I expect we will make a solid hire at AD

But most also thought Fran was a solid hire and it was disastrous

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Loftus led us into the SEC, and we thought the world was ending when he left for Missouri (which turned out to be disastrous for him, but great for us). It caused us to hire Young,

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So what you're saying is that it was an awful decision since it led us to Young got it.

Loftin was a ****ty college president. Making weed hand signs and moving the sports don't make up for his failures everywhere else

Tango_Mike said:

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Loftin was a ****ty college president. Making weed hand signs and moving the sports don't make up for his failures everywhere else

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I don't know if Loftin was good or bad as president but damn he was great at PR because everyone on Texags believes that he is the reason we are in the SEC. What I do know for sure is that the president of Texas A&M does not have the power or authority to make that kind of decision. That kind of thing happens way above his pay grade.

I like winning in sports. A lot. Especially in the big three. But I'd have to go back to Frank Vandiver to find a Univ Pres that doesn't bother me greatly from an A&M culture standpoint. And back to McKinney for the same reasons as chancellor. I know these comments will bother the globalist millennial types here on the board.

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Bob Gates was the best president since Earl Rudder.

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Not so sure about that... football-wise.

double aught said:

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Bob Gates was the best president since Earl Rudder.

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The self described "agent of change" that brought us the Fran era? Uhhhm, no

Did he hire sumlin?

StickTogetherAgs said:

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Miss Dr. Loftin a lot. He was the best b/c his 24/7 mission was to always do what was best for A&M.

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Yep. Too bad sharp ran off Loftin , Jason cook, Scott Woodward, and Johnny's last year.

Loftin showed how incompetent he is at Mizzou with his handling of the poop swastika. With that level of leadership and the dip in the schools brand and admissions why yall idolize loftin is mind boggling.

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Fran was a mistake. But anyone else would've made the same mistake. Aside from that, I don't judge a university president based solely on a football hire. Nor should you.

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This is Texags we will assign credit to whoever we choose. Blame however will always fall to Sharp.

StickTogetherAgs said:

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Miss Dr. Loftin a lot. He was the best b/c his 24/7 mission was to always do what was best for A&M.

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Plus, he could do the dougie or the bernie.

JDCAG (NOT Colin) said:

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I think if you told people that Jimbo would be at A&M for the rest of his career, 99% of the lamentations would cease.

People have decided that Jimbo is a puppy dog that has no choice but to come when called and that he's out just as soon as LSU can justifiably can Ed O.

I don't think Jimbo leaves unless we stop giving him what he wants and needs.

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While this is probably true with or without Jimbo on board Sharp is still an egotistical jerk.

JDCAG (NOT Colin) said:

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I think if you told people that Jimbo would be at A&M for the rest of his career, 99% of the lamentations would cease.

People have decided that Jimbo is a puppy dog that has no choice but to come when called and that he's out just as soon as LSU can justifiably can Ed O.

I don't think Jimbo leaves unless we stop giving him what he wants and needs.

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He will get what he wants as long as he consistently puts a good product on the field. He may take a step backward, but I think most of the rational among us would be accepting of that (even this upcoming season).

This is what so many seem to forget about the Fran hire. At the time it was almost universally agreed upon that it was a home run hire...outside of a handful of RC apologists who whined about it.

PanzerAggie06 said:

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This is what so many seem to forget about the Fran hire. At the time it was almost universally agreed upon that it was a home run hire...outside of a handful of RC apologists who whined about it.

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Panhandle Slim comes to mind.

That guy was off the charts when it came to RC Delusion Syndrome.

It's amazing to me how the RC lovefest has managed to grow over the years. When he was canned, and rightfully so, the vast majority in Aggieland were dancing in the streets. Now we hear how he's "beloved" and "worshipped" by Aggies.

PanzerAggie06 said:

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That guy was off the charts when it came to RC Delusion Syndrome.

It's amazing to me how the RC lovefest has managed to grow over the years. When he was canned, and rightfully so, the vast majority in Aggieland were dancing in the streets. Now we hear how he's "beloved" and "worshipped" by Aggies.

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RC was a great defensive coach who started his career as a Freshman team coach and began his rise......then this......

The Peter Principle is an observation that the tendency in most organizational hierarchies, such as that of a corporation, is for every employee to rise in the hierarchy through promotion until they reach a level of respective incompetence.

However he will do well in this hopefully temporary position.

RC was a good coach and was great for us. He is beloved. Just because we fired him doesn't mean he wasn't good for a time. He did what we needed at that time.

At some point, he stopped being able to progress the program. A lot of that was the facilities. He was asking for them, but he wasn't getting the investment from the University. Still, the Gulf Coast Offense wasn't going to get it done in post 90's college football.

His defenses were suffocating and great, but even those started to wain in the last couple of years because he wasn't recruiting the talent. Tell me if I'm wrong, but I think Brian Gamble was the only defensive player that amounted to anything after the 1998 run. We couldn't capitalize.

Either way, good for him. He'll be a good interim AD.

55-99 said:

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RC was a good coach and was great for us. He is beloved by some. Just because we fired him doesn't mean he wasn't good for a time. He did what we needed at that time.

At some point, he stopped being able to progress the program. A lot of that was the facilities. He was asking for them, but he wasn't getting the investment from the University. Still, the Gulf Coast Offense wasn't going to get it done in post 90's college football.

His defenses were suffocating and great, but even those started to wain in the last couple of years because he wasn't recruiting the talent. Tell me if I'm wrong, but I think Brian Gamble was the only defensive player that amounted to anything after the 1998 run. We couldn't capitalize.

Either way, good for him. He'll be a good interim AD.

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Fixed it for you.

"Loftus led us into the SEC, and we thought the world was ending when he left for Missouri (which turned out to be disastrous for him, but great for us). It caused us to hire Young, who hired Woodward, who hired Jimbo and Buzz among other good things."


1. Loftin served as the point guy but there was a cast of thousands calling the shots.
2. It takes more to be president than walking around campus all day and talking to students.

Kind of ironic isn't it that Sharpie ran off two of the most influencal people in Texas A&M history, yet he is still hired by our university.

2. It takes more to be president than walking around campus all day and talking to students while taking selfies with students (bold is my addition)

Loftin did what Perry and Sharp told him. When they didn't need him anymore they ran him off. They forgot he knew where the bodies were buried so they had to pay him mightily to keep his mouth shut.

The same Bob Gates that implemented the stupid policy allowing freshmen to remove F grades from their GPA?

RC was one of the first to tell us we were falling behind in the facilities game and he didn't get adequate support in time to
Keep up on the recruiting game. Had he been
Listened to by the AD and the BMA's
Earlier I think A & M could have avoided a decade of football mediocrity.

Having said that, I feel like he was behind the eight ball in understanding the changes in offensive approach that were needed to compete in the 21st century game.

Well, the decade plus of football mediocrity was not helped by the hiring of two of his boys....Sherm and Sumlin. And no reasonable person can deny that RC most likely played a significant role in bringing those two on board.

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I don't think Jimbo leaves unless we stop giving him what he wants and needs.

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Apparently no one here has any time for your logic.

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Bob Gates was the best president since Earl Rudder.

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Pssh. And he was the worst since Lawrence Sullivan Ross.

You might be right but whoever was coaching would have done better with more attractive facilities to help compete on the recruiting trail. RC was right about that.