Bob McKinley brought a hell of a lot to the table - great playing experience, great reputation for developing junior players, great coaching reputation in general and just a terrific reputation overall in the tennis community nationwide.

I think A&M's success of attracting top US players is directly attributable to Bob.

Bob's retired so what direction does the program go from here with an assistant ?

I think US recruiting falls off with the loss of Bob. If I were going to hire the assistant, I'd look for a great recruiter -
probably a former NCAA All-American ( preferably foreign) who couldn't quite make it on the tour or is just coming off the tour who has great foreign connections and is looking to make a career in college coaching.

So my fellow Aggie tennis fans - describe the qualifications of whom you think we should be looking for.

It goes without saying Slick Rick's top criterion is no tu ties. What about everyone else ?

As average as Denton has done, it would have been far worse without McKinley. I actually have a lot of respect and admiration for McKinley. If it is not a big hire, it will be a definite drop to the program!

Needs to be somebody young and a go getter with good international connections. Not so sure how many more good Americans will keep choosing Texas A&M over other programs. Why would they? Facilities are further and further behind every year. What does A&M have that other schools don't? There are plenty of coaches out there as well that are as good or better than a 60 year old man who is embarrassingly overweight. Doesn't sound that appealing to a lot of kids from places like California and Florida where they mostly come from.