I see RC is retiring again for what I assume is the last time. There is an outpouring of admiration on twitter which is fine. I always liked Slocum and thought he was a good coach. Then I see whoever runs the barstool A&M account tweets that he should get a statue and that tweet has hundreds of likes and a bunch of comments. My first response was “that would be so Aggie of us” to build a statue to someone who effectively never won anything of national consequence.
Slocum was a good coach who took advantage of a very down SWC and then repeatedly shit the bed when he had a chance to make a statement win on the national level. I’d argue that his inability to capitalize on those opportunities and letting Mack recruit circles around him set A&M on a 10 year odyssey of near irrelevance and somewhat continues today.
And then there was that alleged secretary thing.
He had a great career (2 way street) but let’s not pretend he was more than a pretty good coach and please no statues.
Slocum was a good coach who took advantage of a very down SWC and then repeatedly shit the bed when he had a chance to make a statement win on the national level. I’d argue that his inability to capitalize on those opportunities and letting Mack recruit circles around him set A&M on a 10 year odyssey of near irrelevance and somewhat continues today.
And then there was that alleged secretary thing.
He had a great career (2 way street) but let’s not pretend he was more than a pretty good coach and please no statues.
