When a new coach is brought in, the expectations for immediate results from the fan base have nothing to do with the actual factors the coach is facing. I'm sure he wants to win as much, if not more than even the most die hard fan. Starting over, teaching 85 scholarship kids and 20 walkons a new system a challenge, especially with the 20 hour college rule. The coaches that have their system in place, and they're not teaching every kid the entire system.
Three NCAA DI Coaches in their first 5 seasons.
Coach A
Coach B
Coach C
All three coaches struggled in their first 5 years. They are all in a highly competitive conference. One of these coaches was gone after that 5th year.
The other 2 coaches were kept, and stayed at their university.
Coach A
Coach B
Who are these men?
Coach A
Coach B
Coach C
Does that mean to say that Fran deserved to be fired? No. But perhaps that consistency with 3 head coaches in 7 years is going to severely retard the program at Texas A&M. Who is to say in year 6 or year 7 that Fran wouldn't have taken the program to the level of Ku and Mizzou?
A&M was set for 8 wins because of the schedule and consistencies. Instead, they're in a complete rebuild mode that will may lead to 4 victories. 2 rebuilds in 6 years.
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Fran couldn't have changed that fact that we have no OL, no TE, no WR, and no LBs. Yeah, the new schemes aren't helping, but 8 wins under Fran would be a stretch.
-Ol Jock
True, but you have to realize you wouldn't have 5 guys on the line learning something new. While they wouldn't be as good as last years, they wouldn't be as bad. This season was slated for 8 wins under Fran. With the change, it's completely tearing everything down to the foundation. If Sherman is the guy, they need to stick with him.
Perhaps, but lack of talent is lack of talent. I don't think any of us realized just how nasty things would be in those key positions.
But I agree, barring anther $1200 newsletter, we need to keep Sherm around for a while.
Sadly, Aggie football isn't in a good place AT ALL, and it is going to take a while to recover.
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