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re: "College football's top 24 jobs" according to ESPN and fellow coaches..
Posted on 2/26/15 at 5:57 pm to TideWarrior
Posted on 2/26/15 at 5:57 pm to TideWarrior
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They have truly benefited from joining the SEC but do not act like you always had a spot at the table.
This list isn't how good a program is all-time. That kind of list would rank Nebraska and Notre Dame higher. We are not a Blue Blood, but things change and I would rather be where A&M is today than a Nebraska (who is a blue blood).
This list is how attractive your job is. Some of that is history, but some of that is what kind of "resources" are provided to that coach, not just salary but facilities and assistance money.
I appreciate your rant against our defense of our ranking, especially the lottery winner analogy. In that is buried the real truth of it- certain college football fans don't like our rise because we are upsetting the importance of history in the sport. Oregon is obviously the poster child for that, but we get a lot of the hate for taking a spot in the SEC we didn't earn.
I am glad to be the new money offending people. Thanks to the Catch 22 caste system in the sport, it is VERY hard for program to break through. It takes talent to win big games, and only the big programs get the top talent. So the only way to break in is either a HOF coach (aka the traditional method) or by making it so EVERYTHING else about your program but your history is attractive. We have work to do, but I am happy to be offending some blue bloods.
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Posted on 2/26/15 at 6:06 pm to cardboardboxer
I'm not sure which thread's worse. This one or the LF vs Chubb one.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 6:30 pm to cardboardboxer
In the end it is what you do with those resources and can your team/staff utilize them to make the program a top tier program year in and year out. These resources have been around for a while but yet aTm seems to mismanage those resources. The potential is there.
In regards to the lottery I used the analogy because many of the aggie fans, especially on here, seem somewhat entitled by what they bring to the table. Teams considered storied are because they earned that place over time. Teams will cycle through with success and we will see teams like Miami, Oregon, etc. rotate to the top with the more traditional powers. But yet you compare yourself to those teams when aTm has yet been in that position. Joining the SEC did not elevate your program to a station of equality among the more storied programs.
In regards to the hate, if there really is that, it had nothing to do with expansion. Most SEC fans that were not happy about it felt aTm was a backup plan. Most boards when expansion was being talked about were hoping for Texas and Oklahoma, not aTm or Missouri. Most were disappointed because they felt like we took whoever we could to move to 14 teams and it added no value. It seems we may have jumped the gun on Mizzou since they have won the east the past 2 years, but the outlook so far for aTm does not bode well.
In regards to the lottery I used the analogy because many of the aggie fans, especially on here, seem somewhat entitled by what they bring to the table. Teams considered storied are because they earned that place over time. Teams will cycle through with success and we will see teams like Miami, Oregon, etc. rotate to the top with the more traditional powers. But yet you compare yourself to those teams when aTm has yet been in that position. Joining the SEC did not elevate your program to a station of equality among the more storied programs.
In regards to the hate, if there really is that, it had nothing to do with expansion. Most SEC fans that were not happy about it felt aTm was a backup plan. Most boards when expansion was being talked about were hoping for Texas and Oklahoma, not aTm or Missouri. Most were disappointed because they felt like we took whoever we could to move to 14 teams and it added no value. It seems we may have jumped the gun on Mizzou since they have won the east the past 2 years, but the outlook so far for aTm does not bode well.
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