Billy sealed his fate with his Arkansas dance. There was just too much smoke there to believe that it was anything other than a mutual infatuation. Even though Arkansas didn't get him, it put him in a situation where he HAD to leave. The stories of him cutting his own deal back in January would have eventually surfaced, and angry Arkansas boosters would have made sure that all the details of the early contact were made public. He had burned his bridges at A&M and he knew it. It was just a matter of time until players and fans saw the smoke. After Tubby left Kentucky, Billy knew he was going to one of two places: Kentucky, or to the vacancy left by the coach who went to Kentucky, but there was absolutely no doubt that he was going.
Finding out about the flirtation with Arkansas was like discovering that your wife had been banging the stock boy at Wal-Mart. There are a lot of things that can be forgiven, but that ain't one of them. He had to go, and he did us a favor by leaving on his own. The list of character flaws he has demonstrated in this whole episode is so long that we have to feel that we have dodged a bullet with his departure. His life focus is so narrow, I doubt he even comprehends just how many ethical boundaries he obliterated in his single minded quest for ego gratification.
Politics and religion are full of people who do the same thing Billy did: They believe their cause is so righteous, their goal so noble, that any means are justified in attaining that goal. Lying, cheating, and stealing are no longer sins in the bizzarro world of someone who is so pathologically devoted to a single pursuit. That's why we should just move on and bring in a great coach to continue building the program. As a coach, it will be hard to find better than Billy. As a man, you could walk into any fast food joint a find a half dozen candidates who would qualify.
Billy did a remarkable job, but he didn't do it for A&M or its fans or alumni. He did it for Billy. Let's find a coach with more balance in his life, one who can truly buy into the Aggie Spirit and is emotionally and psychologically capable of being part of a family. We didn't have that with Billy. We will have it with the new coach.
Finding out about the flirtation with Arkansas was like discovering that your wife had been banging the stock boy at Wal-Mart. There are a lot of things that can be forgiven, but that ain't one of them. He had to go, and he did us a favor by leaving on his own. The list of character flaws he has demonstrated in this whole episode is so long that we have to feel that we have dodged a bullet with his departure. His life focus is so narrow, I doubt he even comprehends just how many ethical boundaries he obliterated in his single minded quest for ego gratification.
Politics and religion are full of people who do the same thing Billy did: They believe their cause is so righteous, their goal so noble, that any means are justified in attaining that goal. Lying, cheating, and stealing are no longer sins in the bizzarro world of someone who is so pathologically devoted to a single pursuit. That's why we should just move on and bring in a great coach to continue building the program. As a coach, it will be hard to find better than Billy. As a man, you could walk into any fast food joint a find a half dozen candidates who would qualify.
Billy did a remarkable job, but he didn't do it for A&M or its fans or alumni. He did it for Billy. Let's find a coach with more balance in his life, one who can truly buy into the Aggie Spirit and is emotionally and psychologically capable of being part of a family. We didn't have that with Billy. We will have it with the new coach.
