Robinson vs Dabo/Orgeron Situations

If it ends up that A&M hires Robinson and people try to use the Dabo and O hirings/success as the reason to justify it, they really aren’t looking at this clearly.

First off O ha d previous head coaching experience (albeit historically bad) in the SEC, then had two stints as interim for the bulk of the seasons and had his teams beat legit opponents.

Robinson beat an FCS school and will have coached one FBS game as an interim.

Dabo had coached 7 games as interim and was 4-2 vs P5 teams in his stint as in interim.

Dabo’s extended success had more to do with keeping his OCs and DCs long term. That doesn’t happen in most cases because good coordinators like Venables don’t stick around that long. Since his coordinators left, Dabo has been mediocre. Shocker.

Now, is A&M willing to give Robinson 6 years to build his championship program like Dabo got? He won his first title in his 7th year post interim stint, so his second contract.

O inherited a great defensive coordinator and once he left, the team fell apart. He sold his soul for one year (2019) but he had experience coming in as a HC.

Robinson could be closer to Stewart at WVU after Rich Rod left. Bringing down what Rich Rod built and a disaster because he won a bowl game and the players loved him.

Be careful what you wish for A&M.