I am so glad Sark has welcomed Mack to the program...

[Oldest Horn]

11 hours ago, HelloThere said:

The committee was enamored with Patterson’s presentation and how he ran pro organizations. They felt that was the way colleges sports would be going and wanted to be ahead of the curve. (Man, were they wrong) Luck was a shoe in until then. Patterson would have preferred to keep Brown, although you are right that he was willing to pull the trigger if needed. But that wasn’t the reason for the hire. Luck would have pulled the trigger too if he was told to. 

100% agree that leadership was lacking from multiple positions at the time and DeLoss had a part in it, although he wanted Luck not Patterson. Powers was a major liability in all of it. 

My major point is that these decisions, especially Patterson were the biggest reasons for our decade of mediocrity, not Mack Brown. 

Patterson interviewed coaches that had used every connection they had to get the Texas job and they walked away after talking to him. Multiple coaches. It was that bad, but people really want to think Nick Saban was going to leave Alabama to come into that situation. 

Luck refused to fire Mack and insisted it be done before his hiring. Doesn’t say a lot about his leadership skills. 

[Oldest Horn]

13 hours ago, pinkman_90 said:

Uh help?  For sure not.  He can be a fan and remembered/celebrated as a coach who won a championship but he should in no way be more involved in the program than that. 

I seriously doubt he will be. He’s very happy hanging out with the BMD’s. 

[Hashtag]

29 minutes ago, Oldest Horn said:

Luck refused to fire Mack and insisted it be done before his hiring. Doesn’t say a lot about his leadership skills. 

Mack was Deloss and Powers problem. It should have been taken care of before the hiring of the next coach and AD. But as stated earlier the leadership on campus at the time was terrible. 

[Oldest Horn]

1 minute ago, Hashtag said:

Mack was Deloss and Powers problem. It should have been taken care of before the hiring of the next coach and AD. But as stated earlier the leadership on campus at the time was terrible. 

Well, it wasn’t going to. Luck could have simply done the deed with everyone knowing it wasn’t personal, just business. But he did not. Judging by his resume since I don’t think we missed out on much, although he wouldn’t have been the disaster Patterson was.