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I didn't see the kool aid table. Is it in the back?

You're a young pup on here from what I gather. I had to look up the crazy thing you call an avatar because I had no clue what it was. Now get off of our lawn

The comedy feature in your rebooted AI is spot on. Glad you are back and improved.

I was in school at the same time as a Brockermeyer. We both had a class at the same time in Garrison Hall I think. One of those buildings kind of set in the side of a hill near mid campus. That asshole would come barreling down the hill on his 10 speed like Lance Armstrong at 18 mph and you best get out of his fucking way. I knew he was a great player, but I also knew he was an asshole.

It felt like 1984 when I was there in 2004 for sure

Still smiling. @THUJONE is a modern Picasso

It doesn’t already exist?

I edited my comment to point that out actually. That was a helluva game.

That 11-2 team his second year was extremely hard to watch as a Gator fan. A lot like our 2009 team, they leaned on a stout D to win them games. It fell apart after that because the offense always sucked, and you can't be the Gator coach if you can't score points. The fan base won't tolerate it. Cracks started showing against Louisiana and Jacksonville State (!!!!) late that year. Bowl game against Chuck was the beginning of the end for Boom. A&M against Johnny Football was extremely impressive.

This level of leadership is extremely encouraging.

Especially contrasted to the stuff Jeff Howe mentioned (which I somehow missed or dismissed) from Herman's takeover. Sounded like he alienated the media straight out of the gate with his first meeting with them. I had never heard the "sit up straight, both feet on the floor" new sheriff in town tough guy bullshit Herman pulled on his first meeting with the team. I do remember the "no parent should talk to the media" bullshit. That along with the runny eggs bullshit should have been the first screaming red flags, but I was too in love with Herman's 13-1 record and let it all pass. Maryland part 1 and Tech later that year was my first real souring on Herman.

I started a local Texas Exes chapter for game watches. One of my friends dad’s started calling them Horny Parties, so this hits close to home.

Should have named her Karen instead of Kristen

I haven't read anything they have written in over 10 years unless someone posts it on Surly. They have sucked for about 30 years or so though.

One of the things that I am optimistic about is the growth that is likely to have come to Sarkisian after falling flat on his face. There is nothing like outright failure to make you take a step back and look at what works and what doesn't, and where you need to improve yourself. Herman just got a large dose of that, we will see where it gets him. Hopefully it built Sark into a better coach. Unity implies compromise and understanding. Alignment implies my way or the highway.

And considering that his predecessor thought that was completely irrelevant, that is a good 180.

Gotcha, and I ask because you are asking me to defend my position. I have no defense, I am just sick of watching shitty football. And my gut reaction was 4 more years of shitty football when Sark was the name. My tangent is that if we had a more cohesive administration, maybe we wouldn't have to watch coaches quit on the job (Mack), fail miserably because they are in over their head (Charlie), or act like 6th graders (Turtle). Maybe the unity that this admin is showing toward Sark is them turning this ship around. I sure hope so. But after being a die hard fan of this program for 30 years, I am fresh out of benefit of doubt to give. Here's to hoping we can actually win at least ONE FUCKING CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP in the 2020s.

Please sell me on all of the things that Sark has done that qualify him for this job. Was it his stellar performance at UW or USC? And the stuff at Alabama with a semi-pro team doesn't move the needle at all for me. I have watched Saban disciples fail more than once. Having your Heisman finalist QB throw to your (should be) Heisman winning WR or hand off to your Heisman also ran RB isn't super difficult, especially behind an OL chock full of future NFL starters. That is almost entirely Saban and no more than 15-20% Sark. Should we have hired Kiffin? They seem about equivalent to me. I'm seriously curious what I am too dumb to understand. Does hiring Sark mean we are going to load up on talent the way Bama and Ohio State do?

Closest in this currently available group would be Campbell, but I am sure he has seen enough of our fuckery to give a quick "NO!" Give me someone who has shown some ability to lead a P5 program to or above their potential. I would have been happier with Fickell or Harsin, because at least they are successful head coaches that are able to win their conference multiple times, even at the G5 level. Sark has proven nothing. Like I have already said, He would probably work at a school that is all in on winning. I'm nowhere close to convinced that we are. I'm giving up my negativity after this rant, but the announcement on Saturday was like a wet fart in church for me. I was completely disgusted.

I would be OK with Mack 2.0, but have no clue what people are basing that comp on.

Fair enough, but since he is the public face of the administration at this time, he gets the brunt of my anger. He may be different, but it feels the exact same as all of the other coaching searches. Which is exactly my point. I have no idea of the future, and I will be glad to be wrong. I was excited about the future with both Strong and Herman, so I hope I reverse jinx Sark into 5 national titles. I will believe it when I see it. I have always been on board, and I will be this time after getting over the depression of hiring a guy that was a failure as a head coach. Like I said, maybe he has faced all of his demons and conquered them all and is ready to lead Texas back to championships. Nothing on his resume points to that being the case. And I couldn't give two shits about making a horrible Washington team decent or being a great OC for Saban. Our administration fails time and time again. They failed to either motivate or remove Mack before he torched the whole thing. They failed at luring Saban because they couldn't manage Mack. They failed at hiring Urban, then fired Herman (after a stupid and unnecessary announcement that they kinda weren't) and hired Sarkisian on unplanned timing because FCB leaked the news. Still looks like a clown show to me. Had Sark taken over at Alabama, or been hired to replace Urban at OSU, or hired at OU to replace Riley, I would bet all of those would work. For whatever reason, that never works for us. I will be overjoyed to be wrong. I will eat crow as soon as Sark holds a Big 12 trophy (while coaching for us).

I sure as hell hope not, but that would be the safe bet What about my factually based complaint that we have 3 conference championships in 25 years compared to the 14 of our “biggest rival”