jturner181 said:
He does not check most of the boxes Ross outlined... so I would say long term, no, he will not be the face of Texas A&M.
However, I do think he could continue to contribute, be part of the new staff, and grow into a bigger role.
Well stated. He's my choice. If he doesn't have Coordinator experience, that's a plus. He'll be smart enough to be cautious enough to hire Coordinators who can actually perform their job and excel at it. A real CEO opportunity and a fellow that can execute it. He has enough experience in being associated with how not to do things. I say give him a shot.Gyles Marrett said:
Anyone that says no to this doesn't understand how valuable and quality of coach E. Rob is. Just because he works on Fisher's staff it's unintelligent to just tie him to Fisher. We've given the guy a raise every year afraid he's going to leave for a DC job or a head job. Last season we did so and made him Associate Head Coach title.
He is the recruiting talent on our staff. Wasn't Jimbo. His position group is the championship level group on our team. Most importantly in college football coaching which is often overlooked is the players absolutely LOVE this guy. Many have referred to him as a father figure. Players on that team would take a bullet for the guy. Players want to play for a guy like that. 100% guarantee you if you asked the team they'd be completely behind him as the hire and you'd likely see a lot less transfer.
Hire him as head coach, he's a defensive mind so let him decide which direction we go with DC and go find an exciting and talented OC that will know now that he has full control of the offense which they all knew they wouldn't when Jimbo was making the OC search.
If you don't understand that he should get very very strong consideration and just think we need to go dump another truck load of cash to some other established name you really don't understand anything about Elijah Robinson as a coach.
