BREAKING Mike Elko, not Mark Stoops, is New Texas A&M Head Coach (updated)

[braggtd]

Actually a safe hire. Not sure what he can do at College Station. Feels like their Shula hire tho.... I suspect they will stay Texas 8&4 for awhile.

 

[CajunCrimson]

Elko apparently has agreed to be the next Aggie coach

 

[dabamafan]

The guy can coach. He may not be able to navigate the egos , but he can coach.

 

[teamplayer]

At some point, the firing and hiring process of coaches becomes a "dance of the lemons"! Coaches are fired for bad performance, only to be hired by another school.

It is very comical how the higher ups and big pocket boosters at these universities keep getting played by these agents. It's also very sad how our society prioritizes these forms of entertainment.

 

[DzynKingRTR]

He has lost a lot of close games, so I guess 8&4's thinking is with money and more talent he might actually beat those average ACC teams?

 

[4Q Basket Case]

Hmmmm…..
Signed Jimbo Fisher to a 10-year, $95 million, fully guaranteed contract after the 2020 season.

Less than three seasons later, fire Fisher and pay a buyout of over $75 million.

Get turned down by multiple candidates.

Offer Mike Stoops. Then withdraw the offer because of backlash from fans.

Hire Mike Elko away from Duke. Yes….Duke.

Sounds like a saga from Auburn.

 

[TideEngineer08]

Hmmmm…..
Signed Jimbo Fisher to a 10 year fully guaranteed contract after the 2020 season.

Less than three seasons later, fire Fisher and pay a buyout of over $70 million.

Get turned down by multiple candidates.

Offer Mike Stoops. Then withdraw the offer because of backlash from fans.

Hire Mike Elko away from Duke. Yes….Duke.

Sounds like a saga from Auburn.

They are an even more cultish group than Auburn, with tons more money.

 

[TexasBama]

 

[LittleLexi]

Fire a 7-5 coach just to hire another 7-5 coach.

 

[rolltide_21]

The irony in this situation is, the way I understand it, Jimbo ran off Elko as TAMU DC.

 

[CrimsonBloodn62]

Fire a 7-5 coach just to hire another 7-5 coach.

And 7-5 in the ACC, and expect him to do better than that in the SEC. The joke is on aTm.

 

[TexasBama]

The irony in this situation is, the way I understand it, Jimbo ran off Elko as TAMU DC.

We put 38, 47, and 52 on them when he was DC

 

[BamaFanInTally]

Maybe the bellwether for Elko is to win at least one SEC road game in the next two years.

 

[B1GTide]

We put 38, 47, and 52 on them when he was DC

To be fair, you were doing that to everyone.

 

[Joefus]

This really bums me out. Elko is a solid coach. What he did at duke was pretty incredible. I didn’t think he’d leave duke by the way he was talking all year but it would appear it was just talk. He’s gonna do well there I think. If they give him space to operate

 

[ReturnToGlory]

Winning at Duke is fairly impressive. And aTm will have better talent to pick from. But not sure how much better they will be.

 

[B1GTide]

Winning at Duke is fairly impressive. And aTm will have better talent to pick from. But not sure how much better they will be.

It is more impressive to win at UK, since UK plays in the SEC, and apparently the boosters hated that plan.

 

[Padreruf]

Obviously he had some "boosters" @ TA&M who wanted him back. Going to be interesting to see if he can climb the mountain...

 

[BamaMoon]

I’m more perplexed aTm thought Mark Stoops was the answer in the first place. Sure, he has won at Kentucky, but at the same time…has he really?

I think Mark Stoops is exactly the kind of coach they need and they weren't smart enough to see it.

What's he's done at KY with less fan support, $$$ and platform is amazing IMO.

He could build a powerhouse at ATM with the style of play he's implemented at KY. It might be CNS 2008 2.0 type stuff but he could win a lot of game with that in the SEC right now.

 

[crimsonaudio]

This really bums me out. Elko is a solid coach. What he did at duke was pretty incredible. I didn’t think he’d leave duke by the way he was talking all year but it would appear it was just talk. He’s gonna do well there I think. If they give him space to operate

Because texas 8&4 has shown the ability to do this.