re: A&M will be fine with Sumlin

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He is responsible for the entire team as the HC. How many DCs does he get to hire before we say it isn't working?

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Ending up with Snyder is on the BMAs getting cheap on him when he was hired. His first choice was Pat Narduzzi and we didn't get him b/c of they balked at spending enough to pry him from MSU.

Even then, we knew our D would be trash for the first several years. It was awful under Sherman and was supposed to be a longterm rebuild.

The D was even fairly decent in 2012 but of course that was more than likely b/c of the lack of major injuries. I'm sure that was one of the main reasons Sumlin was reluctant to fire him in the first place. (that and the massive turnover from all the coaches that were getting hired away due to our surprise early success.)

So then we hire the great John Chavis. The beast of a DC that was supposed to magically fix all woes. EVERYONE loved it. But it turns out the LSU fans who had grown weary of him may have been right about him getting a bit lazy and overly predictable. He's had his moments but I think it would be fair to say Chief has been a bust overall.


Again, this isn't even really a defense of Sumlin. It's just that there are certain things beyond a HC's control that he isn't going to be able to wave a wand over no matter how much it makes people mad that certain things still aren't going the way everyone wants.