Post by P. Marf on Oct 21, 2010 11:48:21 GMT -5
First, the outcry from disgruntled fans is not just about this site or other internet sites. People who have never posted on the internet in their lives and people above the average season ticket holder have turned as well.
Second, they’ve turned on the program as a whole. There was dissatisfaction with Mike Sherman and the playcalling and the turnovers and the handling of Jerrod Johnson for a couple of weeks. Even before that, people weren’t exactly thrilled with what they were seeing in the SFA, Louisiana Tech, and FIU games.
But at some point last Saturday, something snapped not just the 80,000 fans at the game but the thousands more watching across the country. It was like all of a sudden they realized that they had been watching the same problematic football for a decade, that it hadn’t changed, that it wasn’t going to change, and that they had blown lots of money on tickets or missed how many of their kids soccer games for nothing.
But why THAT game? It wasn’t like Missouri was a bad team. They may well win the Big 12 North and be the second best team A&M plays all season. Sadly enough, A&M’s effort and lack of preparedness weren’t anything new to anyone who has seen A&M football for the last ten years.
Simply put, it looks like the frustration this past summer over the conference realignment fiasco that was aimed at the administration has carried forward to the football field. In the eyes of many people, the opportunity to go to the SEC represented an opportunity for A&M to differentiate itself from Texas and change the program forever. Since the SEC is dead but the need for change continues to manifest itself, the direction of change has shifted. They’re no longer just holding the coach responsible for the product on the field; they are holding the entire athletic department and administration responsible as well because they want some type of change and because they FINALLY understand the role that the administration can play in facilitating change.
And the people who have the greatest desire to facilitate change are the people that were in favor of the SEC. Those are generally the Houston folks and those people have MONEY.
That’s why unless the season itself changes dramatically, there’s likely to be major changes after the season. That’s why people even within the athletic department are starting to distance themselves from Mike Sherman. They know change is coming and they don’t want to get caught up in it and lose their jobs.
Second, they’ve turned on the program as a whole. There was dissatisfaction with Mike Sherman and the playcalling and the turnovers and the handling of Jerrod Johnson for a couple of weeks. Even before that, people weren’t exactly thrilled with what they were seeing in the SFA, Louisiana Tech, and FIU games.
But at some point last Saturday, something snapped not just the 80,000 fans at the game but the thousands more watching across the country. It was like all of a sudden they realized that they had been watching the same problematic football for a decade, that it hadn’t changed, that it wasn’t going to change, and that they had blown lots of money on tickets or missed how many of their kids soccer games for nothing.
But why THAT game? It wasn’t like Missouri was a bad team. They may well win the Big 12 North and be the second best team A&M plays all season. Sadly enough, A&M’s effort and lack of preparedness weren’t anything new to anyone who has seen A&M football for the last ten years.
Simply put, it looks like the frustration this past summer over the conference realignment fiasco that was aimed at the administration has carried forward to the football field. In the eyes of many people, the opportunity to go to the SEC represented an opportunity for A&M to differentiate itself from Texas and change the program forever. Since the SEC is dead but the need for change continues to manifest itself, the direction of change has shifted. They’re no longer just holding the coach responsible for the product on the field; they are holding the entire athletic department and administration responsible as well because they want some type of change and because they FINALLY understand the role that the administration can play in facilitating change.
And the people who have the greatest desire to facilitate change are the people that were in favor of the SEC. Those are generally the Houston folks and those people have MONEY.
That’s why unless the season itself changes dramatically, there’s likely to be major changes after the season. That’s why people even within the athletic department are starting to distance themselves from Mike Sherman. They know change is coming and they don’t want to get caught up in it and lose their jobs.
