If Mack puts on a good public face and we all either are good friends genuinely or at least pretend in front of the kids we are good friends, it's a positive. Legacy and unity build and sustain programs.
"No matter what you do for us beforehand, we will shun you forever if you fuck up." vs. "If you win big, you're allowed some fuck-ups and shitty behavior and we'll still take put on a good show of welcoming you after a grace period of good behavior."
That's not just good for our public image (which matters), it's good for recruiting the best of the best to play and work here.
We can be petty bitches here, fine, but wanting the University to manifest that petty bitchiness is ridiculous.
There is nothing anyone can do to stop Mack Brown from (a) having a voice many will listen to and (b) staying closer to the program than basically anyone else not current working/playing for the program can. Those are set in stone. We can pout and bitch and relitigate 2010-2012 (which we all agree on) but neither (a) nor (b) are changing.
He's coming. CDC can't stop it. Sark can't stop it. No poster of any connection or influence can even be a mild speedbump to it.
If Uncle Mack is coming to Thanksgiving, you might as well set it up to be as successful as possible knowing how Uncle Mack acts and planning around it.
Will he publicly throw shade sometimes? Absolutely. Will the management of his perceived legacy and ego be primary in his mind? Absolutely. Does he have anything useful to add to the football operations side of things? Hell no. Should Sark spend more than 30 minutes a week in conversation with him? Hell no.
Blow a bunch of praise and cigar smoke up his ass, hand him a microphone, then put some shit that flatters him (his #1 concern) and the Texas program on the teleprompter and let him rip.