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re: How A&M's culture works against us
Posted on 10/4/21 at 3:34 pm to CGSC Lobotomy
Posted on 10/4/21 at 3:34 pm to CGSC Lobotomy
I know some of the old Ags that matter and I can tell you this isn't the case. They are supportive until it is time not to be supportive. I do think there is some perspective though that making rash decisions can be very dangerous though. Pushing out Emory Bellard for Tom Wilson was a disaster. Going after Fran because he was the shiny object was a disaster.
Look at our friends in Austin that pushed out DKR and then Mack Brown.
I do think that the BMA's are not so much lenient as they are careful. They know it is very easy to make something that is a minor problem into a major one and that is much more easily done than just buying coaches. I can tell you exactly what they would say if you complained and said Jimbo sucks, "Ok, what's your plan?" If your plan is let's fire Jimbo and promote Elko or hire some far less proven coach assuming they will do better don't expect them to take you seriously.
As for players I do agree that A&M's culture is to try to always be supportive though that has been far from pure. I remember "Let him play" tshirts with Reggie McNeal and there has always been bitching about player performance. I don't think booing our players like OU has done with Rattler is productive. The A&M approach is to hold the coach responsible and not the players, the players are responsible to their coach and teammates. Mainly it is just unseemly to pile on 18-22 year old kids that are almost always doing their best. That ire should always stay on the 50 something year old guy making millions to be in charge.
Look at our friends in Austin that pushed out DKR and then Mack Brown.
I do think that the BMA's are not so much lenient as they are careful. They know it is very easy to make something that is a minor problem into a major one and that is much more easily done than just buying coaches. I can tell you exactly what they would say if you complained and said Jimbo sucks, "Ok, what's your plan?" If your plan is let's fire Jimbo and promote Elko or hire some far less proven coach assuming they will do better don't expect them to take you seriously.
As for players I do agree that A&M's culture is to try to always be supportive though that has been far from pure. I remember "Let him play" tshirts with Reggie McNeal and there has always been bitching about player performance. I don't think booing our players like OU has done with Rattler is productive. The A&M approach is to hold the coach responsible and not the players, the players are responsible to their coach and teammates. Mainly it is just unseemly to pile on 18-22 year old kids that are almost always doing their best. That ire should always stay on the 50 something year old guy making millions to be in charge.
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Posted on 10/4/21 at 8:26 pm to aggressor
We have historically held onto bad coaches for too long. And our athletic department has tolerated mediocrity for decades. Fran should have been gone after 77-0. Sumlin should have been fired the minute the plane touched down after 59-0. No coach ever recovers from losses like that. And giving Jimbo an extension was idiocy.
The same for basketball and baseball. Childress should have been fired 5 years ago, and we kept Kennedy way too long also. If Buzz doesn’t have us in the tourney by next year, he needs to be gone also.
Every school in the SEC gives a coach 3-4 years, and then they move on. You know what you have by then. I’d give Jimbo one more year after this one, but we can’t do that. We are stuck with him.
The same for basketball and baseball. Childress should have been fired 5 years ago, and we kept Kennedy way too long also. If Buzz doesn’t have us in the tourney by next year, he needs to be gone also.
Every school in the SEC gives a coach 3-4 years, and then they move on. You know what you have by then. I’d give Jimbo one more year after this one, but we can’t do that. We are stuck with him.
This post was edited on 10/4/21 at 8:40 pm
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