Pumchavas28
01-09-2008, 10:17 AM
Just read their thoughts on the Hire of Mike Sherman.... They gave A&M the lowest Rating out of all the hires that have taken place... A&M recieved a 2, while everyone else recieved a 5 or better....:bored:
http://www.coacheshotseat.com/CoachingChangesAnalysis.htm (http://www.coacheshotseat.com/CoachingChangesAnalysis.htm)
UPDATED: January 2, 2007
Coaches Hot Seat Coaching Changes Analysis
We are going to evaluate every coaching change this season, and in addition to our Commentary we are also going to have two ratings on the coaching changes. The first one is our Quality of the New Hire rating which is based on a 1-10 scale, with 1 being an Unmitigated Disaster and 10 being a Home Run! Our second rating is the Opposing Coaches in the school's conference on how they feel about the new hire and the thought of coaching and recruiting against the new coach. The Opposing Coaches ratings will break down as:
Loving It! - Not good for the hiring school
Doesn't Matter - Neutral for the hiring school
Damn! - Great for the hiring school
Texas A&M
Fired - Dennis Franchione
Hired - Mike Sherman
Commentary
When you go 32-28 in 5 seasons at Texas A&M you should be fired. Forget the "Secret VIP Newsletter" which was only window dressing to the main reasons that Franchione was sent packing. Franchione was a bad hire by A&M from the word go, and we surely thought that A&M would hire someone that would change a football culture that is badly in need of change. Which brings us to Mike Sherman, who was hired to be the next head coach at Texas A&M today. If you have ever entered your house and thought that something was just not right, then you know how we feel about Mike Sherman. Something just doesn't feel right about this hire, and that is always a very troubling feeling. Many of us felt the same way when Bill Callahan was introduced in Lincoln, and John Mackovic at Arizona, and both of those hires were unmitigated disasters. Yes, Mike Sherman is a nice guy, and he did have a nice run as head coach of the Green Bay Packers (on the arm of future Hall of Famer Brett Favre many would add), but he is not the right hire for Texas A&M at this moment in time.
Standing on Kyle Field leading up to a Texas A&M football game is not only a very special thing, it is pretty damn near a religious experience, and in so many ways embodies all the best in America. First you have the Corps of Cadets (http://www.aggiecorps.org/), and then the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band (http://www.aggieband.org/), and always there with a passion unequaled anywhere else in this game are the Aggie fans (http://www.aggieathletics.com/facilities.php?FID=7). The lead-up to an A&M football game could bring tears to the hardest of men, and swell up the heart of even the most cynical American. The Aggie War Hymn, the Ballad of the Green Berets, and the theme to Patton (http://www.fightmusic.com/big12.html) fill the air and the thought crosses your mind for a moment that you just might suit up and hit someone. Anyone with a heart cannot help but stand in amazement and awe as the A&M football team enters Kyle Field and the Aggie Nation rises up in support of it's boys, and it is that very passion of the Aggie Fans that so badly needs to be harnessed by an A&M head football coach. Not in our memories has any coach at A&M been able to lasso up the power of Kyle Field and direct it towards the opposing team, and that is a mighty force that has been very badly misused. This is the problem we have with Mike Sherman, who is little different than his predecessors, Franchione, Slocum, and Sherrill. At the very moment that A&M needed to strike and hire a change agent that could bring passion and fire to Aggieland, along with uniting the fan base and alumni, Mike Sherman shows up at the podium. What really is the point in replacing Franchione with another Franchione, and that is why we think this is a terrible hire for A&M, and one which we feel will lead to another coaching change within 4 years in College Station. We fervently hope that Mike Sherman proves us wrong, because there are coaches we cannot help but root for, Ron Zook and Ty Willingham come to mind, and we do hope that Sherman and Byrne makes us look foolish. Finally, it really is unbelievable that Mike Sherman is being allowed to finish the NFL season as the Houston Texans offensive coordinator, when he should be devoting all of his time to his new job in College Station. Does anyone really believe that the Texans need Sherman to finish the season for a last place team, who has a head coach in Gary Kubiak who was an offensive coordinator with the Denver Broncos for 11 seasons? Not only was the hiring of Mike Sherman a mystery to us, the fact that Texas A&M is allowing him to continue coaching with the Texans defies all explanation.
Quality of the Hire: 2
Opposing Coaches: Loving It!
Coaches Hot Seat Bottom Line - Mike Sherman is a terrible hire for Texas A&M.
http://www.coacheshotseat.com/CoachingChangesAnalysis.htm (http://www.coacheshotseat.com/CoachingChangesAnalysis.htm)
UPDATED: January 2, 2007
Coaches Hot Seat Coaching Changes Analysis
We are going to evaluate every coaching change this season, and in addition to our Commentary we are also going to have two ratings on the coaching changes. The first one is our Quality of the New Hire rating which is based on a 1-10 scale, with 1 being an Unmitigated Disaster and 10 being a Home Run! Our second rating is the Opposing Coaches in the school's conference on how they feel about the new hire and the thought of coaching and recruiting against the new coach. The Opposing Coaches ratings will break down as:
Loving It! - Not good for the hiring school
Doesn't Matter - Neutral for the hiring school
Damn! - Great for the hiring school
Texas A&M
Fired - Dennis Franchione
Hired - Mike Sherman
Commentary
When you go 32-28 in 5 seasons at Texas A&M you should be fired. Forget the "Secret VIP Newsletter" which was only window dressing to the main reasons that Franchione was sent packing. Franchione was a bad hire by A&M from the word go, and we surely thought that A&M would hire someone that would change a football culture that is badly in need of change. Which brings us to Mike Sherman, who was hired to be the next head coach at Texas A&M today. If you have ever entered your house and thought that something was just not right, then you know how we feel about Mike Sherman. Something just doesn't feel right about this hire, and that is always a very troubling feeling. Many of us felt the same way when Bill Callahan was introduced in Lincoln, and John Mackovic at Arizona, and both of those hires were unmitigated disasters. Yes, Mike Sherman is a nice guy, and he did have a nice run as head coach of the Green Bay Packers (on the arm of future Hall of Famer Brett Favre many would add), but he is not the right hire for Texas A&M at this moment in time.
Standing on Kyle Field leading up to a Texas A&M football game is not only a very special thing, it is pretty damn near a religious experience, and in so many ways embodies all the best in America. First you have the Corps of Cadets (http://www.aggiecorps.org/), and then the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band (http://www.aggieband.org/), and always there with a passion unequaled anywhere else in this game are the Aggie fans (http://www.aggieathletics.com/facilities.php?FID=7). The lead-up to an A&M football game could bring tears to the hardest of men, and swell up the heart of even the most cynical American. The Aggie War Hymn, the Ballad of the Green Berets, and the theme to Patton (http://www.fightmusic.com/big12.html) fill the air and the thought crosses your mind for a moment that you just might suit up and hit someone. Anyone with a heart cannot help but stand in amazement and awe as the A&M football team enters Kyle Field and the Aggie Nation rises up in support of it's boys, and it is that very passion of the Aggie Fans that so badly needs to be harnessed by an A&M head football coach. Not in our memories has any coach at A&M been able to lasso up the power of Kyle Field and direct it towards the opposing team, and that is a mighty force that has been very badly misused. This is the problem we have with Mike Sherman, who is little different than his predecessors, Franchione, Slocum, and Sherrill. At the very moment that A&M needed to strike and hire a change agent that could bring passion and fire to Aggieland, along with uniting the fan base and alumni, Mike Sherman shows up at the podium. What really is the point in replacing Franchione with another Franchione, and that is why we think this is a terrible hire for A&M, and one which we feel will lead to another coaching change within 4 years in College Station. We fervently hope that Mike Sherman proves us wrong, because there are coaches we cannot help but root for, Ron Zook and Ty Willingham come to mind, and we do hope that Sherman and Byrne makes us look foolish. Finally, it really is unbelievable that Mike Sherman is being allowed to finish the NFL season as the Houston Texans offensive coordinator, when he should be devoting all of his time to his new job in College Station. Does anyone really believe that the Texans need Sherman to finish the season for a last place team, who has a head coach in Gary Kubiak who was an offensive coordinator with the Denver Broncos for 11 seasons? Not only was the hiring of Mike Sherman a mystery to us, the fact that Texas A&M is allowing him to continue coaching with the Texans defies all explanation.
Quality of the Hire: 2
Opposing Coaches: Loving It!
Coaches Hot Seat Bottom Line - Mike Sherman is a terrible hire for Texas A&M.