re: Cam Newton not impressed with Texas culture

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if you truly think Texas culture isn't better with Sark vs Charlie and Herman

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wow, tough measuring sticks. Charlie and Herman.

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You'd all be ready to fire him if not for the super easy schedule you got

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For the foreseeable future, you will always be saying our schedule was easy.

And for us - it will be.

Culture building is on its way to the graveyard just like recruiting rankings. Whether it's Sark or any other coach, the allure of "more money" will be front and center and be the main priority in the lion's share of players and recruits moving forward. Culture will have nothing to do with their decision on where to play. We're giving them waaaay too much credit.

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For the foreseeable future, you will always be saying our schedule was easy.

And for us - it will be.

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Maybe someday you will understand what SoS actually is.

I bet only about 10% of Texas fans were Texas fans 3 years ago. You guys don't know shite.

Horns High everyone, Horns High!

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The players we recruited had NIL offers in other places and chose Texas. If you think Texas just outbids everyone for every recruit we have you are naive. Its an aspect for sure but I know personally kids that have come in naming their price and Sark has not wanted to pursue them for one important reasons

If you start with only money as a recruit thats likely all that will drive you. The next year you will be coming back for more and in this sport you can transfer immediately. so the ROI of that NIL package is useless if a Fresh take the money and then leaves the next year.

These colleges are run by smart people who know how to negotiate and can spot a kid and his agent / family only focused on money a mile away. The majoriy of those kids Texas is going to pass on unless they are 5 star.

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What a laughable crock of shite.....

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I can't believe what I said zoomed straight over your head. It wasn't that profound.

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All you did was demonstrate you don't know what the SoS metric is because you thought it was based on how well Texas does against the teams it plays.

You can lose every single game and have the #1 SoS, and you can win every game and have the #1 SoS.

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We can outbid 95% of programs thats just a fact, not a brag just a fact. At the same time its not the only part of the equation, culture is very important otherwise you get bad apples that can ruin a locker room. I never said NIL $$ wasn't a driver as it is for every program now but it isnt the only thing.

Arch could have gone anywhere, you think what Sark was building wasnt and the culture at Texas wasnt important to him?

When you evaluate a job offer is it 100% about money? Same is true when Texas recruits players and a culture fit is part of that equation.

Our SOS was top 15 -20 by every measurement I have seen but keep telling yourself this false narrative lol.

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I keep track of SoS, I don't bear false witness. These were the SoS rankings at the end of the regular season last year for the SEC.

2. Georgia 2.37
3. Florida 2.18
4. Oklahoma 2.03
7. LSU 1.89
8. Arkansas 1.88
11. Kentucky 1.85
12. Miss St 1.81
13. South Carolina 1.76
14. Vandy 1.70
15. Alabama 1.52
21. Tennessee 1.30
24. Missouri 1.22
27. Ole Miss 1.18
28. Texas A&M 1.15
42. Auburn .85
43. Texas .85

An elite team wasn't expected to have a single loss on your schedule, but you still managed one.

Actually, no one, including the majority of Texas fans, thought Sark would be doing this well. He came here on thin ice for his off the field problems and it has paid off in dividends.

This isn’t the pros. You’re dealing with 18-22 year old kids that feel entitled. They have to want to be here or else they will look to go somewhere else. Whether that is because they aren’t a cultural fit or aren’t getting enough playing time. The money may lure them in, but it doesn’t make a team. Otherwise, the Yankees would be winning the WS every year. They can outspend everyone else and stack their team with individual superstars better than anyone. Kids are going to go to a school that pays them well but they have a chance to succeed going into the next step of their careers.

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we know money is the reason programs like Texas, Oregon, and OSU are winning, their pockets are deeper than most.

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You just listed 2 blue bloods and a team that for the last 20 years has averaged 10 wins a season, as teams that are “winning because of money”.