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I think the fair thing to say is that the expectation is to always compete for a championship, meaning being in contention for a chance to win it all at the end of the regular season.

You should re-read that post

Seems harsh. Sure a Naty is the goal. Only 1 team a year succeeds at that. Disappointment for teams & fans that thought they’d reach that goal but didn’t. Having a disappointing season isn’t sunshine & rainbows. But labeling anything less than a Naty as “failed” - nah that’s not for me. Horns up always. 🤘

Fair enough. In any case, someone needs to figure out where the hell our NIL budget went? How did we not have dry powder for RB and OL? We have to be smarter on the moneyball front or we aren't winning anything in this era.

Sark wants to act like he didn’t bring up playing for a championship in the offseason. He did it but wants to jump on anyone that even suggests it now. Arrogance at its finest.

Extremely good program builder IMO.

He is not too close to the players to make harsh NIL decisions. He’s done it every year.

You don’t speak for everyone here. 1. There’s a reason the back to back playoff appearance actually hasn’t run its course. He did it. Name another coach who did. I’ll stand by and wait. 2. Texas didn’t get in the playoffs because of FSU. Texas was the no. 3 seed in the playoffs, not 4. 3. Acting like close wins don’t count is the same as acting like close losses don’t. It’s asinine. You’re clearly anti-Sark. That’s fine. I’m not going to change you, but stop crapping on every thread like you think what you believe is actually what the greater fanbase does.

I've never said we should fire him, just that he desperately needs an OC. I also think the model of an independent personnel arm is going to be better going forward. Sark is too close to the players to make the hard NIL decisions and as a result we blew a giant budget on a mediocre team.

Don't forget that all the issues we see this year, were there the previous 4 years. But because of NIL and the portal, he was able to cover dis own deficiencies. Thinking that Sark is going to change his approach on things is wrong. He isn't going to do that, that is reality. He is what he is. Don't forget the two semi-final runs had a bunch of games that were close that shouldn't have been. We are also lucky not to lose 2-3 more games already this year. Having the fear of not being able to find a better HC if he does decide to leave is hilarious though. That would mean you guys don't trust CDC or Eltife to find someone to continue steering the program in the right direction, which is funny because everyone always praises them for all the work that has been done in the athletic department (especially CDC). I don't really care what happens either way. Just want to see a better product on the field than what has been put out there. Right now, Sark doesn't think anything is wrong just that we've been unlucky or whatever.

we need mean SOBs on the oline that can actually move someone. it is pathetic we can’t find 5 people that can’t do that with our resources.

Sark is good but just needs to adapt more instead of staying stubborn. If he can adapt than he will be fine. If he can’t adjust then this conversation will hold a lot more weight next year. Arch and Sark seem to be tied to the hip, plus if im an NFL team Sark has done nothing to prove he can be anything but an OC at the NFL level, his teams have been too up and down for the level of talent on the field. This year has been disappointing for sure, but Sark leaving this specific year would be worse for the program than better. Of course if his heart isn’t in it or does have one foot out the door than we should look elsewhere. But for better or for worse, Sark is the guy in charge.

Taking y’all a while to diagnose Carlton is flipping.

You clearly don’t remember the Charlie Strong Era. The grass isn’t always greener….

I see a lot of stuff written about, will we get in the playoffs at 9-3 when the talk should be, we need to worry about not going 7-5. Plenty of football to play in the next 2 weeks. We better bring it.

I miss her

Does the delay have anything to do with the Sark rumors?

Starting 5 at beginning of the year: Goosby - 3rd year Stroh - 3rd year Hutson - 4th year Campbell - 4th year Baker - 2nd year 5 star, was expected to contribute early Neto - 4th year Facts

the bare minimum moving forward is CFP. If you don’t make the CFP the season is a failure because that means no chance at a title. National championships is always the goal. Those are two facts. That is the expectations for Texas. When those are no longer the expectations then we have failed as a program.

Eh, Sark failed big time as a GM not upgrading OL in the portal. He then failed big time as an OC not deploying an offensive style that can survive with subpar OL play. He frankly failed as a HC in putting so much faith in Kyle Flood. Why is he failing at so many different aspects of his job? I think it's simply that he is one man (and likely one man with a stressful personal life) and he doesn't have enough time and energy to do three full time jobs. It's not excusable to take on too much work and then fail to deliver. He needs to do a better job of delegating responsibility. (Or CDC needs to do it for him).

I like Sark and I don't want him gone as our coach. I just think he can't be championship level HC, OC, and GM at the same time. At the absolute minimum he needs and OC, and I'd prefer an independent personnel department as well.

Fair point, but let’s be accurate about what these OL guys are. Sark didn’t inherit them — he recruited most of them — but they weren’t recruited to be instant-impact, SEC-level frontline starters. They were taken as developmental depth pieces, guys you hope turn into contributors in Year 3 or 4, not anchors of the line. And that’s exactly the issue right now: Texas is having to start players who were originally projected as long-term depth because the higher-ceiling recruits (the Banks/Campbell/Brockermeyer era guys) either left early, got hurt, didn’t develop fast enough, or didn’t fill out the pipeline the way it ideally should’ve progressed. You can criticize Sark’s offensive roster build — that’s fair. But it’s not fair to pretend he walked into a stocked pantry and somehow burned the ingredients. The truth is he built the OL room with a mix of big hits and long-term projects, and now those “projects” are being thrown into starting roles earlier than planned. That’s why it looks messy right now. Not because he inherited a disaster, and not because he’s a “God King” micromanager — but because Texas is asking depth-grade players to play SEC-grade roles. Big difference.

We could use a little boost of momentum around here.

I'm not sure we can say that. The model produced back to back semi final appearances. 10 games in with a first year starting QB and now we need to change everything. I'm not there

It's the portal era, though. Throwing away a season with an inexperienced QB and OL is mismanagement. As Gerry often says there is no longer an excuse for being young.