Mack Brown Tarheel Football: The Orange Slice Boogaloo

[TexasGolf 5016]

37 minutes ago, Laxtonto said:

This is the first "big boy" job available this cycle. Anyone know who the leader in the clubhouse is?

 

 

[satyanash 14618]

At least Mack got that elusive win against Florida State

 

[boilerhorn 1399]

4 minutes ago, Royale with cheese said:

I don't know the ins and outs of his contract with NC, but generally speaking, if he makes them fire him he gets a penalty/buyout/whatever, but if he quits voluntarily, he leaves that money on the table. I suspect the firing was both real and negotiated. 

For reference, he makes around $5mm in total per year.

As per this link: https://www.fayobserver.com/story/sports/college/football/2024/09/28/mack-brown-north-carolina-contract-buyout-details-clause-tar-heels-fired-years/75418347007/

In the event he’s fired without cause, Brown would be due an amount equal to the sum of any remaining unpaid base salary payments.
As of December 1, 2024, that figure would be $2,812,500.

I suspect his agent could have negotiated an "I will quit at the end of the season" deal worth at least $3mm.  But, that ain't Mack.

 

[Tex Pete 20449]

21 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

Im actually surprised he didn’t retire first. 

You do realize he used to coach here, right?

Mack did some great things at Texas, then he decided he owned the place. This is who he has always been. 

[WelfareBuysMyWeed 5540]

It's always hilarious when a coach is all "I'm planning on coming back!" only to get fired. What a dumbass Mack Brown was, he ruined his own legacy. His coaching career now ends by being FIRED instead of nominally walking away. What an ego.

[Victorious1 157]

I can't bring myself to shit on Mack Brown after drinking myself through the end of Fred Akers-David McWilliams-John Mackovic era's and he resurrecting Texas football, but it's a fucking shame he had to be carried out in a pine box from both places instead of exiting as a legend.

[WelfareBuysMyWeed 5540]

1 hour ago, Dahobbs said:

I will never hate Mack Brown. Y'all can't make me do it. 

I don't hate him, the BCS title year was one of the best years of my entire life and the Texas Longhorns were an enormous part of it. I just recognize what he did, he destroyed his legacy. I don't want our second most accomplished coach in Texas history to go out like a bum, but he did. He should have stuck to College Gameday, he was good at it. Now he doesn't even have that, Saban took it from him. Dude's ego destroyed what he built, and it's sad but also funny to see it happen telegraphed so perfectly.

[MrBig 5438]

29 minutes ago, Royale with cheese said:

I don't know the ins and outs of his contract with NC, but generally speaking, if he makes them fire him he gets a penalty/buyout/whatever, but if he quits voluntarily, he leaves that money on the table. I suspect the firing was both real and negotiated. 

Mack changed the classic saying “You can’t fire me, I quit!” And turned it into, “You can fire me, I’m not gonna quit!” 

[Tex Pete 20449]

[MrBig 5438]

2 minutes ago, Tex Pete said:

“6 win seasons!”

[WelfareBuysMyWeed 5540]

1 hour ago, MrBig said:

I can just imagine Mack on GameDay with that idiot McAfee and Mack starts clutching his pearls every time McAfee says “damn” and “hell” and then excuses himself from the set when he sees a vulgar sign from the crowd. 

I actually think if Mack didn't leave, we wouldn't have been stuck with McAfee in the first place. Mack is clown enough that he'd eagerly take Corso's headgear tradition and they wouldn't have turned to McAfee to try and "energize" the set. So double fuck him.

[WelfareBuysMyWeed 5540]

1 hour ago, LTtxfan said:

Need New Thread Title... 😋

"Mack Brown FIRED!!!  The Orange Slice Boogaloo"

 

MackBrownUnemployedFootball.com

[Leeroy Jenkins 2413]

So much ego.

[Tex Long 4439]

Sets up the Bio perfectly.

 "Mack Brown: I Never Quit"

[F250 28817]

1 hour ago, Dbeasy said:

Im actually surprised he didn’t retire first. It really shows what type of person he is. I understand him not resigning at Texas. He thought he could turn it around. But NC was a retirement job. He’s 73 for Christ’s sake. 

I'm not surprised. Mack Brown has always insisted upon himself.

[WelfareBuysMyWeed 5540]

9 minutes ago, Tex Long said:

Sets up the Bio perfectly.

 "Mack Brown: I Never Quit"

 

[demos 3005]

Lol

[Stunns38 3546]

I have it on good authority that Saban was on a private plane out of chapel hill. Further, it's clear that this is not over by any stretch of the imagination, as Mack Brown has been confirmed to be recruiting in Florida and could not be reached for comment. Sources close to the hall of fame coach believe he will be available after the team banquet where he intends to throw a hissy fit.

Too soon

[Stunns38 3546]

[tx 3 putt 77376]

1 hour ago, Victorious1 said:

I can't bring myself to shit on Mack Brown after drinking myself through the end of Fred Akers-David McWilliams-John Mackovic era's and he resurrecting Texas football, but it's a fucking shame he had to be carried out in a pine box from both places instead of exiting as a legend.

 

 

i’m in the never ‘hate mack camp’. nicest guy ever, was lucky to meet him several times in normal environments 

easily the 2nd greatest UT head coach. He made winning an auto 8 games a year at UT look easy. Missed on too many qb prospects his last years here, but the 2004 and 2005 seasons were historic. The best UT teams in my lifetime and it’s a big gap between #2 and #3. 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by tx 3 putt

[MonkeyDoughnut 10356]

2 hours ago, Royale with cheese said:

I don't know the ins and outs of his contract with NC, but generally speaking, if he makes them fire him he gets a penalty/buyout/whatever, but if he quits voluntarily, he leaves that money on the table. I suspect the firing was both real and negotiated. 

yeah, they owe him another $2.8M to have to fire him... twice now he's put his self interest above those of the program and kids he coaches. No problem with his tactic, but yeah, I'm going to rank his character down a few pegs given how much those institutions and kids have given him.

[tx 3 putt 77376]

3 hours ago, NoctambulantBrobdingnagian said:

I have it on good authority that Saban was on a private plane out of chapel hill. Further, it's clear that this is not over by any stretch of the imagination, as Mack Brown has been confirmed to be recruiting in Florida and could not be reached for comment. Sources close to the hall of fame coach believe he will be available after the team banquet where he intends to throw a hissy fit.

 

saban wants a new contract from espn ??

 

lol 

[MAUFRAIS 6633]

I want him to make sure he’s got enough about him that this isn’t the worst day of his life.

[Chooky 13318]

The last two big UNC donors who had long, passionate phone calls with Mack late into the night either got overruled or had second thoughts themselves. 

[Beau Vine 54411]

On 11/21/2024 at 11:47 AM, Tex Pete said:

I have also had the opportunity to chat up Mack a little. He was also nice to me.

It's fake.

This.

[Bill Brasky 1452]

"Hey that was a blitz" 

 

 

Edited 24 minutes ago by Bill Brasky

[Rimbo 26059]

On 11/21/2024 at 7:56 AM, closetojumping said:

I don't disagree about anything associated to the points here except that the situation at UNC is different. The UNC boards feel an element of trapped, but they're not actively demanding an alternative. As long as he keeps winning and going to bowls, which he mostly does, they're likely to let him putt around the facilities and bitch and whine as the insecure bitch that we know he is.

welp

[Rimbo 26059]

On 11/25/2024 at 10:01 AM, closetojumping said:

Wolken goes for the throat on Brown in that article. No pussyfooting around there and it's a good read.

holy shit

"If Brown really believes his purpose in life isn’t to win football games but to impart life lessons and inspire teenagers to do great things in life, there are multiple outlets for him that don’t require finishing ninth in the ACC or collecting a $5 million annual salary."