Joe Hamilton leaving for aTm

Yep

 

TX A&M has a vendetta against UF? Damn lol

 

Big loss

 

Ugly loss, no question.

Promote from within time.

 

Money talks at Texas aTm!

 

At least other programs are poaching staff. Didn’t see that with the last few regimes.

 

But why?

 

It shows Billy can identify talent within younger aspiring coaches. Kali James and Joe Hamilton both were sought after by other programs after their time with CBN.

 

Texas native

 

And a big pay raise, I’m sure.

 

We'll find someone better. Good for him. He understandably got more money.

 

How bad is this for us?

 

It would not surprise me if it is a play to try to lure Lagway into the portal next year,

 

Yes. Qatar gives TAMU hundreds of millions of $$$$$. That's how they can pay their coach $77 million to go away...

 

It ain't good.

 

Depends on who answers this question.

 

We could have certainly matched for Hamilton..he isnt a $7m a year guy. He also is the conduit from Texas that got Lagway out of Texas. I assume we threw an equal amount at him to stay but facing a likely 5 win season isnt good for your career. I assume he moved on for a safer scenario. IMO if Lagway doesnt get the reigns somehow and Im not being disrespectful to Mertz by all means I think its going to be tough to hold him and you can be double DAMN sure Hamilton will be all over Lagway like a bum on a ham sandwich. If he somehow gets really solid playing time or inherits the starters role somehow (injury?) and shows the world who he is as a Gator we have a chance. Let him get a few minutes a game and a few passes a game like Etienne was afforded and we likely will be discussing Lagways arm length this time next year sad to say. He is our future and ATM just fired a big warning shot across our stern for next year.

 

I would be happy with an NCAA rule that no player can transfer to a school where a coach from his current team has taken a job with a new team for at least a year. For example, since Texas A&M hired Hamilton from Florida so for the next year no player from Florida can transfer to A&M unless they sit out a year. It goes back to transfers having to sit a year and in the business world companies have employees sign non-compete contracts all the time that are usually a year long.