How can a school with the money and facilities that Texas A&M has
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Simple answer: Bill Byrne
More complex answer: Bill Byrne is a ****ing inept athletic director
More complex answer: Bill Byrne is a ****ing inept athletic director
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jimmy40;3076169 said:
His monetary policies are one of the main reasons we are in this hole. Who the hell cares if we are good in equestrain and women's soccer?
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jimmy40;3076211 said:
Our athletic program is 16 million in debt, we're still paying our previous two football coaches, and we signed our current coach to a 7 year deal. On top of that, he has raised ticket prices for football every year, despite a terrible on field product. If Sherman fails, we can't afford to fire him.
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theogt;3076242 said:
We have top 20 recruiting classes every year. Our problem isnt talent, it's that no other team in CF wastes as much talent as we do.
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Think about it.
Texas A&M was dominant for approximately one decade spanning the late 80s to the late 90s -- a period of time that coincided with an uncharacteristically down period in UT football when it simply couldn't acquire blue chip recruits in the state of Texas. Much of UT's recruiting deficiency stemmed from John Mackovic, who was largely detested by Texas high school football coaches.
Mack Brown spent considerable time repairing the relationship between the UT football program and Texas high schools, and now, Texas again leads the nation in recruiting, especially in its own state.
Although I'm a UT alumnus and Longhorn fan, I'm not an Aggie hater. Far from it. My wife is an A&M graduate, and I often myself defending the Aggies on her behalf.
However, I must point out the Aggies' period of dominance was the exception to the rule rather than the rule itself. They can't acquire the prodigious talent that UT and OU do (at least not consistently). They don't have an innovative offensive system like Tech does. And they don't have a charismatic coach like OSU does.
Texas A&M has yet to find a distinctive feature or characteristic that will allow them to be competitive.
Texas A&M was dominant for approximately one decade spanning the late 80s to the late 90s -- a period of time that coincided with an uncharacteristically down period in UT football when it simply couldn't acquire blue chip recruits in the state of Texas. Much of UT's recruiting deficiency stemmed from John Mackovic, who was largely detested by Texas high school football coaches.
Mack Brown spent considerable time repairing the relationship between the UT football program and Texas high schools, and now, Texas again leads the nation in recruiting, especially in its own state.
Although I'm a UT alumnus and Longhorn fan, I'm not an Aggie hater. Far from it. My wife is an A&M graduate, and I often myself defending the Aggies on her behalf.
However, I must point out the Aggies' period of dominance was the exception to the rule rather than the rule itself. They can't acquire the prodigious talent that UT and OU do (at least not consistently). They don't have an innovative offensive system like Tech does. And they don't have a charismatic coach like OSU does.
Texas A&M has yet to find a distinctive feature or characteristic that will allow them to be competitive.
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In addition to the talent that Scipio talked about, what's stopping A&M from getting even better talent is not Texas and OU. It's LSU. A&M use to live off of the Houston and East Texas area but LSU has been dominate in that area the past 5-7 years.
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jimmy40;3076930 said:
Perhaps more importantly, they lost their identity after firing RC; during the Sherrill/Slocum years, the Aggies and their fan base reveled in being a physical, defensive football team that bludgeoned opponents into submission.
They don't have that personality anymore. They don't have any personality, in fact. And they're desperately seeking a new one.
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It's about recruiting. Plain and simple. Look at TCU. They are a small private school compared to the big state schools and mega private schools (read Notre Dame) yet they pull is great talent and win because of it.
Texas A&M is a ****ty recruiting school. They are allowing out of state schools steal the Texas talent pool.
Texas A&M is a ****ty recruiting school. They are allowing out of state schools steal the Texas talent pool.
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ScipioCowboy;3076398 said:
One of their distinctive features used to be tradition. A&M is a tradition rich school and many students go there because they knew someone else who used to go there. A&M would get good recruits because those recruits had family members who had gone to A&M. A legacy type of thing. That seems to be less and less of a factor now for the 5 star recruits. While they still get many legacy recruits the top tier guys are just not choosing A&M as often as they did in the Sherrill/Slocum years.
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Easy. Facilities and the college having a bunch of money doesn't mean anything when it comes to winning.
You've got to have talent to win. A&M doesn't have that cause no one wants to go to A&M unless it's the only offer they've got. They'd rather go to Texas or Tech or OU or LSU or wherever.
You've got to have talent to win. A&M doesn't have that cause no one wants to go to A&M unless it's the only offer they've got. They'd rather go to Texas or Tech or OU or LSU or wherever.