Korn-Ferry

[tcarlynyc]

Sexton might be very difficult to work with and im not saying you should hire a Sexton client. What i am saying is that if Korn-Ferry did not talk about and consider a coach bc his agent is Sexton, they did not do justice to the search process. Sexton has many many clients, a few happen to be Saban, Fisher and Mora Jr. I like Strong a lot but if you want to move on, move on. I dont. I want to know the process. That does not make anyone a naysayer, it makes us curious.

You have the read what was posted, not make up things to complain about.

It didn't say none of his clients weren't ever considered.

You have as much chance of being informed of the process as being the next OC at Texas and marrying Ms. America on the same day. You have a long wait if you don't want to move on. But maybe it's just that Red and the BMD's don't have your proper email address.

 

[RoyalCrowns]

Korn/Ferry = Agenda

 

[JerrySandusky'sCellmate]

If we see dramatic improvement on the football field, I wonder if this contractor guy will still be freaking out?

This entire thread has a troll feel to it.

Wonder what wild rumor will make you guys go through the roof today? It's almost comical.

 

[coolhorn]

Maybe Saban would have come to UT...maybe not. Fisher was NOT gonna leave a loaded FSU to try to rebuild UT. Beyond those two, which of Sexton's clients was better than hiring Coach Strong? Just maybe, there were some solid reasons for none of Sexton's clients to be on Korn-Ferry's radar.

 

[Juan]

Maybe Saban would have come to UT...maybe not. Fisher was NOT gonna leave a loaded FSU to try to rebuild UT. Beyond those two, which of Sexton's clients was better than hiring Coach Strong? Just maybe, there were some solid reasons for none of Sexton's clients to be on Korn-Ferry's radar.

Partial list of his better known clients, all-time --

Sexton College Coaches

Lane Kiffin

Will Muschamp

Houston Dale Nutt

Tommy Tubberville

Nick Saban

Gene Chizik

Mike Gundy

Steve Spurrier

Hugh Freeze

Jimbo Fisher

Gus Malzahn

Frank Beamer

David Cutcliffe

Rich Rodriquez

Bobby Petrino

Derek Dooley

Kevin Steele

Butch Davis

Larry Coker

Phil Fulmer

Charlie Weatherby (Former ULM who beat ‘Bama in Saban’s 1st yr. )

Matt Cain (Former NC State coach and the pride of the Blue Hose; not mlb pitcher)

Sexton Pro Coaches

Rex Ryan

Don Capers

Jim Haslett

Monte Kiffin

Bill Parcels

Sexton NFL Players

Reggie White (Began Pro Ball 1984; 1st client; 5 yr/ $5.5M USFL Memphis Showboats record)

Corliss Williamson

Jeremiah Trotter

Isacc Bruce

Phillip Rivers

Jason Witten (described as his greatest failure; Sexton was convinced that he was a 1 st round pick and talked him into coming out earlier but fell to Rd 3/ #69 overall)

Chris Samuels

Aaron Glenn

Jason Sehorn

Michael Oher

DeAngelo Williams

Maurice Clarett (30 for 30)

Patrick Ramsey

Jerome Woods

Other Notables:

Scottie Pippen

Horace Grant

Mike Anderson MBB Coach

Quinn Snyder

 

[86MEHorn]

We can definitely say that that is a likely option. But not any other agents clients were mentioned got raises directly related to Texas. Not Briles or Franklin. At least not yet.

Thought Briles got a raise and an extension? Franklin is about to get his.

 

[caseyjoewalker]

So Mora Jr. was or wasn't vetted?Because his agent is Sexton.

 

[North Texas Golfer]

I have worked with and been recruited by firms like korn-ferry. Search firms don't include or exclude candidates based on their own personal opinions. That is not how you stay in business. They bring forward candidates that meet the requirements set by the hiring entity. If there were none of Sexton's clients vetted that is because the requirements were set up in such a way, either intentionally or not, that eliminated them from consideration.

Ding, Ding, Ding. We have a winner. This is exactly how it played out.

 

[Davharjac]

If we see dramatic improvement on the football field' date=' I wonder if this contractor guy will still be freaking out?

This entire thread has a troll feel to it.

Wonder what wild rumor will make you guys go through the roof today? It's almost comical.[/quote']

I 100% agree...this thread feels like a troll trap..and everyone just walked into the quicksand..

 

[Alouha27]

So basically Sexton played the game right and got his guys raises without any of them actually being considered, outside of Saban.

 

[PDX Horn]

Sexton might be very difficult to work with and im not saying you should hire a Sexton client. What i am saying is that if Korn-Ferry did not talk about and consider a coach bc his agent is Sexton, they did not do justice to the search process. Sexton has many many clients, a few happen to be Saban, Fisher and Mora Jr. I like Strong a lot but if you want to move on, move on. I dont. I want to know the process. That does not make anyone a naysayer, it makes us curious.

By all accounts Mora Jr. was reached out to.

 

[TexasFirst1]

The bottom line is that Patterson told Korn Ferry not to vet ANY of Sexton's clients which happen to include the 2012 and 2013 MNC winners and the 2013 runner up in the MNC game. Obviously, a MNC game and major conference championship track record were not worthy of Patterson's consideration. That is a major fail on Patterson's part regardless of what happens with Strong at UT. By any objective standard, it was not in the best interests of the University of Texas to exclude the top coaches in the game at this time because Patterson did not like Sexton. Patterson may be in control but he is also a professional incompetent for not even considering the best options available.

 

[utparothed]

From Pete Thamel's article on Sexton on CNN/SI:

Few figures will loom larger over the game than Sexton. Not only does he represent the Seminoles' Jimbo Fisher and the Tigers' Gus Malzahn, but he also has emerged as a central figure in the University of Texas' coaching search. The specter of the Longhorns' job has hovered over the sport for months, coinciding with a chain reaction of raises for Sexton clients including Fisher, Malzahn, Alabama's Nick Saban and UCLA's Jim Mora. The flurry of speculation and contract extensions has further cemented Sexton's power in college football, something that's grabbed headlines, provided fodder for blogs and petrified fan bases into wondering if their messiah coach might flee. Sexton bristles at the perception of him as a "Darth Vader figure" -- his words -- lording over the sport, but his influence is real.

Link:http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college-football/news/20140103/jimmy-sexton-college-football/#ixzz2q0iRG7NH

Maybe they decided to exclude Sexton because he's already made enough money off of the UT coaching search. Korn-Ferry stayed away from Sexton clients, deliberately or coincidentally, and Sexton knew that Saban was the target yet still managed to get him a raise from Bama and, coincidentally, there was enough talk about Fisher and Malzahn to get them raises. I realize that Saban's raise is somewhat of a moot point since Bama was going to throw money at him to try and keep him anyway, but is it unreasonable to think that Sexton was, in part, responsible for the coaching search $#!^storm by leaking exaggerated info on our interest in Fisher and Malzahn in order to get them raises and padding his paycheck? I don't fault the guy for it, business is business, but I can see where the powers that be would take offense to the chaos and to limit their interactions with him.

 

[tcarlynyc]

The bottom line is that Patterson told Korn Ferry not to vet ANY of Sexton's clients which happen to include the 2012 and 2013 MNC winners and the 2013 runner up in the MNC game. Obviously, a MNC game and major conference championship track record were not worthy of Patterson's consideration. That is a major fail on Patterson's part regardless of what happens with Strong at UT. By any objective standard, it was not in the best interests of the University of Texas to exclude the top coaches in the game at this time because Patterson did not like Sexton. Patterson may be in control but he is also a professional incompetent for not even considering the best options available.

How do you know this?

 

[Topstarr]

I am just not going to write any kind of reading about this subject. Thank You and HOOK'EM

 

[Nakona Horn]

Time to move on people.

 

[Navinjohnson15]

Are you saying that not 1 Sexton client was considered Korn-Ferry?IF this is true than Texas hired a crappy team to do their search. How can you not have a client of a guy who represents many of the best coaches?

Texas got played.

For those that want to move on, fair enough, you can. I dont. I want to know what happened. Not sure that info will ever come out but this is a bad job of a coaching search. Doesnt mean we didnt get a very good coach but the process was not conducted the right way.

Move on, save your energy. It's time to get on board with the Staff that will be here and not second guess everything. Let's see the results on and off the field and then judge.

 

[TheContractor]

If we see dramatic improvement on the football field' date=' I wonder if this contractor guy will still be freaking out?

This entire thread has a troll feel to it.

Wonder what wild rumor will make you guys go through the roof today? It's almost comical.[/quote']

Im not freeking out at all, im curious. thats it. I like coach Strong a lot and am happy he is coaching here.

Again, for the ones that are not interested in this topic, flip the page.

 

[Alouha27]

Navin & Nakona, with all due respect the most annoying thing in a message board is someone say move on. Let people discuss what they want to talk about and they will "move on" when they want to.

 

[steveh9801]

Contractor -- we hired a firm to search for and numerate a multitude of candidates. It so happened end that the personnel that Sexton represents did not meet the requirements of K/F. We hired them to evaluate candidates on sabermetrics that are above all of us. If you have a problem with them or their way of business do not bitch about on a board, take it to their respective PR department. Charlie is going to be the best thing to happen to this university within the next 10 years -- you, however, can be choosed to be remembered as one who recognized that or held on to the idea that it was Saban or bust and the program is destined for the $#@!ter. I would like to respond to all of your arguments, but I do not have the time nor the patience to deal with blind ignorance.

I wasn't around last night and just got around to reading all the posts. I don't understand why Contractor was taking so much heat by being curious about the job search. I have read most of his posts, not just on this subject but on others and from what I gather he is 100% behind Strong. He was asking questions about a subject that McPaul, the guy that is the reason most of us joined this site put out for discussion.

I know that we are all in the honeymoon stage with Coach Strong and thats fine but to hammer the guy because he was asking questions about the job search is not right. I like Coach Strong. I support Coach Strong, I picked Coach Strong in the "Call your shot" thread that was started the early part of last week. I'm still curious about how the job search went. I'm not DEMANDING to know or think that it is my RIGHT to know but from reading what Contractor posted I didn't get the sense that he felt he was owed anything. TheContractor is an asset to this site, he knows more about sports then most of us and I would hate to lose good people because they ask questions.