Basketball Teams Continue Roll and Nothing New of Football Hires

Over the weekend, the Aggie men's and women's basketball teams enjoyed a couple of wins. In the case of the men, it was business as usual against a mid-major, blowing out Arkansas Pine Bluff 64-37. Much playing time was enjoyed by the boys deeper on the pine.

The Lady Ags encountered quite a different challenge. Playing against undefeated 16th ranked Auburn Lady Tigers, the Ags pulled off a nail biter, winning 62-60. Both teams continue their march towards the Top 10 as they approach conference play.

On Football, talk amongst the Aggie faithful remains more focused on pending coaching hires than on the approaching Alamo bowl against Joe Paterno and Penn State. Rumors abound that the entire coaching staff was informed that their tenure would end on 30 December. Many Ags are hoping against hope that a few key members like Van Malone will stay on with the new staff.

Here's a piece of reality: don't plan on anyone hanging on with the new staff. Coaching staffs are like families. A new hire is an opportunity to expand careers for family members within that coach's family. There will be no shortage of young up and comers within the NFL ranks that would be happy to take a positional promotion along with Mike Sherman. Keeping a Franchione guy on board would mean denying an advancement to a member of the Sherman family.

Sorry, that's just the way it goes. I'm anticipating a relatively unknown NFL positional refugees. I don't think we'll be familiar with any of them. Seriously, unless your fan of a particular team and one of these dudes was on that particular staff it is highly unlikely we'll be familiar with their accomplishments outside of a wikipedia entry.