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ChickenNuggets

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  1. 5 minutes ago, Horn of Gabriel said:

    Reading is hard: "In order of importance since 2009"  Yeah, his fucking the program in his last few years and where that got us was pretty important.

    Lol, of all the reasons since 2009, you ranked the ghost of mack brown #1 of importance. Maybe you intended something different, but that's what you wrote. And it's regarded. you do realize he left end of 2013. We're on our 3rd coach since... a lot of shit has happened since 2013. Maybe he's #5 or #8, but #1? 7 years after he left?

    Lol.

    I'm no MB defender, but never go full regard.

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  2. 2 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

    Easy or not (I think it deserves respect whereever you go), it's kind of a basic qualification for the truly elite schools.  Then you have to factor in extracurriculars and other things that make you stand out, which might include economic/racial disadvantage.  Some of the latter could parlay the class rank into admission to Harvard or whatever, but many can't.

    Yeah, you and I disagree on economic/racial disadvantage, but no need to CR this thread.

  3. 6 minutes ago, Horn of Gabriel said:

    Only a handful of people know for sure.  Maybe it was a request (that we denied) for "complete" control, whatever that actually means.  Or maybe @WhatTheBuck is right about how Urban felt he got to the mountaintop at tOSU and there was nothing left for him in CFB.  Or maybe it was the BMDs, or the LHN time commitment, or whatever.  Only UM knows and I haven't heard him comment on it.

    If you believe the "reporting," CDC wasn't driving the bus on the hire anyway, it was a handful of others.  So yeah any of those possibilities you wrote above are just that, possible.  Or not.  I see a ton of people lashing out at the AD because they are angry with a bad loss, when 1) I don't see the AD as the root cause of the issue, and 2) I can't point to anything the AD would have done differently in the past 18 months or so (prior to that, sure).

    Texas' issues, in ranked order of importance since 2009:

    1. Mack Brown burnt the house down on the way out and fucked us, and has been actively trying to fuck us ever since to preserve his notion of his "deserved legacy" by badmouthing us all over the place.  This had mostly diminished a decade later but really reverberated through the program for the 5-6 years after he left.
    2. Unprofessionalism in the AD from 2009 - 2017 leading to easily avoidable poor hires in the head football coach.  This lead to Charlie Strong and Tom Herman.
    3. Bad luck in hiring.  Hindsight is 20/20 but wow Strong looks bad in the rearview mirror.  Herman looks like about what you'd expect, a mid major coach over his head.  Jury still out on Sark IMO.
    4. Texas HS football/7 on 7 - the model for TXHSFB creates amazing skill players that are picked up by top programs around the nation.  I don't believe the lines are at the same level of quality anymore.  This continues to be an issue and will continue to be until we regularly reach outside of the state for line recruits.  We'll see how this changes.
    5. Bad recruiting - we've brought in a lot of softies especially in the O-line.  Another big reason for Sark...
    6. Bad development - players have actually regressed when they got on campus.  Big reason for the Sark pick...
    7. Lack of NFL picks - related to everything above

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    32. Facilities - no where near as big as people make it out to be

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    89. Austin's distractions - waaaay down the list

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    534. Woke Culture - IMO this barely registers.  The Eyes controversy wasn't generated or driven by the players, it was a few loud voices on campus.  Unfortunately the players got dragged into it and everyone shoved a mic in their face.

    More and more I'm landing in the @David Dennison camp that getting the right guy is a fortuitous combination of luck and timing.  You need the right guy and the right time at the right place.

    Lol, the ghost of Mack Brown is #1? GTFO, lol.

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  4. 14 hours ago, David Dennison said:

    That's not necessarily true. The top 6% is not an easy feat, even for the most ambitious students. A lot of those kids can still get into highly selective schools while not getting the auto bid to Texas.

    It's easy as shit if you attend a shit high school. Can be tough if you actually attend a good one.

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  5. Mack Brown was the closest thing we've had since Royal. I remember football games before he arrived and people weren't even wearing burnt orange. He did revive the program in a very big way.

    I wonder how much of the coaches time is pulled away from coaching and towards donor meetings, fundraising, LHN, etc. 

  6. 8 minutes ago, Tex Pete said:

    No. Mackovic made something like that. Mack was paid much better from the start. 

    Yeah, I did a search, data might be questionable, but it looks like his first year was $750K. So.... might point kinda still stands?

  7. 44 minutes ago, mchookem said:

    i've been making that Dallas Cowboys analogy for several years...biggest money-making 'brand' in the sport for no discernible reason, long past the days of 'greatness'. it makes no sense and yet here we are. again.

    It's because of the market they are in. Texas is a beast of a market for football and the Cowboys and Longhorns control that market.

  8. I mean, i've always thought the city of austin has a lot to do with it. There are so many distractions in the city, hero worship by the fans, the press, alumni. Progressively, college culture coddles these kids, let's them make excuses, allows them to blame others, or their circumstances, or history, blah blah for whatever is happening to them today. I think that limits accountability.

    Additionally, coaches don't come here to win championships, they come here for their payday. Mack Brown made what, $450K a year when he first got here in '98? His performance coaching is what got him up to $5 million per year. Coaches today get that right off the bat. It's ridiculous.

    I think there's rot from head to toe at UT. You saw how the University negotiated with the band to play the fucking school song. What do you think is going on behind closed doors with the players to get them to learn their drills?

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