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3 minutes ago, Alex Butler said:

That’s because Steve Patterson did him really dirty as did the board of regents. 

As he deserved. They asked him to do the right thing out of respect but his ego wouldn’t let him. He ran off to Florida to prolong it and cause more embarrassment. 

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I think (don’t know for sure) we were about to get Saban, but Texas was never going to fire Mack and I think it pissed him off when he thought they were courting Saban so he stayed and Saban’s agent worked a huge contract extension at Bama and the rest is history. 
I thought Mack could have retired on his own and they give him some job in the athletic department where he could PR kiss babies, shake hands, pat backs. I don’t know exactly but he stayed around. He was 30-21 after the Championship game where Colt got hurt. They said after that championship game Mack changed. He started blaming assistant coaches more, alot less recruiting……just kinda shut it down. 

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29 minutes ago, Hashtag said:

As he deserved. They asked him to do the right thing out of respect but his ego wouldn’t let him. He ran off to Florida to prolong it and cause more embarrassment. 

Not my memory of it. He deserved not to have them under cut him and try to hire Saban from Bama (which was unlikely to actually happen IMO). Instead, we looked like idiots, disrespecting a coach that brought us back from mediocrity, won one national championship and would’ve won another if Colt doesn’t get hurt. So instead of Saban, we lost Mack and pissed him off, and landed Charlie Strong. Patterson was a disgrace and the way everything was handled is on him. 

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3 minutes ago, Alex Butler said:

Not my memory of it. He deserved not to have them under cut him and try to hire Saban from Bama (which was unlikely to actually happen IMO). Instead, we looked like idiots, disrespecting a coach that brought us back from mediocrity, won one national championship and would’ve won another if Colt doesn’t get hurt. So instead of Saban, we lost Mack and pissed him off, and landed Charlie Strong. Patterson was a disgrace and the way everything was handled is on him. 

They gave him the Shaka Smart leave with dignity card, he was too hard headed and stubborn to take it because he thought he was bigger than our program. So we did what needed to be done because it was apparent he wasn't tanking in recruiting and not doing anything to better the program. What happened after is irrelevant to Mack. 

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1 hour ago, JMarquette said:

Maybe - I will say this, I think Schumann stays at Georgia another year and waits on LSU (if BK doesn't get canned this year). I think LSU is going to look for a defensive minded head coach. 

Think LSU will hire a guy without HC experience? I don’t. They think too highly of themselves. 

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17 minutes ago, Alex Butler said:

Not my memory of it. He deserved not to have them under cut him and try to hire Saban from Bama (which was unlikely to actually happen IMO). Instead, we looked like idiots, disrespecting a coach that brought us back from mediocrity, won one national championship and would’ve won another if Colt doesn’t get hurt. So instead of Saban, we lost Mack and pissed him off, and landed Charlie Strong. Patterson was a disgrace and the way everything was handled is on him. 

Charlie ain’t gotta take a stray like that. He got family.

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4 minutes ago, Hashtag said:

They gave him the Shaka Smart leave with dignity card, he was too hard headed and stubborn to take it because he thought he was bigger than our program. So we did what needed to be done because it was apparent he wasn't tanking in recruiting and not doing anything to better the program. What happened after is irrelevant to Mack. 

Agree to disagree, what happened after is relevant given that we didn’t actually have to get rid of him. He had some tough seasons but was definitely better than what we landed with after the fiasco. Put yourself in Mack’s situation. Your new boss is going behind your back to poach a competitor that you feel “stole” your big deal. Then giving you the “option” to bow out gracefully and resign or get fired from a job you literally brought back into relevance. Oh and you get to do this within a few weeks because we’ve got your big replacement on the hook (we think). 
Was there a let down after 09, absolutely! Was it bad enough to justify what happened? Not in my opinion, but we can disagree, and still give Mack his props for what he did for Texas!

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1 minute ago, Alex Butler said:

Agree to disagree, what happened after is relevant given that we didn’t actually have to get rid of him. He had some tough seasons but was definitely better than what we landed with after the fiasco. Put yourself in Mack’s situation. Your new boss is going behind your back to poach a competitor that you feel “stole” your big deal. Then giving you the “option” to bow out gracefully and resign or get fired from a job you literally brought back into relevance. Oh and you get to do this within a few weeks because we’ve got your big replacement on the hook (we think). 
Was there a let down after 09, absolutely! Was it bad enough to justify what happened? Not in my opinion, but we can disagree, and still give Mack his props for what he did for Texas!

What happened after 2009 was 1000% Mack's fault. He completely changed the offense from spread to a pro style without having the talent. Mack is to be blamed for that. Mack was also lazy in recruiting and that started post national title. He was lazier and lazier as the years went on.

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1 minute ago, TheContractor12 said:

Think LSU will hire a guy without HC experience? I don’t. They think too highly of themselves. 

I think they'd do it. They'll do the whole "we're looking at everyone" thing and the usual suspects will get thrown out, Lanning, Kiffin, etc. Then they'll realize that they would rather have NIL money because they saw what happened with Underwood and go for Stein or Schumann. 

I also just don't see a current HC that is a "must hire" for LSU. They're going to avoid Cig because he's a Yankee like BK. 

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1 minute ago, Hashtag said:

What happened after 2009 was 1000% Mack's fault. He completely changed the offense from spread to a pro style without having the talent. Mack is to be blamed for that. Mack was also lazy in recruiting and that started post national title. He was lazier and lazier as the years went on.

No argument there, still doesn’t justify the way he was treated on his way out imo. 

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3 hours ago, TexasLonghorns said:

44-32 overall, 1-4 in bowl games. Not sure what UNC Football expects. Larry Fedora was 45-43 overall. 

And Tom Herman went 8-4 in his last season.  After turning the UNC program around in his second stint, Mack reverted to his 2010-2013 Texas form.  They both ended the same way.

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Coach Mack oversaw the most successful era of UT football in my lifetime and the natty.  I'll always respect him.  That said, he has a hard time knowing when it's time to move on.  A word of advice my Grandpa gave me when I was young:  "After dessert has been served, it's time to leave the party."  

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Mack staying,  Charlie Strong,  or Tom Herman would never have taken the program to where it should have been.  

8-4 or 9-3 with no  playoffs would have been the ceiling with Old Mack and Tom.  Charlie would have struggled to have a winning record.  

Mack needed to go,  to bad it took so long to find a good coach after he left.  It took getting an AD that knows what he is doing.  

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