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Tired of “Pressure at Texas” Narrative
Posted on 8/29/25 at 8:57 pm
Posted on 8/29/25 at 8:57 pm
They haven’t ever won shite in the modern era except Vince young’s magic year and their fanbase readily accepts mediocrity and outwardly celebrates it. Lost in the sec title GO Horns! Back to back CFP LOSSES. “We rule”! Alabama or LSU that’s where real pressure is. Those results are not celebrated. Media created false narrative. Pretty cushy gigs honestly. Now if they feel cheated by refs they will throw things on the field.
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Posted on 8/29/25 at 8:58 pm to JamalMurry27
Feel better princess?
Posted on 8/29/25 at 9:00 pm to JamalMurry27
The standard is still higher there than at most schools
Not a lot of schools will fire a perennial 9-3 coach.
Pretty sure Texas would.
I think they’re more relaxed than some fanbases like Ohio State or Alabama, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a lot of pressure. Who was the last Longhorn coach who didn’t get fired/forced out?
Darrell Royal? The stadium namesake?
I think they’re boosters and administrators might make it a tougher job than it appears on the outside
Not a lot of schools will fire a perennial 9-3 coach.
Pretty sure Texas would.
I think they’re more relaxed than some fanbases like Ohio State or Alabama, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a lot of pressure. Who was the last Longhorn coach who didn’t get fired/forced out?
Darrell Royal? The stadium namesake?
I think they’re boosters and administrators might make it a tougher job than it appears on the outside
This post was edited on 8/29/25 at 9:01 pm
Posted on 8/29/25 at 9:01 pm to JamalMurry27
You might be a shittier alter than ShaftWilliams.
Posted on 8/29/25 at 9:07 pm to JamalMurry27
Quinn Ewers is the best Texas QB since Colt McCoy and he was shite on his whole time there.
Posted on 8/29/25 at 9:09 pm to MizzouTrue
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Not a lot of schools will fire a perennial 9-3 coach.
..... well, if he's black.
Now Mack was a horse of a different color. He resigned .... technically. Because of a Mexican, Manny Diaz. Paterson didn't like Mexican assistant coaches.
Sark just implied that there's more pressure on him(self) this year than there is on Manning.
Posted on 8/29/25 at 9:26 pm to MizzouTrue
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Who was the last Longhorn coach who didn’t get fired/forced out? Darrell Royal? The stadium namesake?
He got kicked upstairs/forced out.
Posted on 8/29/25 at 9:33 pm to Eldodroptop
Well then I guess nobody leaves Austin on their own terms
Posted on 8/29/25 at 9:49 pm to JamalMurry27
We went through a decade of sucking. We've made some really big strides over the last couple of years. Why is this upsetting to you?
Posted on 8/29/25 at 11:25 pm to JamalMurry27
They keep choking when it matters. Donors have put a ton into NIL. The window is closing with Manning. Sarkisian has to deliver a championship or they will shitcan him
Posted on 8/29/25 at 11:49 pm to SneezyBeltranIsHere
How do you define 'decade'?
Posted on 8/29/25 at 11:55 pm to JamalMurry27
Another bama whiner
Posted on 8/30/25 at 12:01 am to JamalMurry27
OSU is going to whip their arse tomorrow and no one should be shocked by it.
All of yall shite on Kelly, who has at least made a title game, while Sark is golden boy for... what? Beating Saban's final shitty team? Hes been a HC at big programs with resources for a dozen years and has a single B12 title to show for it. What other wins does he have?
Texas is going to be the SEC's version of PSU. Always the bridesmaid, never the bride
Bringing in Mizzou, Texas, OU, and A&M was a mistake
All of yall shite on Kelly, who has at least made a title game, while Sark is golden boy for... what? Beating Saban's final shitty team? Hes been a HC at big programs with resources for a dozen years and has a single B12 title to show for it. What other wins does he have?
Texas is going to be the SEC's version of PSU. Always the bridesmaid, never the bride
Bringing in Mizzou, Texas, OU, and A&M was a mistake
Posted on 8/30/25 at 12:19 am to Eldodroptop
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He got kicked upstairs/forced out.
That's not true.
He was considered too powerful. He was untouchable. Both the president Lorene Rogers and the chairman of the board of regents, Alan Shivers wanted to curb his power. But he resigned under no pressure to do so. On paper he was the long time athletic director until he resigned that position too in 1982.
In practice Shivers and Rogers hired Fred Akers over Darrell Royals' choice, Mike Campbell, his long time defensive coordinator. Akers was told he would only get the job if he agreed to exclude Royal from anything involving football, including practices. Akers was a former assistant under Royal before he took the head coaching job at Wyoming.
Royal had grown exhausted by the direction of college football. Switzer had opened up the under the table payments at OU in a big way. There were new scholarship limits put into play, going from unlimited to 95 and then to 85. He was getting called a racist on the recruiting trail, for being late to desegregate the football team.
The OU game that year ended in a 6-6 tie. Royal threw up leaving the field. It was at that time that he realized he hated losing more than he enjoyed winning, and so he chose to shut it down at the end of the year. His long time friend in coaching, Frank Broyles at Arkansas, had already announced he was stepping down.
He was 52 when he retired as a head football coach.
Posted on 8/30/25 at 12:33 am to MizzouTrue
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Well then I guess nobody leaves Austin on their own terms
It's rare. In any sport. You have to win, then you have to keep winning.
Barnes was forced out as the winningest basketball coach in school history.
Garrido was forced out after winning a couple of national championships before he wanted to (Texas had a losing season and had only made one College World Series in 5 years). David Pierce was fired after making 3 college world series in 8 years.
Jody Conradt was forced out as the winningest coach in women's basketball history.
Tom Herman was recently fired in football after going 32-18 with a 7-3 record in his final season.
Chris Beard was fired after getting arrested for choking his fiancée, even though charges were later dismissed.
Sarkisian will be fired too if performance drops off. There are rumors out there he'd accept an NFL gig if offered, but he wants to win a national championship first. I don't know how real that is, but the truth is there's a lot of pressure on college coaches with no downtime, and he recently had a child with his wife - after they had announced a separation.- at the age 51.
I can't say the pressure is greater at Texas than other places. I don't know exactly how you measure that. It feels like the pressure to win is there regardless of where you go, except maybe Iowa, apparently. But there's plenty of pressure. The school tries to give all its coaches all the resources they need to win championships. But if they don't do that, they'll look for a replacement.
Posted on 8/30/25 at 1:34 am to JamalMurry27
Bleeding vags, so many of yall, why do yall make it so obvious, your scared of Texas we get it
Posted on 8/30/25 at 1:38 am to JamalMurry27
Posted on 8/30/25 at 5:50 am to JamalMurry27
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They haven’t ever won shite in the modern era except Vince young’s magic year and their fanbase readily accepts mediocrity and outwardly celebrates it. Lost in the sec title GO Horns! Back to back CFP LOSSES. “We rule”! Alabama or LSU that’s where real pressure is. Those results are not celebrated. Media created false narrative. Pretty cushy gigs honestly. Now if they feel cheated by refs they will throw things on the field.
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