September 8th, 2013 at 4:39 PM ^
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Texas needs new DC but not him. Did they not see his defense during RR's tenure!?
September 8th, 2013 at 5:20 PM ^
September 8th, 2013 at 5:32 PM ^
Or Syracuse. Or the KC Chiefs.
September 8th, 2013 at 5:37 PM ^
Guys, GERG did not succeed because he did not have full support here at Michigan. He had empty cupbords and the Freep article and even Vince Lombardi couldn't have made that defense good because it had empty cupboards. If only he would have had one more year we would have been 14-0 last year because it takes time to more than 2 years to learn a new defense. Lloyd Carr didn't want him to succeed, and spread offense will score more points, so it will give up more points too, and if manball we are doomed! If only he would have had 1 more year the defense would have been good because the stuffed animals would have worked and the players would have more experience. You can't expect results from a defensive co-ordinator in his first year, or even this second. It's year 5 that matters. So in 5 years Texas will be good defense.
September 8th, 2013 at 5:38 PM ^
Awesome.
September 8th, 2013 at 5:48 PM ^
Yes, let's beat that dead horse some more.
September 8th, 2013 at 7:22 PM ^
September 8th, 2013 at 5:58 PM ^
I hope he brings the stuffed beaver with him to Austin.
September 8th, 2013 at 6:00 PM ^
Why? Just...why? Do you LIKE stirring up shit like a douche?
September 8th, 2013 at 6:25 PM ^
ROTF LMAO
That was brilliant! If I could upvote you +100 I would!
Edit: Seriously, comment of the year. I can't stop laughing and I'm crying my eyes out. "Guys GERG did not have full support" LMAO
September 8th, 2013 at 7:05 PM ^
Empty cupboards, riiiight.
September 8th, 2013 at 7:50 PM ^
Thanks!
September 8th, 2013 at 7:57 PM ^
love this comment. it is hard to play defense with empty cupboards
September 9th, 2013 at 4:13 PM ^
The greatest thing ever.
September 8th, 2013 at 5:47 PM ^
as puzzled as others, but then it hit me: it's the hair, Texans love big hair.
September 8th, 2013 at 6:54 PM ^
September 8th, 2013 at 7:28 PM ^
September 8th, 2013 at 4:40 PM ^
Mack really wants to get fired, doesn't he?
September 8th, 2013 at 4:50 PM ^
I find the idea of a Mack Brown - GERG partnership to be limitlessly entertaining. Of course, I'm not a longhorns fan or anything . . . .
September 8th, 2013 at 5:13 PM ^
He's pulling a Costanza. He probably has a huge buyout or something.
September 8th, 2013 at 5:16 PM ^
2.75 million. So not that much, compared to say, Ferentz. And Texas has $Texas, sooooo
September 8th, 2013 at 7:28 PM ^
Trust me, his next move will be to run out onto the field in a flesh tone bodysuit.
September 8th, 2013 at 4:41 PM ^
That OU-Texas game is gonna be one for the ages.
TV-MA rating. That's gonna be over really quickly.
September 8th, 2013 at 4:46 PM ^
September 8th, 2013 at 4:48 PM ^
I think Texas's best hope will be that their offense is much better than advertised (or Oklahoma's is smoke and mirrors--both of which are doubtful) and GERG can relive the magic of the 2010 Illinois game.
September 8th, 2013 at 5:54 PM ^
September 8th, 2013 at 4:41 PM ^
a dumpster fire
September 8th, 2013 at 4:41 PM ^
I weep for Texas's defense.
September 8th, 2013 at 4:41 PM ^
September 8th, 2013 at 4:42 PM ^
Mack Brown is officially calling it quits.
GERG was however their assistant defensive coordinator for one year before he went to Syracuse.
September 8th, 2013 at 4:43 PM ^
As long as GERG isn't running a 3-3-5 he has no clue how to run, he might be decent at worst.
The real positive is that those kids will now experience a fuzzy beazer (longhorn?) rubbed in their face.
September 8th, 2013 at 4:57 PM ^
September 8th, 2013 at 4:43 PM ^
Damn. I remember when Manny Diaz was the hottest name around.
September 8th, 2013 at 4:44 PM ^
Also here's the link to Week 2 MS Shamepaint on Shaggybevo while we're talking about Texas.
http://www.shaggybevo.com/board/showthread.php/135258-2013-CFB-Week-2-M…
September 8th, 2013 at 4:44 PM ^
This is a joke, right?
September 8th, 2013 at 4:49 PM ^
September 8th, 2013 at 4:53 PM ^
September 9th, 2013 at 7:51 AM ^
Sometimes these "good old boy" old school coaches are loyal to less than competent guys they've worked with in the past. Let me think, when did we last see that around here?
September 9th, 2013 at 7:52 AM ^
Sometimes these "good old boy" old school coaches are loyal to less than competent guys they've worked with in the past. Let me think, when did we last see that around here?
(Edit: oops on the double post)
September 8th, 2013 at 4:45 PM ^
This would be equivalent to the Vatican hiring Hitler as their public relations director.
September 8th, 2013 at 5:36 PM ^
and I like. However, while Hitler is always good for hyperbole, especially in the internet chat board ecosystem, (See Godwin's Law) I think a more appropriate analogy here might be the Vatican hiring Sandusky as their PR relations director.
September 8th, 2013 at 6:01 PM ^
....I cant argue with that.
September 9th, 2013 at 8:18 AM ^
Or like hiring Matt Millen to be your NFL team General Manager.
September 8th, 2013 at 4:46 PM ^
Clearly Texas just needs to learn good shin angles, and then everything will be fixed.
September 8th, 2013 at 4:46 PM ^
As far as Greg Robinson is concerned, until his time at Michigan, he's had a good reputation as a DC. Syracuse isn't an easy place to win at recently (I think they are a top 25 program all time by some metrics IIRC).
September 8th, 2013 at 4:50 PM ^
September 8th, 2013 at 5:09 PM ^
Tell that to my next-door neighbor, a diehard KC Chiefs fan. Robinson's craptastic defenses under Dick Vermeil got him fired, even though he and Vermeil were good friends.
From 1980 through 1988, Terry Donahue had compiled nine straight winning seasons as HC at UCLA, winning 9 games or more six times, winning four conference championships, winning seven straight bowl games, including three Rose Bowls, and was the strongest program in the PAC 10 at the time. He then elevates Gerg to DC in 1989, and UCLA promptly goes 3-7-1.
Robinson was the de facto DC at Syracuse, and they had the worst four-year stretch in program history.
RR sealed his doom when he selected Robinson to be his DC, a decision that will puzzle me forever.
September 8th, 2013 at 5:22 PM ^
You can't hire someone at gunpoint, you have to find someone willing to take the job. In RR's case word was out about what had happened to Shafer--the DC wouldn't have full control, would have to work with RR's set of position coaches, would have to run a 3-3-5 come hell or high water and would be the one to take the fall when the defense failed. In Brown's case he has to make a midseason hire from the ranks of the unemployed, and the new guy isn't really going to have time to get that crappy defense fixed but he's going to get full blame for the results.
Robinson's perfect both times. His career is over and he doesn't have to care if the move is bad for his reputation. He's just happy to get to be around the game. It's sort of the same service to the profession John L. is serving at this point in his career.