Sark to NFL Smoke…

[Alex Butler]

3 hours ago, GoingForTheCorner said:

If Sark left for the NFL, I'd pay to see the A&M fanbase reaction if we hired Mike Elko as coach right after he barely loses to Ohio State in the National Championship game.

CDC pulling the ol’Schloss and go on them again lol. Seriously though, I doubt many are going to agree right now, but I think Sark is a better coach than Elko. Flash in the pan with a schedule that ended up being weaker than it looked versus growth and sustained success are completely different. Let’s just see what happens with the Ags when they start playing better teams and QBs in the playoffs. We are going to be their toughest test of the season maybe second to ND. I have trust Sark can and will get things straightened out. It starts this week.
Honestly, I wonder if all the pressure to be this juggernaut since the off season hasn’t just worn these guys out mentally, combined with the stress of the schedule and pressure of having to be perfect after losing to FL wears on guys especially when you’re under performing and young. Most important is to come early, be loud, stay late and wear orange these next 2 weeks. Regardless of the outcome we love this team, players, coaches, and school. Culture inside and outside the building builds champions. We can be disappointed  in the result AND come out and love on these guys for the work they do to be classy and represent the greatest university in the world really well. Rant over, Hook’em 🤘🐂🤘

[Longhornlove]

30 minutes ago, SchoolColors said:

You sound like Sark attacking Russini. 

Am I wrong? Except for the last sentence, that was clearly light hearted(a joke).

[khardman]

4 hours ago, MBHORNSFAN said:

 

Wrong. And very dumb take..... 

Dumb is Eltife over CDC.

[MBHORNSFAN]

3 minutes ago, khardman said:

Dumb is Eltife over CDC.

 

Wut?  Eltife is the man and who runs things.... 

[cmk4pres]

6 hours ago, drag worm said:

Massive amount of smoke around this. I’d hate to see Sark go, personally. And I honestly feel bad for him being surrounded by people that make his life harder than it should be. Dude has been through a lot and deserves a clear mind. He’s not getting that from his “supporting cast.”

1000000%

but he has also let that happen

 

[Thanos72]

Smdh

he wins and this is the greatest comeback season ever (wrong)

Close loss and he can’t get over the Kirby hump. (Right for a lot of coaches. Context metters)

A final score that wasn’t fully indicative of the game. They are definitely better but the bottom fell out. We had our first game where the team lost its fight. Kudos to ga aggression with play calls. Now it’s fire him, he’s not all in, or he gone. (All wrong as no one knows. I doubt even sark does at this point)

Can we act like this isn’t our first time rooting for a team? I love discourse and difference of opinion. Love it. None of what has posted since Saturday is this. Just feelings, emotions, and knee jerks at the ready. I worry for some of yall in that I wonder how y’all handle real life.

Do you run around saying your boss is quitting because they’re in a down period? Do you leave your spouses/others if they go through a tough time?

Goodness. Compose yourselves! This ain’t texags(and thank everything for that). 🤘🏽

 

[FootLaw]

7 hours ago, hookem1014 said:

I don’t think the portal window is fair for teams who make deep playoff runs for this reason. Texas suffered from that last year.

I agree. I personally think the portal needs to be May only. The window between finals time and summer camps. That would make the athletes complete the academic year, the athletes would have a better idea of roster positioning, and it gives some relief to the playoff teams you mention. 

[Texas fan in Georgia]

1 minute ago, FootLaw said:

I agree. I personally think the portal needs to be May only. The window between finals time and summer camps. That would make the athletes complete the academic year, the athletes would have a better idea of roster positioning, and it gives some relief to the playoff teams you mention. 

The problem with that is if it opens in may , your gonna have guys that have to make quick destination decisions and on top of that, does it really benefit a player to come in and have to learn a scheme within 2-3 months? 

[FootLaw]

1 minute ago, Texas fan in Georgia said:

The problem with that is if it opens in may , your gonna have guys that have to make quick destination decisions and on top of that, does it really benefit a player to come in and have to learn a scheme within 2-3 months? 

Quick destination decisions are what a transfer is. It's expedited recruiting in a short window. January and May both have issues. May at least gives schools and coaches in the playoffs the ability to manage rosters properly. Not worried about the athlete having the time to learn scheme compared to the issues coaches and schools are having. They get paid to figure it out.

[TTown]

Being at#17 fair to say we aren't making the playoffs period. Anything that might happen should begin day after A& M game or for sure after signing day early December . No time to waste , too much to do whether Sark stays goes whatever. Gotta get through signing day then who the hell knows honestly. 

[Michelle Lynn]

17 hours ago, Thanos72 said:

A final score that wasn’t fully indicative of the game. They are definitely better but the bottom fell out. We had our first game where the team lost its fight. Kudos to ga aggression with play calls. Now it’s fire him, he’s not all in, or he gone. (All wrong as no one knows. I doubt even sark does at this point)

Can we act like this isn’t our first time rooting for a team? I love discourse and difference of opinion. Love it. None of what has posted since Saturday is this. Just feelings, emotions, and knee jerks at the ready. I worry for some of yall in that I wonder how y’all handle real life.

Do you run around saying your boss is quitting because they’re in a down period? Do you leave your spouses/others if they go through a tough time?

Goodness. Compose yourselves! This ain’t texags(and thank everything for that). 🤘🏽

 

These are facts, not feelings. There is nothing emotional about this for me, I want Sark to stay, but I am not ignoring the signs.
 

Fact: It is one of the weakest NFL coaching candidate pools in a long time. The elite candidates were all hired last cycle. Majority of candidates are all defensive oriented coaches/coordinators  and the league trend is to go offensive, especially if you have a young qb (the 2 nfl openings BOTH have rookie qbs)

Fact: As reported by OTF’s own Rod Babers, Sark has the NFL itch. All of us have said he would likely go after getting a title at Texas. Sark runs a pro style offense too…it is similar to Kyle Shanahan and Mike McDaniel. Which are very coveted schemes in the league  

 
Fact: Sark has had probably one of the most turbulent 12-24 few months in his personal life, going from separation, to reconciliation, to premature newborn baby. These are publicly known events that were reported by Sark and Loreal Sarkisian themself, on their social media platforms. If that is what is publicly known, can you imagine what is going on privately? 

Fact: Texas and Texas fans do not want Sark to go. Maybe some of you joke about it, but everyone wants it to work. The reality is, it takes two to tango. If the work-life balance is proving to be too much, and he has the desire to go, it would be perfectly reasonable to make a decision for yourself and your family to go another direction. (Jeff Hafley, DC for Packers, was HC at Boston College…He took a demotion 2 seasons ago to leave cfb for GB bc of the work life balance. Sark has a MUCH better resume, and since he calls plays, would likely not need to go OC route.)
 

Not a fact, my own speculation: the calls are likely coming from inside the house. And there is way too much smoke to just ignore. Let’s hope for the best case for all parties. But there would be at least one team willing to hire Sark in the NFL. He has options, but Texas does too. (Again not fact just speculation)

Edited 1 hour ago by Michelle Lynn

[Joe Zura]

23 minutes ago, Michelle Lynn said:

These are facts, not feelings. There is nothing emotional about this for me, I want Sark to stay, but I am not ignoring the signs.
 

Fact: It is one of the weakest NFL coaching candidate pools in a long time. The elite candidates were all hired last cycle. Majority of candidates are all defensive oriented coaches/coordinators  and the league trend is to go offensive, especially if you have a young qb (the 2 nfl openings BOTH have rookie qbs)

Fact: As reported by OTF’s own Rod Babers, Sark has the NFL itch. All of us have said he would likely go after getting a title at Texas. Sark runs a pro style offense too…it is similar to Kyle Shanahan and Mike McDaniel. Which are very coveted schemes in the league  

 
Fact: Sark has had probably one of the most turbulent 12-24 few months in his personal life, going from separation, to reconciliation, to premature newborn baby. These are publicly known events that were reported by Sark and Loreal Sarkisian themself, on their social media platforms. If that is what is publicly known, can you imagine what is going on privately? 

Fact: Texas and Texas fans do not want Sark to go. Maybe some of you joke about it, but everyone wants it to work. The reality is, it takes two to tango. If the work-life balance is proving to be too much, and he has the desire to go, it would be perfectly reasonable to make a decision for yourself and your family to go another direction. (Jeff Hafley, DC for Packers, was HC at Boston College…He took a demotion 2 seasons ago to leave cfb for GB bc of the work life balance. Sark has a MUCH better resume, and since he calls plays, would likely not need to go OC route.)
 

Not a fact, my own speculation: the calls are likely coming from inside the house. And there is way too much smoke to just ignore. Let’s hope for the best case for all parties. But there would be at least one team willing to hire Sark in the NFL. He has options, but Texas does too. (Again not fact just speculation)

[Michelle Lynn]

6 minutes ago, Joe Zura said:

Gird your loins! 😂😂

Edited 1 hour ago by Michelle Lynn

[FootLaw]

48 minutes ago, Michelle Lynn said:

These are facts, not feelings. There is nothing emotional about this for me, I want Sark to stay, but I am not ignoring the signs.
 

Fact: It is one of the weakest NFL coaching candidate pools in a long time. The elite candidates were all hired last cycle. Majority of candidates are all defensive oriented coaches/coordinators  and the league trend is to go offensive, especially if you have a young qb (the 2 nfl openings BOTH have rookie qbs)

Fact: As reported by OTF’s own Rod Babers, Sark has the NFL itch. All of us have said he would likely go after getting a title at Texas. Sark runs a pro style offense too…it is similar to Kyle Shanahan and Mike McDaniel. Which are very coveted schemes in the league  

 
Fact: Sark has had probably one of the most turbulent 12-24 few months in his personal life, going from separation, to reconciliation, to premature newborn baby. These are publicly known events that were reported by Sark and Loreal Sarkisian themself, on their social media platforms. If that is what is publicly known, can you imagine what is going on privately? 

Fact: Texas and Texas fans do not want Sark to go. Maybe some of you joke about it, but everyone wants it to work. The reality is, it takes two to tango. If the work-life balance is proving to be too much, and he has the desire to go, it would be perfectly reasonable to make a decision for yourself and your family to go another direction. (Jeff Hafley, DC for Packers, was HC at Boston College…He took a demotion 2 seasons ago to leave cfb for GB bc of the work life balance. Sark has a MUCH better resume, and since he calls plays, would likely not need to go OC route.)
 

Not a fact, my own speculation: the calls are likely coming from inside the house. And there is way too much smoke to just ignore. Let’s hope for the best case for all parties. But there would be at least one team willing to hire Sark in the NFL. He has options, but Texas does too. (Again not fact just speculation)

I'm not saying the original report was true, but agents take calls ALL the time. Coaches always listen even if they have no intention of leaving. Sark loves college football. That is no secret. However, for the reasons you mention, it would be no surprise needing a break from the current college football grind. If I'm an NFL owner, I'm hammering home the life balance for his young family.

The current college sports landscape is incredibly time-consuming and stressful. Even more so when you're the head coach at a large-brand, blue blood program like Texas. With the injection of NIL, the expectations are higher now. IF Sark left (a big if), I could see him returning to college later on when the landscape has settled down with regulation and his baby is older.

[Longhorngreg]

On 11/18/2025 at 9:43 AM, hookemrj13 said:

I have thought this too. Freeman to X school rumors were shot down way to fast for me. It slightly feels he's on retainer for the Texas job if it comes open. 

Probably wishful fan thinking if we lose our coach who took us to 2 playoff appearances b2b. 

Jimmy Sexton will be working hard to get one of his guys the job.  Freeman does not use Sexton as his agent