It’s year 3 man. I’m not expecting SEC championships but what win this year made you think that we’re really headed in the right direction? Or that you were proud of? A&M maybe??? We’re likely going to be embarrassed in all 4 of our losses. I like Heupel, but as many have stated, the mistakes and total lack of effort are not representative of a program trending toward exceptional things.
I wouldn’t say that’s all that matters. The way in which we lost this year is a red flag. It just is. He can still recover for sure, but it’s going to require a shift in philosophy, coaching and player personnel. He’s such a loyal/stubborn coach that I’m not sure he’ll make the necessary adjustments in time. I’m really hoping he does bc I like him as a person and as a coach.
Yes, but he did a phenomenal job at A&M while he was there. 1956 Southwest Conference Champions two years after the Junction Boys 1-9 team, including beating Texas in Austin. Outside of 1954, his record was 24-5-2. Add in a Heisman trophy winner in 1957.
Barring some kind of really unique circumstance (e.g., an extreme amount of success in a short period, or a school who has an extreme amount of coaching turnover), it is hard to say a coach who stayed 4 years at a school is the greatest coach in that school's history. If Bear Bryant didn't go on to do what he did at Alabama, there's no way you're saying he's the greatest coach in A&M's history.
Lane already told you the reason and it isn't limited to Ole Miss: 1 5 star vs 24 for UGA. How many other programs have even 10 5 stars that play Georgia? Look at how Darnell Wright performed and when we lost him to the NFL what are we left with? 1 5 star who's currently 2nd string. Recruiting is the lifeblood of any program. You can only pull so many rabbits out of a hat until they see you don't have the horses. You don't have to have all 5 stars but it certainly hasn't hurt Bama. You do have to have a number of 4 stars that are good. Hopefully, we'll get there but it isn't going to happen next year probably either. Look what happened when we lost McCoy, Haden, Thorton. That's just 3 players, where's our equivalent 2 stringers? We don't have them. The guys are doing the best they can, but hard to replace that talent lost unless you have quality recruits, 2-3 deep like Bama/GA.
1) You seem to assume that apparently, if Bear Bryant stayed at A&M, he forgets how to coach. I very plainly stated "If he doesn't return home when "Mama (i.e. Alabama) called...". Yes, he may have been a total failure after '57, but the last three years he was there, he won at an 80% clip. While it is not guaranteed he would have become the legend he did (after all, he might have gotten run over by a log truck), I doubt very many knowledgeable folks about college football believe he would have not become a legend at A&M if he had remained.
