PHLaggie

My Ags will be glad it happened (we were ranked #1) rather than be sad that it's over already.

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A rational Aggie? Well i’ll be.. have an upvote

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No love lost for you Longhorns, I'm afraid. But you guys put your money where your mouth is, and win more often then not. I can grudgingly respect that, even if I would still always rather root for A&M. That's probably how one gets Battered Aggie Syndrome. :banghead:

My fellow Aggie fans deserve all the shite for running their mouths before the season. Especially when-- instead of blaming the university's sports administrator and powers that be for running off the coach that brought winning baseball to you-- you instead front run on that coach's hitting coach being your new headman. And for what? Because Schloss very visibly and openly (and openly to the press, even) changed too much of A&M's arse backward "culture"? Because Schloss lobbied hard for an upgrade to the baseball facilities and talked about doing whatever is needed to attract top talent in order to win?

This entire episode told me that Trev Alberts was a comfort hire and he will do the bidding of the big money Ags who will forever rather get cucked but hold on to their "culture" and be "different" rather than strive for and gain excellence. And it told me that there will be plenty of lemmings just like the guy who started this thread, running their mouths-- and it's one thing to be positive about one's own team, especially one laden with talent-- but quite another to slam another team, especially one that just stole the best coach you ever had in your entire pathetic baseball sporting history.

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Kudos to the ones that stick around they don’t have much to show for the season other than defeating Arizona State

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That's similar to about 500 of their all time wins when they were playing nobodies and collecting the Ws.

He likely is happy to even get a chance, as a backup, to play a 7th year. 7th!? Wow.

I'd say you're not wrong or if wrong, not by much. 14 leaving vs 18 last year; maybe a few more can still decide to leave.

Feels like a bad look. Or I'm still not used to the revolving door of the portal era.

Samu Taumanupepe too in the portal. DT.
Don't think he got much playing time at all.

Malick Sylla leaving too is not good. I understand everyone wants more playing time.

Does this look bad on the DL coaching? D-coord overall?

I feel like Bateman coming over from Florida was the Gators cutting bait. He is a liability. As is perhaps Sean "chaos" Spencer who as far as I can tell never was able to even control some of the guys and get them to play disciplined (not going to name names but you saw the games...everything from late hits, to not even lining up properly at the most inopportune times).

The number of undisciplined and selfish plays, especially on the D, was horrible to watch-- and it kept repeating.

That's not only not a good sign of coaching, it's perhaps a red flag as far as bad coaching. All the whiffs on tackling only add to a negative baseline.

OTOH, the OL was a bit of a happy surprise; not the relentless false starts; even replacement guys playing with heart and disciplined, and not getting totally blown out in most games except for the last game...which honestly came as a surprise to see tu have such a wrecking DL.

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That was fast.

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Not too worried. With Reed being an underclassman, and especially with the portal market, I hope the coaches don't take a QB just to take one, and reach for a guy who isn't a take.

Fisher did that sort of thing, let's not do that again. Vandy is showing how Eli Stowers is a good receiving TE.

Also, I'm kinda surprised that the home state doesn't have any highly rated QBs wanting to play for a flagship program.

Yep, the manner in which we lost at SCe has made me less confident for the rest of the season. Not the loss itself, mind you, but the O laying a goose egg the entire second half, and the D keep missing tackles and getting gashed.

Auburn has a tough running back too, and they can sling the ball downfield as well. TU's O is blasting on all cylinders, and if we can't get to their QB then it'll be a long game-- especially in their dink/dunk slant pass and running game.

Meanwhile, our OC and HC got egotistical and refused to use a better passing QB against SCe whose D was suspect against the pass...instead doubling down on the mobile QB game... even after the main RB got carted off the field, limiting the ground game even more. THAT is not thinking dynamically, but rather getting punched in the nose, hitting the ground, and not getting back up. The way in which the coaches have made in-game adjustments and looked for good match-ups, I was expecting a better game called.

Maybe the week off has helped. We shall see.

As the OP said, expectations were made to rise but now they're being dashed. It feels bad because this schedule and other teams' being relatively down made THIS year being the year for A&M to break through. It still can, but it'll take getting more out of coaches and players than I see likely.