TEXAS A&M
The Texas A&M Aggies spent a ton of money this offseason to bring coach Jimbo Fisher over from Florida State.
They also shelled out some serious dough for Fisher’s assistants, hoping to make the Aggies a team to reckon with in the ultra-competitive SEC West.
For a big school in Texas, football is always king, and one new assistant — CB coach Maurice Linguist — went as far as to say he thinks the Texas A&M job is the best job in the country (via 247Sports):
“The 12th Man, the pride and tradition of Texas A&M football, it doesn’t take you too long – I think from five miles away you can see Kyle Field down on Highway 6,” he said. “You understand … the support system that’s here; how much Texas A&M football means to people. You think about the tradition of all the elite coaches and all the elite players that have been through Texas A&M, the championships, the Wrecking Crew.
“The SEC conference — which is the best conference in America. Playing against the best every single weekend — the demands that go into it, the time you’ve got to put into it, the competitive factors that are involved in playing in this conference. All those factors involved, I really believe that this is the best job in America.”
Obviously, the Aggies have some work to do to live up to Linguist’s expectations, and he’ll play a big part in it as he tries to improve the team’s secondary.
However, if the Aggies become more competitive under Fisher, the team could indeed become a landing spot for even more top recruits and assistants.
I think Texas A&M is a great job, but this guy doesn’t seem to know much about the history. The championships? The elite coaches? Where is he getting that from? It’s all about the potential.
We’ve had a few elite coaches. Maybe not recent(hopefully now), but LSU should know all about R.C. lol
RC was easily the best y’all had. I followed his career because of his time at McNeese, my hometown school. He beat LSU so bad we cowardly cancelled the series. He never has a team that finished in the top 5 though. Definitely a true gentleman.
A&M’s competitive challenge in the SEC West is bad enough, but realistically they are still, and always will be, competing against the Longhorns in-state. They had a great window of opportunity after joining the SEC and beating Bama in their first year to take advantage of UT being down. Instead, Sumlin waffled his way through several 8-win seasons and now UT appears to be rebuilding the roster under Herman – they cleaned up in this last recruiting cycle and he inherited some good young talent from Charlie Strong. The last thing the Ags need is to be battling Bama, Auburn and LSU on one front, and a resurgent Texas program on another. We’ve read for several years that Texas is ready to rise again, only to see them roll to a .500-ish record. This year may be different.
lol Calm down closet sip, they haven’t rebuilt anything. They’ve always had talent. Don’t pretend that it’s due to lack of talent. When was the last time tu was outside of the top 10 in recruiting? The narrative has been the same for tu since they lost Brown, they’re “rebuilding their roster”. Nope every coach they’ve gotten has been vastly overrated; it shows when you lose to Kansas and Maryland. Stop the nonsense.
Wow – you’re reading a lot more than I wrote. At best, I’m ambivalent about UT. Just making an observation that A&M constantly battles two fronts. What did I say that twisted your panties? It seemed pretty objective to me.
My response was to:
“now UT appears to be rebuilding the roster under Herman – they cleaned up in this last recruiting cycle and he inherited some good young talent from Charlie Strong…. Texas program on another. We’ve read for several years that Texas is ready to rise again, only to see them roll to a .500-ish record. This year may be different.”
Now read my actual response, and ask yourself was it really that hard to understand?
And that’s “nonsense”, and makes me a “closet sip”? This is where the laughing-hysterical-tears emoji would be inserted if SDS allowed it.
It is nonsense if it’s the same narrative they push every year and it doesn’t come to fruition because of lackluster coaching. Definition of insanity much?
Save your emojis.