If you read this, then you'll actually understand why A&M struggles before it gets deleted, because in my experience it's 50/50 about being able to talk about real problems on this site without certain things getting banned. And I'm not going to be hateful or anything, just honest.
A&M has a marketing problem that hurts it's ability to attract top coaches and even players at times.
Some things it can't control, it's not in a major city in Texas or the US. That's fine, you can actually live without that in college sports.
But some it can. However, A&M has an old school attitude about change. In some ways it's like trying to get your parents to understand that a new form of music sounds good, because they think it's the devils work.
New coaches have tried to bring changes to help with the marketing: Jimbo got a DJ - we love it. Walk out to Power under Sumlin - we loved it. Schloss got dancers, Spirit of Aggieland after the 3rd - we love it. He wanted a great stadium - i bet it would have been amazing. Coaches don't just want a good team, they want a program that is marketable. They want a game day atmosphere that helps their team win and brings in the best recruits. The top coaches want the best across the board or good luck trying to get them.
Top Marketable issues:
Fans can't boo in Kyle. Honest to God someone get an opinion from Kirby Smart about that. I think it would almost be unanimous that top coaches would want their fans to be able to put pressure on refs with booing, maybe even intimidate them. How can you put pressure on the sec for better reffing when your fans barely even show their frustration? This is a disadvantage that A&M operates with. Some coaches may even feel it's a big one. Certain schools go so far as to throwing water bottles to get calls and then everyone forgets.
I could actually name at least 3 huge ones that hurts A&M sports. But I'll stop there, but it's a marketing problem. The cultural problem is we don't have the leadership to see the long term consequences of it. Once fan support dries up from losing, it will be too late and the rebuild will be much bigger. I think that's where it's headed though.
A&M has a marketing problem that hurts it's ability to attract top coaches and even players at times.
Some things it can't control, it's not in a major city in Texas or the US. That's fine, you can actually live without that in college sports.
But some it can. However, A&M has an old school attitude about change. In some ways it's like trying to get your parents to understand that a new form of music sounds good, because they think it's the devils work.
New coaches have tried to bring changes to help with the marketing: Jimbo got a DJ - we love it. Walk out to Power under Sumlin - we loved it. Schloss got dancers, Spirit of Aggieland after the 3rd - we love it. He wanted a great stadium - i bet it would have been amazing. Coaches don't just want a good team, they want a program that is marketable. They want a game day atmosphere that helps their team win and brings in the best recruits. The top coaches want the best across the board or good luck trying to get them.
Top Marketable issues:
Fans can't boo in Kyle. Honest to God someone get an opinion from Kirby Smart about that. I think it would almost be unanimous that top coaches would want their fans to be able to put pressure on refs with booing, maybe even intimidate them. How can you put pressure on the sec for better reffing when your fans barely even show their frustration? This is a disadvantage that A&M operates with. Some coaches may even feel it's a big one. Certain schools go so far as to throwing water bottles to get calls and then everyone forgets.
I could actually name at least 3 huge ones that hurts A&M sports. But I'll stop there, but it's a marketing problem. The cultural problem is we don't have the leadership to see the long term consequences of it. Once fan support dries up from losing, it will be too late and the rebuild will be much bigger. I think that's where it's headed though.