Comments on: A&M, ISU paying the price

By: Kris

Kris — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 05:18:39 +0000

Berry, thank you for the post. RC was a victim of his own success — people got used to having a Wrecking Crew and being ranked every year and thought firing RC would solve everything. I was one of the few people who could not believe we were going fire RC to “go to the next level.” It seemed most people not at A&M thought it was rediculous, but many Aggies thought they were too good for Slocum and they got to prove their point. The issue became personal to people, they actually grew to hate him like an angry mob (see the brilliant post above — yes, forget beating #1 OU and #2 Nebraska his last years and lets focus on all the big games we have won since firing him). What a total disaster. Yea we went to the next level alright, about 3 levels down. Firing RC was not only stupid because it effectively dismantled a program that took years to build up, but it showed that A&M does not value loyalty and character in a coach anymore than the next school. Sherman is on the right track to get us back to where we were in the 90′s, it’s just too bad we had to waste 10 years to go in one big circle.

By: Jay Goode

Jay Goode — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 01:40:42 +0000

I knew that Fran-she-phony was a phony when the Aggies played Pitt that first season. I feel vindicated upon reading this. However, I don’t think anyone in Clogged-Brains Station will listen. Now we have (un)Sherman. We will continue to suffer until Sherman and “Dollar” Bill Byrnes are gone.
Jay Goode
Aggie class of ’70
Plano, TX

By: anthony zink

anthony zink — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:46:16 +0000

I would the aggies lose, than keep loser slocum. All he every did as a coach is lose against a major school, or lose his bowl game. I say good riddance to that loser.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:00:48 +0000

You could add Nebraska’s firing of Frank Solich, followed by the Bill Calahan debacle, to that list. Granted, the Huskers made a bowl game last year, but the program suffered a dip in quality.