From Inside the 40 acres

Quote:If the players don't buy in, and they give up on Saturday, leading to a lopsided loss, Mack Brown's 16-year tenure at Texas becomes a lot more complicated.

If there reaches a point when the team gives up on Mack Brown, there have been indications Brown would walk away to spare his bosses, AD DeLoss Dodds and president Bill Powers, more negativity.

Would Brown possibly step down during the season? Or announce the Baylor game would be his last? That answer isn't clear at this point.

But there are indications Dodds may be stepping down as athletic director sooner rather than later. (His contract expires in August of 2015. But Dodds may not even make it to 2014.)

Multiple sources have said Dodds wants his successor to be the one to hire new coaches for football, men's basketball and baseball, if necessary.

Quote:I had someone that I trust tell me on Thursday that Stanford's David Shaw is viewed as a very attractive possible head coaching candidate. The same source that the future AD hire could tell us a lot about the direction of a coaching search and there was even a hint that some behind the scenes really like someone that has ties to Shaw. I'm not predicting anything, but file this little note away for the future.

I suspect that Shaw is ultimately an NFL guy and not long for the college game.

You knew it was coming. Texas has been mediocre for too long...

(09-13-2013 07:25 AM)bevotex Wrote:  From Inside the 40 acres

Quote:If the players don't buy in, and they give up on Saturday, leading to a lopsided loss, Mack Brown's 16-year tenure at Texas becomes a lot more complicated.

I watched the entire game and loved it…. Fortunately, I recorded it and was able to watch it again from a different perspective: Either TX isn’t that good or BYU vastly improved in one week after losing to a school that was embarrassed by Oregon. BYU did make changes to its offensive line so that it could be more physical. However, there’s no excuse for letting basically a QB with one good leg rush for over 200 yards and allow the entire team to set a rushing record for schools that have played TX unless the players either gave up or the talent just isn’t there. The commentators suggested that it could be the altitude for the anemic defense by TX. However, I think it was more TX attitude—“BYU lost to a school that got blown out today so this should be a LH stampede.” It was a stampede alright, by a BYU QB wearing a knee brace running through the LH defense like steaks at a buffet. Offensively, BYU had the LHs corralled….

Dodds and Powers are fools who should be fired immediately.

Yeah, I think it is generally agreed that Shaw can call whatever shot he wants, just like Jim Harbaugh before him. Stanford is a top 5 university with an amazing athletic department located in the Bay area, and Shaw is a former player/alumni. Good luck moving him.

(09-13-2013 09:28 AM)bluesox Wrote:  Dodds and Powers are fools who should be fired immediately.

Mack Brown and his staff need to be fired if the defense performs that poorly again. What stood out during the game was Brown talking to his staff (I assume it was in regards to stopping the run) and no adjustments were made during the game. BYU was able to keep running straight up the middle the entire game….

The folks running texas don't want equal partnerships with conference members, thus school's of value get out of leagues texas is in:

http://alcalde.texasexes.org/2013/08/deloss-unplugged/

Texas will try to carve out the best league of the weakest types left outside of the sec, big 10 and pac 10. If OU and KU are able to flee to the big 10, its seems likely texas would tie themselves to ND and join the acc is a similar setup.

(09-13-2013 09:19 AM)bitcruncher Wrote:  You knew it was coming. Texas has been mediocre for too long...

Yeah I was willing to give Mack one more shot just because I really like him and he has done wonders for the program. But these types of losses are inexcusable. I know that Mack hiring Greg Robinson was insurance against just this kind of thing. However as head coach (CEO) if he was thinking about insurance, he had to know in his gut something was fundamentally wrong on defense. Given that, he should have also been fired.

I agree. If Ole Miss takes Texas down this weekend the UT fans will force a change sooner than later.

(09-13-2013 11:39 AM)USAFMEDIC Wrote:  I agree. If Ole Miss takes Texas down this weekend the UT fans will force a change sooner than later.

We shall see.... TX isn't winning the B12 and might have at least five losses this season. I predict more: OU, OSU, WV (will win at home), and either Baylor or TT (maybe both) could beat TX if its defense doesn't improve.

I think Mack Brown is gone after this season. The experiment of hiring the new assistant coaches didn't work.


So, who is Texas going to hire?

Al Golden? Art Briles?

"Had we given up the Longhorn Network, we could have been in the ACC." Interesting comment by Dodds.

If Mack loses the team, he probably also loses any possibility of gracefully retiring. Assuming the season is lost, and if he finishes the season, it might take years to rebuild. If he goes mid-season, there will only be an interim coach and that won't help. Recruiting has to be negatively affected by either.

Only hope for Texas is that the Longhorns have a big turnaround and Mack announces his retirement around Thanksgiving and Texas can find a new big name coach to commit before December.

(09-17-2013 11:20 AM)XLance Wrote:  "Had we given up the Longhorn Network, we could have been in the ACC." Interesting comment by Dodds.

Could have been in the PAC under the same conditions.

(09-17-2013 11:20 AM)XLance Wrote:  "Had we given up the Longhorn Network, we could have been in the ACC." Interesting comment by Dodds.

TX wasn't leaving TT behind so the ACC was out of the question. The PAC 12 was the only conference willing to take both along with OU and OSU.

The fact that Texas looks so bad on the field, combined with the fact that Texas looks like losers at the end of the conference realignment shuffle, makes me believe that Dodds and Brown are done.

(09-17-2013 11:51 AM)LSUtah Wrote:  The fact that Texas looks so bad on the field, combined with the fact that Texas looks like losers at the end of the conference realignment shuffle, makes me believe that Dodds and Brown are done.

I won't say "Dodds and Brown are done." However, TX is definitely done. If the SEC adds another Texas school other than TX, it would be finished....

(09-17-2013 12:01 PM)Underdog Wrote:  

(09-17-2013 11:51 AM)LSUtah Wrote:  The fact that Texas looks so bad on the field, combined with the fact that Texas looks like losers at the end of the conference realignment shuffle, makes me believe that Dodds and Brown are done.

I won't say "Dodds and Brown are done." However, TX is definitely done. If the SEC adds another Texas school other than TX, it would be finished....

I don't see the SEC ever adding another Texas school outside of the Longhorns. Despite recent struggles, they are still the prettiest girl in the room, and really the only target the SEC would have. (If the SEC is not courting Florida State, they surely are not going to flirt with any Texas team not named University of Texas).

Just my opinion, but a new A.D. in Texas = Texoma 4 to PAC finally happening.

(09-17-2013 12:10 PM)LSUtah Wrote:  

(09-17-2013 12:01 PM)Underdog Wrote:  

(09-17-2013 11:51 AM)LSUtah Wrote:  The fact that Texas looks so bad on the field, combined with the fact that Texas looks like losers at the end of the conference realignment shuffle, makes me believe that Dodds and Brown are done.

I won't say "Dodds and Brown are done." However, TX is definitely done. If the SEC adds another Texas school other than TX, it would be finished....

I don't see the SEC ever adding another Texas school outside of the Longhorns. Despite recent struggles, they are still the prettiest girl in the room, and really the only target the SEC would have. (If the SEC is not courting Florida State, they surely are not going to flirt with any Texas team not named University of Texas).

Just my opinion, but a new A.D. in Texas = Texoma 4 to PAC finally happening.

I'm sure Scott will be on the phone (or fly to TX again) as soon as Dodds steps down....