2025 23:30 pm 4th and 2 he could have let the clock run down to 2 min warning and given Hardy 3 minutes to refresh for a 2 yard run.

He is an absolute idiot who should be fired on the spot.
That was with 2:50 left on the clock. When we held them and got the ball back with 1:41 and no timeouts and he called two running plays! I would love to hear his logic there. Those two played burned 30 seconds of the 101seconds we had left. One of the worst offensive minds in the league. Great recruiter, but k owes nothing about running an offense.
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rezero wrote: 27 Dec 2025 23:40 pm
TheSolution wrote: 27 Dec 2025 23:30 pm 4th and 2 he could have let the clock run down to 2 min warning and given Hardy 3 minutes to refresh for a 2 yard run.

He is an absolute idiot who should be fired on the spot.
That was with 2:50 left on the clock. When we held them and got the ball back with 1:41 and no timeouts and he called two running plays! I would love to hear his logic there. Those two played burned 30 seconds of the 101seconds we had left. One of the worst offensive minds in the league. Great recruiter, but k owes nothing about running an offense.
How is he a great recruiter?

It’s the biggest example of hive mind b s

He didn’t recruit any different than Barry or Pinkel at a core rate prior to NIL.

He had a brief major advantage with Missouri NIL laws being more advantageous for local athletes before other states made similar rules.

Luther bumped his class up huge.

Then it’s been all about buying players.

He isn’t a special recruiter and now that’s not what any of this is really about.

He is a media manager. He manages the perspective in a way politicians and salesmen shape reality to their benefit in the media.

He won’t be able to hide anywhere next year.
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TheSolution wrote: 27 Dec 2025 23:53 pm
rezero wrote: 27 Dec 2025 23:40 pm
TheSolution wrote: 27 Dec 2025 23:30 pm 4th and 2 he could have let the clock run down to 2 min warning and given Hardy 3 minutes to refresh for a 2 yard run.

He is an absolute idiot who should be fired on the spot.
That was with 2:50 left on the clock. When we held them and got the ball back with 1:41 and no timeouts and he called two running plays! I would love to hear his logic there. Those two played burned 30 seconds of the 101seconds we had left. One of the worst offensive minds in the league. Great recruiter, but k owes nothing about running an offense.
How is he a great recruiter?

It’s the biggest example of hive mind b s

He didn’t recruit any different than Barry or Pinkel at a core rate prior to NIL.

He had a brief major advantage with Missouri NIL laws being more advantageous for local athletes before other states made similar rules.

Luther bumped his class up huge.

Then it’s been all about buying players.

He isn’t a special recruiter and now that’s not what any of this is really about.

He is a media manager. He manages the perspective in a way politicians and salesmen shape reality to their benefit in the media.

He won’t be able to hide anywhere next year.
And you were where until the last three games or so of this season?
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After the opening drive, that game pretty much could not have gone more south than it did.

Missouri started off proving what they could be, then proceeded to fail to deliver, and I put the onus on the coaching staff which allowed the whole thing to happen.

A sputtering offense with no one at the helm to save them, rather the opposite from the sidelines at some critical parts of the game.

I will say the second half opening drive by Virginia just dominated the Missouri D. That was not good and ultimately set the tone for the entire second half.

I like Drink but man, he needs to take a long look in the mirror on this one. Just a huge thud on top of a very marginal year, and his finger prints are all over this loss.
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Web7 wrote: 27 Dec 2025 21:25 pm Can we just fire Drink? I mean he took Hardy off the field on fourth and two and ran his freshman quarterback…… I mean this is high school (bleep)

No doubt we were out-coached and out-game planned vs VA. But we didn’t call a running play on fourth and two-we called a pass play and Zollers ended up not throwing the ball. I think having Hardy on the field would have been a better decoy for that play.
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knttiger wrote: 28 Dec 2025 08:34 am
Web7 wrote: 27 Dec 2025 21:25 pm Can we just fire Drink? I mean he took Hardy off the field on fourth and two and ran his freshman quarterback…… I mean this is high school (bleep)

No doubt we were out-coached and out-game planned vs VA. But we didn’t call a running play on fourth and two-we called a pass play and Zollers ended up not throwing the ball. I think having Hardy on the field would have been a better decoy for that play.
Hardy was hot, I think his odds of getting 2 yards there on the ground would have been near 100%. But I was also ok seeing Roberts back there. Going horizontal there with Zollers seemed like a bizarre decision when you literally have 2 of the best YAC running backs in your stable.

The announcers just couldn’t believe it. I think they thought Drink and Mizzou’s coaching staff were incompetent in this one and I’d agree with them.
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Re: Drink is being outcoached by a country mile

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Lightning Rod wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:37 pm
Armchair QB wrote: 27 Dec 2025 22:35 pm
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rezero wrote: 27 Dec 2025 21:50 pm One of the worst coached games I have seen and I have seen a lot of them. Four times we had 3rd or 4th down and 2yds or less and never once game Hardy the ball. Drink kept running Zoellers when it had no chance. I cant blame it all on Drink though as our Defense was jorrinly coached this game as well. virginia kept having 3rd and 4 and we would play 10yds off the ball. We played a bend don’t break and never once tried to press them on a 3rd down. Batoon would love to have this back.

My biggest concern is if Drink lost Hardy during this game. There was a heated exchange on the sideline when Drink took him out and you could see Hardy was very upset. Hardy only needed q11yds to,lead the country in rushing and Drink did not play him for the first 20 minutes of the second half. Basically took that away from Hardy.
Malpractice coaching. Hardy would be a fool not to run far away from this game day idiot.
Plus, why were we running the ball with 1:41 left in the game and zero timeouts. Did the announcers comment on that? The people in the crowd were totally confused.


I can see trying to pop one run into the secondary but that would be it.

Talking about coaching the Virginia's coach decision to not punt the ball giving MU great field position on the second to last possession of the game was one of the worst I've seen too.

Why in God's name would you give a team that has had a difficult time moving the ball a short field when a TD can beat you?
I thought that too, Elliott got greedy.

That said, it was a masterful coaching job otherwise and unbelievable job by their O Line and QB. They roasted us on 3rd and 4th down.

It’s truly a miracle we had a chance at the end. Our D line played their hearts out tonight. We needed to blitz and get off the field on 3rd down. Played conservative all night.
Trotter being out really hurt.

How many third down flat patterns were converted into third downs probably half a dozen.

Trotter has been great in the open field this season his being out was felt and Virginia took advantage of it.
Absolutely, Trotter is maybe our best defensive player. Not having him back there was huge. Give Virginia credit. They surgically picked us apart and exploited our weaknesses.
Look we gave up 13 points, the loss wasn't on the defense. If we had a mediocre QB we would have won, even with Drink calling plays.
I don't think the D gets a total pass. Yeah, they only scored 13 points. But they had the ball for 38:19 vs. 21:41, and were 15 out of 27 on 3rd and 4th downs. The UVA offense controlled that game. That said, MU obviously had almost no offense. The whole team except for maybe Olugbode gets a C grade or lower.
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