A&M always thinks they can and should get better. They also have the money to spend. Sometimes that combination can work for you and sometimes it can work against you. I agree they'd be dumb to let him go but from the sounds of it he is getting the Tim Miles treatment regarding contract extensions.
The rumors weren’t false. Kendall got his info from some A&M AD peeps. He seems to be leaning towards staying but the offer, discussion, and consideration by Childress was real.
I’d prefer Heller with a bigger assistant salary and scheduling options than Bolt. But, nothing would shock me. At least it won’t be a volunteer assistant this time.
The fact that childress won’t just come out and deny it keeps his name alive. I think they are using us to get a better contract at this point. Would love to be wrong. He got a lot of peeps excited though, including me.
It was a combo of everything you stated. We struck out with some (Childress being the obvious one) but they did choose to hire Bolt over some other decent options it appears. My guess is Nebraska ties and many involved recommending him (i.e. Childress, VanHorn, Erstad, etc.) being the main reason why he was chosen. Heck, maybe he will be successful, we can only hope.
He very well could be but I'm not understanding the need for so many posters to act as if it was the obvious and best choice all along. I'm also not sure what "mini DVH" means but that doesn't seem like an item I'd have on my checklist when doing a coaching search.
DVH had much more head coaching experience when we hired him, including 3 years of D-I experience. Calling Bolt "mini DVH" is just someone's subjective analysis comparing the two's styles. There's no objective criteria that would indicate Bolt is on a similar trajectory. Doesn't mean he can't or won't be similarly successful, but calling him "mini DVH" at this point seems pretty empty of any real meaning. I'm thinking what most people like about him is the last item on the checklist. Take that one out, and I don't think anyone is calling him a homerun hire. Nebraska ties are nice, but should be very low on the list of importance.
Truthfully the hire of Bolt alone doesn't bother me. Seeing who he hires as assistants and who he recruits is what will get me excited about the hire at the end of the day. Hoping he hits up the JUCO ranks like he has in the past.
Probably because he wasn't the first choice and we just now made it down the list to him.
I completely agree with that assessment. I would just think if that’s where we’ve landed it would be more beneficial to get the deal done and announce today Rather than get lost in all of the CWS news. Just my humble opinion though.
