How the pine box left Lubbock ....
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From what I can find, it was a little controversial for the time. He had been 11-1 at Pitt the previous 3 years and left because he demanded to be associate athletics director for football at Pitt and was denied that by the school. He then turned around and signed the most lucrative contract in college football with Texas A&M.
There's a lot more to it, you can find articles about it through Google. It seemed to ruffle the college football media feathers at the time.
There's a lot more to it, you can find articles about it through Google. It seemed to ruffle the college football media feathers at the time.
What are you talking about? He was 67-48-2. Took us to 6 bowls games. Had a great career at State.
I would love to see more elite recruits go the way of a couple of college basketball players in the last few years and not sign an LOI. Just sign financial papers and thats it.
That LOI is effectively the STUDENT ATHLETE giving up any power they had.
Compare that to an elite STUDENT.
That student can have a handful of colleges come after him or her and offer full rides. That student can commit to a college and back out later on. The college has spent time working to convince that student to attend their school, and the student can at any time back out.
Yet for some reason, a student athlete must sign that LOI and be forced to attend the school regardless of if the circumstances change?
There is a reason why year after year ADs release recruits from their LOIs. -They are total BS and after enough vocal outrage, the ADs realized they shouldnt force players into attending their school if the player doesnt want to.
Even the ADs get it, so why is it still required and why are you still trying to argue such an antiquated position?
And in the few times over the last handful of years when an AD has refused, they have been lit up for it. Destroyed in the media. And rightfully so since they are trying to force a student athlete into either attending their university or waste 25% of their college eligibility by attending elsewhere.
Sure. A GREAT career.
If by great career you mean allowing players to sport shiny new rims all over Starkville. And, of course, that whole Madkin/daughter thing. But other than that, absolutely. GREAT CAREER.
If by great career you mean allowing players to sport shiny new rims all over Starkville. And, of course, that whole Madkin/daughter thing. But other than that, absolutely. GREAT CAREER.
So give us some more details on this chief. I am going to assume this is just repeating some ******** rumor you guys created, but lets hear it.
That is such ********... I honestly hate the transfer rule even though I understand why it's in place. It doesn't make sense to withhold players like that when they're not getting paid, but coaches can depart where ever they choose with no penalty. And saying that an athlete should go to a school because of his love for a university is too unrealistic.
A lot of these kids aren't in a fortunate position where some of the only worries they have is wondering how well their school's football team is doing. And even if they are, to most of them, even though they're young, they're looking at a lot of aspects as far as which university is best for them and what they have to offer to hopefully give them the opportunity to play on Sundays.
Sure... a majority of them will not make it, but I'm not one to look down on thoughts like that and try to make it harder for them just because they didn't attend a school for the same reason you did.
A lot of these kids aren't in a fortunate position where some of the only worries they have is wondering how well their school's football team is doing. And even if they are, to most of them, even though they're young, they're looking at a lot of aspects as far as which university is best for them and what they have to offer to hopefully give them the opportunity to play on Sundays.
Sure... a majority of them will not make it, but I'm not one to look down on thoughts like that and try to make it harder for them just because they didn't attend a school for the same reason you did.