quote:Originally posted by Waffle:quote:Originally posted by Ken Guthrie:
Knowing the coaches at A&M on a personal level, I would say give it more than 1 year for evaluations. Let "their" recruits come in to tell the story.
It always amazes me to see people critique something they know so little about. Rob Childress did have head coaching experience and Matt Deggs is as good as they get.
But I guess that doesn't matter, it's easier to bad mouth something than it is to find out the facts.
I should have said that Childress did not have any head coaching experience at any 4 year institution (D1, D2, D3). He did have 1 (one) year at a local Jr. College; otherwise, he has been an assistant. Forgive my omission....but the point remains the same: he has had precious little experience running a program as the top guy. That doesn't make him a bad guy (nor does it make him a bad baseball guy)...one just wonders if that makes him the guy to run a program in the Big 12.
As far as Matt Deggs goes, I am sure you have a personal relationship with him, like him, etc. By the same token, he is 'touted' as an offensive coach. You'd have to look pretty far to find a D1 school who had a worse offense last year than Texas A&M. They had 1 guy hit better than .300 (a transfer from Sam Houston who hit .308). Their offense was anemic.
I hope you don't mind those facts. Sometimes it is easier to put on rose colored (maroon colored?) glasses than face the facts....
Again, wait until they have players to work with that they have recruited.
What makes you think that Childress and Deggs could turn a team around that struggled in years before their tenure. For the most part, same team, not their selected players. And by the way, that transfer SS... a DBAT guy. Oh, and Sulentic and Kershaw signees....DBAT guys.
Talk to me in 5 years. Unless, that is, your still complaining about the blueberries in your WAFFLES.
Peeking over my sun glasses regards,
KG