Eli Drinkwitz says he's not making atmosphere at Jordan-Hare 'bigger than it is'
Missouri Tigers head coach Eli Drinkwitz is not interested in making Jordan-Hare Stadium out to be ‘bigger than it is.’
Drinkiwitz and his squad are heading southeast for one of only a few winnable SEC games for the Tigers.
“I’m not going to make it bigger than it is,” Drinkwitz said Tuesday. “It’s a road game, we’ve played in some road games before. It just happens to be a lot of these guys’ first time at this one. Won’t make it bigger than that, take what you learn from what you thought you did do well from K-State.”
And that’s a good philosophy. A road environment is only as scary as you allow it to be, and an opportunity for a win is right there in front of you.
Watch: #Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz talks preparation for Auburn, specifically the energy and noise in Jordan-Hare Stadium ⤵️
“I’m not gonna make it bigger than it is.”
Coach Drink is familiar with it, of course – he was a quality control assistant there from 2010-11 pic.twitter.com/gga4TviN1Z
— Nathalie Jones (@NathalieABC17) September 20, 2022
Yeah well, that’s a dumbass remark. Everybody is said to have a 3-point home-field advantage. But sometimes, for Auburn, it can be as much as 21 points. Speaking from experience. :)
I mean, I’m pretty sure he’s speaking from experience too. He saw it firsthand.
Yeah, that would have been the ‘Cam-back’ year, right? Drink must have been too young to appreciate his perspective of all that.
To Auburn fans, I know you think your team is bad and some of you think Auburn will lose. Just a word of caution, do not place any money on Mizzou winning. I know you’re blinded with frustration due to Auburn not doing well and I’d hate for anyone to lose money betting on this Mizzou team. Mizzou sucks more than Auburn. I know you find that hard to believe, but it’s only because you haven’t paid attention to missouri football.
“I know you think your team is bad and some of you think Auburn will lose.”
I don’t think AU is bad. I know they’re bad. It’s funny how both Mizzou/AU fans both think their teams suck. Can’t remember the last time I’ve experienced this with another fanbase.
Good Mizzou fans are realistic – most of us recognize a young program trying to find its footing vs. the monotonous litany of “they suck” that comes from a few frequent commenters on this page.
I think what you mean is fans like you are apathetic and don’t care if Mizzou falls behind Vandy.
Fans like me are patient but expect progress. Under Drink in year 1, the offense was stale and boring and it made Rountree famous. We excused it because it was year one and there was C o v i d. Year 2 we saw the same boring one-trick-pony offense that made Badie famous, combined with the worst defense in all of college football. We excused it because Drink was still new and he was recruiting well. Baz was gimpy and Drink couldn’t have known Wilks was such a joke, in fact we admired him for the hire when it happened.
Here we are in year 3 with the same lame offense only there’s no superstar running-back to save the day. The team got obliterated by k-State and pushed around by Abilene Chrixtian! Our QBs continue to look lost and incapable of completing a pass beyond 10 yards.
Most Mizzou fans have supported Drink until lately. We’re getting tired of the lack of development and progress. It’s not unreasonable to expect improvement by year 3 of a coach’s tenure, but this team looks worse than any before it.
I would be more than happy to eat crow, I’d love for Drinkwitz to succeed at Mizzou. But if we’re being honest, the only thing the man has done well since he’s been here is recruit and there’s no indication things are getting better. A good coach will adapt his offense to the strength of his team, but Drink continues to insist on running his terrible scheme even with 2+ years of proof that it’s a terrible system.
Make excuses all you want, but don’t sit there and act like you’re the good, loyal mizzou fan who knows the team better than the rest of us. If being “realistic” means you’re cool with being the new Vandy, then that’s pretty sad.
“Missouri Tigers head coach Eli Drinkwitz is not interested in making Jordan-Hare Stadium out to be ‘bigger than it is.’”
I don’t think there will be a large crowd in JH stadium. Fans/alumni ain’t happy right now.
They’re all still Aubies…and they’ll be there.
But some go for the party to have a good time.
Ron is going to be there in his Auburn turtleneck that has Ma’am in big letters on the front.
You mean his uncircumcised shirt?
Yes.
Ron tucks his dong between his legs and prances around to Cyndi lauper
LMAO
The SEC Tigers are all caged.
Here’s why I’m willing to weather this out a little longer. Drinkwitz has not had a decent QB in any of his 3 years. Accordingly, I do not know if the pedestrian play calling is a result of him knowing he doesn’t have the guy to go vertical (or even hit the short routes) or if he really is that stunted in his play-calling ability.
I now expect nothing from 2022 but would like to see him develop Horn for 2023 at some point this season. I bought the hype on the receivers’ room (still do actually). Defense seems to be improved.
If he can improve the O-Line for 2023 through development or portal, and avoid any significant portal losses, I’m anxious to see what he puts on the field for 2023.
If he has these pieces in place for 2023 and keeps calling the same bone-headed plays, then yeah, might be time to start looking.
And he was sold as a QB whisperer. You’d think that would have attracted somebody if that was true. And Brady Cook isn’t the problem. That our O-line has deteriorated to where it’s at in year 3 is.