I think we'll see much more player development under Sherman than we EVER did while Fran was here.

Key word here is THINK.

I bet most of us think and fear that this is true.

But there's a difference between thinking and knowing.

Well yes, for sure. I have already seen it with several of the freshmen. He will get the job done, we are just so lacking of talent its not funny.

Fran is less pear shaped. I know this because I was standing beside him in the press box at the BU-OU game. Hes still a tool.

yes

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-It's a Jungle out there kiddies, have a very fruitful day-

What btread said. We wouldn't have seen the development of Hunter or the transition of Miller to LB under Fran... and that's just for starters. (no pun intended! )

hes not that bad

"They had a job to do, and no one did it better. They were the 12th Man. They were Texas A&M. They became a legend."

Possibly worse.

He is sloppy. Fran was a perfectionist.

They are both bad coaches.

People up here are laughing at us and calling him the "Texas A&M John Blake".

I honestly don't know what to think of this guy right now.

There are lots of signs you see that make me think that he's going to get fired within 5 years, but I also think that the coaching at times looks much better than Fran's stuff and if Sherman can sign talented players then maybe he could be successful here.

I think by Thanksgiving of year 3 we're all going to know one way or the other if he's going to work out here. I'm not saying he'll be fired then, but the fans will know if he's headed in that direction or headed towards greatness.

he can't recruit like blake

Hell, no. Give the man a little time.

Five years was too much time to give to Fran, but Sherman's only been here for five GAMES. Five bad games, yes, but I'm reserving judgment until year 2.

100% behind Sherman. Stop throwing our coach under the bus after 5 games. Aggies are better than that.

Cut the crap guys... all of it.
Give the man a chance to atleast infuse some talent in this team, and accept that we are rebuilding. by the way everytime I hear "aggies are better than that..." it makes me wanna choke on my own vomit

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he can't recruit like blake

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As bad as the 06 & 07 classes might end up being, Fran still recruited better than Blake did as HC.

Blake left Stoops 4 NFL draft picks. Sherman inherited more than that.

Not looking encouraging at all right now. Remeber we were forced to take "spot the chump 101" with professor Fran for five years, so 5 games in and the similarities in performance and lack of cohesiveness are mounting, perhaps at a faster rate at this point. There simply is no progress after MANY MONTHS, not just five games!

One thing Im sure of, this guy is nothing to write home about!

Its my belief that Fran created a ton of neurotic thinking and behavoir in the players. Theres a lot of evidence of that from how the players related to the fans and how Fran related to everyone. And what we're seeing now is that being exorcised which when totally gone is going to lead to the team coming together and a new purpose and clarity in the team. Thats my story and i'm sticking to it.

the simplest answer is most often the correct one.

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Fran and Sherman are both mediocre coaches. We have recruited decent talent over the past five years. The solution to winning is to get a proven coach at the college level (proven X's and O's and proven recruiter), somebody like Pete Carroll, Bob Stoops, Nick Saban, Urban Meyer, etc. Back in the day when we hired Jackie Sherill from Pitt, he had won a national championship with Tony Dorsett and Dan Marino. Nobody thought that we could lure a coach of his caliber, but we got it done. (Note: We targeted Bo Schembechler of Michigan first, and went after Jackie second.) It is time for us to go find our next Jackie!

At one time I believed in Fran.

yes, I feel he is

BBQ!