From C. Brown:
During the last 48 hours, in multiple conversations with sources close to the university about all the matters currently going on and the possibility on Friday of more revelations coming out about inappropriate relationships at UT, I've picked up information on some other key matters.
If Mack Brown had to be replaced right now, the leading candidates would be:
Stanford's David Shaw
Florida's Will Muschamp
Alabama's Kirby Smart
And sources told me Deloss Dodds has told Bill Powers that he plans to retire as AD after the 2013-14 school year and move into a consulting role at Texas that would pay him $100,000 per year (a role already outlined in his contract). UT officials deny Dodds, who turns 74 in August, has any timetable to retire.
Dodds has told Powers to form a search committee well in advance and to be prepared for the transition and that Dodds' top candidates to replace himself would be:
Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby
Notre Dame AD Jack Swarbrick
Pittsburgh AD Steve Pederson
Other sources told me Dodds and Powers will probably step down from their current positions at the same time, barring unforeseen circumstances. So it could be that Texas is looking for a new AD and president by the beginning of the 2014 football season.
I want to make it clear since some have posted that they think I'm "sitting on stuff" or "covering stuff up" so the university won't get mad at me. I do think more could come out with regard to inappropriate relationships being looked at by Bev Kearney's attorneys.
I've also talked about how those relationships have to be validated and confirmed in order for us to report them. And when reporting on such matters, it takes a legal standard to report it, one that has to hold up in court against slander and libel laws.
