Tell Me About Texas a&m

[Nicole44 22,072]

19 minutes ago, Pancho said:

 

You…seriously didn’t already know this?

 

 

[Beau Vine 54,322]

27 minutes ago, LTtxfan said:

However, the most instructive activity Bjork and his team undertook, as he recounted Monday, was a research project that studied how each national champions in the SEC are built. 

"The more you look at it, the simpler it gets. The majority of the winners have these things in common: a defensive-minded head coach, a championship-level culture, recruit and acquire elite NFL-type talent, play great offense and score a lot of points with a high-level quarterback," Bjork said.

[ousux 5,601]

They practically hired Kirby Smart. 

Better than Kirby you stoopid sip. Elko has a chance to make more than Kirby!

#checklistgoals

[Armybrat 40,858]

2 hours ago, Kwix said:

So a million dollars and an extra year added to the contract each year he finishes in the top 12 of the SEC?

 

 

Fify

[orangebird 1,079]

48 minutes ago, Vermin said:

The mental gymnastics they are going through to make this hire seem like a good idea is really...something.

[Blotto 23,560]

25 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

This is the gold from Bjork

"The more you look at it, the simpler it gets. The majority of the winners have these things in common: a defensive-minded head coach, a championship-level culture, recruit and acquire elite NFL-type talent, play great offense and score a lot of points with a high-level quarterback."

no shit dude.  you have 1 of 6. good luck.

 

I never paid much attention to him before, but that m'fer is as dumb as they come in CS. Too bad he wasn't around in the thujone mspaint days. 

[Beau Vine 54,322]

47 minutes ago, Vermin said:

Richt took UGa to the SEC Championship game 6 times, won the SEC twice, went to 3 BCS bowl games, and finished ranked in the Top 10 7 times.   And he's widely regarded as one of the best human beings to ever coach D1 football.

And he's supposed to be a Jimbo comp in this very very strained analogy?

[ousux 5,601]

It's simple.  So simple.  
Yet aggy has never even sniffed winning the SEC, and the last time they won a NC was just after Hitler invaded Poland. 

Could have been before? CFB seasons were shorter back then, hard to keep leather conditioner on the helmets in cold/wet weather.

[po elvis 2,076]

Just now, orangebird said:

The mental gymnastics they are going through to make this hire seem like a good idea is really...something.

Especially when they could have hired him 2 weeks ago and not have actually offered the job to Stoops in the meantime. They had to hire somebody right after the Stoops debacle so they wouldn't have that debacle lingering around, and besides Robinson (who was never gonna happen), Elko was the easiest hire.

[DixonHur 11,344]

Kirby Smart coached under Saban for 9 years...7 of which were as DC

Mike Elko spent 14 seasons coaching under...checks notes...Dave Clawson

[Beau Vine 54,322]

37 minutes ago, LTtxfan said:

No SEC schedule will ever be "easy" moving forward, but the Aggies avoid Alabama, Georgia, Ole Miss and Oklahoma in 2024. Their toughest games (Notre Dame, LSU, Texas) are all at home. With the Playoff expanding, there's no reason A&M shouldn't, at minimum, be part of the conversation this time next year. 

"We will become the absolute best version of ourself as quickly as possible, because the best version of Texas A&M football wins the national championship," Elko said. "The best version of Texas A&M football, our way, wins the national championship." 

[blutow 238]

12 minutes ago, Tex Pete said:

No. It’s dumb. This is a HC with 2 years of experience, taking a job at an also-ran in the toughest football conference. 
 

It’s dumb. 

OK, but not in the same league of dumb as Jimbo's contract (or Lincoln's).  Elko's an unproven guy.  Maybe the base salary is too high or the term too long, but using incentives is a good way to only pay the guy if he does well.  For me, the dumb contracts in college football are the guaranteed 9+m/year even if you suck. That said, I've got zero background in compensation for football coaches, I have no idea what makes these guys tick.  But I've spent a lot of years around comp plans for sales execs and I don't mind paying them 2x what the CEO makes if he's knocking it out of the park.  And a painless exit plan for non-performers if they can't get done in a reasonable amount of time.  Why it has to be so different for coaches, I don't understand.   

[SamMan 1,367]

39 minutes ago, DixonHur said:

Uh, it's actually easier than that...the majority of SEC championships over the past 10 years have had 1 thing in common.  Nick Saban.

Hey now, Gene Chizik and Ed Orgeron deserve some fucking respect. They totally fit the archetype, and I’m sure Bjork spent a lot of time researching their success as well.

[ChiTownDoc 21,154]

When you guys sucked it's best to avoid the football board with all the crying and sensitive posters.  When you guys win it's actually easier - minus all of the cruel sooner jokes which make me sad. 

BUT - this place is at it's absolute best when aggy is truly down.  And god damn, this might be an all time low for these chucklefucks.  The buyout.  The boring ass hire.  The UT success.  The SEC invasion.  God damn, this thread delivers.  

[Sbbruin 21,865]

1 minute ago, ChiTownDoc said:

BUT - this place is at it's absolute best when aggy is truly down.  

I don't know.  I sure don't root against Texas, but some of the meltdown threads were pretty epic when they did lose.

[ClubWhatever 12,154]

We don't have a defensive minded coach.  
 

[Valmy77 13,251]

7 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

I don't know.  I sure don't root against Texas, but some of the meltdown threads were pretty epic when they did lose.

Hell we melt down when we win.

[linux 1,660]

7 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

I don't know.  I sure don't root against Texas, but some of the meltdown threads were pretty epic when they did lose.

Extreme embarrassment. I'm glad that Alabama Blog series is over

[Cajun 11,722]

12 minutes ago, ChiTownDoc said:

When you guys sucked it's best to avoid the football board with all the crying and sensitive posters.  When you guys win it's actually easier - minus all of the cruel sooner jokes which make me sad. 

BUT - this place is at it's absolute best when aggy is truly down.  And god damn, this might be an all time low for these chucklefucks.  The buyout.  The boring ass hire.  The UT success.  The SEC invasion.  God damn, this thread delivers.  

Fuck you sooner.  Take your dead-on accurate comment somewhere else!

[Constant 6,748]

12 minutes ago, ChiTownDoc said:

When you guys sucked it's best to avoid the football board with all the crying and sensitive posters.  When you guys win it's actually easier - minus all of the cruel sooner jokes which make me sad. 

BUT - this place is at it's absolute best when aggy is truly down.  And god damn, this might be an all time low for these chucklefucks.  The buyout.  The boring ass hire.  The UT success.  The SEC invasion.  God damn, this thread delivers.  

 

Texas and Oklahoma hating A&M. It is the only thing that brings us together positively. 

[salonghorn 204]

Just now, Valmy77 said:

Hell we melt down when we win.

We melt down when we don't even play: bye week melt downs

[Cajun 11,722]

This thread makes me feel dirty now.

[Cajun 11,722]

Just now, salonghorn said:

We melt down when we don't even play: bye week melt downs

Well, yeah, and what's your point?

[NoName 16,364]

why do they have to be so weird? Are the yell leaders there just so people know how fucking weird they are?

Watch Elko in that video. He is already wondering what he's gotten himself back into.

[chainsaw 9,872]

3 minutes ago, NoName said:

 

 

[ChiTownDoc 21,154]

22 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

I don't know.  I sure don't root against Texas, but some of the meltdown threads were pretty epic when they did lose.

I think it's easier for you, lol.  I gotta watch my six when it gets really bad.  

[Hermanator 7,124]

On 11/26/2023 at 1:20 PM, Blotto said:

Fuck all that noise. Its impossible to win a championship at aggy either. Hell Stoops had two 10 win seasons at UK in the time that Jimbo was fleecing A&M.  I would demand $5 million more than I was making at my current gig just to stomach the nonstop fucktardedness that defines that shit hole. Call it a milkman tax

Just came across this picture that was posted yesterday and about 20 pages ago but the kid with the white upper body and black lower body is freaking me out. What kind of Dr Frankenstein shit they doing down there in the shit fields of CS?

 

[ChickenNuggets 1,630]

1 hour ago, dcar00 said:

This is the gold from Bjork

"The more you look at it, the simpler it gets. The majority of the winners have these things in common: a defensive-minded head coach, a championship-level culture, recruit and acquire elite NFL-type talent, play great offense and score a lot of points with a high-level quarterback."

no shit dude.  you have 1 of 6. good luck.

 

 

[ChickenNuggets 1,630]

11 minutes ago, NoName said:

why do they have to be so weird? Are the yell leaders there just so people know how fucking weird they are?

Watch Elko in that video. He is already wondering what he's gotten himself back into.

remember that time your backwoods cousin invited you to a cookout and you found out it was a klan rally? 

[Cajun 11,722]

14 minutes ago, NoName said:

why do they have to be so weird? Are the yell leaders there just so people know how fucking weird they are?

Watch Elko in that video. He is already wondering what he's gotten himself back into.

I've got a cousin who roots for aggy, not because he went there, but because he's a tractor riding ranch type guy.  Other than his casual caring for aggy football, he's a good dude.  He has almost zero awareness of their weird cult shit.  I consider it my solemn duty to make him aware.

It's funny, I'll tell him some stuff and you can tell that he initially writes it off to me being a diehard Longhorn.  Then I show him the receipts, little by little.  

He tries to act like it doesn't fuck him up, but it does.

This video will be presented to him shortly.  I can't wait.

[PNWhornsfan 391]

So, does Elko have to keep Petrino and Durkin, along with Robinson?

 

[WelfareBuysMyWeed 5,506]

3 hours ago, Nicole44 said:

Not a bad haul for them. 

So for the entirety of his contract, Jimbo will be making 2-2.5 million more than Elko per year? LOL.

[Hook1997 5,397]

10 minutes ago, Hermanator said:

Just came across this picture that was posted yesterday and about 20 pages ago but the kid with the white upper body and black lower body is freaking me out. What kind of Dr Frankenstein shit they doing down there in the shit fields of CS?

 

There’s a black lady between the two kids, so they photoshopped her out but forgot to remove the legs….

[Jkwellborn 6,715]

aTm is the fat chick that thinks she's hot because she gets laid every weekend while her much more attractive group of friends don't. It's because she put out no matter what. That's aTm. 

Out here sending up the Vic signal.

[Modessit 5,603]

So his buyout starts at $6.5M, but they owe him 75% of the entire contract if he leaves - or only if they fire him?

If it's no matter why he leaves, he should sign the contract, then tell them he's going back to Duke. Have them subtract the $6.5M from the $30M they owe him, then go back to Duke.

If he has to get fired, start saying "Hook'em" after every sentence until they tell you to leave.

[Tex Pete 20,413]

14 minutes ago, ChickenNuggets said:

remember that time your backwoods cousin invited you to a cookout and you found out it was a klan rally? 

No?

[MIkeHoncho 1,931]

"We will become the absolute best version of ourself as quickly as possible, because the best version of Texas A&M football wins the national championship," Elko said. "The best version of Texas A&M football, our way, wins the national championship." 

 

Has he ever sniffed a national championship?   He's not 84 years old, so hasn't seen what it takes for aggy to win a national championship.  Hell, he wasn't even coaching when they won their last conference championship.  

 

[DalTxHornFan 3,109]

2 minutes ago, MIkeHoncho said:

"We will become the absolute best version of ourself as quickly as possible, because the best version of Texas A&M football wins the national championship," Elko said. "The best version of Texas A&M football, our way, wins the national championship." 

 

Has he ever sniffed a national championship?   He's not 84 years old, so hasn't seen what it takes for aggy to win a national championship.  Hell, he wasn't even coaching alive when they won their last conference championship.  

 

FIFY

[Pathetic Shark 60]

We are not going to talk about it anymore," Elko said Monday, "we are going to be about it."

 

"We will become the absolute best version of ourself as quickly as possible, because the best version of Texas A&M football wins the national championship,"Elko said. "The best version of Texas A&M football, our way, wins the national championship." 

Says they aren’t going to talk about winning the national championship anymore.  The proceeds to talk about winning the national championship.  They are the gift that keeps on giving, an early Christmas miracle

[Blotto 23,560]

11 minutes ago, MIkeHoncho said:

"We will become the absolute best version of ourself as quickly as possible, because the best version of Texas A&M football wins the national championship," Elko said.

"My goal has always been one thing, and that is to become the best version of ourselves that we can become."  Matt Campell

[jimmyjazz 46,001]

1 hour ago, Carl Spackler said:

and the last time they won a NC was just after Hitler invaded Poland. 

Coincidence?  Maybe not.

[Dark Horse 2,284]

Volume up

[Rio Don 104]

40 minutes ago, chainsaw said:

You can see the regret in his reluctant sway. The sad realization that his career as a head coach will end with a bunch of imbeciles playing Nazi youth cosplay around him.

[F250 28,803]

1 minute ago, Dark Horse said:

Volume up

Sounds like something Baby Billy would sing.

[deft 6,859]

"We will become the absolute best version of ourself as quickly as possible, because the best version of Texas A&M football wins the national championship," Elko said. "The best version of Texas A&M football, our way, wins the national championship." 
 
Has he ever sniffed a national championship?   He's not 84 years old, so hasn't seen what it takes for aggy to win a national championship.  Hell, he wasn't even coaching when they won their last conference championship.  
 

FIFY

They won the big 12 south one year and didn’t even have to play in the ccg they were so good. The wall outside shoulda told ya.

Volume up

New keyboard. You owe me one.

[Reese Bennett 3,615]

"All 30 coaches saw immediately that Elko was the perfect choice and, without prompting, recommended him highly. Stoops was even so taken with the potential for Aggieland that he was going to fly to College Station and beg the school to hire Elko, but he turned around when they told him it was already a done deal. Whoop!"

How long before that becomes the myth?

[Frank Drebin 5,653]

2 hours ago, LTtxfan said:

Under Mike Elko, Texas A&M is going to take the stairs

Gone are the custom cowboy boots, the TBD national championship plaques and the $75 million guaranteed contract. In are a "blue-collar mentality" and a little bit of competitive humility.

ZACH BARNETT      59 MINUTES AGO

This time around, there was no ceremonial pair of cowboy boots. There will be no national championship plaque with the year to be filled in later. And there will be no $75 million, fully-guaranteed contract.

Texas A&M's dismissal of Jimbo Fisher and its hiring of Mike Elko, his former assistant, as his replacement was many things, but most of all it was an admission that building a championship program was more than just hiring a coach who'd done it before and assuming the rest would take care of itself.

"We are not going to talk about it anymore," Elko said Monday, "we are going to be about it."

"I say this to my players all the time: there is no button you push to get to the top of college football," he said later. "There's a stair that you have to climb every single day to accomplish what you want to accomplish."

In the two weeks between the firing of Fisher and the hiring of Elko, Texas A&M AD Ross Bjork said he spoke to 30 coaches and more than 25 ex-players -- some of those, like Lions head coach Dan Campbell, are both -- which, he said, "helped crystalize the identity of the ideal candidate."

However, the most instructive activity Bjork and his team undertook, as he recounted Monday, was a research project that studied how each national champions in the SEC are built. 

"The more you look at it, the simpler it gets. The majority of the winners have these things in common: a defensive-minded head coach, a championship-level culture, recruit and acquire elite NFL-type talent, play great offense and score a lot of points with a high-level quarterback," Bjork said.

Texas A&M's own history, the halcyon "Wrecking Crew" days of the 1990s under R.C. Slocum (himself a former A&M assistant before taking over the program), also led Bjork back to Elko. 

"When is Kyle Field at its best? When the defense plays at an elite level," Bjork said.

Elko's return is interesting because it's equal parts a fast-track hire and a slow-burn hire. He was the defensive coordinator when A&M recruited its record-breaking 2022 recruiting class, who now enters its junior season in 2024. No SEC schedule will ever be "easy" moving forward, but the Aggies avoid Alabama, Georgia, Ole Miss and Oklahoma in 2024. Their toughest games (Notre Dame, LSU, Texas) are all at home. With the Playoff expanding, there's no reason A&M shouldn't, at minimum, be part of the conversation this time next year. 

"We will become the absolute best version of ourself as quickly as possible, because the best version of Texas A&M football wins the national championship," Elko said. "The best version of Texas A&M football, our way, wins the national championship." 

At the same time, what are fair expectations for a program whose lone national title came in 1939? Whose last conference championship came in 1998? How much time should a program that's 12-12 over the past two years spend talking about national championships? 

"We also embrace who we are right now, where we need to work and where we need to improve to get where we want to go... No one will hand us anything -- not in this conference, not in this country, not in this era of college football. We're going to have to go out and get it. We're going to have to understand that there are no shortcuts to success."

Texas A&M will take the stairs under Mike Elko, and they'll do so in tennis shoes, not custom cowboy boots. 

 

Mike Elko hasn’t taken the stairs in 20 years. 

[Bigbend1812 12,928]

1 hour ago, Beau Vine said:

Richt took UGa to the SEC Championship game 6 times, won the SEC twice, went to 3 BCS bowl games, and finished ranked in the Top 10 7 times.   And he's widely regarded as one of the best human beings to ever coach D1 football.

And he's supposed to be a Jimbo comp in this very very strained analogy?

[Nicole44 22,072]

I love this parody account! Jive Mike Elko is funnier than Jive Jimbo Fisher account. 

Edited November 28, 2023 by Nicole44

[Sgt Hulk 13,815]

Seeing surlys comments on the Elko hire  means aggy is gonna be 10-2 next year. Fuck