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Not quite four years ago, Sylvester Croom was announced as Mississippi State's coach and CNN and ESPN cameras beamed the news of the SEC's first African-American football coach around the world.
Croom, to his credit, made no bold promises about victories and defeats and certainly not about bowl games or championships. He knew the up-mountain struggle he faced.
He was honest; he was direct.
"Our first job here now is to lay a solid foundation," Croom said, speaking matter-of-factly in that deep baritone voice of his. "We could do a quick-fix job, guys, but at some point those walls would come crumbling down. We're going to build a solid foundation that will last ... far into the future."
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