Intheheartoftexas

Put in a request for all-session tickets ahead of time and was told I got them and would have them later today. Still don't see them. The e-mail I got saying I would have them said "There is no secondary market on Flash Seats for NCAA events." I take this to mean the tickets can be transferred, but there will be no marketplace as was the case for other games. Looks like you'll have to buy them off TexAgs or Craigslist and have someone transfer the Flash Seats to you if you need them. That wasn't the case last year. I paid a pretty penny on Flash Seats for the final Cal game.

Oh, and I'm not a season ticket holder but was offered the pre-sale. I was under the impression the pre-sale a few weeks back was for all 12th Man Foundation members, regardless of whether they were BB season ticket holders....

We got real seats for the Regional; but lawn for the super regional. Not sure how many. A friend requested 6, called, and was told he only got 4. So assuming we got 4.

Was told by a friend they're melting on TexAgs about the fact there is no Flash Seats second-hand market. Apparently a bunch of Ags bought them to make a buck, and are now pissed there is no easy way to sell them.

Mark Passwaters from 10 minutes ago...

I’m not much on the doom and gloom stuff that’s dominating the board lately. It’s going to be a wild couple of weeks, but I think A&M’s going to end up with a class in or around the top 10. It’s not going to be a disaster.

Founds this interesting. Kennedy is just behind Metcalf; and well behind Gillespie/Turg. Kennedy may have the third-best winning % of any coach we've had since '64 (despite being average compared to the win % over that period), by the end of the year. He will never catch Turg/Gillespie. But could be Metcalf+. I totally agree that he may be an excellent recruiter who isn't the best coach in terms of X's and O's. The real question is, "What level of excellence is expected of a HBC at A&M?" Once upon a time Metcalf-like performance was acceptable. I'm not sure where the expectation is now. I'd say "make the NCAA tournament consistently" seems to the bar, and Kennedy has yet to meet it....

Wins Losses Win % Coach Years Coached
438 306 58.9% Metcalf 64-90
5 7 41.7% Thornton 90
8 13 41.7% Davis 90-91
76 120 38.8% Barrone 91-98
61 112 35.3% Watkins 98-04
70 26 72.9% Gillespie 04-07
97 40 70.8% Turgeon 07-11
78 63 55.3% Kennedy 11-current

833 687 54.7% Total since '64

My bad. Meant "BG" not "BK." And I totally agree that the SEC is ripe for racking up wins (just as our football schedule was the same this year).

On what Turgeon would do with this talent, the point is moot, as Turg couldn't bring in this type of talent. He is accountable for his own recruiting in his later tenure here. Although I'll say he's doing great at Maryland.

Keep in mind he left with scathing remarks for our fanbase (IE, all of you), due to the lack of support provided to ranked teams.

I'm not sold on Kennedy, but just looking at stats/facts, he's showed slow but steady improvement on record over his career with few exceptions. That's his MO. Why isn't anyone excited about this?:

2012–13 Texas A&M 18–15 7–11
2013–14 Texas A&M 18–16 8–10
2014–15 Texas A&M 21–12 11–7

A&M football should expect to compete for conference titles. A&M basketball, while I love it and am a season ticket holder, has been one of the worst major conference programs, historically. At this point, we should be happy to make NCAA tourneys. Kennedy is clearly taking us there this year (my bad, if it's a positive, Stansbury is taking us there). So why the melt?

Seems we're really struggling with running sets, etc. Feels like an unorganized game of pickup ball, watching us. Seniors get aggressive and we can get into transition....we look good. Seniors not ready to go (like first half tonight) and we can't get easy transition buckets....we look bad.

I'm concerned about this team, but they are clearly immensely talented. They clearly need to improve and have a lot of upside.

Serious question, though....so when we're rolling, it's because Stansbury is a genius and Kennedy sucks. But when we look poor, I can't find Stansbury's name on this thread? Stansbury is in the rare position of getting all credit and no blame for results. And Kennedy is in the rare position of no credit and all blame. What gives? Keeping in mind I'm not a Kennedy fan....I just find it humorous that a guy from Miss State basketball can do no wrong....

I had not heard about the blowup (busy week) until I jumped on here after the game. It was so obvious Murray was in the doghouse during the game. From Harris coming over and asking "Why aren't you in?" to Sumlin's reluctance to pull him to what seemed to be like apathy from several of the receivers (I even wondered, "Are they trying to drop them/make Allen look bad?") on the few passes Allen threw that should have been caught. I told my wife, "Murray is in the doghouse for something." In hindsight, given what apparently is going on, it appears Allen is feeling the pressure and crumbling under it. There's no telling how bad this gets. I could see us dropping to Auburn or Vandy if this doesn't get corrected fast. Why have we had consecutive years of fractured locker rooms?

Sorry, all. I'm just not good at melting. My time is normally spent pumping sunshine. But tonight, I can find any to pump. Had Hubanek started, we might have had a shot. I disagree that it was an entire team effort tonight. We held Ole Miss 20 points below their season average, and still got blown out. Sure, there were guys who had off nights. But the night Kyle Allen had light years beyond an off night. Have a game manager at QB the last two weeks and we're in tight ones at the end. Spav is the QB coach. Is he not accountable for developing these guys?

Fire Spav and we instantly become contenders for a division crown.

Does anyone have a clue as to why Kyler Murray didn't play and we stuck with Allen for 22 straight passes with no positive yards?