8 Yrs
Overall
91
50
41
0
.549
7.53
5.44
2-2
5 Yrs
Washington
63
34
29
0
.540
6.20
5.46
1-2
2 Yrs
USC
18
12
6
0
.667
12.96
6.66
1-0
1 Yr
Texas
10
4
6
0
.400
3.31
2.91
0-0
2009
Washington
12
5
7
0
.417
3.61
4.94
24
2010
Washington
13
7
6
0
.538
5.55
8.24
Holiday Bowl-W
2011
Washington
13
7
6
0
.538
1.80
2.80
22
Alamo Bowl-L
2012
Washington
13
7
6
0
.538
4.90
4.75
23
Las Vegas Bowl-L
2013
Washington
12
8
4
0
.667
15.12
6.58
15
25
2014
USC
13
9
4
0
.692
14.39
5.93
15
9
20
Holiday Bowl-W
2015
USC
5
3
2
0
.600
11.53
7.39
8
6
2021
Texas
10
4
6
0
.400
3.31
2.91
21
15
This is my concern. Turning over the roster, tweaking the coaching staff, and getting the fanbase to believe yet again the Longhorns will be back and relevant next year are all predicated on Steve Sarkesian's ability to be the head coach that UT needs. When I look at his coaching record I see nothing that would indicate he has been or ever will be that coach. No argument that he has a great offensive mind and with elite talent at Bama was able to make winning a championship look easy but that was a different coaching position with better athletes. I am trying my best to find the evidence that he has what it takes to bring Texas to a championship level again. Unfortunately I see nothing from his past that would indicate that. Do not misunderstand, I want him to succeed but there is no proof that he can. What happens in 3 years when we are still mediocre? Is everyone okay with letting this ride out for another 3 years and hope that Sarkesian over performs his previous coaching record? I am not calling for him to be fired but I am saying that CDC and the rest of the so called brain trust should honestly consider if Steve is the man or not and then make moves from there.
Then what are your parameters for hiring a head coach? If his record was much better than that he'd still be a head coach somewhere else and wouldn't have been available as a coordinator.
Want to get a top HC prospect on the upside at a lower school? We've tried that... Herman. Want to get a more veteran coach who's team was in national title talk?... We've tried that also... Strong. Want to get the best college coach ever and money whip him with oil wells? Oh yes... we tried that, didn't we. What about another former multi-championship coach with questionable morals but always brings success? Phone calls were made.
The point is no matter what HC is brought in they will have 'concerns'. Every time we hire a head coach we're trying to solve some problem we think caused it to fail last time.
Hiring Sark is the only time I remember since Mack that we weren't knee jerk hiring.
Every coach we've hired since McWilliams and Mackovic were knee jerk hires. Our defense sucks, so hire an offensive head coach. Our offense sucks so hire a defensive head coach. We don't develop talent so hire a coach who's proven he can over-achieve (and recruited Ed Oliver so he *must* be a dynamic recruiter who will fix all in-state recruiting). I mean I could go on and on...
Fact is, I can't think of any great coach who didn't start out with a middling record... Landry, DKR, Mack, Belichek, Parcells, Saban, Jimmy. Maybe there are great coaches out there who hit the ground running, but they are the
exception. And if the great coaches need some time, then all the other coaches surely need some time to get traction.
So this time, instead of just knee jerking to fix the biggest problem CDC found one of the best coaches available. A guy who knows how to handle large, sometimes political programs and won't be overwhelmed by Texas and it's BMDs. A guy who's cut his teeth elsewhere so doesn't have to learn on the job how to just be a HC. A guy who's worked for the guy we wanted a few years ago and understands how that championship program is put together. Oh, and also one of the best offensive minds out there.
For all those reasons (and more) Sark was a great choice at this time. The coaching carousel comes with no promises other than change. This is the pact we signed when we scuttled Mack along to retirement. Even though it was time, we were entering that phase again like in the early 80's which started the 20 year drought. There are no guarantees and that's true for all programs.
When that choice is made it does no good to go back and re-litigate the decision. His past coaching record is just the same as it was when we hired him in the first place and everyone was excited. So let's stop bellyaching about facts we all knew when he was hired.
If you need to make yourself feel better with a football almanac then go look up the first year records of all the great coaches I mentioned. Some who actually got fired from their first coaching gigs and figured things out later.
Hopefully Sark can fix it all, but there are no guarantees. Either way we made the best choice at the time, and the only record that matters moving forward is how he does at Texas.
