JohnnyFootball

Right on.

I'd still love to hear what people think of Samples at Duncanville. Really wish I coud've seen what they thought before he finally won a title.

Welp, if it's on Twitter, it's true.

Lol I'm glad he's working out there. Most OU fans were "happy" to see him go at the time because he overworked players or something. But he made a HUGE impact on our team. We miss him BADLY here. So many injuries, getting shoved around on the line of scrimmage, running out of gas late in games.... I've been reading up on Elko's hire of David Feeley and he seems awesome.

I'm telling my kids that this is Emmitt Smith and Troy Aikman.

Yeeeeahhh if you could just give Jerry Schmidt back, that'd be great.

Agreed.

Incredible.

Heh it is what it is. Can’t really disagree. My roommate in college (who’s dad coached in the NFL for years) always used to say “Fans are stupid”. And he’s right. Or like Men in Black said. “A person is smart. People are stupid.”

Feel bad for him. He got the shaft. Came here, only got 1 year. Didn’t get full control of the offense. And got canned.

Craig kinda had to go. He was a great recruiter but couldn’t develop a player to save his life (or job, apparently).

Uh, I could post several bowl games from a few years prior where I KNOW there were audible “SEC SEC” chants from teams not named A&M as the clock ticks down. I know at the few baseball games where I’ve seen/heard it, they were all against Texas, and all because of the bitterness that arose from the situation of us leaving.

Even Lion is now dunking on db. Absolutely hilarious.

Can't really disagree with anything LoboFan07 said. Thank you for the wonderful, nuanced take, as always!

Will be interesting. I haven’t watched much of Texas this year. What kind of offense do they run?

I didn't come up with that, the tweet did. Pretty funny either way, though.

I've heard a LOT of people clamoring for that. I don't really want that for a few reasons: 1. He probably is banking on getting another HC job somewhere at some point. Last time he was here, he left after 1 season. I don't want to hire him, have a good offense for one season, then have him leave again. 2. His offense was stellar here, but he was coaching Johnny (Heisman), Mike Evans (4x Pro Bowler), multiple OL who went to the NFL (Patrick Lewis, Luke Joeckel, Jake Matthews), Ryan Swope (veteran who was drafted but had to retire due to concussions). Was it his scheme? Or was it insane players making insane plays? Or both? 3. As you said, he would take a lot of money and we're downsizing on money for staff. All that said, his offenses actually did pretty well in the NFL. I wouldn't absolutely hate it if he came here. But he isn't my first choice for an OC.

Lol spy plane.

East*

Let’s just say I get comp tickets. They WERE better seats but the new suites displaced us lol But I ain’t complaining- free is free.

Don’t want Stewart. Wouldn’t mind Moose and the others.

Lol I wonder how many Longview fans would've wanted to fire Samples before last season if he had produced similar results at Longview.

Remember, a lot of those guys signed on to play with them. As he mentioned in the press conference, a lot of players couldn’t wait to give him a hug and welcome him back. Offense can and will take a hit. But the line will get better just on account of a new coach and new S&C. That alone will make the offense stronger. As long as we keep Weigman and a few of those good WRs, I’m not too worried. Is it a pipe dream to want Smith to come back?

I'll be there +1! And have 2 other tickets!

Yep. Like I said, I like the cut back. Only thing I’d do differently would’ve been to have a little less in the guaranteed and a little more in incentive but overall I’m happy. Sadly it’ll take a while to see how the dust settles.