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Post by Bornthrilla on Nov 24, 2023 22:27:09 GMT -5
They turned off the comments on Instagram for the post about this game. Damn. Then why even post it? I thought social media was all about engagement. |
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Post by Agg E. Pride on Nov 24, 2023 23:01:38 GMT -5
They turned off the comments on Instagram for the post about this game. Damn. Then why even post it? I thought social media was all about engagement. I believe that the posts & the accompanying comments are hurting some feelings. Although the veracity of claims from students I know on the yard (including my own) could possibly be embellished, the clowning of the football & basketball teams & players IS VERY REAL! I believe an "Us against everybody" feeling has/is emerged/emerging from the players who are tired of losing & the harsh social media & real-time ridicule that comes with it. |
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Post by Bornthrilla on Nov 25, 2023 0:18:34 GMT -5
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Post by planoaggie on Nov 25, 2023 4:12:18 GMT -5
We suck more in basketball than football Not for long if we take the same attitude as in basketball that it is best to blow the team up and start all over as some suggest. Aggies can't handle all of this losing, so don't do it. We expect excellence. |
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Post by DOOMS on Nov 25, 2023 11:01:49 GMT -5
We don’t tolerate losing, but we’ve had crazy losing streaks in men’s and women’s basketball and in football (and who knows what other sports) in the past 20 years.
I’m not sure we don’t tolerate it so much. We might have a lot of bluster with us at times.
We’ll fire the losing coach and/or the losing AD, but what do we do to make sure it doesn’t happen again?
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Nov 25, 2023 18:09:26 GMT -5
lol, maybe we don't tolerate losing "now", particularly since coach broadway first arrived. but prior to that, we "tolerated" losing big time. fobbs? needless to say more. mbb? omg, does anybody remember when "curtis hunter" was our mbb coach? he was almost as bad as fobbs. then we hired jerry eaves who "eventually" brought respectability to aggie mbb but did so "after" he suffered thru several "near winless" seasons just like hunter did.
volleyball was also "gawd awful" during that time frame as well. i mean, not only was there a time that aggies tolerated "losing", we almost flat out condoned it! imagine this? transitioning from curtis hunter to jerry eaves while lee fobbs was in the process of losing 27 football games in a row, cuz that's what happened. volleyball was near "winless" during that time just like mbb and football. during that era, we had the "worst" overall athletic department in the meac. once coach bibbs turned wbb around during that time, it was the "only" championship caliber sports team that a&t had in our entire athletic department.
wbb was also "gawd awful" before coach bibbs arrived. took coach bibbs a couple of seasons to turn our wbb program around and its been "winning" ever since, coach rob didn't miss a beat after coach bibbs left. i think there's a moral to that story.
just like coach washington hardly missed a beat after taking over for coach broadway, coach rob did the same after taking over for coach bibbs. moral to that story? whenever you have a "legendary" coach in your athletic department (akin to coach broadway and coach bibbs), "often" (not guaranteed) someone on their staff who has direct ties to the program can carry on that same winning tradition for that program. coach wash and coach rob are examples of that...
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Post by planoaggie on Nov 25, 2023 20:13:13 GMT -5
lol, maybe we don't tolerate losing "now", particularly since coach broadway first arrived. but prior to that, we "tolerated" losing big time. fobbs? needless to say more. mbb? omg, does anybody remember when "curtis hunter" was our mbb coach? he was almost as bad as fobbs. then we hired jerry eaves who "eventually" brought respectability to aggie mbb but did so "after" he suffered thru several "near winless" seasons just like hunter did. volleyball was also "gawd awful" during that time frame as well. i mean, not only was there a time that aggies tolerated "losing", we almost flat out condoned it! imagine this? transitioning from curtis hunter to jerry eaves while lee fobbs was in the process of losing 27 football games in a row, cuz that's what happened. volleyball was near "winless" during that time just like mbb and football. during that era, we had the "worst" overall athletic department in the meac. once coach bibbs turned wbb around during that time, it was the "only" championship caliber sports team that a&t had in our entire athletic department. wbb was also "gawd awful" before coach bibbs arrived. took coach bibbs a couple of seasons to turn our wbb program around and its been "winning" ever since, coach rob didn't miss a beat after coach bibbs left. i think there's a moral to that story. just like coach washington hardly missed a beat after taking over for coach broadway, coach rob did the same after taking over for coach bibbs. moral to that story? whenever you have a "legendary" coach in your athletic department (akin to coach broadway and coach bibbs), "often" (not guaranteed) someone on their staff who has direct ties to the program can carry on that same winning tradition for that program. coach wash and coach rob are examples of that... Yes, with recent success in football (CB wins), a few Conference Championships in MBB and WBB, and selective memories of past history today's Aggies are now going to be that patience with coaches of bottom dwelling football or basketball teams. In my opinion they will ask for the coach to be fired 1st then give them more time. If you know this then it is a bad idea for "a coach to decide on his own" to do a rebuild. Coach Ross did not decide on his own to do a rebuild. He was handed a team with nearly 8-10 kids already transferred before his hiring. Coach Brown on the other hand was handed a team with quite a bit of talent loss which is understandable, but if the bleeding continues under his watch of losing talent and it is determined that he decided to blow it up then fans will look at these 2 situations differently. |
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Post by AggiePride on Nov 25, 2023 21:21:17 GMT -5
lol, maybe we don't tolerate losing "now", particularly since coach broadway first arrived. but prior to that, we "tolerated" losing big time. fobbs? needless to say more. mbb? omg, does anybody remember when "curtis hunter" was our mbb coach? he was almost as bad as fobbs. then we hired jerry eaves who "eventually" brought respectability to aggie mbb but did so "after" he suffered thru several "near winless" seasons just like hunter did. volleyball was also "gawd awful" during that time frame as well. i mean, not only was there a time that aggies tolerated "losing", we almost flat out condoned it! imagine this? transitioning from curtis hunter to jerry eaves while lee fobbs was in the process of losing 27 football games in a row, cuz that's what happened. volleyball was near "winless" during that time just like mbb and football. during that era, we had the "worst" overall athletic department in the meac. once coach bibbs turned wbb around during that time, it was the "only" championship caliber sports team that a&t had in our entire athletic department. wbb was also "gawd awful" before coach bibbs arrived. took coach bibbs a couple of seasons to turn our wbb program around and its been "winning" ever since, coach rob didn't miss a beat after coach bibbs left. i think there's a moral to that story. just like coach washington hardly missed a beat after taking over for coach broadway, coach rob did the same after taking over for coach bibbs. moral to that story? whenever you have a "legendary" coach in your athletic department (akin to coach broadway and coach bibbs), "often" (not guaranteed) someone on their staff who has direct ties to the program can carry on that same winning tradition for that program. coach wash and coach rob are examples of that... I agree with your point sort of. But we have serious infrastructure issues, drop offs should not be this drastic. Arguably under Wash we experienced diminishing returns. We don’t know how he would have performed because folks decided change was necessary. I think we allowed Coach Rob grace which aided his ability to grow the program. MBB has been in wilderness. |
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Post by westcoastaggie on Nov 25, 2023 23:29:47 GMT -5
lol, maybe we don't tolerate losing "now", particularly since coach broadway first arrived. but prior to that, we "tolerated" losing big time. fobbs? needless to say more. mbb? omg, does anybody remember when "curtis hunter" was our mbb coach? he was almost as bad as fobbs. then we hired jerry eaves who "eventually" brought respectability to aggie mbb but did so "after" he suffered thru several "near winless" seasons just like hunter did. volleyball was also "gawd awful" during that time frame as well. i mean, not only was there a time that aggies tolerated "losing", we almost flat out condoned it! imagine this? transitioning from curtis hunter to jerry eaves while lee fobbs was in the process of losing 27 football games in a row, cuz that's what happened. volleyball was near "winless" during that time just like mbb and football. during that era, we had the "worst" overall athletic department in the meac. once coach bibbs turned wbb around during that time, it was the "only" championship caliber sports team that a&t had in our entire athletic department. wbb was also "gawd awful" before coach bibbs arrived. took coach bibbs a couple of seasons to turn our wbb program around and its been "winning" ever since, coach rob didn't miss a beat after coach bibbs left. i think there's a moral to that story. just like coach washington hardly missed a beat after taking over for coach broadway, coach rob did the same after taking over for coach bibbs. moral to that story? whenever you have a "legendary" coach in your athletic department (akin to coach broadway and coach bibbs), "often" (not guaranteed) someone on their staff who has direct ties to the program can carry on that same winning tradition for that program. coach wash and coach rob are examples of that... I agree with your point sort of. But we have serious infrastructure issues, drop offs should not be this drastic. Arguably under Wash we experienced diminishing returns. We don’t know how he would have performed because folks decided change was necessary. I think we allowed Coach Rob grace which aided his ability to grow the program. MBB has been in wilderness. Men's BBall has been in the wilderness since the first Clinton Administration. |
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Post by aggierattler on Nov 26, 2023 0:44:56 GMT -5
This team may not win a game losing by 15 to Alabama State! The D2 big, Murphy, could help win 1-2 games if he gets on the court. I am excited about Lady Aggie BBall! I’m already braced for an 0-32 MBB season. |
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Post by Bornthrilla on Nov 26, 2023 10:15:23 GMT -5
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Post by A&T-roy on Nov 26, 2023 14:05:45 GMT -5
Earl trying to save face. He hired these coaches Brown and Ross. Greensboro college might beat the mbb team this year. Earl days are numbered. I expect our mbb team would look different if we had centers. And it's MUCH too early to call either of the 2 coaches bad. |
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Post by Trueaggie on Nov 26, 2023 16:41:50 GMT -5
Earl trying to save face. He hired these coaches Brown and Ross. Greensboro college might beat the mbb team this year. Earl days are numbered. I hope so; Earl owns this mess he handed us. We won’t have anything worthwhile to see for 2-3 years. It really makes for a bad student experience. |
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Post by aggierattler on Nov 26, 2023 16:42:41 GMT -5
Earl trying to save face. He hired these coaches Brown and Ross. Greensboro college might beat the mbb team this year. Earl days are numbered. I expect our mbb team would look different if we had centers. And it's MUCH too early to call either of the 2 coaches bad.
As I said, I'm braced for a winless MBB season because we've lost both of our centers and we have a squad of guards. I don't know if we can beat anyone. Beating Alabama State was a must-win in my book for this season.
As for Coach Brown and Coach Ross, they'll have to hang their hats on whatever happens in their second seasons. I'm not necessarily expecting a championship run, but I am expecting to see marked improvements on all fronts...especially in football. |
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Post by marchingband1969 on Nov 26, 2023 16:49:22 GMT -5
The reason why A&T has these awful teams and embarrassing losing streaks is because we keep complaining but still keep buying tickets. We show up for games expecting a miracle. An empty gym or Truist Stadium and a drastic decline in ticket sales and donations and the Administration gets the message real fast.
I'm not suggesting that we do that but that's why the Administration is slow to respond to our complaints.
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