Fatalism is a feature of Missouri’s fanbase.
Anyone steeped in Tigers history understands why. Call it the Edney Principle: If emotional trauma is to be inflicted on MU fans, it will be in the most heinously cruel fashion possible. This season, it might be a slow-motion collapse of a renovation that Cuonzo Martin pulled off in a mere three months on the job.
Over the seasons first three months, the Tigers withstood a season-ending injury to best recruit in school history and a pair of transfers that gutted depth at point guard. Then, on Friday evening, Mizzou announced the indefinite suspension of junior Terrence Phillips, whose “future status with the program will be determined in coordination with the campus and department leadership,” the program announced in a statement.