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Boone on the air
by parrishalford
 Inside Ole Miss Sports
Sep 28, 2011 | 912 views | 3 3 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend | print | permalink

If you were unable to listen to Ole Miss athletics director Pete Boone's radio interview you can catch it here on the website for "Head to Head" with Richard Cross and Matt Wyatt. Boone was interviewed by both for about 40 minutes discussing criticism of his job, frustration with football and other topics. The interview is divided into three segments.

Beyond trading voice mail messages with me over the weekend, these were Boone's first public comments since last Saturday when Twitter and the web buzzed with rumors of his resignation. He emphatically denied the rumor Sunday evening.

Take a listen and leave your thoughts below. Does this radio interview make Ole Miss fans feel better during a time of turbulence and uncertainty regarding the football program and the administration? Or is the turbulence a product of a vocal minority and web chatter?

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Raleighrebel
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September 28, 2011
I'm as disappointed as any Rebel fan with last season, and now this season looking even worse. At least last year we had a pretty good offense to keep the games interesting. We've had some great recruiting classes come in the past three years as well.

With that said, I don't want us to jump the gun here. We did it when Cutcliffe had an off season and no one wanted the HC job at Ole Miss. I'm not saying I think we should have kept Cutcliffe, but we probably should have given him another year to fail. Same with Nutt. Whether it was with Orgeron's recruits or b/c he was a good coach, he brought us two amazing years his first two seasons. We need to let him finish the season and then we can discuss whether we need change or not.
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turfguy
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September 28, 2011
No changes? How many losses will it take? Rebel Bear football is at the lowest point that it has been in some time. No changes? Really?

How about a coach who looks like he has gotten "comfortable". We all can see it, why do they think Nutt can turn it around? Many questions need answering, but nobody in charge seems to want to take responsibility for answering the questons.
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rebelchris
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September 28, 2011
i did listen to the interview and i dont think it really changes anything. if anything, for me, it just reinforced the fact that things at ole miss will not change. from what i could gather, boone has no plan to step down for the next 2 yrs anyway (due to his contract). he also stated that he doesnt think 1 or 2 loosing seasons should be the determining factor for firing a coach. i thought cross and wyatt did a pretty good job and didnt dodge asking difficult questions. i would have liked for them to have brought up the statistics of how ole miss is near the bottom of the SEC and even nation in some things.
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