Texas A&M Aggies HC Mike Elko has another awkward moment with reporters that won’t bode well with the fan base
The Texas A&M Aggies are in a tough spot: their offense put up 450 total yards but only nine points.
The Texas A&M Aggies are a bad football team. And head coach Mike Elko seems to keep taking that out on reporters and the media. We all know about him calling out TexAgs and saying they were a cesspool. He’s since apologized, but now has another awkward moment with a reporter.
“Just doing what I believe is the best thing to give us a chance to be successful right now, and I think that’s how we evaluate everything,” Elko said in response to a question asked by On3’s Carter Karels about what has kept A&M from making a chance at OC.
“And if I felt like there were better options or better opportunities or better things that we could do within the program to help us win, we would certainly do them. Right now, I believe that’s our best opportunity to be successful. So I do think 450 yards points to that. Again, composure, finishing in the red zone changes the outcome of the offense on Saturday. So that’s obviously in part coaching, but that’s obviously something that we’ve got to correct and fix.”
Things get weird and awkward with Mike Elko and reporter
Then things got weird. I think we can all agree that was a good question by Karels, right? This team is averaging 26 points per game, 12th in the SEC, and is sitting at 4-5. Karels followed up with another question, asking whether Elko has long-term confidence in his OC, Holmon Wiggins.
“That’s not for now. That’s a stupid question, Carter,” Elko said.
And no, that’s not a stupid question. That’s the type of question that fans actually care about. And that’s great work by Karels. Being asked things like that is part of the job. If you don’t want to be asked that, maybe be better? Maybe don’t be a head coach? Taking your anger out on me for not doing my job well enough isn’t a reason to get upset by a very logical question.
