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

selmaborntidefan

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Any different than hiring the head coach at 7-5 Kentucky?
no, although I think we both agree it's probably more difficult to win seven games in the SEC then it is in the ACC. But I'm trying to process the idea that they had a alumni get up upset about hiring the Kentucky guy and went and hired the Duke guy instead.

i'm guessing that that dream of Pete Carroll coming down from the NFL or something like that was always a pipe dream. they'll probably tell you that Bill Belichick has always said that college station is his dream job.
 

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FYI- Blast from the Past: Trooper Taylor was the running backs and "associate head coach" with Elko at Duke this year. Still waving towel on sidelines during games. Don't be surprised if you see him again when ATM comes to T-Town next yr. (My bad, I don't think we play them next year).
 
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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.
Ky is not a high school football Mecca -- you have to recruit Ohio, WVA, and even Tennessee among others to get enough linemen. You have to take a chance on some players who are on the edge, academically or otherwise, in order to compete. To put out a quality team and win more than you lose in the SEC is quite an accomplishment.

He's not a "pretty boy" but if you put him at a school like A&M there's no telling what he could do. He puts out tough, hard-nose teams that will usually fight to the finish. I lived in Ky during the Fran Curci days and other than CPB I don't know that they've had a better head coach. Certainly not Bill Curry...
 
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Just saw a vid of the Elko PC with them doing the swaying/arms around each other thing. So embarrassing!

The only thing that rises to this level of embarrassment is calling the hogs at Arkansas.
 
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Well, when at least four other coaches on your list turn you down, even the scraps looks tasty.

I do not fear Elko at all. Stoops would have concerned me a bit.

TAM has a joke of a schedule next year, it going to be tough to see how good this guy is until it's too late and the search starts all over again.
 
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