The beginning of the end of Sark

[HookedOnTF]

One last thought on National Firing Day: what do Ed Orgeron, Gene Chizik, Jimbo Fisher, and Mack Brown have in common? Hint: it's different than Day and Saban. But you can argue Urban and Dabo are in the same camp. None of the guys getting their papers this week have it.

Edited Monday at 04:11 AM by HookedOnTF

[DocHorn]

14 minutes ago, HookedOnTF said:

Changing HC is a huge gamble so I'm hoping Sark solves the offensive execution woes. But to your point on 2 semifinal appearances: we didn't win, and Penix super cape mode aside,  the offense was not up to the task. The RZ and 3rd down issues are mind boggling. So I'm not sure the argument is reassuring.

As for Arch, I'm in disbelief that his floor is not "competent college QB". The yips behind this line may be a real problem - but looking at him in context of Card, Casey, and Quinn, there also seem to be some recurring themes with mechanics and panic. The paradox there:

-if Arch doesn't portal, it seems unlikely that he will be headed to the draft next year, so 1) he's gotta turn into Pavia not Allar in '27 while 2) how do we retain and develop QB2 into the '28 QB? 

- if he does portal, who's your '26 QB and does he repeat the steep leaning curve?

I agree with you about RZ and third down issues. However I think QE was an excellent college qb thst ran the offense efficiently in 23/24. Certainly injuries held him back and he never threw the deep ball as well as he should have yet we won a lot of games with him including Big 12 Championship in 23 and we were 2 or 3 plays away from

1 Winning SEC Championdhip game 

2 winning either or both of the semifinal games.    
 

sark needs to evolve but to me he is a top 5 college coach.  He had the program going in the right direction but we have major issues in o line and at qb  I suspect he will get this fixed

unfortunstely hx is full of highly ranked QBs that just couldn’t perform when they got to the big stage. That list may well have Arch on it soon.  As far as who can be the qb. 
I suspect Lacy eill be the guy but then again I thought Arch would be great. Unfortunately he isn’t even functional

[DocHorn]

One other thing

our offenses under Sark in 23/24 were pretty good not great but good

here are some stats

 

For the 2024 season, 

Final Offensive Ranking: Pro Football Focus (PFF) graded Texas as the 19th-best offensein 2024.

Points per Game: The Longhorns averaged 33.0 points per game, ranking 29th in the nation.

Total Offense: Texas gained an average of 437.5 yards per game, placing them in the top 40 nationally.

Player Statistics:

Passing: Quarterback Quinn Ewers threw for 3,472 yards.

Rushing: Running back Quintrevion Wisner rushed for 1,064 yards.

Receiving: Wide receiver Matthew Golden led the team in receiving yards with 987.

Preseason ranking: Before the 2024 season, Pro Football Focus ranked Texas as the No. 2 offense in the country based on its talented roster. 

2023 season

The 2023 season saw the Longhorns offense rank among the nation's elite, ultimately winning the Big 12 Championship.

Final Offensive Ranking: Texas finished the 2023 season with the 9th-best offense in the nation, according to Fox Sports.

Points per Game: The Longhorns averaged 35.8 points per game, which ranked 15thnationally.

Total Offense: The team averaged 477.5 yards per game, finishing 3rd in the Big 12 Conference and 9th nationally.

Player Statistics:

Passing: Quarterback Quinn Ewers threw for 3,479 yards.

Rushing: Running back Jonathon Brooks rushed for 1,139 yards.

Receiving: Wide receiver Xavier Worthy led the team in receiving yards with 1,014. 

[horns96]

28 minutes ago, HookedOnTF said:

One last thought on National Firing Day: what do Ed Orgeron, Gene Chizik, Jimbo Fisher, and Mack Brown have in common? Hint: it's different than Day and Saban. But you can argue Urban and Dabo are in the same camp. None of the guys getting their papers this week have it.

I have no idea and can't follow this logic, but I can't imagine a coherent argument that would put Ryan Day in the same sentence as Saban.  

[LovingBuckeye]

9 hours ago, horns96 said:

I have no idea and can't follow this logic, but I can't imagine a coherent argument that would put Ryan Day in the same sentence as Saban.  

As a Buckeye fan, I’m on the edge of my seat waiting to hear this one as well haha 

[DocHorn]

14 hours ago, HookedOnTF said:

One last thought on National Firing Day: what do Ed Orgeron, Gene Chizik, Jimbo Fisher, and Mack Brown have in common? Hint: it's different than Day and Saban. But you can argue Urban and Dabo are in the same camp. None of the guys getting their papers this week have it.

NC winning coaches and got fired 

[Ambassador of Texas]

As HC and OC Sark is not being his best at either. If he wants to remain HC and do what’s best for the program he needs to delegate play calling. This does not mean he relinquishes oversight of the game plan each week or the prerogative to override calls in crucial in-game situations. But a dedicated OC/playcaller is able to focus 100% on the offense during the week and in-game.  It must be done to reach our ceiling - both offensively and overall. 

[A-10HORN]

On 10/19/2025 at 9:29 PM, DocHorn said:

One other thing

our offenses under Sark in 23/24 were pretty good not great but good

here are some stats

 

For the 2024 season, 

Final Offensive Ranking: Pro Football Focus (PFF) graded Texas as the 19th-best offensein 2024.

Points per Game: The Longhorns averaged 33.0 points per game, ranking 29th in the nation.

Total Offense: Texas gained an average of 437.5 yards per game, placing them in the top 40 nationally.

Player Statistics:

Passing: Quarterback Quinn Ewers threw for 3,472 yards.

Rushing: Running back Quintrevion Wisner rushed for 1,064 yards.

Receiving: Wide receiver Matthew Golden led the team in receiving yards with 987.

Preseason ranking: Before the 2024 season, Pro Football Focus ranked Texas as the No. 2 offense in the country based on its talented roster. 

2023 season

The 2023 season saw the Longhorns offense rank among the nation's elite, ultimately winning the Big 12 Championship.

Final Offensive Ranking: Texas finished the 2023 season with the 9th-best offense in the nation, according to Fox Sports.

Points per Game: The Longhorns averaged 35.8 points per game, which ranked 15thnationally.

Total Offense: The team averaged 477.5 yards per game, finishing 3rd in the Big 12 Conference and 9th nationally.

Player Statistics:

Passing: Quarterback Quinn Ewers threw for 3,479 yards.

Rushing: Running back Jonathon Brooks rushed for 1,139 yards.

Receiving: Wide receiver Xavier Worthy led the team in receiving yards with 1,014. 

With 

4 OL that went to the NFL

Two WRs that went to the NFL

Our TE went to the NFL

Our QB went to the NFL 

Basically our offense went to the NFL 

and in that year (last year) we were 38th in total offense. 
 

is that good enough?

[AusMOJO]

People act like just because he's been to back to back semi finals, that he is not allowed to be criticized or that he isn't fireable. Now, do I want him fired? No. But it is clear that things have to change (not the HC). 

Look what happened to Franklin, who was arguably better at Penn State for longer and was in the semi finals last year and possibly the natty if not for Allar. Yet he was let go. 

If Sark is too stubborn or arrogant to realize that things need to change, he will find himself facing the same. That is just how it is.

It should be inexcusable for a team to look this bad. I understand it's a road game and all that but that was just absolute dog water. If Kentucky and Stoops weren't so brain dead, they would've put 40 on us. 

Excusing that we lost a lot of talent to the NFL, like we're the only team that lost guys last year lol. Come on guys. 

I think calling for him to be fired right now is stupid. But with how things are fairing in College football, you're not going to be given a lot of leeway for long if you continue to put up efforts like that because you've been to "back to back semi finals"

Just my useless two cents anyway. 

[DocHorn]

 Sark is loved by the University administration and by the big money donors

if this yr ends at 8-4/7-5

and next yr is another disappointment 

then I believe he will be on the hot seat in 27. However I believe in the guy.  I think he gets us fixed and back to 10 or 11 wins next yr and good chance at CFP. If not 27 will be a must win yr for him imho

[Aspann85]

On 10/18/2025 at 10:16 PM, TexasLonghorns said:

If Sark can’t bench a struggling QB because of his last name, that’s on him. And if he hasn’t been able to develop that same QB after three years in his system, that’s on him too. He’s supposed to be an offensive guru, but at some point, you’ve got to show it. This is Sark’s offense, Sark’s roster, and Sark’s responsibility.

Please explain how Sark is supposed to go on the field and make routine passes for Arch. Arch is clearly having confidence issues. If he gets those fixed, I’m sure this offense looks immensely different and all the cryers calling for Sark’s head would be doing the opposite and wanting to anoint him and build a statue in front of DKR. We have to let Arch figure out what’s going on in his head. We don’t have a choice. If he can’t figure it out this season, I’m guessing things will be changing drastically in the offseason. People were calling for Mack too during the Simms/Applewhite years and then we ended up with a natty and 2 seasons that arguably could’ve ended that way barring 2 miraculous plays. Not an Aaron Rodgers fan but I will quote him here. R-E-L-A-X…

[Chinadoll10]

27 minutes ago, DocHorn said:

 Sark is loved by the University administration and by the big money donors

if this yr ends at 8-4/7-5

and next yr is another disappointment 

then I believe he will be on the hot seat in 27. However I believe in the guy.  I think he gets us fixed and back to 10 or 11 wins next yr and good chance at CFP. If not 27 will be a must win yr for him imho

My problem with this logic is Texas, as a program, should be beyond that. Texas should never be rebuilding, not in this day and age, and that is in fact on Sark. Ultimately he makes a lot of money, and he needs to justify through performance the earning of that money. 

[Jarveaux]

we are 5-2 one our losses was to Ohio State .The #1 team in the country . We lost by 7 points. 14-7  . The sky isn’t falling. All this hype improves ratings & brings in more subscribers. It also distracts our coaches & players. They hear the noise. Hurts or recruiting. Nothing positive comes out of negativity. College Football is a great sport. Let’s enjoy it . 

 

 

[Here for the Wins]

1 minute ago, Jarveaux said:

we are 5-2 one our losses was to Ohio State .The #1 team in the country . We lost by 7 points. 14-7  . The sky isn’t falling. All this hype improves ratings & brings in more subscribers. It also distracts our coaches & players. They hear the noise. Hurts or recruiting. Nothing positive comes out of negativity. College Football is a great sport. Let’s enjoy it . 

 

 

Lots of dudes on the short bus here.  The sky may not be falling but that roof over their head ain’t that high.

[Jarveaux]

It’s actually enjoyable to be a Texas Longhorn fan .