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  1. 1 hour ago, Caddox said:

    I still believe he was a good hire, in that the information available to the college football world pointed to the very reasonable possibility for big success. Here was the thinking as I understood it by the men that were arguably most responsible for hiring him (Mike Perrin and his support system of donors, many from Houston):

    1. He (in our eyes) successfully translated Urban Meyer's program to his first job at U of H. 

    2. Urban Meyer legitimately learned certain power spread concepts from Tom Herman, but more importantly Tom Herman learned Urban's whole philosophy and successfully forged the two together, resulting in national championship level success using two different QBs. 

    3. Tom Herman showed a deep understanding of the modern recruiting landscape, especially in the field of engaging 7 on 7 teams and creating unique and impressive environments for recruit visits but especially official visits. 

    4. Herman had clear and very positive ties to both the state and the school. 

    5. Herman communicated very specific program changes he felt were needed at Texas to interested alums while at U of H. He basically told us well before he got hired that we were wayyy behind in the facilities and infrastructure race. He had the same type of communication with U of H and Fertitta that was well received before he was hired there. By all accounts, Herman implemented the changes he suggested at U if H successfully. He backed his talk up when he told Fertitta they're wasting their time unless they do certain things. 

    6. The timing was very good for it all to come together. We had trouble hiring someone during the previous search and it was a rough spot to be in. As a result, we got bent over by Charlie fucking Strong on the contract. 

    7. D/FW donors weren't as influential during that period, as they were largely responsible for both the debacle with Mack at the end and the Steve Patterson. They basically had to sit that round out and just support the decision. Those two groups don't play that nice and the D/FW crowd had recently blown it big time in multiple ways. Fwiw, I don't really know where other areas of the state fall into this dynamic (I'm getting all of this from the houston side, and a tiny amount from the dallas side.) Also, I'm not saying D/FW folks didnt want Herman, a FW guy was super involved in the whole process. Just saying I think it's relevant that Houston was kind of on serve. 

    8. I've realized this is way too long and Im just trying to make myself feel better, and no one is going to read this. 

     

    For what it's worth, this is a spot on analysis if you ask me. 

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  2. Just now, F250 said:

    Offer Urban $4 Million as a base pay with a $1 Million bonus for winning the conference championship and an additional $2 Million for making the playoffs with an additional $2 Million for winning the championship. Double these bonus numbers for each National Championship he wins.

    If the team ends up in a non-NY Bowl Game deduce $500 K from his salary. A loss to Oklahoma would require the loss of one of his fingers.

     

    Why the fuck would Urban come out of retirement for 4 million a year? 

  3. 2 hours ago, texifornia said:

    The decommits weren't very damaging. Not ideal, but not horrific. The tough thing is trying to hold on to Bijan with OSU raping and pillaging the Big Ten.

    Didn't one of the reporters (Roach, maybe?) say that OSU isn't the threat to look out for due to the distance from home, but that USC could be trouble if they make a good hire (namely, one slimy retiree)? 

  4. 6 minutes ago, Machinator said:

    Herman and Meekins will watch Omeire tonight, then Herman will join Jason Washington to watch Eaton play.

    Herman, Drayton, Washington, etc. will see Ringo and Bijan tomorrow.

    Not to get ahead of myself, but if we somehow get Ringo, I think it's worthy of a holiday. 

    What do we name it?

    Malikmas

    Bijanukkah 

    Ringo-?

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