- Jun 9, 2014
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Well, Bower resigned unexpectedly, the AD resigned and the basketball coach got a show cause order from the NCAA. Boosters were caught paying basketball players, but i guess they probably we too ethical about their football to do that. You can read between the lines as well as the next dude I suspect. When Fedora took over there sure as hell had the NCAA sniffing around and a cloud over their program. there were some rumors that he thought about backing out of the contract and going back to Middle Tennessee or wherever he came from once he learned that it was worse than he had been told. That stuff surely affects recruiting and even staff hires.Southern Miss wasn't on probation when Fedora took over, nor were they on probation anywhere near that time.
Fedora took recruiting the new heights I think he even landed a five-star receiver and a couple other Blue Chip skill players. the year after Fedora left they went from 12 and 2 to like 2 and 10.
I will say this, he may not be a sure thing, but I'm sure he's a hundred times better than what we have.