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re: 2016 Recruiting Discussion
Posted on 7/14/15 at 10:21 am to Dawgsontop34
Posted on 7/14/15 at 10:21 am to Dawgsontop34
As a fan of a team who has kept a coach around for a long time, with some mediocre seasons in there, I think you should keep Sumlin for sure if he's putting up 9-10 win seasons. A 10 win season could easily put yall in the SECCG, and if it doesn't put you there, you're playing in a NY6 bowl game. IMO, it would be ridiculous to fire Sumlin for performing like that in the toughest division in football.
If the recruiting starts to decline while y'all are winning 9-10 games, that's one thing. But if the recruiting is just as good or better than it is now he absolutely should stay as your head football coach.
If yall let Sumlin go, and hire the wrong guy, recruiting could easily slip, and it's really hard to win in the west, so y'all could be at the bottom of the league. I could be wrong, but as of now, I can't think of a better coach who would accept the job at your program.
If the recruiting starts to decline while y'all are winning 9-10 games, that's one thing. But if the recruiting is just as good or better than it is now he absolutely should stay as your head football coach.
If yall let Sumlin go, and hire the wrong guy, recruiting could easily slip, and it's really hard to win in the west, so y'all could be at the bottom of the league. I could be wrong, but as of now, I can't think of a better coach who would accept the job at your program.
Posted on 7/14/15 at 11:49 am to Dawgsontop34
We would never ever fire Sumlin for 9 and 10 wins seasons. We don't think we are a Nebraska. With that said, the SEC is tough. As you say just a little slip and you go from the middle of the pack to being stuck at the bottom. I do take contention with one point though:
That makes it sound like we would have a hard time hiring an elite coach. If being the only SEC program in Texas who also happens to overpay coaches in a crazy way doesn't give us more options going forward then we need to fold the program. I am never delusional enough to think that joining the SEC by itself turned us into a top 15 program, but I believe deep down that between the money, the SEC brand, the recruiting footprint, the facilities and the passion of our fans that we are at least a top 15 job.
I am not saying we can take whoever we want, splash hires in the sport are few and far between and sometimes you get a guy like Gary at TCU who prefers to stay where he is no matter the money. I am saying that when our heading coaching position opens up we won't be picking from scraps and I don't think we should fear new hiring cycles because we might get turned down by big names.
I mean, in our worst modern decade we took Bama's head coach. Last season we hit our SEC low point and we took LSU's best coach. We kept Sumlin from going to USC. We can compete for the best coaching talent, the issue is finding a fit that can overcome the challenges of Aggieland. We are a unique situation.
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I can't think of a better coach who would accept the job at your program.
That makes it sound like we would have a hard time hiring an elite coach. If being the only SEC program in Texas who also happens to overpay coaches in a crazy way doesn't give us more options going forward then we need to fold the program. I am never delusional enough to think that joining the SEC by itself turned us into a top 15 program, but I believe deep down that between the money, the SEC brand, the recruiting footprint, the facilities and the passion of our fans that we are at least a top 15 job.
I am not saying we can take whoever we want, splash hires in the sport are few and far between and sometimes you get a guy like Gary at TCU who prefers to stay where he is no matter the money. I am saying that when our heading coaching position opens up we won't be picking from scraps and I don't think we should fear new hiring cycles because we might get turned down by big names.
I mean, in our worst modern decade we took Bama's head coach. Last season we hit our SEC low point and we took LSU's best coach. We kept Sumlin from going to USC. We can compete for the best coaching talent, the issue is finding a fit that can overcome the challenges of Aggieland. We are a unique situation.
Posted on 7/14/15 at 11:50 am to Dawgsontop34
I agree with everything you just said basically.
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