OTF Premium What the Will Muschamp hire means for Texas and Steve Sarkisian in 2026

[AusMOJO]

7 hours ago, Jarveaux said:

Jeff , Sark will let Will coach until he doesn’t want to coach . He was always Sarks first choice.

I've seen this mentioned numerous times but I don't think that is true. Didn't he try to bring Bama's DC with him at first? Golding? Then he tried the Arky DC at the time, name escapes me. He did try Muschamp, but he was a firm no because of his family.

[Jim]

8 hours ago, Califashorn75 said:

Sark saw what we all did last year. PK had Simmons chasing tight ends. So dumb. He never challenged the Florida quarterback which cost us a shot at the playoffs. I was tired of the bend but don't break defense. Let's get aggressive like a Tasmanian Devil. Coach Boom will deliver. 

I guess the offense specifically the OL who didn’t have a pulse until late in the game gets  absolved of any blame for that loss. It was all on PK and the Defense because Simmons was chasing the TE. Give the Offense a pass nice

[AusMOJO]

9 hours ago, Califashorn75 said:

Sark saw what we all did last year. PK had Simmons chasing tight ends. So dumb. He never challenged the Florida quarterback which cost us a shot at the playoffs. I was tired of the bend but don't break defense. Let's get aggressive like a Tasmanian Devil. Coach Boom will deliver. 

It's funny that people hate so much vitriol towards PK now, but if you say anything about Flood or Sark you're literally the devil lol. 

[Jim]

Bringing Muschamp in was a no brainer for Sark. You have too make the switch. I don’t get why people have to sh*t on PK like he was terrible as a the DC. The guy fielded good defenses on the 40. Sark wanting to field a more attacking aggressive defense shouldn’t take away from the job PK did here on the 40.

[Lock n Horns]

3 minutes ago, Jim said:

Bringing Muschamp in was a no brainer for Sark. You have too make the switch. I don’t get why people have to sh*t on PK like he was terrible as a the DC. The guy fielded good defenses on the 40. Sark wanting to field a more attacking aggressive defense shouldn’t take away from the job PK did here on the 40.

Someone said it well before, PK has a very good defense with a very high floor but a limited upside that may not be enough to beat the absolute best necessary to win a Natty.  PKs D has for the most part been an asset the past few years

[Jarveaux]

2 hours ago, AusMOJO said:

It's funny that people hate so much vitriol towards PK now, but if you say anything about Flood or Sark you're literally the devil lol. 

I like Mushcamp glad Sark made the change , but the negativity towards PK isn’t necessarily a good thing. Just like all the negativity towards QE last year wasn’t a good thing.

[Judd_Irby]

Most of us were pleased with Pete, and that is why everyone was so surprised by his firing.  But, Pete had a bad 2021 season, prompting Sark to bring in Gary Patterson for Pete to consult with during the 2022 season.  Following the lessons that Patterson delivered, Pete's level of coaching skyrocketed.  Now Will will have to do what it takes to bring Kirby down a few notches.  

[PaulieD]

1 hour ago, Jim said:

Bringing Muschamp in was a no brainer for Sark. You have too make the switch. I don’t get why people have to sh*t on PK like he was terrible as a the DC. The guy fielded good defenses on the 40. Sark wanting to field a more attacking aggressive defense shouldn’t take away from the job PK did here on the 40.

People seem to need everything to be black or white, good or bad.  Life is no where near that simple or obvious.

Coach PK was a fine coach, Coach Muschamp is a fine coach, we made a change for the better.  I agree with you 110%.

[tsip92]

14 hours ago, TXFF said:

Sark essentially said that WM is a second head coach with full authority and responsibility for the defense. Sark will apply his full attention to the offense rather than having to  keep an eye on the defense which he was apparently having to do with PK. This is huge.

This is probably my biggest problem with Sark.  His job is to be the HEAD COACH of the University of Texas and be responsible for ALL aspects of the team.  During a game he should be thinking about O, D, and ST, not focusing on which play he should be starting the next offensive series with.  I don’t know that bringing in another DC, no matter how good, solves that fundamental issue   

If Sark is really ALL IN for ‘26 he needs to do himself and the team a favor and get an OC / Play Caller that he can work with and shift his focus to being the best Head Coach that he can be.  That doesn’t mean he can’t have input on play design and play calling, it just transfers the primary responsibility of that to someone else so that he can manage the game as a whole.  

[tsip92]

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