re: Texas hired Stark because Jimbo is winning

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Sarkisian is a good OC. However, he is basically Riley without the program that Riley inherited.

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Riley inherited a program on the verge of collapse. The defensive side of the program had already fully collapsed under Mike Stoops. The offensive side was starting to follow suit under Heupel.

Sark is actually inheriting a program on more solid footing than Riley did.

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The defenses in the BDF have been chasing Riley for years, and are starting to figure him out as a result.

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That's news to me. Defenses in the BIG XII have gotten better overall, not "figured out Riley". To his credit, Campbell's 3-3-3 defensive scheme did kill the Air-Raid here, which is what it was designed to do. That's a good thing, and part of the reason why the defenses have improved. Goodbye and good riddance, Air-Raid....

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Texas if smart would have hired a program builder like Campbell,

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They don't need to "build a program". Their "program" has been built for decades. They need somebody who can develop their players and will put his best players on the field. Their players don't get better over their careers there (development), and their teams don't improve over the course of the season (also development).
And then you have a guy like Bijan who spent the season sitting behind guys he's very clearly better than under Hermanus. I'm not even sure Ehlinger was their best option at QB last year.

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or somebody like Mahlzahn that plays a different style that defenses in the BDF are not already prepared for.

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You have no idea what kind of offenses are played in the BIG XII. Malzahn's "offense" is a clownshow joke we all laugh about. It's a less than mediocre spread offense with a lot of window dressing and eye candy (motion and shifting).

Yeah I wouldn't know the state my own program that I've followed my entire life was in when Riley took over. A stupid aggot knows more than ME.

Several programs have already tried to implement Campbell's 3-3-3 scheme and all have failed. Even Clemson tried it after Venables flew to Ames to meet with Heacock fresh off of winning the Natty and it didn't work for them.

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And very few defenses in the BDF can defend the run worth a crap, which is why someone like Malzahn would destroy that conference.

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The BIG 12 had 3 top 25 run defenses (two of them top 10).
"Da SEC" had 4 top 25 run defenses (two of them top 10).

You never know what the hell you're talking about.

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And it will take a complete revamp in the way things are done to get rid of that entitled attitude throughout the program and the fanbase.

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No coach they could hire will ever get rid of their mentality. This is a clown post.

UTx has no concern for Aggie, and it drives them mad.

Their move to hire Sark and an all star cast of coast-to-coast recruiting and player development oriented coaches and assistants has everything to do with OU and a determination to win Big 12 titles first.

Give Sark a couple full recruiting cycles with the coaching talent he has assembled and there will be a great deal of talent in Austin.

Sark's biggest issue will be how much he lets Flood run the offense vs how much he involves himself, especially when a full complement of talent arrives.

aTm had a blip on the radar season on 2020. They are postured to have another blip in 2021 with all of the talent, coaches, analysts/staff Bama loses and the other issues/turnover that AU and LSU are facing. 2021 is shaping up to be aTm's best chance to make a move. If Jimbo can't win the west this year, it may never be in the cards.

Whatever negative has been said is probably defensive and probably wrong. Sark is one of the top offensive minds at any level. His alcohol issues prevented his success in the past. But if he has indeed put that addiction behind him, after two years with Coach Saban he should have learned how to organize a head coaching job in great detail.

The past two years you never once saw Saban light into Sark... and he used to do it as entertainment with Kiffin and Dabole. He entrusted Sark with game day control of Alabama against Auburn and praised him...which means he thinks Sark can manage a game.

I strongly believe that Sark as head coach is going to be a comer in the next three years, maybe “sooner” given the collections of stiffs in that conference. Texas might become The Clemson of the big 12.

Sark is the best head coach hire at Texas this century.

Well, you do meet a lot of people working behind the deli counter at Albertons.

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Sark is the best head coach hire at Texas this century.

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You may want to tap the brakes a little, chief.

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whoever leaked to the press that texas was courting urban really hamstrung them. I dont think they wanted to make a move unless it was urban but once it was public they had no choice.

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This is close. Some of the boosters were annoyed at Herman for his terrible attitude, and not bowing down to them. They are the ones who approached Meyer, and later Sarkisian without even telling the AD. They are the ones who made the choice.

Too bad for Texas that their fans are so terrible that Meyer decided to pass. The boosters almost had him locked up for mad money before Meyer started talking to various coaches. It was leaked because they put the cart before the horse and wanted to control the narrative as usual. Sarkisian was damage control

Hermanus was 1-4 vs OU and 0-1 in CCG (also vs OU). He was also 1-4 vs TCU.

It wasn't a secret they were going to make a move on a coaching change after this season, especially after they made him replace his staff after last year. Obviously the above trends continued this season along with the staff missing out on several top, in-state recruits, a couple of them legacy kids. His doom was a forgone conclusion.

They hired sark because OU was winning. A&M had nothing to do with it.

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Fisher and OU are spanking Texas on the recruiting trail

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According to 247, A&M has one more recruit committed than Texas and OU has two more for the 2022 class.

Is that really a spanking?