Fox tabs Will as #1 coach on the hot seat .. and what if????

[SFlonghorngirl]

Only if you had Andrew Luck, Coach Brown. 😢😭ðŸ‚ðŸ‚ðŸ‚

 

[pringlelake]

Never understood why Mack changed his offensive mindset. You make the title game, probably would have won without a freak tackle to Colt. If it ain't broke don't fix it! Needed better lineman, but piling up wins with an effective offense was a bad idea? Started Mack's spiral downward and out of his job.

yep.

 

[Sirhornsalot]

My what if question is from what I read Charlie Strong was Florida's second choice after Muschamp. I also read Stoops highly recommended Muschamp to Foley.  Stoops and Foley are friends and  they used to work together. It may be a case without Stoops, Charlie Strong might be coaching Florida instead of Texas.

My hope for the next four to five years is that Stoops will be kicking himself for not recommending Charlie Strong for the Florida job.

Excellent point. I look forward to watching the meeting in the Cotton Bowl this year. Stoops will see (IMO) a much tougher, way more prepared Texas team if what I'm thinking holds true.

 

[primal defense]

Never understood why Mack changed his offensive mindset. You make the title game, probably would have won without a freak tackle to Colt. If it ain't broke don't fix it! Needed better lineman, but piling up wins with an effective offense was a bad idea? Started Mack's spiral downward and out of his job.

That and awful QB recruiting.

 

[Hiwood]

I have a slightly different take on the subject....let me preface it by saying I am a bug Will M. fan..I was also a big Bryan Harsin fan (epecially since he is a friend of the family in a roundabout way)

the derelicts that Boom has/had at Florida are not the same that we have at Texas, okay go ahead and call me a homer--guilty as charged..Will was a good recruiter and brought an attitude never seen before on the 40 Acres, you know it and I know it..Gene started the trend and Boom brought the hammer, just look at the NFL....

Will tried to be that guy at Florida but look what they left him, maybe Urban wasnt the Messiah after all, maybe he knew when to get out of town..Jeff Driskell looks like a one hit wonder, they had a big drop off after him...OC coordinator Brent Pease and him couldnt get on the same page

IMO had Boom taken over, I dont think he has the tandem of OC by comittee with Harsin/Major...with Boom and Harsin doing what they do best without Mack meddling the possibilities could have been mind boggling...guess we will never know...but Will Muschamp didnt just forget how to coach all of a sudden, I dont think he had the real talent and good student athletes at Fla that we get here at UT...have to look no further than Anthony Hernandez sitting in prison to see the kind of player Fla and Meyer recruited

 

[echeese]

Level 2. . . .had Boom taken the job. . .GD would have been the 2010 OC but with the idea that Major was going to take over as Booms' OC.   I doubt Harsin is at TEXAS.

No offense to your friend but sadly neither Harsin nor Major were very good.

Now granted, they were paying the price for years of QB recruting/development blunders. . . .it started with John Chiles. . .1st they thought he'd be a cross between Vince and Chris Leak, he wasn't close nor willing to do the work .. .but that committment to Chiles cost us GJ Kinne. . . .had Kinne stayed he would have been 1st off the bench vs Bama and likely delivers a win....

Then we choose to go QB-less in 2008. . .betting entirely on GG in 2009. . .VERY bad move.

Always interesting to look back and see where the dominoes fell. . . . .

 

[Bevostuntdouble]

Good question. You're onto something regarding offensive system. Correct me if I'm wrong: We also didn't have a great running game either when Gilbert was on campus. Gilbert also left for a weaker conference and inferior defenses and a system that pads passing stats.

IMHO... Inferior defenses and padded stats didn't stop him from being drafted... Clearly the NFL decision makers felt they saw enough in him to draft him. I think our coaches failed GG. I mean our QB development has been horrible for quite a while now. But i have to agree with the poster you responded to... Mack had that amazing idea to change the UT identity and it just didn't work. GG and several other players suffered from that decision and the poor player development that has plagued us.

 

[Bevostuntdouble]

Excellent point. I look forward to watching the meeting in the Cotton Bowl this year. Stoops will see (IMO) a much tougher, way more prepared Texas team if what I'm thinking holds true.

Hell yeah! Cant wait for the RRR! Hook em!