Mike80;2310225; said:
Uh oh...Aggy just realized their Wunderkind head coach has a cheap buyout...
http://texags.com/main/forum.reply.asp?topic_id=2276141&forum_id=5
As IF aTm is a destination coaching job. These guys MIGHT be as delusional as the Pedsters....hmmmmmmm
Something in the way of poetic justice there. IIRCC aTm broke the barrier for paying the coach more than the school president when they signed Jackie Sherrill for what was then an astronomical figure, way more than other top 40 schools were paying.
But lets let the Aggies tell you the story of that sumbitch in their site.
http://texags.com/main/forum.reply.asp?topic_id=1815875&page=2&forum_id=5
Here's the wikipedia round up of Jackie's days at aTm.
Texas A&M
Sherrill was hired on January 19, 1982 as replacement for Tom Wilson, signing a record six-year contract over $1.7 million.[6] Sherrill was the head coach at Texas A&M University from 1982 to 1988. While head coach at A&M Sherrill started the tradition of the "12th Man Kickoff Team", this tradition is still observed by A&M today only in a significantly scaled back form, including a single walk-on rather than an entire return team unit. In his seven seasons as the coach of the Aggies, Texas A&M won 52 games, lost 28, and had one tie. Texas A&M won three consecutive Southwest Conference championships under Sherrill, in 1985, 1986 and 1987. As a result, the Aggies played in the Cotton Bowl Classic at the end of each season, defeating Auburn University 36?16 on January 1, 1986 and Notre Dame 35?10 on January 1, 1988, and losing to Ohio State University 28?12 on January 1, 1987. He is also one of the few coaches to leave Texas A&M with a winning record against the Longhorns, winning his last five against The University of Texas after losing his first two.
In 1988, Sherrill's Aggies were put under probation by the NCAA for a period of two years. Violations included improper employment, extra benefits, unethical conduct and lack of institutional control.[7][8] Sherrill was not personally found guilty of any infractions. However, in December 1988, Sherrill resigned.
The only good thing I can say about him is that he managed to kick Notre Dame's ass and lose to the Buckeyes,