Cool story bro. I was in Mobile for the GMAC Bowl years ago. I had a customer who knew I was a Texas Grad and Mack Brown was the keynote speaker at the Fellowship of Christian Athletes breakfast, so he invited me to town. Got a picture with Mack, said hello etc...after the event, I hauled ass to the airport to fly back to Dallas on AA one of their small regional jets...I was the last to board so I just plopped down on row 1 since there was no one else behind me and the whole row was open....next thing I know , who boards the plane....Mack Brown. I said hey coach take that seat the row is open....he recognized me as we had just taken a picutre together 30 minutes prior. I talked his ear off for 2 hours and he was as gracious as could be.
I asked him about a few plays and we had laugh or two as I always had a knack for remembering quirky plays/situations.
Back then, Tech was a real pain in our ass. We were at Tech one year (Simms era) and had a lead early. Back in those days it was like a tennis match where you had to hold serve (ie score) and hope to break serve(get a stop). Mack was always good at deferring the ball to the second half and hoping to score late and steal a possession/score to start the 2nd half.
Good dude, but I fear he's out staying his welcome in NC. Incidentally, many may not know his wife was a pretty savvy business woman in her own right. Also, Mack was AD at Tulane to go along with HC of the Greenwave. He's not thought of very well by many on this board for doing less with more, but he is a very accomplished and good for the sport overall. He was the right hire for us at the right time.
He claims DKR told him the key to success in Austin was putting the bb's back in the box.