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Above all else, we can't lose sight of this point. The program, as it currently stands, needs a tune-up, but it's not in shambles.

Sark to Dolphins, re-united with Ewers. Saban off the TV set and onto the 40 acres in an odd twist of fate. An offer is on the table for Mack to be his OC. Desmond tried to tell you, ya dig? 🤪

He has the GM title but everyone knows Sark is the real GM, in the professional sports sense of that word. My key point is that someone has to do the job of deciding exactly how much NIL should be spent on Deandre Moore (as a random example) as opposed to going out and getting someone from the portal. It's obviously Sark doing this right now. This is an incredibly important role in the NIL era, and it's a lot of work. Doing this, being the head coach, and also coordinating the offense is absurd. It's no surprise that we look bad on all three of those fronts.

How many of the 5 stars that sark got are really panning out like everyone thought?? A lot of the big players the last 2 years were brought in by Herman. sark and his staff are terrible at player development or evaluations. No other to look at it.

Completely agree. I think he would do a really good job at Arkansas if he made that jump – though don't think that is worth leaving Tempe for.

just waiting to see all gas no brakes that we have yet to see.

Don’t like the prospect of him ending up at LSU or piggy.

Brandon harris is literally the GM

We need a thread for the Rider game tonight.

*sigh* the back to back semi final appearance argument has run its course. Did u forget the main reason Texas was in its first playoff was bc Jordan Travis got hurt? Had that injury not happened, Texas could’ve gotten left out. One could argue we shouldn’t have even made the semis last year bc Arizona st came all the way back and even took the lead and had it not been for a missed targeting call on Michael taffe, Arizona st probably wins that game. Now imagine how everyone would be feeling had we lost to Arizona st. After being up 17 points. Lets not even bring up the blown leads that has happened every year sarks been here. He’s hit his ceiling here. He’s too stubborn to change who he’s been his entire career. The expectations fans had this year is partly due to sarks own words. The man talked national championship and SEC championship on more than one occasion during the offseason, even 2 weeks ago mentioned how this is a playoff team. Which is exactly how Kirk bohls should’ve responded yesterday.

Sark is absolutely the effective GM. He is the one who decides how much of the NIL budget to allocate to each player. There are very few NFL teams that put the HC in charge of this. And then Sark is also the OC and play caller on top of this. It's absurd. No successful professional organization would work this way.

Not surprised you can't tell. First of all, he isn't the GM. You're saying no head coach in the NFL calls plays? Back to back playoffs and national semi-final appearance and he is failing? I guess you bought into the unrealistic expectations for a team that had to basically replace it's entire offense outside 3 returning starters. Your right, the assistants tell the DBs to screw up coverage calls, ST tells players to hold on KOR. Players have to play. But hey, you seem very knowledgeable. So when Sark does decide to pursue his "God King" ego somewhere else, why don't you apply and send in your resume so you can fix all these issues. Hook 'em

We did beat OU and Vandy, both probable playoff teams.

You rebuild the team every year. He failed to build a good one this year. Needs to reassess his entire program with an open mind if he’s going to make it past next year. He should start with himself. I’m not optimistic, but I thank him for all the work he’s done to improve the national perception of our program the last 3 years. He needs to either redouble his efforts to that end, or step aside.

I actually can't tell if you are being serious or sarcastic here. I mean Sark is the god king of the program (HC, OC, GM), so he is responsible for all of these on some level. He built the roster. He called the plays and designed the scheme for the offense. He hired the assistant coaches on defense He coaches the team. The offense has been very mediocre from two straight seasons, and never was really a great unit under Sark. There is zero evidence that he is a particularly great OC as HC at Texas. Greg Davis had much better offenses here than Sark has. The personnel (his work as GM) looks downright bad when you consider where we rank in terms of NIL budget. The team is ridiculously penalty and mistake prone game after game, year after year. The guy is failing at every role he is doing. Again, I don't think he is a bad coach, just delusional. He isn't capable of doing three jobs at once at a high level. There is a reason nobody in the NFL runs the team this way.

Downfall…we’ve lost to two top 5 teams. Lost to a talented Florida team in the swamp. Ya there’s a host of things this year that have been terrible don’t get me wrong : but Do we remember what the decade was like before sark ? 7-3 and the program is down fallen after two years of being in national semifinal?

...he took a horrific program and has built it into one that is much better than before. He is a very hard worker and great at recruiting being honest and caring. He loves his players and that is evident. He has a system and rarely deviates from what he believes equals success. He is articulate and not an asshole. He played the game at a high level and favors what players go through, because he can relate. We have no patience as Longhorn fans, self included, but next year Arch will be much better and our team won't be so young. Hopefully we can end the season on a high note. I do wish he would give up play calling and focus on the big picture. But I believe in Sark.

Like most head coaches, he is a control freak. But surely there has to be someone who could be our play caller so he can focus on the big picture. Hopefully he can do this soon.

Exactly. His play calling was just fine the last two years. It was "Quinn's fault". Yeah, it's his play calling that is causing communication break downs in the secondary, causing a 5 star WR to drop passes that hit him in the hands, his fault the same player gets called for holding on every big KO return. A typical post by a typical fair weather fan. It is amazing how many people who have no knowledge of coaching think they know everything about coaching.

Came across a clip from another site in video form. Apparently there’s some friction behind the scenes. I don’t think anything will happen during the season. After Black Friday? Anything is possible .

Sark has said himself they’ll never be a GM over him as long as he’s the head coach.

Idk, Mods have been too quiet today. Not enough Articles from them... something is brewing...

Wut? Eltife is the man and who runs things....

I would like Road One please. With a concerted effort from all involved to fix the issues on the roster. Including but not limited to: - Ripping the bandaid on mis-evaluations at RB, WR and OL - Going all in on Cam Coleman / Jadan Baugh type skill players around Arch. - Making it impossible to say no for about 3-4 nasty interior OL with experience whether they’re on current P4 rosters or they’re JUCO or they’re off some unknown Wyoming roster. Evaluate, money whip, coach them up at LG, C and RG for next year. - Defense obviously has needs as well but offense needs the most surgery.