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54 minutes ago, DFW Horn said:

I'm surprised Sark never had an on-campus visit before he was offered the job.

Fuck "on-campus". He'd never even been to Austin, and thought he would be in a larger version of Lubbock.

I think we have Saban to thank for the hire, ultimately. Probably on both ends.

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2 minutes ago, TrashMaster G said:

Why is this a new thread? What is new here that didn't belong in the Official Sark Thread of Dominance?

Because it starts with "Awesome" instead of "What the fuck is Seven-win Steve doing here? Is he even a member of Mensa?"

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1 hour ago, DFW Horn said:

I'm surprised Sark never had an on-campus visit before he was offered the job.

Just seems strange to me.

I don't think any of our big 3 men's coaches did.  I don't think Mack did.

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I could not be more aligned, bought-in, every day, accountable, high GPA, draftworthy, team first, leader, vulnerable, positionless, we not me, come from a good family and culture Wednesdayed than I am right now.

 

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11 hours ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

I realize that this got buried on another thread but ... damn .... I want every recruit and ever parent of a recruit to watch this. 

We are so got damn lucky to have Sark as our coach. If you didn't watch this, you should. 

Also ... holy shit ... Sark must have lost 40 .lbs. He's looking so happy and healthy. 
 



 

That was the greatest Sark interview I have ever seen.

Thanks for posting that.

You are correct…..that should be sent to the parents of every player we recruit.

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11 hours ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

I realize that this got buried on another thread but ... damn .... I want every recruit and ever parent of a recruit to watch this. 

We are so got damn lucky to have Sark as our coach. If you didn't watch this, you should. 

Also ... holy shit ... Sark must have lost 40 .lbs. He's looking so happy and healthy. 
 



 

this is like the 3rd thread to share this video already... and it's great! I'm here for it.

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1 hour ago, Tex Long said:

Because it starts with "Awesome" instead of "What the fuck is Seven-win Steve doing here? Is he even a member of Mensa?"

Tex Long trying to help this thread along.....

 

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The interview is as good a showing as I've ever seen from any coach. It's also a look at one of our great shows, from Third and Longhorn. If you've seen both this and any of their previous shows you already know this. If you haven't, you need to do so immediately.

As a recovering Sark-hater, I'm gruntled to say that one of the outstanding things I see in him now is his willingness to own his fuckups, and learn from them.

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1 hour ago, TrashMaster G said:

Why is this a new thread? What is new here that didn't belong in the Official Sark Thread of Dominance?

Why does awesome shit need to be confined to meta threads that hardly anyone fucking reads cause they're so god damn long?

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1 hour ago, Tex Long said:

outstanding things I see in him now is his willingness to own his fuckups, and learn from them.

The story about him building our culture, and realizing that he needed to be first through the door so he called a team meeting and laid bare his troubles with alcohol, and what he does on a daily basis to stay ahead of it, was inspiring as FUCK. I feel like I'd run through a wall for a coach who showed that level of humility and vulnerability (while still clearly demonstrating excellence on the field, and requiring same from me and my teammates). 

The cynic in me feels like there's always another shoe waiting to drop, but I can't remember this level of excitement that I have for Texas Foootball since about 2004. I guess specifically, the 2001-2002 season where I felt like we were finally on to something repeatable, which 204-05-06 proved. 

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2 minutes ago, capnamerca said:

The story about him building our culture, and realizing that he needed to be first through the door so he called a team meeting and laid bare his troubles with alcohol, and what he does on a daily basis to stay ahead of it, was inspiring as FUCK. I feel like I'd run through a wall for a coach who showed that level of humility and vulnerability (while still clearly demonstrating excellence on the field, and requiring same from me and my teammates). 

The cynic in me feels like there's always another shoe waiting to drop, but I can't remember this level of excitement that I have for Texas Foootball since about 2004. I guess specifically, the 2001-2002 season where I felt like we were finally on to something repeatable, which 204-05-06 proved. 

Agreed

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2 hours ago, Tex Long said:

Fuck "on-campus". He'd never even been to Austin, and thought he would be in a larger version of Lubbock.

I think we have Saban to thank for the hire, ultimately. Probably on both ends.

Saban told him to be wary of the job. Saban's personal experience with one group at Texas trying to hire him while another group successfully cock blocked the hire caused him to caution Sarkisian on the difficulties of getting everyone on the same page. 

Sarkisian should get a lot of credit for the turnaround, but having the support of Eltife and Del Conte, and having everyone aligned has been extremely helpful. Along with outside groups taking initiative with NIL even while the athletic department was uncooperative. It's been a team effort.

But if the coach isn't the right fit, then none of the rest of it matters. It feels great to have the right fit in place.

Along with you, I had a lot of question marks, and the first two seasons sure helped to support that.

There are a lot of favorite parts of this interview, but one of the big ones that helped change my perspective was going over Carroll's history prior to USC, his first year there, then Saban's coaching history prior to taking the Alabama job, and his first year there. I knew Carroll was a lucky win for USC as a coach. Mike Garrett was a terrible AD for USC. No one wanted to work for him. They kept striking out on candidate after candidate. Then Carroll threw his name into the ring and Garrett grabbed at it like a drowning man lunges for a piece of driftwood. 

Saban coming out of Miami was a huge can't miss hire for Alabama, though. No one realized how dominant he'd actually be - how could we? - but everyone knew he'd be great. When LSU hired him it wasn't that obvious, but he'd done some good things at Michigan State. 

But I feel like I didn't have as good a perspective for Sarkisian's outlook until he went over the respective careers of his great mentors like he did.

I also loved him talking about sitting down with Monte Kiffin when he was at USC with Lane Kiffin on staff. Or talking about the coaching trees out of Mike Holmgren on one hand and Mike Shanahan on the other. And any time Kyle Shanahan's name is brought up I always think about how he came to Texas because he wanted to learn offensive scheme and philosophy from Mack Brown and Greg Davis. It's like something out of Ripley's Believe It or Not. 

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