Vollifer1949
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Dabo is in his mid 50s and has a near top tier contract with Clemson that runs until 2031. I'm doubtful aTm wants to hire a guy on the downslope of his career.
Kiffin will "Gundy" Ole Miss for a raise, but he can coast in Oxford and hope Bama or the NFL calls him in a few years.
It's Elko, for me, who can recruit the area, knows aTm and the quirks there, and might help keep the portal from destroying their roster. It's a "stop the bleeding" hire for them and a step up for him in his career. He won't cost a fortune either.
any chance they go back to the Big 12 after Texas joins the SEC?I'm not so sure the Aggie fanbase would be placated with Elko right now
To get them to comply, quite frankly a few big names will have to turn down A&M very publicly.
Texas joining next year has put the Aggies in a position of dread and foreboding. They are at risk of quickly being excised back to little brother status-and they know it. They are not beating the Longhorns on and off the field by 2025, time might as well be turned back to 2008 in College Station.
Hiring Elko may very well be the best move the school can make long termd. Would they win much for a few years though? Probably not and to A&M it seems that is a fate worse than death.
Fate has determined that the Aggies have to make a splash hire NOW to keep their fanbase at bay. Funny thing is that the Jimbo hire was a luxury for them in 2017. Now they don't have a choice even after that massive failure on the books.
any chance they go back to the Big 12 after Texas joins the SEC?
They could hire Urban today, though, and haven't. The sooner they fill the head coach job, the less "bleeding" they'll do in the portal and recruiting.There's one name they wouldn't be afraid to chase given their penchant for seeking coaches with history...
Urban Meyer.
The dust has settled on his last issues. And let's face it, if they hired Petrino, they'd hire Urban in a heartbeat.