Texas loses 50-7: players tweet about transferring at HALFTIME

Submitted by wolverine1987 on

It is getting really hot for Charlie Strong at Texas, a guy I thought was a great hire but sheesh, this does not look good. I don't care how good TCU has become, you can't be Texas and lose 50-7, espicially when you are known as a defensive coach. Plus at least one, and reportedely two, pleyers were tweeting about transferring DURING the game. 

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/13799709/kris-boyd-texas…

 

Marley Nowell

October 3rd, 2015 at 11:25 PM ^

Charlie Strong to Texas looking a lot like RR's time here. Fanbase and alumuni really didn't want him and he didn't realize the extent of the rebuild job needed. Texas may go through 2-3 coaches before they get who they really need.

UMProud

October 3rd, 2015 at 11:57 PM ^

Texas looks worse than they did last year.  They will have a new AD before year end probably and that person will want to put their own coach in.  At a college like UT you just don't have the luxury of 3-4 years to get your system established.

Could see an NFL coach looking at this one with interest.

Olaf

October 4th, 2015 at 12:36 AM ^

Why in the hell would Nick Saban leave Alabama for Texas? He's already the highest paid coach in the country. He is 63 years old. Why take a rebuilding job when your are already God at Alabama?

M-Dog

October 4th, 2015 at 4:12 PM ^

He was a God at LSU.  He got bored and wanted a new challenge.

At Alabama, it has turned into kind of a thankless job.  It's National Championship or bust.  Saban is a coaching legend and yet people are all over his case about Ohio State last year and Ole Miss the last two years.  

All Saban has to look forward to at Alabama is one of two things:  holding up the NC trophy or answering endless questions about how his dynasty is over.

The Texas job could have some appeal to him.  It's not totally out of the question.

Mpfnfu Ford

October 4th, 2015 at 12:56 AM ^

There's no talent on that team. Mack's last few recruiting classes have produced minimal if any NFL players. He's also got plenty of political friends to make Charlie's life miserable.

And on top of all that, the Longhorn Network folly that ran Nebraska/Colorado/Texas A&M/Missouri off opened the state up to other conferences, and now most of the top Texas HS kids are going into the SEC West. So not only is the job much harder due to Mack's incompetence, but it's much tougher to recruit than it's ever been for the Longhorns. 

This is what happens when you let politics keep morons in charge long after it's become apparent they've lost their minds. Both their old AD Dodds and Brown should have been jettisoned long ago before they could do the kind of longterm damage they've both done to Texas. 

Frank Chuck

October 4th, 2015 at 3:12 AM ^

I hadn't heard of Tom Herman until Urban Meyer hired him but I was intrigued because Herman was very young (35 iirc). And he turned out to be an exception coach.

I think Texas needs to keep tabs on Herman at Houston. The Cougars are 4-0 and upset Louisville on the road.

Mpfnfu Ford

October 4th, 2015 at 3:35 AM ^

They seem to be pretty hung up on the fact that Strong didn't have a ton of HC experience, and he had 4 years. I doubt they'll go for someone with even less HC time put in.

Of course Nebraska was obsessed with finding experience because Pelini was a coordinator before they hired him, and they ended up with an old (very nice) turd. So I won't vouch for Horns fan wisdom on this.

Perkis-Size Me

October 4th, 2015 at 10:56 AM ^

It's a whole culture shift in what Strong is trying to do. Mack Brown left a train wreck down there, his recruiting slid off heavily in recent years, and if you made me guess, Brown left behind a culture of entitlement. Remember too that Strong did a thorough house cleaning last year and threw a ton of kids off the team, so they were already operating with a depth problem.

It also hasn't helped that TCU, Baylor and A&M are all premiere programs right now. They all recruit the same kids that UT does. I think Strong can do great things there with time, but I'm not sure it will be afforded to him. It seems like he's in a RichRod-Michigan scenario where a lot of the fans/alumni don't want him.




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M-Dog

October 4th, 2015 at 4:19 PM ^

Remember too that Strong did a thorough house cleaning last year and threw a ton of kids off the team, so they were already operating with a depth problem.

Which is why it would be foolish to fire him after two years.  Nobody really knows what kind of coach he is at Texas just yet.