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Your prediction for A&M's next head coach - call your shot now
Posted on 11/21/23 at 4:14 pm
Posted on 11/21/23 at 4:14 pm
Screw the insiders and flight trackers, what does your gut tell you?
I'm gonna say Jeff Traylor from UTSA gets the job. He's the safe hire, is well-respected, and won't require a 10 year $100 million contract. I just don't think Aggie wants to do that again.
I'm gonna say Jeff Traylor from UTSA gets the job. He's the safe hire, is well-respected, and won't require a 10 year $100 million contract. I just don't think Aggie wants to do that again.
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Posted on 11/21/23 at 4:20 pm to dcw7g
Jedd Fisch or Jeff Traylor is my guess.
Posted on 11/21/23 at 4:20 pm to dcw7g
Willie Fritz
Posted on 11/21/23 at 4:21 pm to dcw7g
While it's gotta be a hail mary hire for Bjork to keep his job, I don't think they go for the splash hire coming off the Jimbo debacle. Some of Bjork's public comments indicate that they're planning to mine the Group of 5 for their next coach, so...if it's not Traylor it's Fritz from Tulane. My prediction is one goes to aTm and one goes to Moo State.
Posted on 11/21/23 at 4:24 pm to dcw7g
Elko seems too conventional of a choice, but it still makes a lot of sense once a few choices say no or get shot down.
Posted on 11/21/23 at 4:26 pm to misey94
I think the odds it’s Elko are a lot higher than Traylor. It obviously won’t be Willie Fritz
Posted on 11/21/23 at 4:29 pm to NorthshoreTiger76
larry fedora
Posted on 11/21/23 at 4:36 pm to misey94
Regarding Mike Elko. I get the connection but am I the only one not really buying the hype?
Duke had a lot of preseason/early season hype based off beating a bad clemson team and have lost 5 of their last 7 games.
He went 9-4 last year. Solid but not any better than cutcliffe did there yet Cutcliffe was never up for a job like TAMU.
His wiki has his defensive stats on it too. He had one season where TAMU was a top 10 defense which was the covid year. Otherwise it was 34, 30 and 20. Solid numbers but not spectacular. DJ Durkin is doing just as good.
Just seems like a lot of people are calling him the "smart" hire but I just see it as pretty underwhelming.
Duke had a lot of preseason/early season hype based off beating a bad clemson team and have lost 5 of their last 7 games.
He went 9-4 last year. Solid but not any better than cutcliffe did there yet Cutcliffe was never up for a job like TAMU.
His wiki has his defensive stats on it too. He had one season where TAMU was a top 10 defense which was the covid year. Otherwise it was 34, 30 and 20. Solid numbers but not spectacular. DJ Durkin is doing just as good.
Just seems like a lot of people are calling him the "smart" hire but I just see it as pretty underwhelming.
This post was edited on 11/21/23 at 4:37 pm
Posted on 11/21/23 at 4:40 pm to Adam Banks
It’s a fair question to ask if we’d be considering him if he hadn’t just coached for us
He inherited a significantly different situation than Durkin did roster wise I’ll say
He inherited a significantly different situation than Durkin did roster wise I’ll say
This post was edited on 11/21/23 at 4:41 pm
Posted on 11/21/23 at 4:41 pm to dcw7g
Elko
Posted on 11/21/23 at 4:41 pm to WestCoastAg
Bob Stoops
Posted on 11/21/23 at 4:43 pm to dcw7g
Lane Kiffin
Posted on 11/21/23 at 4:46 pm to ShaneTheLegLechler
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He inherited a significantly different situation than Durkin did roster wise I’ll say
I can buy that part of it.
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It’s a fair question to ask if we’d be considering him if he hadn’t just coached for us
If Duke was sitting there 8-3/9-2 Id feel very different if I was an Aggie fan. As it is they squandered away a lot of momentum for the program and are on the verge of a .500 season.
It just feels like everyone has spoken Mike Elko to TAMU after Jimbo gets fired for so long in the media that it seems inevitable.
Posted on 11/21/23 at 4:52 pm to Adam Banks
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Duke had a lot of preseason/early season hype based off beating a bad clemson team and have lost 5 of their last 7 games. He went 9-4 last year. Solid but not any better than cutcliffe did there yet Cutcliffe was never up for a job like TAMU.
Cutt let that program fall off a cliff, especially in recruiting, his last two seasons. Elko walked into what looked like a significant rebuild at a place where it’s historically very difficult to win.
As for this year, the QB injuries really derailed their season.
Posted on 11/21/23 at 5:10 pm to tigabait01
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Lane Kiffin
While my prediction is Traylor, this would be my first call if I was A&M. He'd be more expensive than Traylor, but I don't think he'd require a 10 year contact. 5 years and $60 million might do it. I think he's making around $9 mil at OM now. As an LSU fan, I don't want Lane at A&M, though they'd have to worry about Bama calling in a few years if he had any success.
Posted on 11/21/23 at 5:13 pm to dcw7g
Promote Bobby
Posted on 11/21/23 at 5:20 pm to dcw7g
No idea who’ll they will take but Drinkowitz would have to tell me no 5x
Posted on 11/21/23 at 5:27 pm to misey94
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Cutt let that program fall off a cliff, especially in recruiting, his last two seasons. Elko walked into what looked like a significant rebuild at a place where it’s historically very difficult to win.
As for this year, the QB injuries really derailed their season.
All of this. I think the guy they started against UVA is a true freshman, and that game was really the only bad loss they've had; the schedule has been tough.
There was a report on here a few days ago that said the Michigan State job was Elko's. If that was even remotely true, I think Jimbo getting fired threw a wrench into things.
Traylor to A&M sort of feels like Napier to LSU. Seems like his people are trying to force his name into the conversation, and get local media to talk him up. I think he's more of a backup option if A&M strikes out on the rest of their list, which I doubt they will.
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