Mike Sherman had a worse record at A&M (25-25) than Fran (32-28) and a much worse record than Sumlin (51-26) despite the fact that Sumlin coached in a much tougher conference.

Following his termination, Sherman coached at Nauset Regional High School, taking over a squad that had gone 9-13 the previous two years. He went 4-18.

Next, he coached the Montreal Alouettes to a 5-13 record and was dismissed. His offensive coordinator took over as head coach the next year and led them to a much improved 10-8 record.

By every metric, Mike Sherman is a terrible head coach. He can't coach at the college, high school, or CFL level. He shows up, teams get worse than they've been. He leaves, teams get better. Please stop propping him up as a good coach just because you thought he was a nice man.

AgBQ-00 said:

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Sherman's issue was much the same as Jimbo's in that he did not want to give up control of his offense. And the way he thought about calling offense hindered him from seeing the game as it played out. Many (if not all) of the 2nd half collapses in 2011 had to do with him getting away from what was shredding the opponent in the 1st half. Heard his trust in players to get their work in without being monitored and tracked about it was a bit much as well. He ran it like an NFL team in that manner iirc.

His talent eval and development was awesome.

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He just had too much of an NFL mindset. His downfall was 2nd and 6. In the NFL, if you get 4-5 yards on 2nd and 6, it's a good play. But in college, with limited contact time and poorer execution, the 4 yards on 2nd down often results in a dropped pass or a missed block. You are better off trying to get 6+ yards twice. His offenses were extremely well-designed, but relied on professional level execution.

He also played too conservatively in the punting game. The epitome of this was in Waco one year when he punted to Robert Griffin and pinned BU on the 4 yard line in an obvious go for it situation. Within 3 plays Baylor was back to where we had punted. Good play in the NFL, horrible call in that situation.

AgBQ-00 said:

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Sherman's issue was much the same as Jimbo's in that he did not want to give up control of his offense. And the way he thought about calling offense hindered him from seeing the game as it played out. Many (if not all) of the 2nd half collapses in 2011 had to do with him getting away from what was shredding the opponent in the 1st half. Heard his trust in players to get their work in without being monitored and tracked about it was a bit much as well. He ran it like an NFL team in that manner iirc.

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Sherman started 2010 3-3 starting an injured Jerrod Johnson at QB when it was obvious that JJ had not recovered from his shoulder surgery. Blew a Thursday game lead to Oklahoma State back when being on national TV was rare. Someone must have forced him to make a change because after the blowout loss to Missouri, he burned the playbook at the next practice and began starting Tannehill, and we finished 6-0.

bankshot11 said:

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AgBQ-00 said:

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Sherman's issue was much the same as Jimbo's in that he did not want to give up control of his offense. And the way he thought about calling offense hindered him from seeing the game as it played out. Many (if not all) of the 2nd half collapses in 2011 had to do with him getting away from what was shredding the opponent in the 1st half. Heard his trust in players to get their work in without being monitored and tracked about it was a bit much as well. He ran it like an NFL team in that manner iirc.

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Sherman started 2010 3-3 starting an injured Jerrod Johnson at QB when it was obvious that JJ had not recovered from his shoulder surgery. Blew a Thursday game lead to Oklahoma State back when being on national TV was rare. Someone must have forced him to make a change because after the blowout loss to Missouri, he burned the playbook at the next practice and began starting Tannehill, and we finished 6-0.

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he quit throwing the ball 50 times a game because he didn't trust Tannehill yet. Went to a run heavy game with Cyrus and Christine and had Von wrecking shop on defense. Abandoned that offense in bowl game and went 6-7 with roster loaded with nfl talent

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