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2 minutes ago, NBHorn7 said:

Phil Knight has a stronger arm when it comes to throwing money.

I doubt their overall athletic department and NIL budget is more than Texas's. 

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3 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

Phil Knight is 87.

He leaving everything to Oregon?

He has pledged $2B to Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Center. 

Not sure about the other $30B or so. 

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32 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

So if and when we part ways with Sark, throw all the monies at Dan Lanning or nah?

When that time comes there will be some up and comer that pulled off a couple of upsets that season. We will make said coach one of the top 5 highest paid coaches in the country overnight then wonder why we’re going through this again five years later. 

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12 minutes ago, Zeus said:

But the cocaine tho 

Someone needs to write a “fictional comedy” with our cast of coaching characters over the last 30 years. 
 

chardonnay drinking drive around in a convertible asshole who was fired and who’s subsequent team pulled a mutiny on the bounty on his ass. 

a middling game manager with cookies and orange slices who leaves teams a shell of itself like a vampire when he blows town leaving the cupboard bare but just loves for kids to have fun. 
 

a mid-tier clueless doesn’t even know his own zip code type who looked so lost in games one wonders if he accidentally pierced his brain with that finger cleaning out his ears. 
 

a coked up hand grenade who could beat OU banging crusty Jewelry store lady and whose wife almost opened an airplane door mid flight to Mexico and who had to be watched by campus police just in case. Who got fired from his last and likely final HC gig. And who had on his coaching staff a coach who clogged up a recruits toilet on the recruiting trail 
 

and Sark. Whose first year here started with a coach on his staff’s girlfriend named the Pole assassin who’s monkey bit a child in a maze on Halloween who wasn’t impressed with doctors of neighborhood. Like how did we expect this to turn out man. 

 

It doesn’t matter who the big money donors want next. This could be an epic comedy with the shit they have already done to us in 30 years. Thank god for Colt and for Vince. Because it could have been a whole lot worse. 

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Oh I’m all in on Dan Lanning. That’s the guy. 
 

or the will end up with ten guy in Arizona who’s had a nice turnaround 

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Just now, Fudge Nuggets said:

When that time comes there will be some up and comer that pulled off a couple of upsets that season. We will make said coach one of the top 5 highest paid coaches in the country overnight then wonder why we’re going through this again five years later. 

Joey McGuire because he’s beating Houston right now.

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I would hate for this to be the end of the road for Sark but his last two stops as HC don’t inspire much confidence. His staff doesn’t inspire much confidence either. 
 

I can’t even think where we go from here but if we do go HC hunting can we interview some people? See which coaches have routinely showed year over year improvement. Have fire in the veins? Have routinely shown they can win with far less than we have ever had on our roster? Cuz that’s the guy for me. Whoever that is. A guy who can win like we have Kansas State money. Not a guy who can’t win with Texas money. 
 

Miami just took the script from Ohio State and barring something bizarre will be in the MNC. We may not even make the Alamo bowl. And With all that money spent.on this roster.
 

 At least so far Texas Tech is backing up all the money they spent this year with competent play on the field.

 

How embarrassing we have this much money and we can’t even buy a win over a 1-3 team that sucks. I don’t want this to be the end or beginning of the end for Sark but if you can’t win with Texas money it’s time to hang up your HC spurs. Sorry but it’s true. 

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This is a poorly coached team that is lacking talent. Inexcusable for one of the highest prices in CFB. Our RB room is the most expensive in the country and they're all jags except maybe the freshmen. 

Sark needs to clean house on assistant coaches on offense after the season. Choice was a terrible RB evaluator so we still need to give the current guy a chance, but OL,WR, and TE need better. 

The offense needs to change. It's figured out. Simplify it, run more spread concepts because your line can't move anyone, and put Arch in best situations to see defenses that have to declare early. 

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1 minute ago, Hermanator said:

This is a poorly coached team that is lacking talent. Inexcusable for one of the highest prices in CFB. Our RB room is the most expensive in the country and they're all jags except maybe the freshmen. 

Sark needs to clean house on assistant coaches on offense after the season. Choice was a terrible RB evaluator so we still need to give the current guy a chance, but OL,WR, and TE need better. 

The offense needs to change. It's figured out. Simplify it, run more spread concepts because your line can't move anyone, and put Arch in best situations to see defenses that have to declare early. 

All of our running backs were high 4 or 5 star guys.   The OL lacks talent yes maybe receiver.  Both arch and Quinn were five stars. Card was a 4 star. Maybe it’s not the players.  Or do we need bama level talent. If that’s the case that is also on Sark

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16 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

When that time comes there will be some up and comer that pulled off a couple of upsets that season. We will make said coach one of the top 5 highest paid coaches in the country overnight then wonder why we’re going through this again five years later. 

We're Texas.

13 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

off the wagon raising a bastard child

JFC, dude. What the fuck?

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Just now, Surly Bevo said:

This guy seems annoying, hungry and does more with less

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...except he's an ASU legacy with a vested interest in building up his alma mater.

Maybe he can be money-whipped? It's worth a shot, but I wouldn't count on him coming to UT.

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Being a great coach at another program doesn't necessarily translate to being a great or even good coach at Bellmont. It's all of the responsibilities of your old job, with ten times the expectations, plus the politics of running a Fortune 500 company. On top of that, it's now open season on your best players who can be poached away if they're not happy, which in a sense was always true in college sports but has been ramped up with NIL.

The right man has to be able to recruit talent, motivate effectively, and more than anything else assemble and manage a team of assistants and coordinators who demand perfect execution. Who besides Nick Saban has those qualifications?

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2 minutes ago, chainsaw said:

Being a great coach at another program doesn't necessarily translate to being a great or even good coach at Bellmont. It's all of the responsibilities of your old job, with ten times the expectations, plus the politics of running a Fortune 500 company. On top of that, it's now open season on your best players who can be poached away if they're not happy, which in a sense was always true in college sports but has been ramped up with NIL.

The right man has to be able to recruit talent, motivate effectively, and more than anything else assemble and manage a team of assistants and coordinators who demand perfect execution. Who besides Nick Saban has those qualifications?

That's the problem. Our football coaches should just be football coaches. All the other BS needs to go.

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2 minutes ago, chainsaw said:

Love this guy. His story is incredible. He is not ready for Texas.

Nobody, save maybe a few guys who are firmly entrenched, is ready for Texas.  We've never actually hired a coach who was "ready" for it.  

The guys out there right now who are probably ready for it and desirable (sorry Dabo, etc)

Ryan Day...LOL

Dan Lanning....unlikely

And.....who?

 

 

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Being a great coach at another program doesn't necessarily translate to being a great or even good coach at Bellmont. It's all of the responsibilities of your old job, with ten times the expectations, plus the politics of running a Fortune 500 company. On top of that, it's now open season on your best players who can be poached away if they're not happy, which in a sense was always true in college sports but has been ramped up with NIL.
The right man has to be able to recruit talent, motivate effectively, and more than anything else assemble and manage a team of assistants and coordinators who demand perfect execution. Who besides Nick Saban has those qualifications?

Not sure how Saban would have fared in this new NIL/Portal era. But he has skins on the wall and would have still accumulated talent.
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Just now, Surly Bevo said:

Nobody, save maybe a few guys who are firmly entrenched, is ready for Texas.  We've never actually hired a coach who was "ready" for it.  

That is true. I just don't think he would make the shortlist because he lacks a track record of consistency. If he wins another conference title, or makes deep playoff run, maybe that changes.

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30 minutes ago, Drew said:

Oh I’m all in on Dan Lanning. That’s the guy. 
 

or the will end up with ten guy in Arizona who’s had a nice turnaround 

lol.  Ain’t nobody gonna buy anything Oregon wants to keep.  

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2 hours ago, Zeus said:

Stupid dumb fuck never tried hurry up to slow down the pass rush either. 

Also stupid fuck never ran Gibson

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This game was a Sark special. Lose the TOP game, lose the penalty game, have no understanding of playing complimentary football. 
I wouldn’t mind us taking a step back with all we lost. I do mind us having the exact same problems we had in year one with him. He doesn’t seem to have any ability to find deficiencies and fix them. 

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5 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said:

Nobody, save maybe a few guys who are firmly entrenched, is ready for Texas.  We've never actually hired a coach who was "ready" for it.  

The guys out there right now who are probably ready for it and desirable (sorry Dabo, etc)

Ryan Day...LOL

Dan Lanning....unlikely

And.....who?

 

 


 

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Posted (edited)
16 minutes ago, Stunns38 said:


Huh? Is there something we don’t know?

Nicole mentioned it in the game thread. It appears he filed for divorce in July 2024 and then "they reconciled". So I strongly suspect it is true. I imagine you could go dig up the court filings if you really wanted confirmation.

 

2 minutes ago, Im_smarter_then_you said:

Wonder how Irving Meyers would’ve done here.     Wiley would he have been on 6th street or hanging out in the warehouse district 

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3 hours ago, PGFrog said:

Question and I will preface it by saying I am in no way a supposed quarterback whisperer or a guy on the internet who spends time in my basement breaking down video of quarterbacks.

If your quarterback is struggling to do the things in your offense for you offense to be productive and the same quarterback has shown some abilities that aren't being used and could help you move the ball why wouldn't you add some of what said quarterback is successful at and move a bit away from forcing the areas in which they struggle?

All I know is he said when he got here his qb would not be in a run / pass system and he has been true to his word 

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What makes Lanning "the guy" again? Doing the cutthroat thing while coked up on the sidelines? He and Sark have roughly equal resources and neither have won the big one (although Sark has come closer).

Barring the wheels completely falling off, Sark has built up enough good will to be here at least through 2027. Doesn't mean there aren't better options out there (there usually are), but that's the reality.

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1 minute ago, BurntOrange&White said:

That's the problem. Our football coaches should just be football coaches. All the other BS needs to go.

Look at who we have hired (per BMDs) in the last 30 years. Their checklist isn’t the same as the one we would have for a HC and that’s the whole fucking problem. 
 

1. how long have they been a HC? This does matter. This is not the place for a first timer nor a place for someone who in previous stints showed they couldn’t get it done. 
Where? cuz it matters. What did they accomplish record wise as a HC? This matters. Beating OU or Bama or Georgia is not a record. What did they win before coming here?  A conference championship? This matters. A MNC? Or at least make the playoffs? All this shit fucking matters. It should matter. 

2. do their teams show year over year improvement or do they have one or two crazy years because of a badass at QB and just a bunch of mediocre years? this seems to be a trend our big money dipshits cannot spot. Maybe use AI, fuckers (speaking to BMDs) 


3. do the coaches fix their mistakes? Or do they merely just say the right things and continue making the same ones over and over? 

this should be the list. Obviously they have to accept the portal and NIL bc until a competent body cracks down on it—it is what it is. Sadly. 

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