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Everyone's thinking seems to still be stuck in the pre NIL era. As you're well aware, what was built around Sark more than demonstrates we are at least a Top 5 destination. I think we have a great argument for best in the SEC. Plus, the playoff is going to expand.
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My wife and kids were out of town last weekend, Im still recovering from Saturday night. After the game I stared into the abyss of my raging fire pit and I think my contacts melted a little bit into my eyes because I slept in them and when I took them out the next morning one of them was extremely irritated. Optometrist told me I had a slight corneal ulcer and now Im having to wear my goofy backup glasses in client meetings and taking prescription eye drops. Fucking Sark.
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Would love to know the details behind this as well, its a big reason why I initally disregarded the rumors.
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Information and certainly misinformation flow faster and more frequently than ever in college football. A lot of it is stuff we have been seeing for a while like social media and the 24 hour news cycle, but one of the major changes recently is NIL has both brought in more agents to cfb and removed many of the gatekeeping duties of an athletic department. I know at least three of our donors text and hold calls directly with agents without CDC knowing a thing about it, and I'm sure theres many more I don't know. That was going on before NIL, but not nearly to the same extent. The negotiating moves lightining quick, especially in these portal situations, and the middle men have all but been removed. To be clear, I've seen this exact scenario play out: - Sark or another staffer contacts a donor and says hey we believe X player has indicated he would transfer here for the right price, we really need him for (insert reason) - Donor calls that players agent to get a ballpark and see if he and others are interested in paying that amount - Donor either foots the bill himself or quickly gathers a bid amount from his donor buddies - Donor enters negotiations with the agent and sends in a bid - Agent lets the donor know if they won or lost, and if won the paperwork gets drawn up My point in posting this is it should illustrate how often agents are on the phone with people not even officially affiliated with the universities. TONS of information gets distributed out this way, and yea a lot of it is just smokescreens or bs or planted rumors. It wouldn't be a stretch at all for a guy like Desmond Howard to think he has gotten ahold of some pretty juicy and legitimate information, because he could've talked to a million different people who heard the Sark NFL stuff second hand and tells him it came from an agent.
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This is my general understanding as well. There wasn't a lot of interest in the job after the way everything went down with Mack. He really is an epic piece of shit and I cant believe hes allowed to snoop around the program again. Fuck that guy. Powers advocated for Strong because he wanted a black coach. Dont know how much of a difference that made in actually hiring him but Ive heard donors say it. A Dallas group is who fumbled the situation with Saban and drove the Patterson hire at AD. The pendulum swung back to Houston and we ended up with Herman as a result. The story of him and his wife showing up to a cocktail reception in Houston right after the deal was done is hilarious. Herman bolted straight to the bar when he got there and ordered a vodka and ice in a pint glass. Eltife and Hartzell put a good bid together from multiple cities but missed out on Meyer. I heard a big part of the reason they landed on Sark is because they were determined to fix the QB situation that had plagued us for so long. Shouldnt be hard to figure out who will be making the next hire if we make one. NIL drives the bus now, as it should in my opinion. We will only go as far as our NIL support takes us, just like everyone else now. Love it or hate it, thats cfb today.
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Could this be the craziest coaching carousel of all time?
BlackCat replied to GreenspointTexas's topic in Football
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I'd be shocked if Sark even entertains the idea of taking the playsheet out of his hands. I think he'd rather be an OC in the NFL than a CEO HC in college.
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I wanna see what the injury report looks like and monitor the media noise around Sark before making a full prediction, but right now I'm leaning towards us taking care of business against Arkansas. We are a different team at home.
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I'd like to see the Rebels do well. They've navigated NIL really well and I'd like to see my Ole Miss family/friends get to enjoy a good run before he jumps to Florida. I dont think its gonna happen because I think Ole Miss is gonna force the issue on his extension before the playoffs start.
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No clue how Kiffin would do here. That guy has all sorts of skeletons in his closet. Maybe he has actually grown up, seems like he has. But he was an epic dirtbag for years. It would all depend on our $$$ guys appetite for that potential stuff after Sark.
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Yes. He has been given everything he could hope for to succeed here.
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1-7 against top 5 teams. His offense averaged 17.6 points in those games. And after all that, he just got completely outclassed again in his latest attempt to turn it around. He's not a bad coach, but he's clearly not an elite coach. He's got elite support around him.
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We didnt just lose to Florida. What happened to the OL this season and especially in that game is completely unacceptable. It was a massive red flag that something is very seriously wrong inside the program. Our prized SEC royalty QB has been getting completely punished and we are dead last in the SEC in rushing. Thats with our donors giving Sark extreme levels of support both with $$$ and patience.
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I dont know what would happen if he loses to Arkansas at home. A lot of people seem to be stuck in the old model of cfb. Nowadays if you lose the locker room and you lose the donors its pretty much over. The money gets turned off like a light switch, recruits cancel visits, players opt out and hit the portal. You cant even pay for your roster for the next season at that point. You're done. Sark would have to go to his money guys and make major promises about hiring a playcalling OC and shifting gears completely. I just dont see him doing that.
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Texas has been very good to Sark as far as Im concerned. He can still leave here with an overall net positive tenure. There is another fork in the road where things end up so ugly for him that I would actually worry about the guy. Based on how he has looked so often this season I already am kind of worried for him. If he somehow actually gets a HC offer in the NFL he would be crazy not to take the opportunity for a change of scenery. I understand he cant give up playcalling duties. Thats the whole shooting match for him, what gets him out of bed in the morning. I also understand he isnt capable of calling the plays as a HC. I think its time for an amicable split where we wish him the best and continue to cheer for his success both on and off the field.
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