I'll add that 9-0 in the NCAA tournament doesn't really indicate to me, some lack of focus or poor effort or poor planning or poor preparation on the part of the head coach, regardless of who he was contacting.
The 2 final losses in a row to Tennessee weren't some anomaly. Tennessee had already beaten the Ags and eliminated them in the SEC tourney a few weeks prior. Plus they were the SEC regular season co-champs, they were the SEC tourney runner-up,
2024 Texas A&M had an excellent team and an excellent season. They just ran into a better team at the end. It happens.