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Posted on 7/14/15 at 11:49 am to Dawgsontop34
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.
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Posted on 7/14/15 at 2:46 pm to cardboardboxer
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That makes it sound like we would have a hard time hiring an elite coach.
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we are at least a top 15 job.
Y'all are a top 15 job, but that doesn't mean elite coaches come running after your job. Florida is probably a top 10 job and settled for McElwain, Texas is a top 5 job and ended up with Charlie Strong. Not everybody is lucky enough to end up getting Meyer and Harbaugh.
I don't want to get y'all of topic in a recruiting thread so I apologize for that and I'll try to make this relevant. Sumlin is recruiting better than any other coach in A&M's history, and if Chavis can turn the defense around he'll have no problems getting guys on the defensive side of the ball. I think Malik, Kris, and Holton all probably would have gone to A&M if your defense was more proven.
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