Comments on: Missouri’s Pinkel At The Podium – 7/17/12

By: MoKelly1

MoKelly1 — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:33:46 +0000

@AllTideUp Yes sir. But, at the end of the day, if you win you can be as boring as watching grass grow.

By: MoKelly1

MoKelly1 — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:31:54 +0000

It was a joke comment. We in Missouri know Coach Pinkel well and he is not a dynamic personality. But he is a very good football coach. All I was trying to say was we will take a good football coach all day long even if he isn’t a dynamic personality. Opinions about how he carries himself speaking with the media are, as you note, opinions. It is like saying who is funnier, Jay Leno, Conan O’Brian or Dave Letterman. Not important.

Wins/losses — that is important.

By: Mightymo

Mightymo — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 02:24:09 +0000

MOve over Mr. SEC, MIZZOU is here!

By: jwjmizzou

jwjmizzou — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 01:59:15 +0000

Coach Pinkel is not a dynamic interview. He’s taciturn at best. Ask him why he won’t line up in the I formation when it’s first and goal at the one, and instead go 5 wide (see Mizzou v. ku; converted a 1 yard 4th down pass to Rucker), and you won’t get an actual answer (I did this in person on TigerTalk, the Mizzou radio call-in show). That said, he has lightened up in the past few years (since A.O.) He takes his job very seriously, and although I personally would like to see the ability to go smashmouth instead of what I call “gymshort football”…

By: AllTideUp

AllTideUp — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 01:48:23 +0000

@MoKelly1 Breaking down a coach’s personality along with paying attention to numerous other points of minutia about programs, players, and everything else is standard fare in the SEC. We’re obsessed in other words.

By: Mizzou Rah

Mizzou Rah — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 23:17:04 +0000

“Pinkel looks like a guy that doesn’t want to be there and doesn’t trust the media”…. Compared to his first several years in Columbia he is a complete Teddy Bear with the media now. Dig up some old footage of interviews from his early years and you will see a lot of short, one line, how dare you ask me such a stupid question type answers. Intensity does not even begin to describe him.

By: TigerinMO

TigerinMO — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 22:49:30 +0000

Pinkel is not a Spurrier type who drops lots of one-liners. He is laser-focused. His attention to detail will be equal to that of any SEC coach except perhaps Nick Saban. They both learned that from Don James. Pinkel also is honest to a fault and will tell it like it is, particularly during the season. Over time, I’m sure all the SEC crowd will come to respect him if not like him. He’s not going to entertain. He’s all business.

By: MizSec1911

MizSec1911 — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 22:20:07 +0000

@John at MrSEC @MoKelly1 If you haven’t noticed already, Mizzou fans might just have as much of a chip on their shoulder as their old coach.

By: John at MrSEC

John at MrSEC — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 22:00:07 +0000

@MoKelly1

How is he a “poor guy?” We’re simply relaying the way he carried himself at the podium. Want us to compare the coaches’ shoes? Their ties? Just want a transcript of what’s said… those’ll all be out tonight.

But if you want opinion, well, we bring that in addition to the second-by-second updates of what’s said and how it’s said… in more than 140 character blasts.

Thanks for reading,
John

By: MoKelly1

MoKelly1 — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 21:14:31 +0000

Poor guy. You have to be an excellent football coach, a dynamite recruiter and an entertainer all wrapped up in one. We are happy he has the first two qualities.

By: MizSec1911

MizSec1911 — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:49:50 +0000

The whole “The Zou” thing is a recent phenomenon that the staff has really gotten into using. They even put it up on the stadium. A “old-new” tradition.

By: XEN610

XEN610 — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:38:29 +0000

Pinkel and the press have never been chums. It had some rough interviews the first few years at Mizzou. Just put a jumbo glass in front of him to help him relax.