re: When will Texas expectations and pressure start to exist?

I suspect the problem at UT and ATM is based on donor expectations as it is. Not necessarily winning expectations BUT expectation of program access and input. Both schools have a HEAP of new money wealthy alumni...and new money folks, at least a lot of them, are convinced that they are special because they have new money. It is said that any fool can become a millionaire (it'd be a billionaire today) in Texas while it takes a damned genius to make a living in New Mexico (probably said about other border states as well). Those donors are most likely a severe pain in the arse for coaches and ADs - they are at every other school, its easy to imagine there is just more of them at UT and ATM due to the nature of Texans in general. It takes a SPECIAL coach to keep those donors at bay....tact is required and at times even a firm hand. It is doubtful that Sark is that person...his past issues indicate a lack of character which, I think, will prove fatal at Texas. I could be wrong. What is not doubtful is Texas and ATM both have been pretty much mediocre or worse most of their existence while being in a football hotbed...something is amiss. NIL will make those donors, and all schools have them, infinitely worse because coaches no longer can use the "we have to be careful" ploy...everything is acceptable now. The coaches and ADs who manage those donors and their expectations in the NIL era are going to be successful, those who do not possess the character to navigate those issues will not....again, in my opinion.

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Funny how this t.u. fans is very specific to non-SEC play. Too good!

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Fact are facts.

Kind of like Texas got the win en route to a conference championship.

Aggy cannot say that.

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It'll be a while, it seems like they're about to make one of those Clemson, Georgia runs winning the odd years Saban didn't. Too much money, recruiting is lights out, development is as well. We'll have pressure but there's gonna be a lot of winning over here in Texas.

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we won't win the SEC every year, just most years lolololol

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Why do I sense that the Texas football program is about to become the Dallas Cowboys of the SEC ???

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Texas will lose 3 games this year.

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That’s all? I remember hearing we had no chance of winning in the SEC, except for Vandy (sorry Vanderbilt). Now 3 losses and we got the easiest SEC schedule ever.

I kid bc I know it’s all trash talk. I’m excited to be here and can’t wait to see how we do this fall.

I think the Longhorns have a shot to have really good results this fall. They better take advantage of it as the schedule might not be this favorable for them going forward. No doubt that is a big factor for them in 2024.

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Why do I sense that the Texas football program is about to become the Dallas Cowboys of the SEC ???

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Of the 90's maybe

Just started - why wait for July?

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Like anywhere, boosters want to feel appreciated. There’s a lot more at places like UT than other schools. So, you can’t avoid or act like the political part of being HC is beneath you (like TH did). Sark’s following Mack’s blueprint and it’s earned him a lot of support.

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That'll go a loooonnngggg way. Mack Brown is from the old school...he flat out knows how to walk that razors edge of giving donors the attention they crave while maintaining control over the program. Sark is fortunate to have a blue print to follow...he is also from the Saban tree so he watched first hand the greatest at doing it that ever existed....the only issue I would be concerned with is the stories about his past....in a pressure cooker its all too easy for cracks in character to become major rifts.