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Nine players have been dismissed from the team at Texas since Charlie Strong took over as head coach.
The most recent dismissal occurred this week.
Today, former Texas head coach Mack Brown visited with Paul Finebaum to share his thoughts on the situation.
Brown candidly said, “One of the problems in our business right now is that there are so many stories and rumors out there that people are saying about a lot of different programs and they don’t have information. I have that information. At some point, you share it.â€
He later added, “When you’ve got a program like Texas or one like USC, every little thing is scrutinized. Charlie had two players leave in the spring. And now that he’s had some leave in the fall, it’s gotten more attention than it would say in a transition at a lot of the other schools that don’t get as much attention. But there were kids that left when I came here. There were kids that left when Nick went to Alabama. That’s part of it. You’re just going to have that. The one thing about Texas, the good and the bad, it’s a lightning rod. When I asked Coach Royal the best thing about coaching at Texas, he said 27 million people care about what you do every day of your life. I asked what is the worst thing about Texas and he said 27 million people care about every moment of your life.
“So I’ve turned all of these thoughts over to Charlie Strong. It’s his team. He has a right to do whatever he wants. I have not had an opinion of those. I haven’t talked to the parents. I haven’t talked to the kids. I do know this and I think Charlie would tell you the same thing: No coach ever wants to run off a kid. You want to save them.â€
Texas will try to even its record at 2-2 when the travel to Lawrence to play Kansas on Saturday.
Nine players have been dismissed from the team at Texas since Charlie Strong took over as head coach.
The most recent dismissal occurred this week.
Today, former Texas head coach Mack Brown visited with Paul Finebaum to share his thoughts on the situation.
Brown candidly said, “One of the problems in our business right now is that there are so many stories and rumors out there that people are saying about a lot of different programs and they don’t have information. I have that information. At some point, you share it.â€
He later added, “When you’ve got a program like Texas or one like USC, every little thing is scrutinized. Charlie had two players leave in the spring. And now that he’s had some leave in the fall, it’s gotten more attention than it would say in a transition at a lot of the other schools that don’t get as much attention. But there were kids that left when I came here. There were kids that left when Nick went to Alabama. That’s part of it. You’re just going to have that. The one thing about Texas, the good and the bad, it’s a lightning rod. When I asked Coach Royal the best thing about coaching at Texas, he said 27 million people care about what you do every day of your life. I asked what is the worst thing about Texas and he said 27 million people care about every moment of your life.
“So I’ve turned all of these thoughts over to Charlie Strong. It’s his team. He has a right to do whatever he wants. I have not had an opinion of those. I haven’t talked to the parents. I haven’t talked to the kids. I do know this and I think Charlie would tell you the same thing: No coach ever wants to run off a kid. You want to save them.â€
Texas will try to even its record at 2-2 when the travel to Lawrence to play Kansas on Saturday.
