Comments on: You Only Thought the Aggies Sucked

By: '01 Ag

'01 Ag — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:03:44 +0000

I disagree.

By: steven

steven — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:03:33 +0000

Assumptions? Whats wrong with assumptions? When attempting to foresee the future that is all we really have to go on after all. Of course some assumptions are better than others. I would say that from the present my assumption that Sherman will be, at best, no better than mediocre would have higher odds to come true than your assumption, ‘01Ag, that he could turn the aggie program around. He probably will not even measure up to Franchione. The aggies look absolutely dreadful this year and I mean literally one or two wins dreadful and quite of bit of the blame has to fall on Sherman’s shoulders -so much for being great gameday coach, thats out the window. Also he does not seem to be a great recruiter either and he has not exacty excited the fanbase and potential recruits -so much for being able to inspire or to out charm other recruiters. And will you all be singing a different tune after Baylor whips up on the Ags this year? Cause from what I can see, Baylor already seems to be the better team this year. Basically, Baylor did not so much catch up to the Aggies as much as the Aggies fell to Baylor’s level or below. And if Baylor is already at the same level as the Aggies this year, do you think the Aggies will be able to outpace the Bears while Briles is at the helm there? I don’t see it happening. Briles has already excited the fanbase at Baylor and I suspect that he has already excited potential recruits as well. He also has potential superstar in his freshman QB who even as a true fish is more exciting and frankly better than anything A&M has. You don’t think potential recruits aren’t going to be excited to play with a player like that? Now I do not know about Byrne’s other hires, but it seems pretty clear that he screw up on his most important one and he possibly did so twice. Briles had the potential to be another Gillespie, except a football version of him, if A&M had just gone ahead and done the obvious and hired him. Both he and Mr. Clyde come from small towns, worked there way up from the bottom, have life long Texas connections and are innovative in their field and this happens to excite young recruits.

As far as the institutional advantages or disadvantages are concerned, I believe that at least in the short run they can be overcome by just plain having a better and more attractive coach. As important as those instiutional things are, if those considerations were the end all and be all then how could anyone explain A&M’s slide to the cellar of the B12 given all its supposed advantages. It is not too unrealistic to think that Baylor will become what Tech is to A&M today, odds are that at least this season, the Ags lose to Baylor and that fish QB for Baylor is only going to get better and better, so good luck trying to beat in the future as well.

By: HenryJames

HenryJames — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:22:57 +0000

A&M is 20-1-1 against Baylor since 1986. Now there’s probably a better chance that winning percentage goes down rather than up in the next few years, but I still don’t foresee Baylor being much of a threat to A&M.

By: '01 Ag

'01 Ag — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:45:42 +0000

“…from now on to the near future, baylor will be beating a&m on a consistent basis…”

That is a pretty bold statement, especially considering near distant and distant history. Everyone else on the Big 12 Southside may kick our ass, but Baylor? Baylor has not been able to succeed since the Big 12’s creation. You think that’s because they hadn’t hired Art Briles? It’s not. It’s because they are at a fundamental disadvantage due to being the lone private institution in a division full of large public schools. The gap between Baylor and A&M - arguably the next best, or should I say worse, team in the B12 South - has very little to do with the coaches.

So, even using your assumptions - and right now all they are is assumptions - the Briles and Sherman hires are not going to change much in the Baylor v. A&M match up.

I am not Dollar Bill’s biggest fan, but his coaching hires at A&M on the whole have been strong…strong enough to give his most recent big hire more than two games and six months before writing him off. You should consider doing the same.

By: coach Callahan

coach Callahan — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:27:00 +0000

Word up here is that one of the conditions of Byrne sneaking off to A&M was that they had to hire coach Fran. He’s been a problem for you even before he was a problem for you. He bankrupted our football facilities to try to win that all sports trophy. Please accept our condolences.

By: Black Scholes

Black Scholes — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:15:44 +0000

“…what has been going on at a&m was happening long before he got there. the problem with a&m as i see it is that they are so obsessed with keeping up with texas that they are blinded and they keep making irrational, senseless, and boneheaded decisions. a&m instead should be playing to its own inherent strengths of which it has many and build up from there after laying a solid foundation…”

Hard to read, but you make some good points.

Texas - and/or TU if you prefer - should always be capitalized.

By: ponderos

ponderos — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:44:22 +0000

The Sherman hire makes Davie seem like not such a bad idea afterall.

By: Objective Aggie

Objective Aggie — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:59:09 +0000

Good points Steven. Now would you please use some punctuation?

By: steven

steven — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:38:35 +0000

well he sure as hell hasn’t been helping and if he had anything to do with the disaster that was that scuzzy flake callahan then you sir have all the right in the world to be bitter and vengeful, but as far as a&m is concerned, i do not think all the blame can be laid at his feet. no what has been going on at a&m was happening long before he got there. the problem with a&m as i see it is that they are so obsessed with keeping up with texas that they are blinded and they keep making irrational, senseless, and boneheaded decisions. a&m instead should be playing to its own inherent strengths of which it has many and build up from there after laying a solid foundation. one would think that the aggie big wigs would know better than to react in big business decisions out of childish jealousy, but i guess not. for example those duffuss heads should have made the less headline grabbing hire of art briles instead of sherman, even though the sherman did not exactly light the world on fire either. in my opinion, briles would have been a much better fit at a&m than sherman. now just watch, i am telling you guys, from now on to the near future, baylor will be beating a&m on a consistent basis and it is just going to be a laugh riot for the rest of the conference.

By: coach Callahan

coach Callahan — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:15:41 +0000

Steven, the guy that is running the aggie program is a tard. He will still be happy to take your money though so he can sink it all into the womens arm wrestling team while he goes after that all sports trophy.