Friend of Bevo: Son, let’s be clear here: Mack was not "owed" this job. That is dangerous thinking. Do you not think that Joe Paterno didn’t think he was “owed†his job at Penn State? How’d that turn out? Do you not think Bobby Bowden didn’t think he was “owed†his job at Florida State? Hell, ego is a dangerous thing when not managed properly. As much success that Mack had as Head Coach while at the University of Texas, it was a privilege for Mack to be at the University of Texas. As part of that privilege, there is a deliverable associated with it. Mack Brown does not OWN the role of Head Football Coach at the University of Texas, he is a mere steward of the program until the next Head Coach of the University of Texas takes his place. The fact of the matter is that Mack has failed over the past 4 years as Head Coach at Texas. Do you realize that the past 4 years represents 25% of his career at Texas?
Mack likes to play the role of the CEO so let’s REALLY play out the role of the CEO here for a minute. The role of the CEO isn’t just to go out and cultivate a brand for a company, give speeches about how the company will perform for the upcoming quarter or fiscal year, come in and schmooze big customers. The ultimate role of the CEO is to drive the company’s stock price up for the shareholders of the company and meet the outlined objectives set forth (growing market share, increasing profitability, etc.) as well. With the performance Mack Brown has put forth over the past 4 years, if Mack Brown was an actual CEO of a Fortune 500 Company he would be gone. Need proof? How long did Ron Johnson last at JC Penney’s? About 2 years and then “poof†he’s gone. Didn’t matter what the guy did while he was at Apple, he was gone. It didn’t matter that in Ron Johnson’s mind he didn’t get enough time to see if his ideas for the “new†JCP were going to bear fruit. At the end of the day he was let go for a lack of success quickly enough. This is something CEO's face every day from shareholders. At the end of the day, if Mack wanted to be excused for mediocre success, then he should have been paid accordingly and coached at a different program altogether. This is the University of Texas we’re talking about, not Texas State.
Furthermore, Mack is not a doctor, teacher, police officer, firefighter, etc. He is a football coach. And at the end of the day Football Coaches are ultimately paid to win. And when you are the 2nd highest paid Football Coach in all of College Football and have one of the highest paid staffs in all of College Football, well then... investors expect results. The results put forth on the field are not commiserating to the monies being invested into the program- in business terms since Mack wants to be the CEO, “at the end of the day the BMD’s weren’t getting the ROI that they deemed acceptable enough for their investment.†How can you argue with that? You can’t! Mack had his run, but now has lost respect from many because of his exit plan, arrogance and the state of the program as he is leaving it today.
