If Sark Misses the Playoffs this Season

[AustinsTruth]

I said before the season that last season was a much harder schedule to make the playoffs. Going @ Georgia and @ Ohio State, essentially guaranteed that we would have to run the table. Instead, they went out and lost to a 4 win Florida team and had one of the most miraculous wins I have ever seen against Mississippi State. They did manage to beat both rivals (I always thought they were VERY overrated last season). 

This season, they somehow beat Ohio State (similar miraculous feeling as Mississippi State). Then followed it up by trying their best to convince Tennessee to beat them and did convince Oklahoma to beat them. 

With two teams in two seasons that are all Sark's recruits, missing the playoffs twice in a row will make that seat quite hot. Especially if in both seasons they lose to terrible, terrible teams (OU this year included) that prevent them from getting into the playoffs. Arch Manning, 30+ million dollar roster, both rivals are bad this season....

I am currently of the belief that there isn't a coach in college that puts us in a better situation (sure as hell not Dan Lanning). Marcus Freeman should never leave Notre Dame (and he lost to Northern Illinois at home, people forget). I'm not sold on HCs in their first year having success (So far). Not sure who you would hire, but people are going to (understandably) be very unhappy about the job the HC has done the last two seasons. 

We'll see if they can go on a run, sure hope so. Not saying they shouldn't force Sark to make hard decisions (that he probably won't like), but not sure exactly who you would move to. Don't want to end up like Penn State, that's for sure. Thoughts?

[Horns_90]

24 minutes ago, AustinsTruth said:

Not saying they shouldn't force Sark to make hard decisions (that he probably won't like)

Mack once said if you don't want to deal with outside opinions, win 10 or more...

[LonghornFan4Ever]

I’ll believe changes to the coaching staff/players will happen when I see it, not counting players leaving due to graduation, transferring, going pro, etc.  Or coaches leaving  on their own for other opportunities.

[Grant Ward]

If they don't win 10 and miss the playoff, expect a lot of changes.

[OsasTheDestroyer]

fire him like mack

[GoHorns1]

New OC and OL.

[hookem1014]

I’d expect him to have no choice but to swallow his pride and hire an OC and make other staff changes if he wants to continue to be the head coach. 

[GoHorns1]

8 minutes ago, OsasTheDestroyer said:

fire him like mack

HC Sark has been fantastic, play caller Sark hasn’t.

[Rockin TL]

4 minutes ago, GoHorns1 said:

New OC and OL.

Would that fix the root cause or just mask a symptom? 

[Nate C]

I think flood is a great tackles coach, we need an interior OL coach

[Cujonation83]

37 minutes ago, Grant Ward said:

If they don't win 10 and miss the playoff, expect a lot of changes.

I totally agree. Sark will be fine, but alot of his staff won't be. Texas needs to finish 10-2 or better and make the playoffs. Sark know better than anyone that missing the playoffs would be CATASTROPHIC for him and his staff.

[NTX_Horn]

I definitely don’t want to see Sark at the end of the year trying to politic his way into the playoffs after a 9-3 win season.  Two years in a row doing that will not be a good look.  Either way, just making the  playoffs was not the goal this year.  Everyone expects a deep run.