I was very against hiring Jeff Traylor. But curiosity got me to listen to a few of his interviews and coaching mic'ed up videos on YouTube

My observations:
- he has a Dabo vibe to him. It's an east Texas AF version of it but there is something similar
- "I need to look at what our players strengths and weaknesses are and adapt our approach from there. I would not force something that is or there" - paraphrasing when he took UTSA job. I think this fits our current roster well for the near term
- I have several friends in the high school coaching ranks and they all RAVE about him. When he talks about his Texas HS connections it's real.
- Because of connections and our NIL I am pretty sure he would dominate tu in recruiting. The coaches would vouch for him over Sark and try to push out of state coaches for him. I do think he needs Elijah on staff for out of state but he would likely own Texas
- A performance based contract with him could work very well
- This is not a coach who has already peaked in his career. I'm tired of us going for coaches post peak. He will peak here or somewhere else. Is it a national title peak? No clue but he has brighter days ahead
- if we were in the Big 12 or SWC I would be very confident he would do very well. SEC is a different animal and this is where the risk comes

Is he my favorite candidate? No, he IS risky. But I'd be willing to take the risk and try it for 2-3 seasons and see what happens especially with a performance based contract in place

Uhhhhhh Nooo…..

I'm not converted.

Nope.

Lol


Can we quit being idiots & just go hire Elko or Schumann?

Your first reason is a vibe? I bet you check your horoscope everyday.

Take it to the Mississippi State board and they can hire him.

Just recruiting Texas well isn't enough.

It Aint Easy Being Brown said:

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Lol


Can we quit being idiots & just go hire Elko or Schumann?

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Why hire a .500 coach? No upside to him.

Wasn't he really bad about negative recruiting towards us while at Texas?

I have a buddy that coaches on the Austin Westlake staff. He had very high remarks about Traylor.

I did specifically ask him this. I know Traylor's HS connections probably help him uncover that 2-3star prospect way out in Andrews or Big Spring, but that's not who we're recruiting. I asked my buddy if he'd be able to recruit Desoto, Duncanville, North Shore, etc and he said he'd be able to. Take it for what it's worth…

Bring n WOOD said:

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Uhhhhhh Nooo…..

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This.

No

It would be unwatchable and we'd all go thirsty avoiding the water cooler at work all the time.

lol we already do that

rebelAg02 said:

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I was very against hiring Jeff Traylor. But curiosity got me to listen to a few of his interviews and coaching mic'ed up videos on YouTube

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if we should have learned anything from jimbo it's that talk is cheap.

It Aint Easy Being Brown said:

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Lol


Can we quit being idiots & just go hire Elko or Schumann?

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Schumann couldn't even beat out lanning at Georgia for the DC

I'm out on Traylor but being from the heart of East Texas keep my name out ya mouf

I just actually read OP post after the ET hat….you make some good points….still out but definitely good points

I'm starting to suspect that Traylor is paying random people to post good things about him online.

I'm sold on Traylor. His recruiting acumen would translate outside of Texas and I'm confident he would build a staff that would be capable of national reach as well - the fact that he could tap into top Texas HS talent with hi connections and reputation is a huge bonus.

We could do far worse - Lanning ain't coming, Meyer's just a notch higher on the scumbag pole than Briles, and Kiffin would be fit like a square peg in a round hole at A&M and in Texas. Not opposed to Elko, but same risk level as Traylor in my estimation.

I'm on the Traylor with you.

My post will get deleted, but whatever. Mob rules here and they hate the guy.

Who gives a sheat

I'm not really understanding his draw to recruits. What's his pitch, "I used to be a HS coach, so come play for me?"

What am I missing?

What kind of staff can he put together along with the proper S&C coach?

I'm stunned how anyone with any semblance of football knowledge could have watched his game last night and think that offense will work in the SEC. As I mentioned last night, it's a gimmick and not serious college football.

PA24 said:

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..reminds me of BCG coming out of N.M.


Think he will be the guy.

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Yeah, except BCG came out of UTEP. Hope you're wrong about both

ChessieHuntingAg said:

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I'm not really understanding his draw to recruits. What's his pitch, "I used to be a HS coach, so come play for me?"

What am I missing?

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He likes to talk about BBQ and calls it Beast Texas, that's about it.

ChessieHuntingAg said:

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I'm not really understanding his draw to recruits. What's his pitch, "I used to be a HS coach, so come play for me?"

What am I missing?

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What was briles' pitch? And we don't need much of a pitch with our NIL. We just need a coach who can promise to coach them up and develop talent after they take the money.

Give me Taylor, an unknown, over someone like elko every day if the week. I loved emko when he was here and hope he has great success at duke. But that's the definition of a safe "meh" hire that will never get us where we want to go (but may not flame out disastrously). Give me the hire like traylor, where an up and comer may turn out great or may flame out disastrously

I'm not saying it has to be traylor, but I'd much prefer an unknown over someone who is not an unknown and is not great.

ChessieHuntingAg said:

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I'm not really understanding his draw to recruits. What's his pitch, "I used to be a HS coach, so come play for me?"

What am I missing?

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Obviously you're not a recrui and haven't heard his pitch - so to assume he's just pitching he "used to be a high school coach" is very ignorant on your part on what it takes to recruit talent and build a college football program.

Nitro Power said:

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I'm stunned how anyone with any semblance of football knowledge could have watched his game last night and think that offense will work in the SEC. As I mentioned last night, it's a gimmick and not serious college football.

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How do you know he'd run the same offense? He's stated he takes the strengths & weaknesses of his team and works around it. That's unlike "square peg in a round hole" Jimbo.

Have you ever seen or heard a coach completely revamp his offense or defense when going to another school?