I genuinely think Nevada's Head Coach would be our Coach if he hadn't taken off his shirt in the locker room after winning a remarkable game in the NCAA Tournament last year. It's wild that he's still Coach at Nevada with his abilities. I see they're ranked #6 right now. That guy's specialty is offense and he's going to be some team's big fish caught here pretty soon! We should already have him signed like Jimbo.

Is the Nevada HC in church every Sunday morning? Because that's the only reason our coach is still here

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Just came off as unprofessional. Could feel it.

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Or...we have no idea what passion and enthusiasm from an HC looks like because we haven't seen it here in years.

This is the dumbest theory I've read in a while.

If Musselman was ever in the running to take over this team and passed on due to something like that it would mean that our AD is even less interested in basketball then they have shown for 7 years.

As it stands, Kennedy will probably be coaching this team until his health forces him to step down, regardless of the product on the court.

We pick the Murray State coach before BK or after BK and we would be golden. Just typical aggie luck that we picked the stiff of all stiffs.

Heck when Shelby finally got retired. He had been retired on the job for several years but they finally stopped paying him. Eddie Sutton who had gotten in some trouble and was let go at Kentucky wanted the A&M job pretty bad.

Of course we turned our nose up at him and went on a nationwide search and came up with juco coach Kermit "the frog" Davis. Who promptly got us on probation for an assortment of illegal activities. And guess who was on that staff, none other that billy Kennedy.

So when Byrne can't keep gillispie and turgeon from running off. He went looking for another coach that "gets" A&M. And lo and behold look what the cat drug in. None other than Billy Kennedy from the staff that nearly got us the death penalty. And now we are saddled with a coach that can't coach a lick and is reduced to scouring the transfer lists to find enough warm bodies to field a team.

Yeah billy gets A&M alright. He gets that it is a retirement community for coaches that say the right things, get to know the right people and win just enough to keep his head above water.

If you haven't figured it out The stupid runs deep in the athletic dept and has for years. It is not just a recent thing.

So don't get mad at starks. What you saw at the end of the game was billy ball in all its horrendous glory. I don't even get mad anymore. It's to be expected. Did we call a timeout to setup a play or two? Not that I remember. We just threw hully gully basketball on the wall to see if anything stuck. It didn't of course.

Did anyone notice that it was starks against the gophers on each possession. Nobody else moved. We threw the ball around the perimeter and when the shot clock ran dow starks either threw up a shot or tried to make a move inside. It is just SOP for billy ball and has been since he has been here. So no need to get upset about. Nothing has changed much less improved. BK is just going to chew gum and stare into space on the sideline! It's just the way it is!

Buzz should already be here

Artimus Gordon said:

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Eddie Sutton who had gotten in some trouble and was let go at Kentucky wanted the A&M job pretty bad.

Of course we turned our nose up at him and went on a nationwide search and came up with juco coach Kermit "the frog" Davis. Who promptly got us on probation for an assortment of illegal activities. And guess who was on that staff, none other that billy Kennedy.

So when Byrne can't keep gillispie and turgeon from running off. He went looking for another coach that "gets" A&M. And lo and behold look what the cat drug in. None other than Billy Kennedy from the staff that nearly got us the death penalty.

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"Gotten in some trouble" is really glossing over what happened with Sutton at Kentucky.

I do love a good alternate reality conversation though.

I cannot see BK winning 10 games this year and maybe not even 8 but he is bulletproof because of his illness.

It is a shame.

Rosy Finch Boy said:

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I cannot see BK winning 10 games this year and maybe not even 8 but he is bulletproof because of his illness.

It is a shame.

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I think these posts are out of line and frankly wish staff would start deleting this kind of trash.

We can have a perfectly reasonable conversation about Kennedy's time at A&M without this garbage.

bobinator said:

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Rosy Finch Boy said:

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I cannot see BK winning 10 games this year and maybe not even 8 but he is bulletproof because of his illness.

It is a shame.

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I think these posts are out of line and frankly wish staff would start deleting this kind of trash.

We can have a perfectly reasonable conversation about Kennedy's time at A&M without this garbage.

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How is it out of line? BK would have been fired no later than year four if it wasn't for the Parkinson's. We all know that. It isn't garbage it is the truth.

The AD (and the BK sympathetic boosters) are never going to fire BK no matter how poorly he performs. He will retire when he sees fit. He could pull a Melvin and be fine.

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He hasn't been fired because he's met the expectations that most people, especially the ones that matter, have for our basketball program.

It's really that simple. So he's not 'bulletproof because of his illness,' which is why I think that's out of line, he's 'bulletproof' because most people on the street think he's doing a pretty good job.

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So than why wasn't he fired when he sucked terribly the first three years and tanked the program compared to where it was? Was he meeting expectations then? It is because of the illness. He is bulletproof because of the illness. It isn't out of line, it is the simple truth.

He could have made the sweet sixteen of the CBI the last two of three years and still be here. He is simply going to be here until he doesn't want to be here, no matter the results. That is because our AD and boosters do not want the image of firing a many with an incurable disease. The die has been cast since he was diagnosed and we did not get him into an AD position.

If A&M is scared of the PR if they fire Kennedy then Kennedy needs to have a group elite assistant coaches similar to when he had Stansbury and Keller. They recruited at a high level and where guys that could work with the guys in practice and good bench coaches.

Guys that A&M can throw money at and try and build up staff.

Rob Lanier who is at Tennessee with Rick Barnes. He's the type of elite recruiter you need on staff. Lanier has helped recruit eight McDonald's All-Americans. 11 players that Lanier either coached or signed have went on to become NBA Draft picks.

Tony Stubblefield at Oregon but was at Cincinnati and New Mexico State. Two decades plus of collegiate men's basketball coaching experience includes the last seven seasons with the Ducks. He was a big part of getting Oregon to the Final Four last season, and his recruiting success was a big part of what made him appealing to the Ducks.

Oregon hired Stubblefield away from Cincinnati, who had lured him away from New Mexico State. During his years with New Mexico State, he was the Aggies' recruiting coordinator. He signed three recruits ranked in the top 100 of prospects across the nation in that time. That included one McDonald's All-American.