re: Dan Campbell not a candidate for A&M per Dennis Dodd

It's been two days and their fans are starting to panic.

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I always felt we wouldn't fire Jimbo without knowing who would come next. I never felt we would burn $100 million without a plan. Apparently, that is what has happened. Many of what should be our top targets are publicly pulling themselves out of contention. I don't think our decision-makers expected this.

My solution to this problem is unconventional. Emotion and pride need to be taken out of the equation. Our players are paid. This is a business now.

We need to bring back Jimbo. He is getting paid, so he has to come back. The consistency of retaining him will protect our roster from the portal and keep our excellent recruiting class intact. Talent trumps everything now in cfb and this matters more than our collective ego.

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I’m not referring to Campbell in particular

I was referring to the reality that the money isn’t there

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I always felt we wouldn't fire Jimbo without knowing who would come next. I never felt we would burn $100 million without a plan. Apparently, that is what has happened. Many of what should be our top targets are publicly pulling themselves out of contention. I don't think our decision-makers expected this.

My solution to this problem is unconventional. Emotion and pride need to be taken out of the equation. Our players are paid. This is a business now.

We need to bring back Jimbo. He is getting paid, so he has to come back. The consistency of retaining him will protect our roster from the portal and keep our excellent recruiting class intact. Talent trumps everything now in cfb and this matters more than our collective ego.

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I always felt we wouldn't fire Jimbo without knowing who would come next. I never felt we would burn $100 million without a plan. Apparently, that is what has happened. Many of what should be our top targets are publicly pulling themselves out of contention. I don't think our decision-makers expected this.

My solution to this problem is unconventional. Emotion and pride need to be taken out of the equation. Our players are paid. This is a business now.

We need to bring back Jimbo. He is getting paid, so he has to come back. The consistency of retaining him will protect our roster from the portal and keep our excellent recruiting class intact. Talent trumps everything now in cfb and this matters more than our collective ego.

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This is objectively hilarious.

I love it

Our fans are used to a faction of boosters having a replacement lined up the moment a coach is fired because that’s how it’s always happened with us (and it clearly hasn’t worked). The dumber part of our fanbase doesn’t understand that other, smarter athletic departments actually vet candidates and interview them.

We’re A&M, so we could clearly frick this up, but I’m choosing to look at us conducting an actual search as a positive for the time being. And I think a lot of our fans feel the same way.

They seem to be in a mood this morning. You hate to see it

So a guy that has a long-time underperforming NFL team leading their division and becoming a real threat to go deep in the playoffs, isn't going to bail for a college job?

Total surprise there.

Why would anyone would leave the NFL for a college job especially when you’re coaching one of the best teams in the league currently. The life of a professional coach is 10x better than that of a college coach. You don’t have to recruit, coach spring ball, and especially, don’t have to deal with dumb 18-22 year olds

Campbell would kill it in College Station. Glad, he isn't interested.

Belichek hasn’t denied interest.

Interesting…….

Positive signs of smarter decision making. They’ve handled the Jimbo firing and promoting a Elijah Robinson pretty well so far…