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Gabe DeArmond:
Can we honor Gary Pinkel?
I'm not saying the guy is perfect. But good God what he's done here is simply beyond reproach. He's won 113 games, the school record by 12 right now. By the time he's done, I expect that number to be over 150. He's going to be in the top 10. He's won 23 games in two years, which is the most ever in a two-year span, beating 2007-08 by one win, and Pinkel was the coach of those teams too. He is the overseer of the most successful decade in the history of Missouri football (sorry, but yes, I think 2005-2014 is better than 1960-69 though I'm sure some will argue with me). He's churning out NFL players. He's doing it without a hint of impropriety. Like I said, he's not perfect. But anyone complaining about pretty much anything he does just looks stupid in my opinion. I think most coaches are probably like this, but I believe Pinkel is much more highly thought of around the country than he is by his own school's fan base. And this isn't a "bitching about the bitching" post. I understand that most realize what Pinkel has done here. I'm just trying to underscore it. There are little things here and there that you don't like (for example, when to go for two and when not to). I understand the recruiting could improve on paper. But if you take a broad view of it, I don't have any idea how you could really have any problem whatsoever with the man. He's been flat out phenomenal at Mizzou. Build him a statue.
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