Rockin TL

Just rip the bandaid off and make the move.

They need both.

I wish we wouldn’t do the staff shuffle thing, you’re absolutely correct.

Charlie Strong was the culmination of a disaster that was the UT-Austin system at the time.

I feel the coordinator shuffle never works when coaches are forced to make that type of change. Sure, if your coordinators leave to better positions that is one thing. I think if Texas feels like they need to force him to hire an OC, replace Flood or Banks then they should go ahead and move on from Sarkisian (any coach).

Because that is an outdated win total and frankly CFP is the new minimum standard, especially for a program like Texas. Once the CFP increases to 24 as predicted, just making the playoff will no longer be the standard but the standard will be quarter or semifinals. Everything has to shift in terms of expectations because that is what is required.

Would that fix the root cause or just mask a symptom?

Texas Offensive FEI is currently 27th, SP+ has it at 16th in terms of advance metrics for offenses adjusted to opponents. Neither of those numbers are good relative to talent. 3rd Down % - 44.59% ranks 46th nationally. Red Zone TD % - 66.67% ranks 51st nationally. Red Zone Scoring % - 66.67 ranks 41st nationally.

I'd argue being one of the highest paid state employees whose salary is paid for by fans and donors, he does owe reporters and the fan base answers. I'd also argue that press conferences do matter because answers there and how you treat the media directly affects the perception of you. You treat the media and your beat reporters poorly, that isn't going to work well for the coach. The last thing a coach wants is for the media, thus the fan base souring on them because any issue from the past will rear its ugly head.

If you replace him as the OC, you will need to replace the OL coach as well.