WTF? Sark leaving for NFL?

[Baron]

And it all leads back to The Atlantic. That's two strikes against them. Do they have an agenda to wreck the Texas football program?

 

[63_Texas_1]

And it all leads back to The Atlantic. That's two strikes against them. Do they have an agenda to wreck the Texas football program?

I don't know anything about The Atlantic. Perhaps there is another agenda/motive. When I come across puzzling behavior I remind myself to follow the money. I wonder how many clicks, etc. was generated by a story about one of the biggest brands in sports. Not to digress into politics but we have all seen, regardless of one's viewpoints, media's priority of revenue versus true journalism. Remember the National Enquirer at the checkout at the grocery store? It caught our attention, but we rolled our eyes at their headlines.

 

[jrcruz1026]

According to Bobby Burton and several sources, Diana Russini is one of the most connected NFL correspondents in the business:

This was written earlier:

"This leaves us with three options.

First: Russini, one of the most well-connected and well-respected NFL reporters out there, completely whiffed.

Second: Sarkisian has interest in returning to the NFL, where he was an offensive coordinator in 2017 and 2018, but didn’t intend for it to get out and is trying to preserve relationships at Texas by coming out so strongly to deny the report.

Third: Sexton and Marynowitz, who are constantly in conversations with NFL and college teams, have been floating Sarkisian as a potential candidate either as a leverage play or to get him out of Texas, which has underachieved this season. It doesn’t even matter whether Sarkisian knew or approved of it, they’re just playing the game, and they came out with the statement to make sure their lucrative relationship with Sark doesn’t go sour.

If we’re ranking those possibilities, let’s be very clear that No. 2 or No. 3 are by far the most likely. And if you’ve watched Texas this season fall from preseason No. 1 to punching bag, it’s not hard to figure out why."

 

[BruiseLee]

But does it even make sense for Sark to want to leave? He most likely would be taking a significant pay cut and if he left on his own accord, he wouldn't be entitled to any kind of buyout. And which NFL franchise would want to hire him as their head coach if he's leaving Texas due to a failed season?

 

[63_Texas_1]

According to Bobby Burton and several sources, Diana Russini is one of the most connected NFL correspondents in the business:

This was written earlier:

"This leaves us with three options.

First: Russini, one of the most well-connected and well-respected NFL reporters out there, completely whiffed.

Second: Sarkisian has interest in returning to the NFL, where he was an offensive coordinator in 2017 and 2018, but didn’t intend for it to get out and is trying to preserve relationships at Texas by coming out so strongly to deny the report.

Third: Sexton and Marynowitz, who are constantly in conversations with NFL and college teams, have been floating Sarkisian as a potential candidate either as a leverage play or to get him out of Texas, which has underachieved this season. It doesn’t even matter whether Sarkisian knew or approved of it, they’re just playing the game, and they came out with the statement to make sure their lucrative relationship with Sark doesn’t go sour.

If we’re ranking those possibilities, let’s be very clear that No. 2 or No. 3 are by far the most likely. And if you’ve watched Texas this season fall from preseason No. 1 to punching bag, it’s not hard to figure out why."

Under your presentation, option #3 certainly follows the path of "follow the money." I guess time will tell which path this story started. It's hard to imagine this story originated out of thin air.

 

[83Dee]

Jimmy Sexton is also Kiffin’s agent, this leak isn’t an accident, I think Kiffin could be an option for Texas to replace Sark

These kind of leaks are more effective when your team looks like a well-oiled machine.

 

[jrcruz1026]

To be clear I copied and pasted the bullet points in the quote I shared. I agree that the story has legs and was not just written with no credibility. Something got out that should not have. I do not think this is a money issue, I think it is a brand issue, although Texas has struggled this season, Sark's brand is still very strong, what he does not want to happen is that his brand starts to dwindle and his job opportunities start to become limited. I hope Sark chooses to fight through the struggles and makes Texas his home for a while, even if we have a season where we have challenges, our program is in great hands, the donors and fans need to lay off some and let him do his job. If he wants to keep his current staff situation bc he feels it gives him the best chance to be successful, let's let him make that decision. Supporting him is 100% is the best thing for the program, if we do so, the chances of him wanting to leave with reduce over time

 

[hookemhorb]

To be clear I copied and pasted the bullet points in the quote I shared. I agree that the story has legs and was not just written with no credibility. Something got out that should not have. I do not think this is a money issue, I think it is a brand issue, although Texas has struggled this season, Sark's brand is still very strong, what he does not want to happen is that his brand starts to dwindle and his job opportunities start to become limited. I hope Sark chooses to fight through the struggles and makes Texas his home for a while, even if we have a season where we have challenges, our program is in great hands, the donors and fans need to lay off some and let him do his job. If he wants to keep his current staff situation bc he feels it gives him the best chance to be successful, let's let him make that decision. Supporting him is 100% is the best thing for the program, if we do so, the chances of him wanting to leave with reduce over time

I agree about supporting Sark. He brought us out of the wasteland and is leading us to a much better place. With the portal and NIL, I don't think we will see a team dominate like the old Saban teams. Everybody wants to play right away and they want to be paid top dollar right away.

A team trying to dominate year in and year out, like Tech will find themselves bankrupt in a few years. Plus there is no guarantee you will win no matter how much money you put into a year.

As for Sark leaving, I'm of the camp it was agents looking for opportunities to present to their clients or NFL league people spit balling and contacting agents. I don't see Sark actively looking for a position or even considering one at this time. We're still in the playoff picture.