re: Friend in the AD just sent me this text (Spav/Murray)

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Why does it seem like we're always 1-2 years away?

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Because we are always 3 to 5 years away and when we don't meet those expectations nobody wants to come here and play. Thus the cycle starts over again.

Sorry, all. I'm just not good at melting. My time is normally spent pumping sunshine. But tonight, I can find any to pump. Had Hubanek started, we might have had a shot. I disagree that it was an entire team effort tonight. We held Ole Miss 20 points below their season average, and still got blown out. Sure, there were guys who had off nights. But the night Kyle Allen had light years beyond an off night. Have a game manager at QB the last two weeks and we're in tight ones at the end. Spav is the QB coach. Is he not accountable for developing these guys?

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tbird can you delete the above

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Which one?

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Honestly, no scheme or play works if you can't take a 3 step drop without getting hit or your RB gets hit in the backfield. I think we've got to take a hard look at the OL and quit trying to get some of these upperclassmen to play.

Ole Miss has a good fast defense but that was just awful. I'm not sure if anyone on the OL is going to grade out over 60.

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Yeah, this has been bugging me since the Arkansas game and I think if Spav gets canned this year he'll be paying the price for BJ's sins.

Yeah, when you look at what guys like Gary Pinkel, Art Briles, and this year Jim Harbaugh have done with lesser talent, it makes me wonder why we keep saying we have to stack another 15 top 10 recruiting classes before we have a shot. At some point, we can't keep beating the recruiting drum; at some point we've got to look at coaching/development.

problems don't materialize overnight. You can't magically fix them. Also, Kyler came to A&M solely because of Spav so let's not act like it's Spav's fault now. Murray and Sumlin weren't even on talking terms by the end

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Kyler may be entitled but he has a point, we are putting him in situations to fail and that's exactly what he has done.

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no, he really doesn't have a point. You aren't going to be put in the game when it's close and Kyle is rolling. He's the backup. That's how it works.

And his INT vs Bama was the most ridiculous throw I've ever seen. It pisses me off just thinking of it. There was zero pressure and Kirk had 15 yards of separation and he threw a lazy HS pass (like he often does in practice and gets yelled at for). That's not on Spav or anyone else but Kyler

I had not heard about the blowup (busy week) until I jumped on here after the game. It was so obvious Murray was in the doghouse during the game. From Harris coming over and asking "Why aren't you in?" to Sumlin's reluctance to pull him to what seemed to be like apathy from several of the receivers (I even wondered, "Are they trying to drop them/make Allen look bad?") on the few passes Allen threw that should have been caught. I told my wife, "Murray is in the doghouse for something." In hindsight, given what apparently is going on, it appears Allen is feeling the pressure and crumbling under it. There's no telling how bad this gets. I could see us dropping to Auburn or Vandy if this doesn't get corrected fast. Why have we had consecutive years of fractured locker rooms?

Then explain how our defense improved overnight. Explain how we are still making plays despite being as thin at linebacker as I can ever remember.

I know that our oline problems won't be fixed overnight, but that does not excuse our offense. The air raid is flexible, and a number of teams have run it successfully in the past despite having an incomplete oline. We can play better than this and that is on spav, because as I've said no one else has shown me anyone (other than Anderson who is gone) who is at fault for it.

I don't think murray's problems are spav's fault, I'm only saying Murray does have a point. If he's half assing it in practice, then why did we keep playing him? It's inconsistent. He is a talented player and needs to be reigned in, not turned loose.

His INT was on him against Bama, but it was obvious that he was trying to create a play that wasn't there because he knows he's only in for a single series. IHe forced a bad throw based on inexperience and a desire to stay in the game for longer than four downs at a time. As I've said before, he made similar mistakes in HS, and would often bounce back from such mistakes similar to manziel. It's a chaotic play stile, but it's who Kyler is to a large extent.

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I meant this tongue in cheek:

Fire Spav and we instantly become contenders for a division crown

Obviously we'd have to hire a competent OC. But we DID become defensively legitimate overnight by firing our DC and getting one who knows what he's doing. There's $500B spent on a new stadium, paid primarily by butts in seats the first 5 years (capital contribution). We have a lot riding on having a team that shows improvement. That's well worth and extra $1M for an established OC.

Why does it seem like we're always 1-2 years away?

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I actually agree with you. We dropped 500 million on the stadium, 5/year on Sumlin, 1.6/year on Chavis... Just ante up and pay a top 5 OC 1.5. it's too late to get cheap.