Florida @ Texas A&M

[Vertnut]

Brand new coach and and coach Fran left the team with nothing. Coach Fran is the biggest mistake A&M has made in a long time, guy had no idea what he was doing.

Firing R.C. Slocum after one bad year, was the biggest mistake they ever made.

[BERT]

Firing R.C. Slocum after one bad year, was the biggest mistake they ever made.

I also didn't think Sherman should've been fired when they did it. A&M seems to overreact just a little.

[Silverback]

I also didn't think Sherman should've been fired when they did it. A&M seems to overreact just a little.

Sherman wasn't ready to lead an SEC level football team. Everyone knew that. He was a great coach, well liked and respected Aggie, but in the end he just didn't have what it took to build a team to compete.

In my opinion Sumlin may or may not be that guy either, but he's a young head coach, and did a lot at A&M, Oklahoma, and especially with Houston. He's not afraid to mix things up and get results. Fortunately he comes with Aggie roots, and is well liked and respected in within the organization as well.

My honest feeling is in 3-5 years Sumlin will be out, and a higher caliber coach will be brought in. But I haven't had a chance to see how Sumlin does with this team yet.

[no4njnk]

Sherman was a great guy and has football knowledge but micromanaged his players. He treated the guys like NFL athletes and didn't push them that hard. He had very few coaches that could recruit as well. Almost all of Sumlin's coaches were the best recruiters on their team and he made sure to get one from each major football state. The players say he works them around 10 times harder than Sherman and he gives them more individual responsibility.

All of this is fine and looks good but we will see how we look on Sunday. Everyone has a great plan until they get hit in the mouth...by a 300lb defensive tackle that runs a 4.6.

[BERT]

Sherman wasn't ready to lead an SEC level football team. Everyone knew that. He was a great coach, well liked and respected Aggie, but in the end he just didn't have what it took to build a team to compete.

In my opinion Sumlin may or may not be that guy either, but he's a young head coach, and did a lot at A&M, Oklahoma, and especially with Houston. He's not afraid to mix things up and get results. Fortunately he comes with Aggie roots, and is well liked and respected in within the organization as well.

My honest feeling is in 3-5 years Sumlin will be out, and a higher caliber coach will be brought in. But I haven't had a chance to see how Sumlin does with this team yet.

I'm just amazed that a&m wanted to start out in the SEC with a brand new unproven coach is all. Remember this, Sumlin did good at Houston with Art Briles players and also got beat by teams with winning records. This is why the Sumlin hire still has me scratching my head. Guess we'll find out soon if he is worth a damn.

[BERT]

http://blog.chron.com/ultimatetexans/2012/09/ex-am-coach-sherman-says-longhorns-were-in-aggies-shadow/

I laughed out loud

[slow99]

http://blog.chron.com/ultimatetexans...aggies-shadow/



I laughed out loud

Lmao.
The aggys' revisionist history and delusions are fucking mind-boggling.

[no4njnk]

Sherman is too PC to say anything bad. But at the current time A&M's stock is going up and Texas' is staying the same or going down. They need to move Mac Brown to AD and get someone new in there to toughen up the players (this coming from former players).

I am surprised ESPN has been throwing so much coverage at an unproven A&M team. ESPNU is covering midnight yell, college gameday the next morning, and all of the commercials.

I just hope we don't get killed this game (I am already counting Alabama and LSU slaughters, a win is the QB standing at the end of the game). Too many analyst are jumping on the A&M bandwagon and saying we are going to win against Florida, kind of hard to say that when no one has seen us play. Florida did not show anything last week for a reason.

[Chas_svo]

http://blog.chron.com/ultimatetexans...aggies-shadow/



I laughed out loud

So he failed drug test for smoking crack?

[BERT]

Sherman is too PC to say anything bad. But at the current time A&M's stock is going up and Texas' is staying the same or going down. They need to move Mac Brown to AD and get someone new in there to toughen up the players (this coming from former players).

I am surprised ESPN has been throwing so much coverage at an unproven A&M team. ESPNU is covering midnight yell, college gameday the next morning, and all of the commercials.

I just hope we don't get killed this game (I am already counting Alabama and LSU slaughters, a win is the QB standing at the end of the game). Too many analyst are jumping on the A&M bandwagon and saying we are going to win against Florida, kind of hard to say that when no one has seen us play. Florida did not show anything last week for a reason.

A&M stock is rising?

Brown brought in Beenie Wylie for the exact reason you just mentioned. And from players tweets this off season it's working

[no4njnk]

How is their stock not rising? Tomorrow it may sink faster than the Titanic but right now the school has made millions because of the change.

I don't know who Beenie Wylie is but good to know, there has been so much talent wasted in the past few years. I think Texas getting the younger coaches will pay off next year if not this year.

[BERT]

How is their stock not rising? Tomorrow it may sink faster than the Titanic but right now the school has made millions because of the change.

I don't know who Beenie Wylie is but good to know, there has been so much talent wasted in the past few years. I think Texas getting the younger coaches will pay off next year if not this year.

I just don't think changing confernces automatically makes your stock start to rise, winning games does. That's all i meant by saying that.

[dee]

I just don't think changing confernces automatically makes your stock start to rise, winning games does. That's all i meant by saying that.

I agree but also see were 4n is coming from they have already seen more publicity than the last two seasons combined.

[slow99]

I just don't think changing confernces automatically makes your stock start to rise, winning games does. That's all i meant by saying that.

It's going up because in the past week the faggies have gained 4 championships! That's right - the 1919 and 1927 National Championships and the 1997 and 2010 big 12 championships. They're on fire, stock is going parabolic!

[BERT]

It's going up because in the past week the faggies have gained 4 championships! That's right - the 1919 and 1927 National Championships and the 1997 and 2010 big 12 championships. They're on fire, stock is going parabolic!

LOL

I'm just glad this game is at 2:30 so i can watch it. I'm interested to see how they look without having that first game under their belt.