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19 minutes ago, NoName said:

Akina was only ever a DC from 05-07 at Texas (non play calling IIRC)

Brennan is a smart guy, no way that happens.

edit: sounds like it's just A job, not DC

Even having him as the DB coach seems like a bad idea. Don't get me wrong, I love the dude and wish he was coming here...as an analyst. He is way too old to be a position coach. I can't imagine he has the energy for the modern recruiting grind.

With all due respect and deference to the septuagenarians on this board, of course. But dude should be playing golf and chasing grand kids, not convincing 18-year-olds to move to Tucson. 

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Totally. Hiring a guy who was drafted by Nick Saban, coached by Dan Quinn, worked under Bo Davis for three years, has eight years of experience coaching the position in college, has recruited the stat

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I will douse BurntOrange&White and BillFromLakeTravis in gasoline and set them on fire to retain Bo Davis while getting rid of Terry Joseph. 

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He left A&M.

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Js1

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5 minutes ago, Park Gothic said:

Even having him as the DB coach seems like a bad idea. Don't get me wrong, I love the dude and wish he was coming here...as an analyst. He is way too old to be a position coach. I can't imagine he has the energy for the modern recruiting grind.

The age thing is a concern 

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5 minutes ago, BornAndRaised said:

Nansen is in San Clemente with PK this morning. I'm less concerned but also I guess it stands to reason he's gonna do his job until the very last minute.

If they're hiring Brennan, I don't understand any concern.  Do we really think he's going to quit the job and then just go back to the same job a week after getting a higher paying job at Texas?  Does he have any relationship with Brennan?

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1 minute ago, Richter said:

If they're hiring Brennan, I don't understand any concern.  Do we really think he's going to quit the job and then just go back to the same job a week after getting a higher paying job at Texas?  Does he have any relationship with Brennan?

Relationship with Brennan no. However its been heavily rumored he just wanted out from under Fisch and would take his old role to be play caller.

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24 minutes ago, BornAndRaised said:

Relationship with Brennan no. However its been heavily rumored he just wanted out from under Fisch and would take his old role to be play caller.

AND punk his old buddy Sark?  The AZ reporter is as bad as Looch and Fat Ketch - wait are they really all the same person with different headshots?  

Anyway, I feel pretty confident that a coach who has had his own system for a few years did not just accept his job at UA with a contingency/idea to re-hire the DC whom he has no relationship with.  

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6 minutes ago, horny_gunman said:

AND punk his old buddy Sark?  The AZ reporter is as bad as Looch and Fat Ketch - wait are they really all the same person with different headshots?  

Anyway, I feel pretty confident that a coach who has had his own system for a few years did not just accept his job at UA with a contingency/idea to re-hire the DC whom he has no relationship with.  

Fair points.

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50 minutes ago, Chuckie Finster said:

This guy REALLY wants to make Nansen happen.

 

12 minutes ago, horny_gunman said:

AND punk his old buddy Sark?  The AZ reporter is as bad as Looch and Fat Ketch - wait are they really all the same person with different headshots?  

Jason Scheer is totally not fetch

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10 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

Dammit I was looking forward to Akina in an analyst role. I was excited all the way from my chest pubes down to my ball fro. 

I wouldn't trust anything those Arizona guys are saying, they have been wrong about everything so far.

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Yes, Brennan’s DC at SJSU has been working alongside him since their days at Oregon State.  So let’s ditch him for the geriatric analyst because the kids are twittering about it.    Definitely don’t trust their insiders, they’re fucking horrendous at actual thought

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24 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

I wouldn't trust anything those Arizona guys are saying, they have been wrong about everything so far.

They are just losing their minds that Fisch left for UW and they may lose a bunch of kids to the portal.

Cope harder.

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2 minutes ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

tOSU officially hires Bjork as AD!

I’m not sure whether to rejoice at the probable impending demise of Ohio State football or mourn over the possibility that atm gets lucky on its next AD hire. Any word on whom they’ll target? 

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13 minutes ago, Chili dog said:

I’m not sure whether to rejoice at the probable impending demise of Ohio State football or mourn over the possibility that atm gets lucky on its next AD hire. Any word on whom they’ll target? 

From Texags:

With Bjork's potential departure, some names to watch as potential replacements are Arkansas AD Hunter Yurachek and Missouri AD Desiree Reed-Francois. Both have had fundraising success and broad success in the SEC. Yurachek in particular has built Arkansas into an AD that punches well above its weight in Football (this year notwithstanding), baseball, T&F, and basketball. I don't know many programs that do more with less.

Del Conte would also be a great get from Texas but doubt that is realistic. He was a clear homerun hire for them from TCU a few years back.

Bowtie!

Who does John Sharp want? Because that is who we will hire.

We should see what Saban is up to.

Hunter Biden
An unconventional pick, but it would elevate Sharp in some circles.

Throw $$$ at the Bama AD. He's ready for a challenge..

Talk to Kirby Hocutt at TT. Has his fingers into a lot of responsibilities nationally that would maybe strengthen our position in a lot of areas.
At least explore the thought with him and if he is interested, go forward. Then again, tell John Sharp to stay out of the discussion.

What about Mac Rhoades at Baylor?

I withdraw my name from consideration.
Respect my decision.

Why don't we make Jimbo do the job? we're paying him anyway

Apparently, they are clueless at this point....TBD.

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10 minutes ago, Chili dog said:

I’m not sure whether to rejoice at the probable impending demise of Ohio State football or mourn over the possibility that atm gets lucky on its next AD hire. Any word on whom they’ll target?

I mean, they have to make Roger Goodell say "no" right?

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26 minutes ago, Chili dog said:

I’m not sure whether to rejoice at the probable impending demise of Ohio State football or mourn over the possibility that atm gets lucky on its next AD hire. Any word on whom they’ll target? 

It' doesn't matter. The institutional rot at A&M goes beyond the AD position. Eric Hyman (A&M's AD from 2012-2016) did an illuminating interview on the subect: https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/mac-engel/article174596706.html

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That Contract was signed on his watch, so “it’s his fault.” No contract in college football these days has generated as much scrutiny and criticism as the one handed to Kevin Sumlin when Eric Hyman was Texas A&M’s athletic director. In December 2013, Sumlin signed a six-year, $30-million extension. Guaranteed. With A&M coming to AT&T Stadium on Saturday to play Arkansas, it’s assumed that Sumlin is coaching for his job after a board member called for him to be fired after the Aggies’ embarrassing 44-43 loss to UCLA in the season opener.

Was That Contract Hyman’s decision? “No. I had nothing to do with it,” Hyman told me in an interview on Wednesday morning at a Starbucks near his home in Fort Worth. “I have done this job a long time and I don’t blame Kevin Sumlin. If someone is going to give you $5 million a year for six years, it would have been stupid of him to turn it down,” Hyman said. “But the contract was given to me, and it was ‘This is what we are going to do.’ I looked at myself and I was stunned.

“I had no say so over it. I’ve been doing this job for a long time. I had worked with Steve Spurrier for years, and he was paid a heck of a lot less than Coach Sumlin. And he won national championships after conference championships. And then you are making this commitment to a person, and again I don’t blame Kevin, that’s never won a conference championship. When the original contract was given to me, if Kevin were to leave the next day there was no buyout provision.”

Is this a case of an ex-athletic director covering his behind with revisionist history? On this one, no. Given Hyman’s history of how he handled coaches and costs plus A&M’s history of an “active board,” his explanation is plausible. But why would A&M give Sumlin such a deal when there was no need? “Because people didn’t know what they were doing,” Hyman said. “I learned this valuable lesson when I was at VMI (Virginia Military Institute), what the 12th Man Foundation is, or the Frog Club, or whatever.

“I learned this as a young, 33-year-old athletic director: VMI people are brilliant. They come to a meeting in a three-piece suit and they leave their brains at home. There are some schools that are more than that; A&M, to a certain extent, had more people like that. They would say things and do things that are mind-boggling.”

Throughout his career, Hyman was close to the vest in his dealings with the media, so it’s equally mind-boggling for him to say this on the record. He is 66, and essentially retired. The former AD at VMI, Miami (Ohio), TCU, South Carolina and Texas A&M is a bit looser with his thoughts. What he said about A&M, where he was the AD from 2012 to 2016, is troubling. Someone within that power structure should at least acknowledge they are part of the problem.

Hyman didn’t necessarily always make people happy in his stops at TCU or South Carolina, but the results speak for themselves. Both athletic departments improved dramatically after his arrival, including A&M’s. He was at TCU from 1997-2005. We spoke, on the record, for about 10 minutes and focused mostly on A&M.

You have a legacy at TCU and South Carolina; do you feel like you have one at Texas A&M?

I wasn’t there long enough. We tried to implement some programs but at A&M they managed the activities, they didn’t manage the results of what we were trying to do.

What does that mean?

They were in the day-to-day activities of athletics. If you want to hire an athletic director you have to let them do their job.

Who is they?

The leadership of the university.

Do you regret taking the job?

There are some things that I felt because of my ethical standards I was not a good fit. I felt if I had to do it again, I would probably do a lot better job of researching it.

The myth surrounding the expansion at Kyle Field is that it was done on the back of success of Johnny Manziel. Is that true?

It was already done. When I got there, before Manziel won the Heisman Trophy, a lot of work had already been done. The road map was in place. Did Johnny make it easier? Sure. No question. Because of the success and notoriety. When I got there, I think, most people were apprehensive about the SEC. Most people felt they were not sure how well they were going to do. Johnny flipped the thought process and gave them a boost of confidence.

Can A&M in the SEC be successful and sustain it?

It’s a tough league but if look at historically, what A&M has to do is not shoot itself in the foot. Yeah, I think the potential is there. My reservations about taking the job was the 12th Man Foundation and how involved they were in what you were doing. I thought they were fantastic.

What were those reservations?

I had heard they ran athletic department, which was just a rumor. When I got into it, that was my biggest surprise. The quality of people was terrific.

Did you enjoy your time at A&M?

Parts I enjoyed and parts that I did not. There were situations they did not let the athletic director do their job. People there wanted to run the athletic department and not let the athletic director do it. It was so political. Because of that it’s made it difficult to achieve of what you wanted to do. I laid out, in the interview process, what I wanted to do to do what a successful athletic department does. I didn’t deviate from that. That’s what I tried to do. When I got into the situation, that was not true.

They told you what you wanted to hear?

Well, Dr. (Bowen) Loftin was the president, and then he was asked to leave. At that point in time, it was Katy bar the door.

Are you hopeful or concerned about the future of A&M athletics in the SEC?

If they allow the people to do the job, they can be very successful. They’ve got people there that want to be the athletic director. They micro manage.

Do you think that is a common problem at other large, Power 5 state schools?

You have the presidents more wired than they used to be, because of the visibility and because of the money that is involved. Some schools, probably so. It just varies. But the ones I’ve talked to, none are like Texas A&M.

Do you miss the profession at all?

EH: Parts are I do miss, and parts I am ecstatic I’m not there any more.

What do you miss?

The connection with the student-athletes. Some of the coaches. That’s why I did the job — to make a difference on a person’s life.

What don’t you miss?

The political-ness. You have it everywhere, but some of the shenanigans that went on.

Do you still like college athletics?

It’s changed a lot.

That’s not an answer.

[Laughs] It’s a lot different than when I first got into it. And I don’t know that I am the best person for college athletics, the way my values are.

Do your values have a place in college athletics?

I would hope so, and some places more than other places. What I stand for, what I think is right. I understand you have to win but you want to win with class. But you have to make the main thing the main thing, and that is the student-athletes, and we can’t lose sight of that. We are losing sight of that. It’s more professional than it is true college athletics. They are more professional. It’s more of a professional sport than a college sport.

Does that apply across the board or just two sports?

Just a couple, but to a certain extent the other ones, too. These people have to have time off. They don’t. Now there are some that don’t want time off because they want to go to the Olympics. I understand that. Part of college is the experience of being able to connect with other college students, not just football players. Not just basketball players or track athletes. It’s a chance to be able to meet other people and the chance to grow from that. I think college athletics has gotten more isolated.

If a 22-year-old student comes to you and says they want to be you and be a Power 5 college AD, what do you tell them?

I’d say have a lobotomy first.

 

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31 minutes ago, Chili dog said:

I’m not sure whether to rejoice at the probable impending demise of Ohio State footbal

Ryan Day can enjoy his 10 year guaranteed contract if they beat Michigan next year. 

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8 minutes ago, Tex-19 said:

Wtf is tOSU thinking? I can't believe ATM's luck getting bailed out of their shit AD like that

 

4 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said:

Maybe the problem was not the AD.

After reading the article satya shared above, it sounds like the problem A&M has... is being A&M.

Which I've said before, but here's a handful more data points.

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18 minutes ago, Tex-19 said:

Wtf is tOSU thinking? I can't believe ATM's luck getting bailed out of their shit AD like that

I’m thinking I should be a AD, I can’t do worse than Bjork and you still fall upwards.  (Insert cat I should be AD meme)

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1 hour ago, DanTheHorn said:

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40 minutes ago, WBT said:

July 1st?  Over 5 minths to recruit aggy coaches

This is even more hilarious. Bjork has 5+ months to be a lamer at ATM, continue to irritate people while recruiting people. 

The other great thing about July 1 is that Smith isn't doing shit at Ohio State from here on out. It's his *earned* thank you tour through the end of baseball season. Bjork coming in playing from behind and being a general idiot is a good move for anyone rooting against Ohio State, which we should all be doing. 

Anyone worried about ATM getting an AD pick right should get off the toilet and stop squatting to pee. They'll probably hire someone "from the inside" just as a reflex from having outsiders not please them. That would be hilarious and long-lasting. 

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