Our donors can be as arrogant as they want and try to meddle in the operations of our football team all they want. I believe they bitch and moan to Del Conte all they want. I believe very few have a line into Sark's offices or one of the positional coaches offices. Would Sark or his coaches shake hands at some function some of the time? Sure. Would those blowhard alumni likely try to talk football with Sark or his staff sure. Could they even try to talk up backups. I guess.
But I don't believe they have any input whatsoever into who plays. I don't believe a coach anywhere in the world whether it be a position coach, a coordinator, or a head coach would allow alumni to have any input into who plays or doesn't play. I don't believe Saban told Sark not to come to Texas because of that.
I think it's horseshit. I think the Statesman if they were a credible news organization would reach out to B. Jones for names/receipts instead of republishing the shit. But it's journalism today, B. Jones said _________ on this radio station. They aren't reporting anymore the truth of whether alumni have input into who plays, they are just reporting that it was said.