I’m going to hold your hand when I say this—no one cares about, or is getting fired because of, the Director’s Cup or us losing it.
First off, Pat Henry is track royalty who hates, hates, hates, hates, hates Texas. He and Bev never got along and had a few spats back in the day when Henry was at LSU. What’s upsetting is the only reason he’s at A&M is because A&M promised him they’d build him whatever he wanted and LSU told him “no” because he was winning NCs at LSU without that stuff (and because LSU wanted that money for football because that’s all they care about). Henry started to slip a little as A&M hadn’t won in a while, and now they are back.
Flo was highly regarding coming out of Kentucky. The hire was a home run at the time. The post above is a good post about what it takes to be successful under him, and it sounds like it’s backfiring.
As long as Henry is at A&M, they will have leverage over Texas because Henry can flash a ton of rings and Olympic success at recruits. Plus, he’s like the coach K of track coaches right now. I don’t think Flo is getting fired, but the results have been pretty lackluster since the highs of his first year or 2.
Also, Texas’ problem is facilities as well. We don’t have an indoor facility (like other universities, especially our most main and major rivals) and our current outdoor track facility is outdated compared to other track complexes across the country.