The sheep people would never hire Briles.
They have principles and quality characteristics unsurpassed in their own minds.

Well, they DID just have a HC, OC, and DC with plenty of prior smoke….

Briles situation, for whatever reason, was such a bonfire that he is untouchable.

For now that OC and DC are remaining..of course they'll be gone with the next hire

Iron Claw said:

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I'm hoping they hire Aranda.

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Is Person over Player big in Aggieland...

parch said:

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Nobody who matters wants Briles except us. The myopia here is unbelievable.

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There has to be an overlap between politics in America and how Baylor fans feel about Briles. I don't understand either. Wild to see.

Reverend said:

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Don't get your panties in a wad. I think everyone here knows they're not hiring Briles.

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If you don't want to attract bees, don't plant flowers.

2,727 days have come and gone

Think about that. I'll bet every day you slip off to a safe space and just whip the piss out of yourself.



Every day.

Think what you could have accomplished had you been able to purge your mind of Football Folly!

Fre3dombear said:

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Would. Be. Epic. Aggie would win endless national titles.

Unstoppable till Briles quits.

Make it happen a&m!

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We didn't win any national titles. Heck, we didn't win any NY6 bowl games under Briles. We always choked.

I loved Briles, but he wasn't Saban or Kirby Smart.

Thee thinks he has an unbeatable retort. Just count the days from when he got really eroused. He's not normal.

EvilTroyAndAbed said:

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Fre3dombear said:

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Would. Be. Epic. Aggie would win endless national titles.

Unstoppable till Briles quits.

Make it happen a&m!

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We didn't win any national titles. Heck, we didn't win any NY6 bowl games under Briles. We always choked.

I loved Briles, but he wasn't Saban or Kirby Smart.

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I think Briles has become a "better" coach since he departed.........a better coach in people's minds. Defenses have changed as they have encountered more teams trying to run that offense. There will be no way to tell whether it would still work at the previous level or not since he will not be hired at any P5 program as HC, and just like in finance....past results are not a guarantee for future success.

His style caught lightening in a bottle during a time frame when his style on the college level was new and innovative. I recall a time when the wishbone was destroying defenses. UT made a killing on it. Then over time, the defenses figured it out. How many run wishbone now?

I think the desire for return to success is thinking that the past could be installed currently and have just as much success. Maybe it could, but I suspect the risk of the downsides due to it being a PR nightmare for ANY program and combined with the distinct possibility that that offense would not see the production it did in the past far outweighs the possibility that it still might work on the level we had it in the mid-teens.

IowaBear said:

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Briles was and probably still is the greatest offensive mind there is… he would have adapted. The dude torched a top 15 UNC without a QB…. Think about that… I think you just refuse to give the guy credit because you have a strong dislike for him

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I don't usually direct anything at posters. But you are a piece of work. I have never said I dislike Briles. I have an autographed football he gave me prominently displayed in my TV room. Thanks for the strawman to a legitimate point that things change over time and what worked in the past may not work as well in the future. I would suggest you quit assuming the minds of posters you have never met.

parch said:

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Nobody who matters wants Briles except us. The myopia here is unbelievable.

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It's a cult. And one I wish we could exorcise/move past.

BUAL said:

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parch said:

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Nobody who matters wants Briles except us. The myopia here is unbelievable.

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There has to be an overlap between politics in America and how Baylor fans feel about Briles. I don't understand either. Wild to see.

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Living Colour had a song to describe both phenomena.

blackie said:

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EvilTroyAndAbed said:

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Fre3dombear said:

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Would. Be. Epic. Aggie would win endless national titles.

Unstoppable till Briles quits.

Make it happen a&m!

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We didn't win any national titles. Heck, we didn't win any NY6 bowl games under Briles. We always choked.

I loved Briles, but he wasn't Saban or Kirby Smart.

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I think Briles has become a "better" coach since he departed.........a better coach in people's minds. Defenses have changed as they have encountered more teams trying to run that offense. There will be no way to tell whether it would still work at the previous level or not since he will not be hired at any P5 program as HC, and just like in finance....past results are not a guarantee for future success.

His style caught lightening in a bottle during a time frame when his style on the college level was new and innovative. I recall a time when the wishbone was destroying defenses. UT made a killing on it. Then over time, the defenses figured it out. How many run wishbone now?

I think the desire for return to success is thinking that the past could be installed currently and have just as much success. Maybe it could, but I suspect the risk of the downsides due to it being a PR nightmare for ANY program and combined with the distinct possibility that that offense would not see the production it did in the past far outweighs the possibility that it still might work on the level we had it in the mid-teens.

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None of his disciples are having championship level success, including those closest to him -- Montgomery, Kendal and Lebby.

The fact of the matter is rule changes have made it impossible to run at Art's tempo and catch defenses before they're set anymore. Now you have to beat them with scheme and execution, not tempo, which is much more difficult to do. Particularly with a scheme that's not overly complex in its concepts.

Art has a brilliant offensive mind, so he likely would adapt and find a way to do what he does better than his coaching tree has. But some of the things we did at our peak under Briles have been legislated out of the game.

Thee University said:

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Think what you could have accomplished had you been able to purge your mind of Football Folly!

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No need to speculate about that. The answer is 3-7, with some good luck away from being 1-9.

Married A Horn said:

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EvilTroyAndAbed said:

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Fre3dombear said:

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Would. Be. Epic. Aggie would win endless national titles.

Unstoppable till Briles quits.

Make it happen a&m!

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We didn't win any national titles. Heck, we didn't win any NY6 bowl games under Briles. We always choked.

I loved Briles, but he wasn't Saban or Kirby Smart.

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Just the best we've ever had at Baylor.

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Ok. But this belief that if he goes to aggy, he'll win multiple national championships is quite funny.

Reverend said:

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Thee thinks he has an unbeatable retort. Just count the days from when he got really eroused. He's not normal.

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Eroused?

Let's find the next Art Briles and hire him. Someone who brings entirely different style and isn't afraid of the big boys. Someone who refuses to lose and has a history of winning(even at the high school level). Someone like Jeff Traylor......raised in church.......inside tougher than nails. turned UTSA around without 4* and 5*. One thing I've absorbed over a long time watching coaches is that (when they are brought into a new conference) they have to Learn to win in that environment. Better coaches learn fast and if they are slow learners; they get fired.

IowaBear said:

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Briles was and probably still is the greatest offensive mind there is… he would have adapted. The dude torched a top 15 UNC without a QB…. Think about that… I think you just refuse to give the guy credit because you have a strong dislike for him

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Unfortunately for Art you have to play defense.

We gave up 17 points in the Fiesta 4th Q.

We gave up 21 points in the Cotton 4th Q.

As a former player it killed me to see the network cameras show Bryce having to sit on the sidelines and watch Michigan State dawg-drill us for 21 in the 4th. You could tell by the look on his face he knew we were going to get beat.

Offense? One of the best ever.
Defense? One of the worst ever. Not enough practice time.
Special Teams? Hot & cold. Not enough practice time.
Discipline? What is that?

We had no choice versus UNC. My 7th grade coach at Burnet Junior High would have made that adjustment during the TCU typhoon where he had our WR winging it downfield against a porous TCU defense that started 3 or 4 freshmen. Then he tried the same thing with another WR versus one of the worst Texas Longhorn defenses in 50 years. The light bulb flickered in the 3rd Q. Came on in the 4th Q . By then it was too late. We were left with the Mall Fight game.