A Little Belated - the Shermanator's Debut

[Bernman]

Lost to division 1A powerhouse Arkansas State at home, 14-18.

Here's what some of the sorry bastards at his new stop are saying......

Sherman is a decent guy but man its depressing seeing the old guy with his gut out their coaching our team, he just seems out of touch, out of it. We were a team that needed vigor, new ideas, a fresh start. So what do we do go back a decade and hire an ex-position coach that failed at the NFL level.

He's no Jackie, no Spurrier, no Urban Myer, and no Bob Stoops. The quicker some of you guys come to that realization, the easier this will be on you. Frankly, I feel like I'm on xanax with this zen-like understanding.

He was a craptastic hire, and his performance Saturday night was the worst I've seen since Iowa State '05 and possibly worse than that. Thank the Lord that we locked him up for 7 friggin' years so that no basement-dwelling Sun Belt teams steal him from us.

Sherman's playcalling and offense look flat out bad. We kept running the same running plays over and over and our Wr's 85% of the time ran short passing routes. So far I would have to say Sherman's playcalling/WC offense is worse than Dino Babers

The one poster is spot on when he said the quicker they realize Sherman isn't the answer the easier it will be on them. I pretty much gave up hope we were going to do anything special under his leadership in about his second season. It made the inevitable debacle much less frustrating.

Thank God every day we have Mike McCarthy.

[El Duderino]

If Sherman can get the talent needed to win in college ball, i think he's a smart enough coach to win games.

I don't think he'll be able to recruit well enough though and they'll be in for years of below .500 or say two games over and bids to bowl games nobody cares about or watches in late December on ESPN 2.

[Bernman]

If Sherman can get the talent needed to win in college ball, i think he's a smart enough coach to win games.

I don't think he'll be able to recruit well enough though and they'll be in for years of below .500 or say two games over and bids to bowl games nobody cares about or watches in late December on ESPN 2.

Well, I agree that he won't be able to recruit well. He's not a very engaging guy and he showed what kind of talent evaluator he was with the Pack.

However, I disagree that he's a smart coach. Smart coaches don't punt the ball on 4th and 1 in no man's land when they have a chance put the dagger in, especially when their team has dominated rushing the ball, and couldn't stop their opponent defensively. They don't allow the clock to be bled down from 1:30 to nothing, while their timeout-less opponent was within the 10-yard line, threatening to score the game winning TD. They don't elect to try what is a virtually unmakeable game winning field goal when factoring in the elements, instead of using the 9 seconds remaining to pass or throw into better position.

[rilamann]

Good post Berman,to echo your post about that Philly playoff game,

You have arguably the best rushing offense in the league and your going up vs the worst rushing defense in the league which at the moment was sucking wind and all you need is 1 freakin yard to put you into the NFC Championship.

And Mike Sherman decides to punt.

If thats not a textbook example of a gutless coaching decision in a football game I dont know what is.

That whole game was horribly coached though from begining to end.Remeember in the 2nd half the Packers kept going with an empty backfield 3rd & short and 2nd & short.Why the hell would you do that in short yardage situations makes no sense.

Mike Sherman was drunk or something during that game I swear.

I wasnt drunk but I swear I almost had to go in the bath room and puke after that game,thats the only time I litterally thought I was gonna puke over a football game because I was so digusted.

[El Duderino]

If Sherman can get the talent needed to win in college ball, i think he's a smart enough coach to win games.

I don't think he'll be able to recruit well enough though and they'll be in for years of below .500 or say two games over and bids to bowl games nobody cares about or watches in late December on ESPN 2.

Well, I agree that he won't be able to recruit well. He's not a very engaging guy and he showed what kind of talent evaluator he was with the Pack.

However, I disagree that he's a smart coach. Smart coaches don't punt the ball on 4th and 1 in no man's land when they have a chance put the dagger in, especially when their team has dominated rushing the ball, and couldn't stop their opponent defensively. They don't allow the clock to be bled down from 1:30 to nothing, while their timeout-less opponent was within the 10-yard line, threatening to score the game winning TD. They don't elect to try what is a virtually unmakeable game winning field goal when factoring in the elements, instead of using the 9 seconds remaining to pass or throw into better position.

Yea, Sherman made his share of decisions that left me either scratching my head or pissed off, but we did have a very productive offense most of the years he was running the offense. The years the talent was poor, the production suffered, but all coaches need talent to be productive. The boneheaded decisions by him did factor in some very hard to stomach losses, but we did also win a lot of games while he was head coach.

So that's what i mean that recruiting will dictate Sherman's fate, far far more than anything else he does at Texas A&M. Like nearly all college coaches, if he recruits well, Sherman will win his share of games and if he recruits poorly or mediocre at best, he's not some brilliant mind that will overcome it.

No question that some schools/their head coach are able to develop and coach up fairly comparable talent better than others. I just don't see Sherman though as some moron who couldn't coach a talented college team into being a winner. In the end, i see to many mediocre recruiting classes in his future and thus lots of 6-6, 7-5, 5-7, 4-8, or 8-4 at best seasons.