Bobby Burton

Very possible, if not likely. The key is how Sark structures it. Is it a GM with pro-level responsibilities? Or is it a differently styled one that is more subservient to the HC with little autonomy? I’m not saying I know which way Sark is leaning, just that that is the question before him.

This is a great question and one Sark has to answer himself. Some GMs have a lot of power and authority. Some don’t. It’s kind of up to the team owners or coach to decide what exactly those roles and responsibilities are. That’s exactly what I’m describing Sark must now determine and then fill the roles accordingly.

No. Texas has never had a GM.

No, that’s not the same. That’s more of a coordinator role, not a strategy role.

Are you guys who play Madden familiar with a guy who goes by the name of Bengal online? He’s a huge Texas fan and his YouTube channel is extraordinarily popular. I’ve spoken with him a couple of times and met him down in New Orleans. He’s a really cool guy. He’s going to be all over this.

Good stuff, CJ.

Given the recent departure of Director of Player Personnel Billy Glasscock to Ole Miss as General Manager, Texas coach Steve Sarkisian must now decide whether he wants to backfill the previous role Glasscock - Director of Player Personnel - held or create an entirely new structure for his off-field support staff. While Sark is mulling those options overall, I am hearing that two individuals are expected to receive a bump in title and responsibility: Brandon Harris and John Michael Jones. Harris has been the Director of Recruiting for the Longhorns during Sark’s entire tenure in Austin. He recently went on the road when the Horns were down a staff member due to the departure of Bo Davis. Harris is seen as a trusted member of Sark’s circle. Jones, a Texas grad and long-time staffer who worked for the team prior to Sark’s arrival, has been the team’s Assistant Director of Player Personnel. Jones has been a do-it-all type for the Horns behind the scenes. He’s not a name many will be familiar with but he knows the system as well as anyone. Prior to Glasscock’s departure, a restructuring was thought to be under way. Glasscock was likely going to be elevated to a GM-like role (yet possibly not that exact title). Time will tell what Sarkisian decides to do overall, but OTF expects Harris and Jones to be part of Sark’s solution. View full news

CJ has been hearing Baylor for Stewart of late. His Chapel Hill teammate de-committed from SMU and committed to Baylor this week as well. So I don’t think Stewart is a slam dunk. But even if he were to commit to Baylor, I’m not sure the recruitment would be over. Texas has yet to push for commitments.

I need to add one more: Texas is expected to be by Galveston Ball today to see five star Jonah Williams. Williams wants to play safety in college so Texas safety coach Blake Gideon will be in Galveston today.

This is great stuff!

Yes, I think he has that level of elite acceleration. Texas is loaded with speed on offense right now IMO.

There is no telling. I’m guessing they have multiple guys given their D was so good this year.

Two year starter at Texas is my best guess. So spring of 2027.

He had 54 catches last year, more than both Bond and Golden. He’s a natural pass catcher. I could see Wisner taking that specific role.

That’s up to all of us! This place will be what we all make it.

I think it’s a fair question. I suspect Kenny Baker will be making the trip to Lafayette soon enough.

Yes. Any QB in the pipeline is a loss IMO. Until you get enough on campus, as with Arch vis-a-vis Maalik post-regular season, then every QB matters.

I gotta say, part of me really loves Jim Harbaugh. ”He’s gonna Jim Rockford it.” Who even says that, who even remembers that these days?

All you should have to do for embed is to push enter AFTER the last part of the URL. Leaving UCLA to be a pro coordinator would be shocking.

I’ll speak to this. You’re right. Who recruited a player did matter back then. There was no HUDL or universal access to film. But if coaches I knew thought a player was very good BEFORE that player was going to a certain school, then that absolutely mattered to me. Remember, this was at a time when most of the commitments happened in December and January of a prospects senior year. Not 7-8 months before signing day, but just a week or two before signing day. For example, Dick Tomey or one of his staff at Arizona, would tell me the best players in Hawaii every year after spring evaluation. It didn’t make a hill of beans if those players were going to Arizona or not because they’d barely even begun recruiting them. Arizona didn’t care about recruiting rankings and the staff knew all the other teams knew the same players they did. But then recruiting became a bigger game with more exposure. And more teams started recruiting everywhere instead of just locally. And so coaches would start to become more cagy with their info and worse they would start promoting only the players they thought they were going to sign. Notre Dame was like that and I called them on it when I could. Tom Lemming fed that Notre Dame beast. Then came the Nike camps in the mid 90s. I went to every Nike camp. But too many players didn’t show up, or areas of the country were left uncovered. So first came the increased exposure and meaningfulness of recruiting media, then came the proliferation of the camps with legit height, weight and 40, and then came HUDL. As Gerry has said before, HUDL effectively killed Va Tech. All those players in southern Virginia, in Newport News, etc., they would get them all, or at least only be fighting a few schools over some of them. When their film got to HUDL then the Ohio States of the world started moving in more easily. Those things have changed the dynamic of rankings as much as anything IMO.

Blake’s got us a good baseball one for next Friday.

He’s making the rounds. Chicago, Birmingham, DFW, etc.

Not much. Sweat has been getting a lot of media run of late.

I thought I had it solved. I will check on it tomorrow for everyone.