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  1. Well unless you count the great Missouri Rain Delay rush of 1996 I'm gonna guess 1990 "somebody get that idiot off the goalposts" rush post Houston victory.  

    This is correct. IMO, best DKR crowd experience ever.


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  2. 1 minute ago, BurntOrange&White said:

    I think the culture shift needs to happen above the coaching level and within the AD.  Too many dinosaurs collecting pay checks

    This.. This is the umbrella under which all athletics marches towards. The overall vision of athletics at UT must be to field dominate teams in their sport, defined by a commitment to..... ? what ever buzz words they want. 

  3. 7 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

    I'm not being antagonizing when I ask "how do you think culture works?" 

    I actually think it is a recruiting board worthy thread discussion unto itself and I am betting there will be a lot of opinions.

    To answer part of my own question, I can say that positive culture changes (changes that lead to statistically better outcomes in the measurables) in organizations that are sustainable only happen at the top. Doesn't have to only be the CEO/HC/President/Religious Figurehead of an org, but it has to be him/her and their immediate reports. An immediate report can be the key driver if the main person can handle them. 

    Conversely, negative culture changes (changes that can be traced to preceding statistically worse outcomes in the measurables) in organizations can happen at any level, at any time. They're almost always sustainable until regime change. 

    There are almost zero case studies or white papers tracking proof of the Hollywood narrative of positive and sustained grass roots level or middle manager level changes within an org. There are plenty of instances in which there can be positive changes in an org driven at any level, but they will not last if not adopted genuinely and then institutionalized throughout the org from the top down.

    At Texas or any other CFB program, given the transient nature of players in CFB, no sustainable culture change will ever be created by a player or players. So you need a transformative HC, DC or OC and they need a long term vision for the org that they can execute on and get enough wins quickly to gain buy-in and that could be sustained for a decade+. That doesn't mean a few badasses can't drive a program to a few successful seasons in spite of weakness at the top, but those performances will be ephemeral in nature.

    So.. since we have failed so miserably .. on average.. in our HC evals related to culture, although I liked Strong's culture more than Herman's.. Can the AD drive this? Can CDC drive down culture, specifically in football. 

    Meant to add, I agree with what you said 100% from a change org perspective

  4. 3 minutes ago, Knoxtnhorn said:

    Schooler may be the worst player that has ever stepped on the field for Texas.  I'm not exaggerating.  

    I spent the last 5 min thinking about this.. Like surely there are worse players who have started for Texas.. can't think of one. Well done.. 

     

    Scratch that - I will go w/ Scott Derry.. maybe Bret Robin. 

  5. She was still that way, remembering the particulars of my kids’ pho orders. She had a very loyal Northwest Hills community that loved her. 

    I remember kidding her about the no public restroom sign on her door. She went on a 10 min tirade about the soccer families over at Murchison on weekends and them using her bathroom. I ate there once a week for years. Same thing. Just talked in, grabbed a table and she brought I wanted. I miss her.
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  6. Who gives a fuck?
    Honestly--after a decade of this, does anybody really care?

    A decade? You're being kind. With the exception of a few years under Brown it's been 40 plus years. Maybe less. For sure started in 1983 at cotton Bowl vs Georgia.
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