re: Texas Program- Bombs Dropping

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I’d like to comment something before I get into our team that has been bothering me now over the past few weeks. That is people reporting that are insinuating that there’s a possibility I could leave the University of Texas, and that is absolutely false and untrue. I’m not going anywhere. Never do I do this because I never want to be a distraction, so I never address these things. At this point, I feel like this is important that I do this because it’s important for our team. It’s important for our university

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I have never understood this idea that in year 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, etc a coach has to ascend each and every year and hold that top spot with 0 margin for regression anywhere in the program otherwise its time to move on IF (and this is a big IF) the coach has seen success within the program.

Texas made back to back playoffs, wont he Big 12 and lost in the SEC title game last year.

Texas plays a top 15 SoS and could end the season 10 - 3 (or as low as 7-6).

Even if they go 7-6 why burn it all down, especially when you were back to back semis?

This is a new era of college athletics I dont think fans get. You can re-tool a roster immediately. If Sark is willing to make a few tweeks Texas could be right back in the playoffs next year, maybe or maybe not but why would you burn it down because "its year 5"

If thats the case and "year 5" means Natty or bust every team but 2-3 would need to fire their coaches

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I have never understood this idea that in year 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, etc a coach has to ascend each and every year and hold that top spot with 0 margin for regression anywhere in the program otherwise its time to move on IF (and this is a big IF) the coach has seen success within the program.

Texas made back to back playoffs, wont he Big 12 and lost in the SEC title game last year.

Texas plays a top 15 SoS and could end the season 10 - 3 (or as low as 7-6).

Even if they go 7-6 why burn it all down, especially when you were back to back semis?

This is a new era of college athletics I dont think fans get. You can re-tool a roster immediately. If Sark is willing to make a few tweeks Texas could be right back in the playoffs next year, maybe or maybe not but why would you burn it down because "its year 5"

If thats the case and "year 5" means Natty or bust every team but 2-3 would need to fire their coaches

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Well when they have the level of disfunction this team does, yeah they quite often are sent packing.
I don't know if he'll be back next year, but if he is, we aren't winning shite. Luckily, we've made it 20 years since the last one. 1 more won't kill us I guess.
I would say, "perhaps if he hired an OC"....but all know that's not happening.

You don't. This is all just circle jerk teenage level attention whoring drama because the horn season is over.

Rodo

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I look forward to the "keep 7 win sark" crowd chants next year in CS

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There's a lot of people on Surly that are turning on Sark this week. I even shared Bopper's post with them and his post when he called Schloss that he may be onto something.

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There's a lot of people on Surly that are turning on Sark this week. I even shared Bopper's post with them and his post when he called Schloss that he may be onto something.

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Meh I'm over it. If they want this fraud back after this season they get what they deserve.

Life's too short to get upset about it. Time to accept it and let it play out I guess.

I still want to hear what bopper says about that release, however. Mack said something similar his last season here.

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I’m not a wizard at writing contracts and running athletic departments, but my high school education tells me this is not smart.

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If you want to win it all and you know the guy you have is not capable of that, you have to decide if the buyout is worth it.

I came into this season knowing we had no chance to win it all. Nothing happened I didn't predict. I didn't think we'd be this dysfunctional but I said we'd lose to osu, florida, georgia, and a&m. We'll find out in a few weeks if I was right about all 4.
Next year will the same. Thankfully we get to avoid the annual georgia beatdown.

You are right, however, that a dept can't function when you're constantly making bad hiring decisions, with ridiculous contracts, and repeating every 4 years. We suck at finding football coaches.

I am hoping he makes those changes (OC help and/or a few other coordinators). Even if he doesn't I dont think you can for sure say he will never win a natty. He was 10 yards away from the natty 2 years ago and a yard away from tying the game against the champ.

Theres a chance he breaks through and I think the above changes helps

Agree, but this wasnt from any Texas fan and this thread (minus the 50-100 ish posts about the bonfire) proves talking about the Texas job moves the needle.

I have never understood this idea . . . a coach has to ascend . . . and hold that top spot with 0 margin for regression . . . otherwise its time to move on

So you don't pay any attention at all to the preseason hype that surrounded the program?

This was supposed to be The Year of the Arch and by extension a team contending for the National Championship and it has failed, maybe not spectacularly, there were some survivors but the plane definitely went down.