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Shaggy3.0

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  1. Advertisers love Texas games. All those injury timeouts during the season. We're always hurt because poor coaching and training.
  2. This is correct. I feel like the BMD's and Administration didn't want egg on their face again. Charlie was not our #1 choice to replace Mack. From the media's perspective, pulling Charlie from Louisville meant we missed out on top-level candidates. I think BMDs were probably close to a deal with Mensa in the middle of Strong's 3rd year. The media noise about Herman negotiating with LSU was probably generated by his agent to get a sweeter deal at Texas. Bottom line: we settled for hottest G5 coach to avoid potential embarrassment with another underwhelming hire. Joke's on us. A trip down memory lane: Strong a solid choice for Longhorns, but Texas doesn't do 'solid' Texas wanted a home run in its search to replace Mack Brown. The Longhorns don't strike out with Charlie Strong, but they certainly expected a bigger name. by Dennis Dodd @dennisdoddcbs Jan 4, 2014 at 3:59 pm ET • 3 min read What you can't say is that Charlie Strong was Texas' first choice. You can say that Jim Harbaugh wasn't interested, Jimbo Fisher was comfortable at Florida State and Nick Saban, well, who knows what Nick Saban was thinking. Agent Jimmy Sexton succeeded in getting his most high-profile client a raise. Meanwhile, Steve Patterson got Louisville's head coach. The search could have been smoother, less public and ended with a bigger bang. Art Briles went from if-you-offer-I'll-accept to a self-serving I'm-staying statement on Friday. Jim Mora Jr.'s name was floated for a while but didn't stick. So Texas went to Plan ... C? Sometimes Plan C works out, but Texas doesn't do Plan C. And that's what should bother Longhorns everywhere. As I mentioned back in September it wasn't a good year for Texas to hire a coach. That doesn't mean Strong isn't a good coach, because he is. It means he was available. As someone no doubt mentioned to Strong, you don't turn down Tennessee and Texas in consecutive years and expect to climb the coaching ladder. With Strong to be announced Sunday, the one thing you can say about the Texas search is that it's over. So while columnist Chip Brown's workload lessens, the angst ramps up. Strong is a solid, but not a superstar, pick to replace Mack Brown. Texas needs a superstar, especially in these hyper-competitive times. The guy down the road, Briles, has a better quarterback, team and program than Texas, which sports the No. 1 budget in college sports. That's one good reason why Strong is being paid essentially the same money as the guy he replaced. Strong is making $5 million a year to get the program back where Brown had it. That is, compete for Big 12 championships every year and national championships most years. Can he? Well, there is less of a certainty about that than the names mentioned above. Strong isn't quite the backup plan for the prom when the hot chick turns you down. He's not quite Bud Light when the bartender says they're out of Stella. Charlie Strong is OK. He's got coaching chops, 37-15 in four years at Louisville. If not for his coaching skill, the Cardinals might not be in the ACC today. But he's not the slam dunk, the home run, we all expected. Sorry, in the first big hire of his administration we'll have to reserve judgment on Patterson too. Strong has coached at Florida, been a part of two championships at Florida, even beaten Florida (in last year's Sugar Bowl). Now he has to win in Texas, win the hearts, the minds, the recruits ... the regents. That means becoming a Texas guy, not a Florida guy. Brown quickly made Orangebloods forget he was a native Tennessean who had just come from North Carolina. It's not enough just coaching Texas. You've got to navigate political land mines each day. One day you might get a call from the governor. The next you might get a call from the best quarterback prospect in the country looking for a home. You better be able to schmooze Rick Perry and Jameis Winston. Strong is an easy guy to like. He doesn't necessarily like doing the public -- meaning, media -- thing, from all appearances. That's OK if you're at Louisville. If you're at Texas, you're the face of the program. You're also beholden to the Longhorn Network, which has provided neither widespread exposure nor tangible evidence of wins. Like most coaches, Strong will have no use for what doesn't help him score points. Brown once told me his media commitments on Monday lasted from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. That kind of routine might make Strong spontaneously combust. Let's hope he has enough leverage in contract negotiations to keep the LHN out of his way. It starts with finding a quarterback, preferably from Texas. That ultimately was Brown's downfall. Texas hasn't had a serviceable QB essentially since Colt McCoy in 2009. Strong wasn't Texas' first choice but the governor, the regents, the fans and the network would settle for a facsimile of a possible No. 1 NFL Draft choice. Is there a Teddy Bridgewater out there anywhere? https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/strong-a-solid-choice-for-longhorns-but-texas-doesnt-do-solid/ So if our timing was bad to fire Mack and find his replacement, now is the RIGHT time to cut our losses with Mensa to get Urban.
  3. sorry for cross-posting. but yea..
  4. I predict this thread will catch fire after people read today's AAS. Don't shoot the messenger.
  5. So what you're saying is, Larry Fedora is our next coach.
  6. Damn. Mensa curse targeted CDC. He should be part of the injury updates. Mensa is bad luck. No way i would run in that clown’s circle. Bad juju.
  7. When are the coaches going to take punishment for shitty game plans, little in-game adjustments, and poor play calling? I think mensa should do extra laps every time the offense fails to convert a 4th down play. What a clown.
  8. Maybe he’s an ass face? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  9. Can we ask all candidates to swing an 8lb. sledgehammer so each person’s hard-hitting pipe-swingability is accurately measured?
  10. That's my point. The sec excuse machine started after we kicked uga's ass. Aggy is here to spew bullshit on the board. He's full of shit, just like the rest of them. And hey, aggy couldn't beat uga like Texas afterall.
  11. Actually, you don't have facts about uga's motivation for the sugar bowl. If you do, post non-texaggy/sec links. For example, this is fact: https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/georgia-vs-texas-a-m-score-takeaways-no-4-dawgs-defense-stands-tall-to-take-down-aggies/live/
  12. I’m also stating facts. Big boy sec shit talking still got you beat.
  13. Fuck off aggy. You cock guzzlers talked shit about uga all off-season. How they diminished the sec brand by losing the sugar bowl. You dipshits talked smack about beating uga because well, if tu could it, so could you. How did that game turn out today? Did all that big man talk help you?
  14. Please stop. Who will coach this supposed better defense? Won’t win the big 12? Really? Isn’t that the goal for Texas, especially if mensa is still here for year four? Quick doubling down on stupid.
  15. we've reached peak surly. drink more
  16. So what are you waiting on CDC? Lets your nuts hang and get Urban or fuck you too.
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