Sark, Arch and Quinn all demonstrating great character, love this Longhorns Team

[Bevo92]

Thinking about all that’s unfolded over the past 24 months for the Longhorns football team.   So many positives combined with a few bumps along the way.

It all starts with Sark, the way he manages, motivates and unifies the team from the top.   As much as I liked Mack, there’s something different and ‘next level’ special about the combination of traits and decision making by Sark.   His coaching staff, administrative staff including GM, recruiting portal, play calling, preparation, overall decision making and at the core of it all, the culture he’s instilled.   High character players, they work hard on and off the field (3.31 team gpa this spring), teammates who put team first, guys could enter the portal for more playing time and more money elsewhere but the stay because they all believe this is something special worth much more.

Arch could have left a year ago and easily started (and starred) for many of the Top 25.  As he said himself, “some things are worth waiting for.”

Quinn could have e transferred after this past season and made more money in one final season for Notre Dame or Miami than he’ll likely make the next 2-3 yrs in the NFl but he cared more about leaving as a Longhorn with class.  How many guys would show that loyalty to a school despite many fans openly cheering for Arch to replace him as QB1. 

Sark could have replaced Quinn in the Georgia game and left Arch in for the rest of the season.   Who knows how the result would have been on the field but I bet the locker room would have felt divided.   That was an extremely tough situation to manage and the Horns went to back to back semi finals in the CFP with 4th quarter drives in both games that barely ended in defeat.
 

For each of these three men, they repeatedly showed high character, grit, strong decision making, putting team first, setting the tone for the rest of the team.   Can’t wait to see how it pays off over these next 2 seasons. 
 

It’s not just the result on the field but how the Longhorns are doing it that has me so impressed and excited for what’s ahead.

Hook em! 🧡🤘🏼🐂

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[Jarveaux]

45 minutes ago, Bevo92 said:

Thinking about all that’s unfolded over the past 24 months for the Longhorns football team.   So many positives combined with a few bumps along the way.

It all starts with Sark, the way he manages, motivates and unifies the team from the top.   As much as I liked Mack, there’s something different and ‘next level’ special about the combination of traits and decision making by Sark.   His coaching staff, administrative staff including GM, recruiting portal, play calling, preparation, overall decision making and at the core of it all, the culture he’s instilled.   High character players, they work hard on and off the field (3.31 team gpa this spring), teammates who put team first, guys could enter the portal for more playing time and more money elsewhere but the stay because they all believe this is something special worth much more.

Arch could have left a year ago and easily started (and starred) for many of the Top 25.  As he said himself, “some things are worth waiting for.”

Quinn could have e transferred after this past season and made more money in one final season for Notre Dame or Miami than he’ll likely make the next 2-3 yrs in the NFl but he cared more about leaving as a Longhorn with class.  How many guys would show that loyalty to a school despite many fans openly cheering for Arch to replace him as QB1. 

Sark could have replaced Quinn in the Georgia game and left Arch in for the rest of the season.   Who knows how the result would have been on the field but I bet the locker room would have felt divided.   That was an extremely tough situation to manage and the Horns went to back to back semi finals in the CFP with 4th quarter drives in both games that barely ended in defeat.
 

For each of these three men, they repeatedly showed high character, grit, strong decision making, putting team first, setting the tone for the rest of the team.   Can’t wait to see how it pays off over these next 2 seasons. 
 

It’s not just the result on the field but how the Longhorns are doing it that has me so impressed and excited for what’s ahead.

Hook em! 🧡🤘🏼🐂

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This undoubtedly the best article written by a fan . Great read Bevo92  can’t wait until August 30 th . “Hookem “

[Bevo92]

One more question that I've been thinking about....Is there another school across the country that's made a bigger positive turnaround over the past 4 years in all aspects of the football team? Culture, Winning, Recruiting, NFL Draft, Coaching Stability, etc.?  No other team comes close.  Several teams were already really good and new coaching staffs kept the party going (e.g. Day at Ohio State, Lanning at Oregon) but Day is going to be challenged this season with a much younger team and new coordinators on both sides of the ball.  Acknowledging massive bias, but I don't see any other teams across D1 with this kind of incredible turnaround in all aspects of the team over past 4 years.  I hope we are able to keep Sark for the next dacade plus, similar to Saban at Bama.  May be wishful thinking but his talents translate extremely well at the college level and there's no better job than the 40acres.  

Hook em!🐂  🤘🏼🧡  

 

[Jarveaux]

19 minutes ago, Bevo92 said:

One more question that I've been thinking about....Is there another school across the country that's made a bigger positive turnaround over the past 4 years in all aspects of the football team? Culture, Winning, Recruiting, NFL Draft, Coaching Stability, etc.?  No other team comes close.  Several teams were already really good and new coaching staffs kept the party going (e.g. Day at Ohio State, Lanning at Oregon) but Day is going to be challenged this season with a much younger team and new coordinators on both sides of the ball.  Acknowledging massive bias, but I don't see any other teams across D1 with this kind of incredible turnaround in all aspects of the team over past 4 years.  I hope we are able to keep Sark for the next dacade plus, similar to Saban at Bama.  May be wishful thinking but his talents translate extremely well at the college level and there's no better job than the 40acres.  

Hook em!🐂  🤘🏼🧡  

 

Fans are supposed to be biased. Critical fans never contribute to a winning culture in my opinion. 

[Bevo92]

7 minutes ago, Jarveaux said:

Fans are supposed to be biased. Critical fans never contribute to a winning culture in my opinion. 

lol. Well said.  🤘🏼🐂🧡

[harveycmd]

I don't know. I think if Sark would have switched to Arch during the second bye (just before Florida), we would've won the national championship last season. 

 

[harveycmd]

Linked The Cult because I remember listening to this as the Lakers beat the Celtics in game six at Boston Garden to win the NBA Finals June 1985.

[HookemTexas]

1 hour ago, Bevo92 said:

One more question that I've been thinking about....Is there another school across the country that's made a bigger positive turnaround over the past 4 years in all aspects of the football team? Culture, Winning, Recruiting, NFL Draft, Coaching Stability, etc.?  No other team comes close.  Several teams were already really good and new coaching staffs kept the party going (e.g. Day at Ohio State, Lanning at Oregon) but Day is going to be challenged this season with a much younger team and new coordinators on both sides of the ball.  Acknowledging massive bias, but I don't see any other teams across D1 with this kind of incredible turnaround in all aspects of the team over past 4 years.  I hope we are able to keep Sark for the next dacade plus, similar to Saban at Bama.  May be wishful thinking but his talents translate extremely well at the college level and there's no better job than the 40acres.  

Hook em!🐂  🤘🏼🧡  

 

IMO Texas got Sark at exactly the right time in his life and career.  He had things that affected him when he was a younger coach, got the opportunity to turn it around with Saban and has instilled what he's learned into the culture that he's built.  He's learned from both Pete Carroll and Nick Saban, two coaches who built dynasties where they coached.  Now he's working on building his own with everything that he's learned.

OP left out, Sark could have left to become the head coach at Bama when Saban retired, iirc they reached out to him and he said I'm staying at Texas.

[qaertyisthatdude]

7 minutes ago, HookemTexas said:

IMO Texas got Sark at exactly the right time in his life and career.  He had things that affected him when he was a younger coach, got the opportunity to turn it around with Saban and has instilled what he's learned into the culture that he's built.  He's learned from both Pete Carroll and Nick Saban, two coaches who built dynasties where they coached.  Now he's working on building his own with everything that he's learned.

OP left out, Sark could have left to become the head coach at Bama when Saban retired, iirc they reached out to him and he said I'm staying at Texas.

Because he wants to stay here and make Texas the next Bama.  Bama already has Bryant and Saban etched in their history.  His legacy would be greater if he did it at Texas than Bama.  Like Dabo building Clemson into the juggernaut it was from 2015-2020 or Kirby from 2021-2023.

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[Bevo92]

27 minutes ago, qaertyisthatdude said:

Because he wants to stay here and make Texas the next Bama.  Bama already has Bryant and Saban etched in their history.  His legacy would be greater if he did it at Texas than Bama.  Like Dabo building Clemson into the juggernaut it was from 2015-2020 or Kirby from 2021-2023.

Agree.  Sark has opportunity to be the next Pete Carroll of the 2000s or Nick Saban of the 2010s by building his own legacy at Texas.  Agree that Sark turning away Bama's overtures and ignoring calls from the NFL is one more piece to this story that makes it exciting to see what's ahead for the Horns.  Sark seems fully locked in, loyal and committed to make Texas great and to build his legacy here.  Hook em!  

[Jarveaux]

1 hour ago, qaertyisthatdude said:

Because he wants to stay here and make Texas the next Bama.  Bama already has Bryant and Saban etched in their history.  His legacy would be greater if he did it at Texas than Bama.  Like Dabo building Clemson into the juggernaut it was from 2015-2020 or Kirby from 2021-2023.

2 National Championships & Sark needs a statue at DKR.

[Bevo92]

5 minutes ago, Jarveaux said:

2 National Championships & Sark needs a statue at DKR.

I’m all in for that.   If Sark gets 2 National Championships in this new era of college football with the portal, NiL, 12 team CFP (possibly 16 teams starting next year?) where building a dynasty is that much more difficult, Sark will deserve a statue AND they should name the new indoor practice facility after him, lol. 🧡🤘🏼🐂