Well said again. Pretty sure that Bama had talent when Saban took over as well. Maybe not Bama talent of today but still pretty good talent. It wasn't until Saban remade the culture at Bama that they became the team we all know today. Granted we will not reach the 7 wins he did in his first year but it could be argued that this Texas culture has been a dumpster fire longer than Bama was when he took over.
Please list your top 3 coaches that have won national titles and you think could come to Texas.
A necessary move. My only question about this (which I don't think anyone has asked) is why didn't he do this last season?
Hard to believe this has proven so accurate for such a prestigious university but it sadly true.
Not sure he had time when he took over to turn that much of the roster over and still field a team that could compete with Kansas...wait, we still can't.?
The way I see this. There are obviously 3 choices. Coaches fault, players fault, or Both.
I don't think Sark has lost anyone that matters. Yeah, you have some players who probably need to exit stage left. That is painfully obvious. So I don't think fans hold that against Sark. He played the hand that was dealt to him.
Okay, I confess, its my fault!! It dawned on me this morning that I still have the blowU polo hanging on my closet door that I borrowed to fulfill my obligation after losing a bet in the RRR game. It had not crossed my mind before now that simply having it hanging in my house was creating a cloud of bad juju over the Longhorns. I'm sorry and am willing to enter the fan portal the rest of the season as penance.
If the players see things with the same eyes that we do then they know that they've been outplayed over the last 5 games and that we haven't lost one game solely because of coaching, any player with doubts about that may want to go back and watch game film to take a look their effort/execution in games/practice. If you can't see that were getting outplayed then your not looking hard enough, are not watching the games or are getting your info off of social media and/or YouTube. We all knew at the beginning of the season that we had depth issues on both sides of the ball, especially with the O and D lines, and that we were going into the season without a great deal of experience at QB...Sark had nothing to do with any of that and little to no time to address that problem in the 2021 class recruited by Hermann to fit his schemes. A new offense and new defense with same problems and players that he inherited from the previous coach, only an idiot (no offense...) would believe that he'd be able to turn that around in less than a year without a chance to get the players he needs.
The point is there is no good formula for finding the next great HC. I don't think Texas' record at doing so is any better or worse than other big time programs who have fallen on hard times. Just look at USC, Notre Dame, Nebraska, etc. We forget how bad Alabama was before Saban got there for a long time. Of course ou made some really bad hires in the 80's and 90's before Stoops. Michigan was asking a lot of the same questions we are prior to Harbaugh, and have spent the rest of the time questioning Harbaugh.
Everyone thought they were our strength. There were 4 very winnable games that could have turned this season around. Just a little tweak here and there and the wheels don't fall off. Now the engine is on fire.
Sark is the 1st "name" coach we have hired. We whiffed.
Who do you think we could have realistically hired instead of Sark that would have us undefeated right now?
That premise is all wrong. You don't fire a winning coach until you have your next HC locked and loaded.
