I’ll never be able to understand why A&M has been so bad over the last couple years. Good recruiting an all the money in the world. I guess Jimbo has gotten complacent.
I'm going to go slightly opposite on your take. I don't know where all the hype from A&M came from.
I mean who do they and everyone else think they are?
They were never more than a middle tier B12 team. They were a mid-tier team with Sherman, Sumlin.
They're a mid-tier team with Jimbo.
I just don't know why they and everyone else thought Jimbo was going to roll in from a weak ACC and do much in the best football division.
They're not a destination program. They have to compete with Texas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Baylor, Tech, SMU, Houston plus the SEC big dogs just for their own home-grown talent. Forget going out of state and trying to use name/brand when they're not even a big enough name and brand in their own home.
They don't have a big national brand name/identity. Forget Oklahoma and Texas when they were B12...Mike Gundy and OSU I feel were and still are bigger names/brands and more attractive to play for. Baylor and Tech for a hot minute were as well.
This isn't on Jimbo. He proved he can coach and win at a high level. This is on the aggies for thinking they're a top tier SEC school when they were never even in the hunt in the B12.
They drug him down. He should've stayed in the ACC and kept on at about a 10–12-win pace and occasional play off sniff. His only competition was Dabo.
