Briles at Texas in alternative universe

[Quinncent McManning, Jr.]

Curious what the mods have to say about this. Heard the rumors but never straight from Briles

 

[Quinncent McManning, Jr.]

As i recall there was a rumor he was asked to interview but declined to without the job offer?

[SB21]

The “coach” was doing his thing up in Waco…. impressive run and his offense was putting up points all the time like Leach up in Lubbock.
 

But the “guy” running the program the wrong way showed all we needed to know to be glad he didn’t end up here.  Can’t forget how much chaos ensued up there under his watch. 
 

 

[mmdaytontexas]

Patterson was a stickler for the rules, and his rule was everyone interviewed. Briles thought it was beneath him to do that, and Patterson told him thanks for taking my call. We got punished with Charlie, but after the Briles behind-the-scenes stuff broke wide open, we all realized we were blessed that his circus didn't end up in Austin. That is one thing we can thank Patterson for.

[Paul Jespersen]

36 minutes ago, Quinncent McManning, Jr. said:

As i recall there was a rumor he was asked to interview but declined to without the job offer?

And thank god for that hubris. Don't think that would have played out well...

🤘

[Texas fan in Georgia]

RG3 also said Mack told him at the end of a game to transfer to Texas. Imagine what could’ve been.

[Quinncent McManning, Jr.]

Obviously in retrospect we are glad this didn’t happen. In an alternative world how different would the last 13 years have been with Saban or Briles taking over for Mack?

[MarkInAustin]

5 minutes ago, Quinncent McManning, Jr. said:

Obviously in retrospect we are glad this didn’t happen. In an alternative world how different would the last 13 years have been with Saban or Briles taking over for Mack?

Can't say "Saban or Briles" in the same sentence.  Really can't say "Saban or anyone else" in the same sentence.

Frankly, the best coaching job in the B12 for a run of several years was by the 40 year old man [I'm a man] with the mullet.  The most successful coach was the chinless one at our rival.  

There were a dozen better choices than Charlie apparent to the naked eye.  None of them were Saban, who wasn't coming.  None of them were Bob Stoops.  None of them were the mullet.  All of them would have likely been more successful than Charlie; maybe even very successful.

Patterson was the wrong choice as AD.  Leave it at that.

[Oldest Horn]

When was Briles’ last extension in Waco, and did it coincide with him “turning down” the Texas job. 

[JMarquette]

4 minutes ago, MarkInAustin said:

Can't say "Saban or Briles" in the same sentence.  Really can't say "Saban or anyone else" in the same sentence.

Frankly, the best coaching job in the B12 for a run of several years was by the 40 year old man [I'm a man] with the mullet.  The most successful coach was the chinless one at our rival.  

There were a dozen better choices than Charlie apparent to the naked eye.  None of them were Saban, who wasn't coming.  None of them were Bob Stoops.  None of them were the mullet.  All of them would have likely been more successful than Charlie; maybe even very successful.

Patterson was the wrong choice as AD.  Leave it at that.

Agree with all except Saban thing, I don’t think you realize how close that was to materializing. Mack blew that sh*t up.

[MBHORNSFAN]

1 hour ago, Quinncent McManning, Jr. said:

Curious what the mods have to say about this. Heard the rumors but never straight from Briles

 

 

 

A trash human,  Baylor is trash and Baylor fans are trash.. If he had come to Texas I probably quit supporting my University. 

[General Grant]

Screw him

[Roy Hinojosa]

It would be nice to have a comprehensive breakdown on what went wrong with the end of Mack Brown's tenure and the subsequent sh*t show that followed. Whenever something is brought up like not going after certain QBs like Hurts, Luck, Barrett and I can go on, the curtain opens just enough but then abruptly closes.

How did Texas get it so wrong for so long?  With the hiring of Patterson to Charlie Strong to Tom Herman, things were bad. Hell, Chris Warren the other day on X was saying he was surprised they won any game in 2017 because how dysfunctional things were behind the scenes. That's crazy 😬

[Jeff Howe]

2 hours ago, Quinncent McManning, Jr. said:

As i recall there was a rumor he was asked to interview but declined to without the job offer?

I've always believed that to be the crux of it. There's at least a kernel of truth there.

[charlie990]

2 hours ago, Quinncent McManning, Jr. said:

As i recall there was a rumor he was asked to interview but declined to without the job offer?

I should try that one next time I got a job interview

[Horns_90]

POS, unqualified to lead.

[Alex Butler]

1 hour ago, MarkInAustin said:

Can't say "Saban or Briles" in the same sentence.  Really can't say "Saban or anyone else" in the same sentence.

Frankly, the best coaching job in the B12 for a run of several years was by the 40 year old man [I'm a man] with the mullet.  The most successful coach was the chinless one at our rival.  

There were a dozen better choices than Charlie apparent to the naked eye.  None of them were Saban, who wasn't coming.  None of them were Bob Stoops.  None of them were the mullet.  All of them would have likely been more successful than Charlie; maybe even very successful.

Patterson was the wrong choice as AD.  Leave it at that.

Patterson was a hatchet man and was the tool to end all tools. He single handedly set Texas athletics back a decade treat the fans and UT faculty/staff like trash. 

[Alex Butler]

1 hour ago, Roy Hinojosa said:

It would be nice to have a comprehensive breakdown on what went wrong with the end of Mack Brown's tenure and the subsequent sh*t show that followed. Whenever something is brought up like not going after certain QBs like Hurts, Luck, Barrett and I can go on, the curtain opens just enough but then abruptly closes.

How did Texas get it so wrong for so long?  With the hiring of Patterson to Charlie Strong to Tom Herman, things were bad. Hell, Chris Warren the other day on X was saying he was surprised they won any game in 2017 because how dysfunctional things were behind the scenes. That's crazy 😬

Tom Herman, to be fair, was EVERY blue blood’s dream coach. He unfortunately turned out to be completely unqualified, spineless, immoral, and arrogant once he got a job at the Texas level. 

[OTFBrandon]

Saw this today and chuckled. I do wonder though what could’ve been if someone else was hired instead of Charlie Strong.

[Waxahorn]

No thanks to this one. Too much baggage. Miss Terry's husband a better fit.

[drag worm]

Yeah, no.

[Hank South]

One way to interpret that situation lol. 

[GDI]

So Patterson did do something right.

[Jordan Scruggs]

2 hours ago, MBHORNSFAN said:

 

 

A trash human,  Baylor is trash and Baylor fans are trash.. If he had come to Texas I probably quit supporting my University. 

Some of my stepmom's family are big TCU fans since her brother, Michael Reeder, was a kicker at TCU who was an All-American and Lou Groza award winner. He's also in the TCU Athletics Hall of Fame.

The entire family canceled their season tickets a few years ago because they were so pissed off TCU hired Kendall Briles as OC to replace Garrett Riley after Riley left for Clemson following the 2022 season. They have since renewed their season tix after Briles left for South Carolina this offseason.

[jonbailey]

I'm glad he was never the coach at Texas but I'm curious how moving from Waco to Austin would have impacted the off the field stuff.  The baylor scandal broke in 2016, two years after this theoretical hire. 

Would all the horrible stuff stayed buried in Waco? Could that above the law, win at all costs attitude work in the much less insular Austin? Can you separate the awful off the field stuff from what you get on the field or is it part of why he was having success at the time.