Not sure how to link other threads, but go to pg. 2 to the thread titled "MSU - The SEC West's Strongest Program."
It is filled with adoration for the mighty Stansburry.
I don't think it was necessarily praising Stansbury to the high heavens, mind you.
I think it was basically getting at the point that, say what you will about Stansbury, Mississippi State has been the winningest program in the SEC West since he became head coach. And that's a fact, you cannot dispute that.
That said, I think you also have to consider that the SEC West has been pretty weak over that same stretch too. Auburn basketball has never been anything special -- sans a couple of good years with Barkley and Chris Porter -- and they have generally been bad over that span. Alabama and LSU were both consistently decent, but neither Brady or Gottfried were able to match the successes of their predecessors (Dale Brown and Wimp, respectively). Beyond that, Ole Miss is traditionally the worst basketball team in the SEC, and that trend has continued. Arkansas was really good for a long time under Nolan Richardson, but that all fell apart and they haven't been anything overly special in a very long time now.
Without doubt, Stansbury has propelled MSU to the status of the top team in the SEC West, but you have to keep in mind that a lot of that has to do with how the SEC West has struggled over that time span. That's not trying to criticize what he has accomplished in Starkville, but given the state of the other five SEC programs, it didn't take a whole lot to be the best in the West.
