The Texas A&M Aggies were in need of a change, and that is exactly what new head coach Mike Elko intends to bring.
Since the days of Johnny Manziel, the Texas A&M Aggies football programme has been searching for an identity.
The desire – particularly after the hiring of Jimbo Fisher – was to compete for SEC titles and national championships.
Of course, that never happened. Fisher never won more than 9 games, never got the Aggies in a position to make it to Atlanta, and was fired in the midst of his sixth season with the programme.
Now, the Aggies are turning the page to new head coach Mike Elko – and he believes he knows precisely what he needs to do to take the Aggies to the next level.
“The unique spot that I have had sitting here for four years is I know all of the reasons why this place can win a national championship, and then I probably know some of the reasons why we failed, which I think gives me a unique perspective coming in,” Elko told ESPN. “I come in with a lot more knowledge of what Texas A&M is all about. That can only help, and I just think we’ve got to be intelligent about how we go about building this place because it’s a place where it has high expectations and you have to win now for sure, but you’ve got to still focus on building it in a way that allows you to sustain the success that you have for long periods of time.”
