Strong to UT?
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IthacaBarrel
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Strong wont stay at Louisville forever. UT is about as good as it gets. I would love to see him go there over an SEC school.
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Fisher just agreed to a new big contract at Free Shoes today. Leveraged his position nicely...
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Yep, interested to see the buyout # next week. Bet it's a year salary, 4.1m, pocket change for UT.
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Did I remember correctly that Strong was once a candidate for us?
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In the minds of some posters here.
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Whitey, Texas is in sorta, though not as bad, a position as Ped State. The Texas governor (who's an A & M grad and former 'yell leader') has basically emasculated the University President, and, in essence, deigned to let him keep his job. For now. He's stacked the Board of Trustees full of people with few ties to the school or the president. And Patterson, who has no ties to Texas, may not be able to act boldly, if indeed that's advisable, with a president who may be on his way out.
Yes, Texas is a great place to coach football. But the circumstances aren't all that good right now.
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Call me crazy but Texas needs an x and o guy, not a recuiter. If I was hiring at UT, I would make sure I got a great coach first. UT recruits itself, if that bothers the people doing the hiring I would say that the coordinators need to be approved as well, but recruiters can be found at the assistant level. Great minds, not so much.
That said, I would look to Briles, Dantonio, ( who wins everywhere) and it why not Cutcliffe? Guy is a great O mind and you give him Texas talent, look out.
I think Mora would be worth a look as well, he's starting to look like Petey Carroll part 2
That said, I would look to Briles, Dantonio, ( who wins everywhere) and it why not Cutcliffe? Guy is a great O mind and you give him Texas talent, look out.
I think Mora would be worth a look as well, he's starting to look like Petey Carroll part 2
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No reason to go to UT. He's in the NC game! At the top of his profession. No easier to get to that game in the B12 than in the ACC. FSU is pretty much equal in terms of recruiting profile to UT. Only reason might be money and the FSU AD has addressed that.
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Agreed and nobody can argue with that. Texas guy as well. He would be my #1 choice.
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and he would take the job in a minute. Pinnacle for a guy who started out as a Texas HS coach.
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NFL teams often look to copy the latest trend. With Kelly's success in Philly, I wouldn't be surprised if Briles is interviewed for an NFL vacancy. Especially if, say, O'Brien doesn't take the Texans' job.
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Strong is an overrated coach who is already WAYYYY overpaid at Louisville (#7 in the country at $3.7 mil/year). Yes the man can recruit, but recruiting as the coach at UT isn't really "recruiting", it's selecting.
Texas needs a football COACH, and Charlie Strong is not the man for the job. I'd go hard after Jimbo.
Texas needs a football COACH, and Charlie Strong is not the man for the job. I'd go hard after Jimbo.
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Don't know where you get this. Patterson is a UT grad for both undergrad and law school. Patterson got the job with a mandate for change within the athletic department, which is happening.
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I probably should not have trusted Wikipedia, which didn't even mention his college matriculation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Patterson_(sports_executive)
Thought he was the basketball player in his post-career incarnation. Because of his Trailblazers years.
Fair enough. I live in Austin, so it is hard to escape all the UT news and gossip. The hiring of Patterson was well received among the UT faithful, mostly because of Patterson's ties to the university. He was able to sell himself as a highly qualified and experienced executive who was also a huge and faithful fan that loved the university.
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Now, if only Austin would secede from Texas, perhaps along with San Antonio...
Strong would improve this defense and yes Texas is a selector but if Strong can stay away from the invasive Texas politics he'll be fine there. You have to kiss a lot rings there and Brown was a pretty good politician and could play the game pretty well.
