My personal opinions:
I've learned that after a very long decade of this losing crap at A&M, you alternate between being pissed and being numb!
For example, starting in 2001, RC and Tim signed 7 four/five star athletes and UT signed 21 four/five star athletes.
When they signed in Feb 02, among the 21 top talented athletes, UT had 6 five star athletes and A&M had 4 two star athletes. 3-1 advantage UT.
Then for 2002, UT signed 12 four and five star athletes and A&M signed 6 in Feb 03. 2 to 1 UT advantage.
Now, from 2001 thru 2008, UT has averaged, each and every year, signing 14 four and five star athletes while A&M has averaged only 6!
Over a 2 to 1 advantage UT for the whole decade!
Finally, in November 07, Byrne started replacing our 10 man coaching staff. Their resumes show that of those hired, they cumulatively, for the last five years, had recruited a total of 2 (two) four star recruits! A hiring disaster!
The new staff led us from a potential top five recruiting class, down to a 16th ranking.
We had some 11 decommits the past year, several at the last minute, for various reasons, including 6 four star athletes to schools that included UT, ou, osu, and isu!
Recruiting included head to head losses and grade risks not to be learned about until this next fall.
Our defensive coordinator bails after one month, after reportedly remarking in Houston , that the talent level wasn't what he expected!
A&M has zero commits two weeks after their junior day and UT already has 6 of the cream of crop athletes in Texas committed, and probably will be in double digits by next weekend.
We fired one athletic director and one head coach early in the decade, we still suck 5+ years later and those directly responsible still get their contracts renewed?
And nobody at A&M seems bothered by this status quo of decade long sucking?
Given the resumes, recruiting results for last year and now 09, we're inexperienced and hence lacking .
Some of our coaches have lived in and/ or recruited Texas the last few years, so it's not like they don't know the high school coaches and players?
A couple of coaches that had committed 3 four star athletes each this past year were not retained?
A&M had offers out to most of UT's 09 commits and expected commits. Our coaches are not competitive.
There is no reason to expect anything but disaster in recruiting and on the field this year? And if immediate changes aren't made, A&M will continue second rate status for years to come!
Would you like to know what is really bothering me?
Numb and po'd.
miller58
