Its a combination of many factors. Here is a partial listing.
Arrogance, but lots of programs are arrogant.
Fractured mega-booster base (Houston vs Dallas for example)
Serious academic institution that has real standards to uphold (not a bad thing but part of it)
Huge mid-level booster base capable of serious interference
Lack of cohesion between AD and booster base at any level
5 leads to poorly run searches for major mens coaches because there is no comprehensively orchestrated and executed strategy
In general, a badly run (especially historically) athletic department as it relates to major mens sports (contributes to 5)
Country club atmosphere
Only a few brief periods of success interrupted by LONG periods of mediocrity gets ingrained at some point
Texas believes that everyone wants to coach at Texas. Some coaches dont give a fuck about Texas.
Texas believes that Texas should be elite just because its Texas, there is no thought of excruciating level of effort required to achieve maintained success at the highest levels
11 means that fans believe you hire a good coach, you recruit the same 4-5* like always, put them in the country club, and success naturally follows. It doesnt.
He manages the donors and addresses their concerns and engages them in the process but he doesn’t let them run it or go rogue themselves. This sounds crazy I know, but it’s like how every other school does it.
You already have Urban coming here as long as he thinks he can win? This is fucking precisely the arrogance I am talking about. Everyone’s dream job must be Texas.
It is very Texas centric. Your point is fair. I just think there are less outside forces weighing down the football program there. It’s a smaller department for one, less alumni that care about football, just easier to be sure you could do whatever you thought was necessary.
Which forces?
The arrogant forces of the country club atmosphere that makes players, fans, alumni etc think Texas should win just because “We’re Texas” and not because of CEASELESS MAXIMUM EFFORT which is a core tenet of Urbans philosophy definitely not present at Texas and something I think Urban may have a serious reservation about.
No my argument is that he will not come because he might not be successful because of forces totally outside of his control which is exactly the kind of thing successful intelligent people think about for your information