let's be honest, any addition fantastic news at that position. We need depth and competition. Ash has never been healthy for an entire season and has major questions coming into spring. Swoopes is extremely raw. Needs a lot of work. Heard is a true freshman. Strong, Wickline and Watson need more...

we can only hope.

nothing is official just yet: but if Strong has taken both his coordinators and made them among the top paid coordinators in all of college football something is wrong. That was not a top staff at Louisville. Bringing a couple of guys with you because you're comfortable is one thing. Bring in a...

yea, like I said banquet weekend and the timing of the dark window in recruiting kinda all came together. Texas always does things with a plan and Patterson is leading us in the right direction. He will have earned his salary by January.

Monday is the day we will all find out.

agree 100%. It was time for him to step down after 2010, imo. He's been stubborn to try to stay on as long as he has. Deloss and Mack and Powers were all too close to each other and it distorted their objectivity and created an environment of no accountability.

not disagreeing. But he's playing ball right now more than we realize and give him credit for. He could be using his many friends in the media to make this look really bad for Texas. I'm just saying he's not the egomaniac than many are trying to make him out to be. You think bo pelini would be...

not saying he's a victim. Far from it. I'm saying Mack could be making a much bigger crap storm of things. Much bigger.

I've been hard on Mack at times. I admit it. I question his decision to go away from everything he had going with the spread and a mobile QB. The recruiting mistakes. The lack of oversight his program has right now. But I will never question his intent or character. I just have heard too many...

love seeing all these guys from the past in here. Great poster.

But Mack's handling this well, imo. He could easily make this whole thing a nightmare for Texas. He's not. Just about any other coach would be talking to the media and making things more difficult. I think we're all just expecting too much given the circumstances. Everyone keeps bringing up USC...

i'm not going to knock JS. I like him. But I was told there's no way Texas announces this on Saturday. And if you think about it, Saturday would be the worst day to do something like that if you respect the players at all.

thx sir I love the setup here.

I agee with Lobo. I am hearing Monday will be the day an official word comes out. Patterson is actually handling this very well everything considered. We're in good shape fellas.

i don't think Mack is stalling. He's playing the game for Texas. He's taking a lot of heat but he's actually helping Texas right now in recruiting. At this stage it's all about the plan that has been laid forth. I think we'll have an official announcement on Monday. If Saban changes his mind...

dude. Thanks. Glad to see you over here. Been a while.

haha will do. I love SF. Just spent about a week there in November. Thanks for the kind words.

JimsTexas, wow haven't heard from you in a while. How are things? And thanks guys!

as of about 20 min ago :)

the money that's going to be spent for a staff will be an amazing number. One of the top recruiting coordinators in the country is rumored to be on the way if Saban inks the deal. And yes, recruiting is going to get fun again really soon.