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Mike Sherman fired
December 1st, 2011 at 9:00 PM | 
start telling me what teams
start telling me what teams
December 1st, 2011 at 9:00 PM |
Waitttt, a Big 12 team
Waitttt, a Big 12 team
that doesn't play defense? Are you sure?
Yep, that's Simba made out of a pineapple.
December 1st, 2011 at 10:16 PM |
I'm not sure if I'm more confused by the fact I se a man dressed as pink unicorn with ass-less chaps or that you went searching for it and decided to share. Either that or I'm missing one hell of a inside joke here...
December 2nd, 2011 at 1:03 AM |
I see
I see
Mike Sherman sleeping at what most likely was an NFL draft scouting combine at some point.
(which pisses me off since i'm a packer fan)
Hence, either you or I is on LSD, and your description sounds much more "LSD-y"
I'm just sayin..
HAIL.
"Where's the threat? Oh, it's right here, and it's devouring us alive." -Ace<
December 1st, 2011 at 9:08 PM |
When he wakes up
When he wakes up
When Mike Sherman wakes up, this is really going to piss him off.
December 1st, 2011 at 9:11 PM |
posted from iPhone
posted from iPhone
Some how he slept his way through recruiting a top 10 class. I doubt it's in any interest but were there any prospects that Michigan was looking at early on in the process?
Touchdown Manningham! MICHIGAN WINS!
December 1st, 2011 at 9:15 PM |
A&M are sure paying a lot of
A&M are sure paying a lot of
A&M are sure paying a lot of money to coaches to not coach in Aggieland.
Avatar is a reference to this. Go Blue!
December 1st, 2011 at 9:27 PM |
We can poach "Trey Williams", and get it dunn.
We can poach "Trey Williams", and get it dunn.
with RB.
December 1st, 2011 at 9:36 PM |
Moral of the story: Don't
Moral of the story: Don't
Moral of the story: Don't lose to Texas the last time you play them.
December 1st, 2011 at 9:49 PM |
What's the record for BCS AQ
What's the record for BCS AQ
What's the record for BCS AQ Conference coaching vacancies in one offseason? We've got to be getting close.
December 1st, 2011 at 10:12 PM |
I'm really, really angry
I'm really, really angry
I'm really, really angry about this. Somebody behind the scenes is acting like a spoiled child and canning the coach because this season was a disappointment. The difference between where A&M actually is in the national landscape and where our fans think we should be has to be greater than any other university.
Now we get to rebuild at the same time as moving to the hardest division in the history of college football. What a great idea.
M BSE '05, A&M PhD '11
December 1st, 2011 at 11:13 PM |
I wouldn't be as mad at the
I wouldn't be as mad at the
I wouldn't be as mad at the coach firing as I would at the SEC move. I feel like A&M screwed itself over because they had a good season last year, and now think that's the standard. They get spiteful to UT (totally understandable), and they end up moving to the SEC? How is that going the help the program gain any momentum? I think this past season kind of showed they aren't quite ready to take the SEC by storm.
December 1st, 2011 at 11:19 PM |
A&M
A&M
The fanbase can be a bit delusional, but there's no reason A&M can't be a perennial top-15 team given their resources
December 1st, 2011 at 11:44 PM |
Every school thinks that
Every school thinks that
Notre Dame, Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State, Nebraska, Texas, Oklahoma, USC, Florida State, Miami, Clemson, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, ...
That is 16 schools off the top of my head that I would expect to be better than A&M just on pedigree, talent base, fan support, etc. And that is before you get to places like Wisconsin, Washington, Colorado, Georgia Tech, Auburn, Virginia Tech, etc. that have had more recent success than A&M.
The Aggies have a solid program with great fan support and traditions, but they aren't any better than a top 25 or 30 program nationally. Teams at that level go 6-6 from time to time, through no fault of the head coach (though I can certainly understand thinking this particular squad underachieved).
It is spelled HOKEAMANIA. Our coach is an ass-kicking American citizen, not one of the Beatles, for Christ's sake!
December 2nd, 2011 at 12:55 AM |
A&M gets to recruit Texas.
A&M gets to recruit Texas.
A&M gets to recruit Texas. They should be able to put better teams together.
December 2nd, 2011 at 2:12 AM |
YO
YO
#1 Team in the Country says WHATTUP.
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December 2nd, 2011 at 12:48 AM |
No offense, but maybe you
No offense, but maybe you
No offense, but maybe you should read a few ND message boards. I'm just putting that out there.
Also: HE SCORES WITH HIS LEFT, HE SCORES WITH HIS RIGHT!
THAT BOY CLINT DEMPSEY MADE ROB GREEN LOOK LIKE S****!
How many times have you been on the freeway and had someone fly by you at 100 mph then end up 2 cars ahead of you at the off ramp? What's the point? -Mark Harmon
December 2nd, 2011 at 11:08 AM |
Great version based off the
Great version based off the
Great version based off the world cup game, but I prefer the makes Drogba look like shite version.
Chaos is found in greatest abundance wherever order is being sought. It always defeats order because it is better organized.
December 2nd, 2011 at 11:07 AM |
Aggie fanbase delusions...
Aggie fanbase delusions...
I'm a Michigan alum, but my dad and grandfather both went to A&M and I spent many a Saturday at Kyle Field when I was a youngin', so I know about the expectations in College Station. You're right that the gap b/w where A&M actually is in terms of national perception and where the alums/fanbase think it *should* be is a little extreme. I think a lot of this goes back to the famous Jackie Sherrill comment when he took the coaching job there about A&M being a "sleeping giant" that only needed to wake up to dominate.
And it's true -- a lot of the elements for a national power are there: A great recruiting base, fanatical & passionate alumni and fans, a rich tradition, excellent facilities. And during those late-Sherrill/early R.C. Slocum years, it seemed finally to come togetherm, partly due to Sherrill's less-than-pristine recruiting methods. (From 1989-2002, Slocum was 123-47-2, a .721 winning percentage.) But since then A&M's performance on the field has always seemed to be less than the sum of its parts, except for last year.
I hope Aggie fans are ready to readjust their expectations with the move to the SEC West. Going 8-4 or better every year in that division would be a hell of an accomplishment.
December 1st, 2011 at 10:19 PM |
I guess that's that. Welcome
I guess that's that. Welcome
I guess that's that. Welcome to the basement of the SEC.
Abort, Retry, Fail?
December 2nd, 2011 at 9:32 AM |
I think Missouri might have
I think Missouri might have
I think Missouri might have something to say about that basement space.
Semper Fidelis
December 2nd, 2011 at 9:53 AM |
Ole Miss: OH HAI
Ole Miss: OH HAI
Ole Miss: OH HAI
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December 1st, 2011 at 10:37 PM |
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Good now the DC can go back to the Air Force Academy and get the defense back on track,
Chaos is found in greatest abundance wherever order is being sought. It always defeats order because it is better organized.
December 1st, 2011 at 11:51 PM |
Sumlin
Sumlin
D'oh. Double post.
December 1st, 2011 at 10:43 PM |
Sumlin
Sumlin
I wonder how much of this is seeing Sumlin as the hot coach du jour and fearing that they'll lose out on a great candidate from their backyard unless they fire Sherman. The same kind of logic was at work, of course, when ND fired Willingham in the assumption that they could hire Urban. That didn't work out too well. (Not that Ty was going to last much longer there, anyway).
There are getting to be a lot of openings without a bunch of apparent coaches. Sumlin, Beckman, and the guy from Southern Miss are the only real hot candidates at the non-AQ level. I guess Peterson looks like he's going to move on too. There are going to be some schools firing coaches who are going to regret it when they actually have to hire a new one.
December 1st, 2011 at 11:01 PM |
The Southern Miss coach is
The Southern Miss coach is
The Southern Miss coach is Larry Fedora, who is originally from College Station. His brother is the coach at Navasota, which is the next town south and has sent a few players to A&M in recent years. Fedora may eventually enter into this. It seems like Sumlin is the first place A&M will look though.
M BSE '05, A&M PhD '11
December 2nd, 2011 at 11:58 AM |
Sumlin
Sumlin
ASU is also trying to get him. The fanbase there is somewhat more patient than at A&M, and if he likes golf...
December 1st, 2011 at 11:10 PM |
I think what we all learned
I think what we all learned
I think what we all learned is that if your team is going to blow massive halftime leads, don't make it so publicly that the internet calls a collapse as being A&M'd.
December 2nd, 2011 at 12:25 AM |
I object. It's pretty tacky
I object. It's pretty tacky
I object. It's pretty tacky for an NFL coach to get fired mid-season, but this year a solid bakers dozen college coaches were fired before the last game of the year. I mean, this is cahwlidge! Not the pros, but ameteur footbaw! All those poor seniors playing their last game for some coach they just met. Not cool, America. Not cool.
How many times have you been on the freeway and had someone fly by you at 100 mph then end up 2 cars ahead of you at the off ramp? What's the point? -Mark Harmon
December 2nd, 2011 at 1:00 AM |
Minnesota laughs at this
Minnesota laughs at this
Minnesota laughs at this firing. They too felt that Glenn Mason and his unaccetable 7-5 seasons had to go. Then suddenly....they found out they were Minnesota.
December 2nd, 2011 at 10:37 AM |
Mason vs. Sherman
Mason vs. Sherman
Eh, this feels different than that. Mason was by far Minnesota's most successful coach since their glory days in the 1940s. He had a system in place that allowed him to draw semi-elite running backs and linemen, because they knew they'd have a good possibility of moving on to the pros. He was regularly competitive with, if he didn't regularly beat, the conference's elite. He basically got fired because he openly pined for the OSU job and was on the losing end of a historic comeback against Texas Tech.
(Sidenote: Mason must be a pretty unpleasant guy, as he hasn't gotten a sniff at another job, despite being fairly successful at Minnesota, a place where it's very hard to win).
Sherman has been about the same as Franchione and below the historical success rate of A&M coaches, going 4-8, 6-7, 9-4, 6-6. Add in complete collapses in all but one of their losses this year, collapses which appeared to be connected to poor in game coaching decisions, with a team that was ranked top 10 preseason, and the firing's understandable and justifiable. Maybe not well timed, given their move to the SEC, but it makes a lot more sense than Mason's firing, particularly if they can get Sumlin or Fedora.
December 2nd, 2011 at 4:09 AM |
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posted from iPhone
I think it's funny. A vast majority of A&M fans I know walk around with a chip on their shoulder about Texas being "big brother" in the state (sound familiar?). First they turn into crybabies about Texas and the LHN, then they get beat by Texas in their last game at home and sent packing with their tails between their legs, now this. Beautiful.
December 2nd, 2011 at 4:36 AM |
They're Crying Now...
They're Crying Now...
....which means that a few years in the SEC West will simply make them morose to the point of being unresponsive.
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December 2nd, 2011 at 10:41 AM |
I used to read a column in
I used to read a column in
I used to read a column in various places called the "Tuesday Morning Quarterback" and he sort of had an explanation for the coaching carousel of the NFL and I guess that applies to college. Team owners (in the case of the NFL) don't have much they change. Players are pretty much locked into contracts and changing one or two players doesn't demonstrate a serious commitment. But the can fire coaches.
Oh yeah...Sherman....fire. Sherman tanks were nicknamed Ronson lighters at one point.
start telling me what teams still have coaches. the short list
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