re: Let's all take a moment to point and laugh at what is going down on the 40 Acres

It was a bad mix from the get go. Strong is in so far over his head at texas that it is almost impossible for him to survive another year of ineptitude on the field. Going to take Patterson down with him. Strong looks very bad when having to think on his feet. He looks dumbstruck on the sideline. Just a blank stare.

One of the knocks on him was the HC at texas needed to be media savvy and needed to come across well on camera and he was horrible at this before they hired him. Just not very personable. That might be okay as a position coach but not as the HC... especially there and definitely not there with LHN over his shoulder or the donors there. As a reminder here is an ESPN writer from June last year at coaches clinic in San Angelo:

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Some highlights if you don't want to bother reading it:

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Charlie Strong's first impression with Texas high school coaches may not have exactly lived up to his last name.

"I think everyone was shocked. It was that bad," one coach told Haney.

Another said, "He obviously didn't want to be here. If he did, he sure as [heck] didn't show it."

The 53-year-old Strong has long had a reputation of being something of an introvert, and not all that interested in the more political aspects of a Division I head football coach's job.

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If he can't sell Texas High School coaches and players on himself, he is doomed for failure.

Just my opinion but I think the fact that A&M left texas behind and they no longer have a game with us has hurt their recruiting and brand more than they want to admit. They only have 1 true marquee game now... OU. If texas is 7-4 and OU is 7-4... people will watch it. It texas is 7-4 and Baylor is 7-4... ratings go in the toilet. That's what I mean by marquee. On top of everything else going wrong at texas... he is having to deal with the subtle repercussions of A&M going to the SEC. In my personal opinion this is factoring in much more than they ever dreamed and is making a bad marriage even worse. They need a big personality to come in and shine a light back on that program from a PR standpoint.