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Is Texas A&M going to be Exhibit A for the Ewing Theory this season?
Posted on 7/9/14 at 9:33 am
Posted on 7/9/14 at 9:33 am
For those of you that don't read Bill Simmons, here is the Ewing Theory.
Will the loss of Johnny Manziel actually make A&M better?
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A theory hashed by ESPN.com writer Bill Simmons and his friend Dave Cirilli. It that explains the reason why teams inexplicably become better after their star player leaves the team for any reason (trade, injury, etc.). Two elements must be present for a situation to be explained by the Ewing Theory: 1) The team has a star player who receives a lot of attention but never wins anything, and 2) The star player leaves the team and everybody writes the team off.
Example: The Knicks lose Patrick Ewing to an injury in a 1999 NBA playoff series with the Indiana Pacers. Everyone writes them off. The Knicks then win three of the next four games and win the series to advance to the NBA finals.
Will the loss of Johnny Manziel actually make A&M better?
This post was edited on 7/9/14 at 9:36 am
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Posted on 7/9/14 at 9:35 am to BamaDoc14
Yes
Posted on 7/9/14 at 9:36 am to BamaDoc14
Nah, they won't get better than 4th in the west this year
They are building though
They are building though
Posted on 7/9/14 at 9:37 am to BamaDoc14
Nope.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 9:38 am to BamaDoc14
Better? Maybe.
Our defense will be.
Our offense will not be, but it will still be better than everyone elses int he SEC.
Our defense will be.
Our offense will not be, but it will still be better than everyone elses int he SEC.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 9:44 am to BamaDoc14
Meh. Yes and no. Cleveland lost LeBron and they have the least wins over the last 4 years of any NBA team.
We will be third in the West this year so not much better. 2015 we win the SEC though.
We will be third in the West this year so not much better. 2015 we win the SEC though.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 9:48 am to BamaDoc14
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Will the loss of Johnny Manziel actually make A&M better?
possible. Sumlin has not gotten to run his offense yet bec of JFF. He finally gets to bust out his 65-35 pass offense and see what it can do in the SEC.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 9:49 am to BamaDoc14
I don't think so. They lost more than just Johnny, they also lost two other guys on offense that were drafted ahead of him. Not to mention what will still be a weak defense.
They are undoubtedly moving in an upwardly direction for the future though, and Johnny surely helped the program long term.
They are undoubtedly moving in an upwardly direction for the future though, and Johnny surely helped the program long term.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 10:16 am to BamaDoc14
Until TAMU starts beating Arky consistently, I don't think we can consider them a serious contender for being improved.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 10:19 am to BamaDoc14
Problem is they lost two other star players as well.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 10:26 am to BamaDoc14
until they field a D they won't win shite
Posted on 7/9/14 at 10:34 am to BamaDoc14
quote:Recent history tells me they will struggle on offense, as Auburn post-Cameron Newton, Florida post-Tim Tebow and Texas post-Vince Young did. Another team that will suffer will be Clemson post-Tajh Boyd.
Is Texas A&M going to be Exhibit A for the Ewing Theory this season?
Another couple factors playing against Texas A&M are them playing in the SEC and having a terrible defense.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 10:35 am to BamaDoc14
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Will the loss of Johnny Manziel actually make A&M better?
I don't think losing Manziel could possibly make them better, but the talent surrounding Manziel will improve. They have been bringing in top recruits right and left and if Sumlin coaches them up the way he has been they should be in great shape on offense. Everything I've seen from Allen so far makes me think he's going to be good too (even though it's just been all-star games and highlights). Their defense should improve, but it has a long way to go and as far as I'm aware Mark Snyder is still there.
BamaDoc, if you're looking for another possibility for a Ewing theory team I think we've got one in Athens that is a contender (although I'm not sure we qualify with people writing us off).
Posted on 7/9/14 at 10:47 am to BamaDoc14
Considering football is a completely different sport and they also lost Matthews and Evans, I don't think that applies here.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 11:38 am to BamaDoc14
No. They will be more balanced on offense, but that's it. Need to see if that defense improves any.
Let's ask how Florida at Auburn did immediately after losing Cam and Tebow.
Let's ask how Florida at Auburn did immediately after losing Cam and Tebow.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 2:55 pm to BamaDoc14
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... here is the Ewing Theory.
A theory hashed by ESPN.com writer Bill Simmons and his friend Dave Cirilli. It that explains the reason why teams inexplicably become better after their star player leaves the team for any reason (trade, injury, etc.). Two elements must be present for a situation to be explained by the Ewing Theory: 1) The team has a star player who receives a lot of attention but never wins anything, and 2) The star player leaves the team and everybody writes the team off.
I've been saying this about why SCAR will be better after losing Clowney during the entire off-season.
ETA: But of course some Aggie fans seems to think it might only apply to them in the opener, but not SCAR.
This post was edited on 7/9/14 at 2:56 pm
Posted on 7/9/14 at 4:20 pm to BamaDoc14
There's an ESPN insider article that talks about this here (subscription service, sorry). He makes some good points. I think the most pertinent one is there are a LOT of good teams in the SEC that also lost a very good QB, so this might be a good year to break in a new one. (Though he conveniently leaves Dak off his returner list because of his arbitrary number of starts stat. I think Dak will have a really good year. The point still stands, though.)
I have no idea whether the win column will improve (and neither does anybody, about any team). We have a very good OL and a bunch of good RB's with a different setup at OC who will hopefully use them. The offense should be good again. They won't be SportsCenter Top 10 plays every week, but that's OK. The big question is the D, of course. We'll see. Should be fun.
I have no idea whether the win column will improve (and neither does anybody, about any team). We have a very good OL and a bunch of good RB's with a different setup at OC who will hopefully use them. The offense should be good again. They won't be SportsCenter Top 10 plays every week, but that's OK. The big question is the D, of course. We'll see. Should be fun.
Posted on 7/9/14 at 6:31 pm to BamaDoc14
quote:no.
Will the loss of Johnny Manziel actually make A&M better?
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