Tell Me About Texas a&m

[jofus 2,266]

Aggy to their next coach:

[Yesh 932]

Bjork frequently walks around Kyle Field during home games to get a feel for how the program is performing. He says having the season be all but over by the end of October is unacceptable. 

“We can’t put ourselves in that position,” he says. “We had 103,000 people at our game against Mississippi State. I’m walking the field before the game and people from the visiting team were asking me, ‘Why are all these people here?’

[Pam Cummings 9,662]

At a certain point, you'd think the students that attend the school would start noticing that money isn't being spent on things that benefit them and make their experience better, and is instead being wasted on things like paying a fucking moron that never should have been hired in the first place $75m to go away. Like why is this publicly funded state university just allowed to spend all this money with no oversight?

[mrhorn 1,383]

…. I’m walking the field before the game and people from the visiting team were asking me, ‘Why are all these people here?

There’s 0.0% chance that happened. This is the same as this BS posts from visiting teams.

[Biff Tannen 45,740]

22 minutes ago, Yesh said:

Bjork frequently walks around Kyle Field during home games to get a feel for how the program is performing. He says having the season be all but over by the end of October is unacceptable. 

“We can’t put ourselves in that position,” he says. “We had 103,000 people at our game against Mississippi State. I’m walking the field before the game and people from the visiting team were asking me, ‘Why are all these people here?’

Someone needs to send him the annual aggy rollercoaster pic. 

[Texzilla58 4,744]

 I wonder if qualified coaches will look at their idiot culture and think, "jeez, I won't be able to get guys to want to come be a part of this."  

Based on the rankings of their recruiting classes that isn’t an issue. Their issue has been an idiot megalomaniac for a coach.

[WelfareBuysMyWeed 5,575]

Just now, Texzilla58 said:

Based on the rankings of their recruiting classes that isn’t an issue. Their issue has been an idiot megalomaniac for a coach.

based on their number of transfers, it seems keeping players in Collie Station has been a problem going all the way back to Sumlin.

[Pimphand 5,889]

10 minutes ago, WelfareBuysMyWeed said:

based on their number of transfers, it seems keeping players in Collie Station has been a problem going all the way back to Sumlin.

One advantage of transfer attrition is you get to recruit more players out of high school which boosts your recruiting rankings.

Stupid sip

[alincoln 2,385]

4 minutes ago, WelfareBuysMyWeed said:

based on their number of transfers, it seems keeping players in Collie Station has been a problem going all the way back to Sumlin.

Exactly.  You can money whip players and coaches to go there but keeping them there after experiencing it for more than a weekend is an entirely different challenge.  I'm surprised more hasn't been made of the negative impact the portal will continue to have on aggy attrition.  Idiots from western Georgia like Josh Pate don't recognize what a backwards shithole College Station is in comparison to the competition.  College Station/aggy campus is clearly the worst location/culture in the SEC with the possible exception of Starkville.

[EastTexan 662]

21 minutes ago, mrhorn said:

…. I’m walking the field before the game and people from the visiting team were asking me, ‘Why are all these people here?

There’s 0.0% chance that happened. This is the same as this BS posts from visiting teams.

they were asking how all the people found the stadium.

[Texzilla58 4,744]

You'd be grumpy too if your first shot at a P5 job and a big payday was a career killer.

The records for coaches leaving and finding success elsewhere is remarkable.

[Deej 76,920]

That aggy stink just doesn't wash off. 

[Royale with cheese 1,467]

16 hours ago, Pancho said:

It’s getting to the point where Pate may be on the aggy payroll

 

 

 

 

 

shill

noun.  A person who publicizes or praises something or someone for reasons of self-interest or personal profit.

A shill, also called a plant or a stooge, is a person who publicly helps or gives credibility to a person or organization without disclosing that they have a close relationship with said person or organization. Shills can carry out their operations in the areas of media, journalism, marketing, politics, sports, confidence games, or other business areas.

In most uses, shill refers to someone who purposely gives onlookers, participants or "marks" the impression of an enthusiastic customer independent of the seller, marketer or con artist, for whom they are secretly working.

Plant and stooge more commonly refer to a person who is secretly in league with another person or outside organization while pretending to be neutral or part of the organization in which they are planted.

 

 

 

 

[Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand 13,587]

9 hours ago, nnm said:

aggy is just rolling in championships, guys. 

 

Keep judging that chicken.

[Pimphand 5,889]

20 minutes ago, alincoln said:

Exactly.  You can money whip players and coaches to go there but keeping them there after experiencing it for more than a weekend is an entirely different challenge.  I'm surprised more hasn't been made of the negative impact the portal will continue to have on aggy attrition.  Idiots from western Georgia like Josh Pate don't recognize what a backwards shithole College Station is in comparison to the competition.  College Station/aggy campus is clearly the worst location/culture in the SEC with the possible exception of Starkville.

Let's not kid ourselves here.... The SEC is chalk full of shitty places to live... College Station is at least reasonable driving distance to civilization which puts it in the same realm as Athens, Oxford, Lexington, etc. Perhaps you have not been to many of the SEC venues but suffice to say almost none of them would you opt to go visit for any other reason than a Longhorn football game.

[NoName 16,405]

8 hours ago, immamac said:

https://www.wfaa.com/article/sports/football/texas-a-and-m-athletic-director-ross-bjork-jimbo-fisher-firing-guaranteed-extension-mistake-next-aggies-coach/287-20c60f29-c3cd-43bb-bd4a-bdeef44f486b

They actually have no idea what the fuck they are doing. They are completely deluded. 

yeah, dropping your staff pool while everyone else is increasing theirs is a GREAT way to compete

 

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But even that’s not enough to cover $57 million, Bjork concedes. The buyout, he says, will force A&M to confront how much it’s been spending.
 

“We’ve had some excess,” he admits. “Our staff pool for the entire football program was over $13 million. Other programs in the SEC are in the $9 million to $10.5 million range.” 

Bjorks says other sports are safe some seeing their budgets cuts, and says job cuts will be confined to the football program. 
 

“Analysts, recruiting positions, operational positions,” Bjork says when asked where he says fat can be trimmed.

re: contract and incentives:

 

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The athletic director says Texas A&M will not give its next coach a fully guaranteed deal. 
 

“To me as we look forward, somebody has to earn that,” he says. “If they have a plan and really believe in themselves and believe that Texas A&M has all these resources, OK... let’s match that up with an incentive-based contract.” 

 

 

 

 

[BurntOrange&White 40,009]

Georgia - with their influx of NFL talent to the state HS's and etc.
LSU
Bama
Texas
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Florida

 

Are all better SEC coaching jobs than A&M
 

Edited November 21, 2023 by BurntOrange&White

[nnm 36,635]

7 hours ago, orangebird said:

Nobody even had a chance to speculate.

Eleventy billion Urban posts beg to differ. 

[Sir Ulrich 5,191]

7 hours ago, immamac said:

https://www.wfaa.com/article/sports/football/texas-a-and-m-athletic-director-ross-bjork-jimbo-fisher-firing-guaranteed-extension-mistake-next-aggies-coach/287-20c60f29-c3cd-43bb-bd4a-bdeef44f486b

They actually have no idea what the fuck they are doing. They are completely deluded. 

The funniest part in my mind about this interview is the repeated point about being able to host playoff games in the future. Even their dreams of success only peaks at hosting a playoff game and not winning the SEC. 

[SaucyJack 3,504]

I don't think Jork is talking to any Sexton candidates.  He's talking to Master P's stable.  12th man D chess.

[ClubWhatever 12,158]

8 minutes ago, NoName said:

The athletic director says Texas A&M will not give its next coach a fully guaranteed deal. 

Cross off all the names with big deals that are guaranteed.  In other words, all the bullshit names we've been hearing from Liucci and other mouthpieces. 

[WBT 20,669]

8 hours ago, immamac said:

https://www.wfaa.com/article/sports/football/texas-a-and-m-athletic-director-ross-bjork-jimbo-fisher-firing-guaranteed-extension-mistake-next-aggies-coach/287-20c60f29-c3cd-43bb-bd4a-bdeef44f486b

They actually have no idea what the fuck they are doing. They are completely deluded. 

Someone tell this dipshit cash is fungible.  "Oh no, Mr. Donor, your money wouldn't be going to that idiotic guaranteed contract.  We're covering that.  We just need a little extra for things like assistant coaches and food for the players."

The incentive based contract is straight off of texags wet dream talking points.  

[immamac 43,046]

It’s wild that he went into an interview blind, then shot answers from the hip that were mind bottlingly bad. How is this guy viewed as a serious athletic director? 

[Sir Ulrich 5,191]

30 minutes ago, WBT said:

 

The incentive based contract is straight off of texags wet dream talking points.  

The thing about the ags boosters is they think like message board posters and I would bet money the big moneh contingent is thinking their hire should earn the contract through incentives. They also can't pay the buyout and a big name coach so I could see a world where they hire a Fisch type guy and boast about a first of its kind incentive laden deal that will be the new norm and have all the big media fawn over the ingenious deal they just made. That's until that guy doesn't hit any of those marks or he's poached before he does and gets a big guaranteed deal from a top 5 job. 

[nnm 36,635]

7 minutes ago, immamac said:

It’s wild that he went into an interview blind, then shot answers from the hip that were mind bottlingly bad. How is this guy viewed as a serious athletic director? 

The fact that they haven’t fired everyone that smelled that extension is mind bottling (yes, I realize you were intentional in the bottling malapropism and I’m extending it).

[TejasPedro 1,858]

Hilarious floating those big names out there. When they finally settle on their guy, going to be a huge let down. They must already know it’s going to be a diamond in the ruff, creating a whole “it’s one jizz jar against the world”. All Aggies must come drinkith from the jar.

[LateAughtsHorn 588]

52 minutes ago, Pimphand said:

Let's not kid ourselves here.... The SEC is chalk full of shitty places to live... College Station is at least reasonable driving distance to civilization which puts it in the same realm as Athens, Oxford, Lexington, etc.

I'm having a difficult time figuring out where you would drive to from Oxford to find civilization in Mississippi. 

 

 

 

 

[Sir Ulrich 5,191]

9 minutes ago, immamac said:

It’s wild that he went into an interview blind, then shot answers from the hip that were mind bottlingly bad. How is this guy viewed as a serious athletic director? 

Any AD that has to go on WFAA mid search to propagate the glory of the job opening should be laughed at endlessly. I can't believe they thought that was a good idea but they continue to write their own mockery. 

[TOR 5,817]

9 hours ago, immamac said:

https://www.wfaa.com/article/sports/football/texas-a-and-m-athletic-director-ross-bjork-jimbo-fisher-firing-guaranteed-extension-mistake-next-aggies-coach/287-20c60f29-c3cd-43bb-bd4a-bdeef44f486b

They actually have no idea what the fuck they are doing. They are completely deluded. 

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"We’ve already found ways to reduce expenses, and we have some new revenues coming our way," ... “We’ve had some excess,” he admits. “Our staff pool for the entire football program was over $13 million. Other programs in the SEC are in the $9 million to $10.5 million range.”  ... “Analysts, recruiting positions, operational positions,” Bjork says when asked where he says fat can be trimmed. 

Reading between the lines, aggy is broke.  They are living on credit if they have to use the new TV deal to pay for Jimbo.  

[Auto Driller 2,506]

I’ve come to the conclusion that it doesn’t really matter who they hire because the institutional idiocy of aggy will pull the new coach into mediocrity, whoever it is. Go ahead and hire Deboer or Urban or Dabo. It literally doesn’t matter. The sleeping giant will continue sleeping.

Also, it was hilarious hearing Bjork lecture the public on how to set up an incentive based contract.

[Deej 76,920]

"We'll gladly pay you next year for a 9 win season today."

 

[EastTexan 662]

When they do get this new, improved model coach, I cannot wait for the bullshit, praise that loochie puts out.

Will set a surly record for rep.

[immamac 43,046]

Can they just unfire Jimbo and be like, PSYCH, but if you don't get your shit together we will actually fire you!!

[Orange&White 5,539]

11 minutes ago, Auto Driller said:

Also, it was hilarious hearing Bjork lecture the public on how to set up an incentive based contract.

And to list all of the cuts they are going to make which will actively dissuade any potential candidates.

[Beau Vine 54,429]

On 11/19/2023 at 9:54 PM, bluto said:

Why the fuck does the high school coach thing matter, that’s like bitching about a current program not utilizing MySpace. The only reason it matters is for recruiting and that shit clearly didn’t matter when aggy landed the best class of all time. 

Because Texas high school football coaches as a group are the most self-important, thin-skinned pussies to ever walk the earth.

 

[Deej 76,920]

Just now, Beau Vine said:

Because Texas high school football coaches as a group are the most self-important, thin-skinned pussies to ever walk the earth.

 

[89Horn 1,552]

3 hours ago, BigSwingingD said:

He also said he will consult with the Mannings...Archie, Peyton. And Eli. I don't think that is going to go over well with the cult.

They’ve indicated that aggy should give Jimbo a second chance, with a more modest contract extension.  Something in the ten year $65-70 million range.

[SubliminalHorn 6,811]

1 hour ago, nnm said:

Eleventy billion Urban posts beg to differ. 

And curtain forensics 

[Jebus 1,330]

8 minutes ago, immamac said:

Can they just unfire Jimbo and be like, PSYCH, but if you don't get your shit together we will actually fire you!!

Yeah, they'll let him keep his buyout but his new contract will be MUCH more reasonable.  To show him they are tough negotiators.

[Reese Bennett 3,616]

30 minutes ago, LateAughtsHorn said:

I'm having a difficult time figuring out where you would drive to from Oxford to find civilization in Mississippi. 

 

 

 

 

That's an impossibility for any number of reasons. However, you can drive north and reach Memphis in a little over an hour.

[DaysOff 7,974]

Straight outta college and into a well deserved Buc-ees General Manager role

6-figs

[Pimphand 5,889]

36 minutes ago, LateAughtsHorn said:

I'm having a difficult time figuring out where you would drive to from Oxford to find civilization in Mississippi. 

Memphis yes I know it's a stretch but Beale Street is still fun

[DaysOff 7,974]

At a certain point, you'd think the students that attend the school would start noticing that money isn't being spent on things that benefit them and make their experience better, and is instead being wasted on things like paying a fucking moron that never should have been hired in the first place $75m to go away. Like why is this publicly funded state university just allowed to spend all this money with no oversight?

There were articles about 3 years ago during their rapid enrollment expansion discussing this very thing. Students were eating on the floor in the dining halls.

[BlueGreySky 1,032]

23 minutes ago, EastTexan said:

When they do get this new, improved model coach, I cannot wait for the bullshit, praise that loochie puts out.

Will set a surly record for rep.

[LateAughtsHorn 588]

9 minutes ago, Pimphand said:

Memphis yes I know it's a stretch but Beale Street is still fun

Only spent one evening and a half a day in Memphis, but I enjoyed it quite a bit. 

Rendezvous was overrated, but Payne's was delicious; and the Civil Rights Museum was really well done. 

[TrashMaster G 17,599]

1 hour ago, Pimphand said:

Let's not kid ourselves here.... The SEC is chalk full of shitty places to live... College Station is at least reasonable driving distance to civilization which puts it in the same realm as Athens, Oxford, Lexington, etc. Perhaps you have not been to many of the SEC venues but suffice to say almost none of them would you opt to go visit for any other reason than a Longhorn football game.

"chalk"?

[Thatguy 8,860]

The longer they have no coach the more their current good players get antsy.........

 

[BigHornedLurker 1,968]

1 minute ago, Thatguy said:

The longer they have no coach the more their current good players get antsy.........

 

I'm moderately impressed with the lack of leaks, but this convinces me they don't have a clue who they are hiring and probably don't have the liquidity to make a hire they actually want 

[Frank Drebin 5,655]

I predict Elko has HC.

Kingsbury as OC.  (He won't stay more than a year or two).

Robinson as DC (title only, Elko will be the actual DC).

No inside info.  Just reading tea leaves.

[TejasPedro 1,858]

They really need to hire Major. No bullshit. Let him get in those homes during Christmas time, he will turn on that charm and it’s over, those granny panties will start to drop. The dude has serious game. Have his incentives based around recruiting trophies Aggies love those.