Sark Offers Apology

NRHorn said:
Come on man, geez. Dude made a mistake. He admitted it, he apologized.
Move on guys.
Focus on the solution and I find it hard to believe you don’t see progress from the last two years.
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We are a CFP team in the first 3 quarters. We are getting closer.
 
When other programs get a kick *** coach, there is a noticeable difference in year one or two. No big difference now that we have seen that the close Bama loss and mysterious OU *** drubbing were mirages.
 
horninchicago said:
When other programs get a kick *** coach, there is a noticeable difference in year one or two. No big difference now that we have seen that the close Bama loss and mysterious OU *** drubbing were mirages.
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Depends on how you look at it:
2021: blown out by arky, loss to OU, and blown out away at ISU
2022: close game with Bama, big win over OU, and close loss away at OSU.
 
mchammer said:
Depends on how you look at it:
2021: blown out by arky, loss to OU, and blown out away at ISU
2022: close game with Bama, big win over OU, and close loss away at OSU.
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The issue is all of Texas' losses, except Alabama, have come on the road after having a double-digit lead for a good portion of the game. All signs point to total team failures (including the coaching).
 
Detective Shilala said:
We’re still soft and Sark has done nothing to change that. And seeing how he coddles his star talent I am doubtful he is the guy to change it,
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Shilala,you are right in your assumptions,however what good has this coaching carousel done for us in the last ten years? I was not happy with the Sark hire and am not thrilled with his decision making. If we fired Sark,we will be right back to where we were two years ago with a mediocre hire and starting all over. Sark is recruiting well and maybe over time will right this ship.
 
If Binder had controlled the locker room and his big, stupid mouth, he would still be at Texas exuding mediocre coaching and absurd in-game decision making. There would be your stability.

So, blame Mensa for the lack of the so-called stability.

Charlie, well, 3 of the most historically bad seasons in Texas history. He gone!

It is not Texas's MO to fire guys after 2 or 3 years except when they are so egregiously bad as the previous 2 misfits to occupy the head ball coach's office.
 
Oh I agree 100%
Don’t get me wrong. I was never high on Sark and really convinced he is a fraud now.

but instability is one huge reason we have been mediocre to bad for 12 years.
(Look no further than harbaugh to see how continuity can make a difference)

I am in no way saying Sark should be fired. The time is not right. We need to wait and be patient. Sark may be a placeholder but at least he does not have shitbirds smoking weed in the locker room kind of issues.
Last three times we fired people we had to take chances on project coaches.
Sark is fine enough until the sure thing coach is available. There aren’t many of those.
 
horninchicago said:
If Binder had controlled the locker room and his big, stupid mouth, he would still be at Texas exuding mediocre coaching and absurd in-game decision making. There would be your stability.

So, blame Mensa for the lack of the so-called stability.

Charlie, well, 3 of the most historically bad seasons in Texas history. He gone!

It is not Texas's MO to fire guys after 2 or 3 years except when they are so egregiously bad as the previous 2 misfits to occupy the head ball coach's office.
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The coaching carousel led us to select Charlie, then to select Mensa, and now to Sark (who is a clear upgrade from either of the last two, but who ultimately may prove to not be up to the job). If Texas admins had a spotless track record of finding the right man to lead our program, we wouldn't be having this conversation.

At the very least, Sark has the potential to become a great Texas coach. Let's give him his 6 years or so, before we go about deciding we screwed the pooch yet again.
 
Sangre Naranjada said:
The coaching carousel led us to select Charlie, then to select Mensa, and now to Sark (who is a clear upgrade from either of the last two, but who ultimately may prove to not be up to the job). If Texas admins had a spotless track record of finding the right man to lead our program, we wouldn't be having this conversation.

At the very least, Sark has the potential to become a great Texas coach. Let's give him his 6 years or so, before we go about deciding we screwed the pooch yet again.
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Sark is certainly an upgrade over the last 2.
 
Sangre Naranjada said:
The coaching carousel led us to select Charlie, then to select Mensa, and now to Sark (who is a clear upgrade from either of the last two, but who ultimately may prove to not be up to the job). If Texas admins had a spotless track record of finding the right man to lead our program, we wouldn't be having this conversation.

At the very least, Sark has the potential to become a great Texas coach. Let's give him his 6 years or so, before we go about deciding we screwed the pooch yet again.
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Well, Mack Brown was at Texas for 15 years, so I don't know the carousel you speak of that led to Strong.

Haven't seen me calling for Sark's head. Unless he has 3 consecutive losing seasons and/or loses control and then calls the fanbase bad things, he should get the same amount of time afforded Texas coaches that weren't the 2 dolts following Mack Brown.
 
I can see how you would think that but no, as in unconfident as I am in Sark, I do not want him to be fired. I don’t even think it would be wise (or fair) to fire PK at this point.

stay the course, I hope yo be wrong, but even if I am not wrong, continuity is the lesser of the evils,
 
Detective Shilala said:
I can see how you would think that but no, as in unconfident as I am in Sark, I do not want him to be fired. I don’t even think it would be wise (or fair) to fire PK at this point.

stay the course, I hope yo be wrong, but even if I am not wrong, continuity is the lesser of the evils,
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Fair enough. Thanks for the clarification.
 
but instability is one huge reason we have been mediocre to bad for 12 years.
(Look no further than harbaugh to see how continuity can make a difference)
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He inherited a team that went 8-5, 7-6, 5-7, and then went 10-3 in three of his first four seasons. He had trouble with Ohio State (who was usually one of the top 3-5 teams in the country), yes, but other than that, they looked like borderline contenders almost right away.
 
theiioftx said:
I think he is under much stress given another loss while leading and the overall poor performance. He made a mistake and owned it. I respect other’s decision to not accept his apology.
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I have the same viewpoint on this. But, that is his one time to make this mistake. Don't do it again!
 
Sangre Naranjada said:
The coaching carousel led us to select Charlie, then to select Mensa, and now to Sark (who is a clear upgrade from either of the last two, but who ultimately may prove to not be up to the job).
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When Mack was being replaced, it appeared we were going to get Saban. Mack pitched a fit and said (as I recall) he would not retire/quit and want his full payout. Saban was out and then it was "hello Charlie Strong" and some of the most underachieving teams we have seen. Then came "Mensa-Man" Herman, who coached for 4 years with one 10 win season (IIRC) then production fell off.

Now we have Sark. Last year he had only one guy he recruited, Worthy. This year is his first with guys he recruited and all are fresh-fish with the exception of a few transfers in like our QB who basically rode the pine at Ohio St. The play isn't consistent, and sometimes it's down right buzzard's *** ugly. But, I'm willing to be patient for this and next season or 2, as long as I see progress on the playing field. But, if not, I'll furnish the rope, or at least the tar and feathers for the going away party.
 
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Now we have Sark. Last year he had only one guy he recruited, Worthy.
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It's not like the Cupboard was bare. Thompson showed his mettle coming in cold against Colorado, played part of the year injured, and still lead the conference in TD passes. No, he wasn't Colt, but he good enough to win a decent amount of games with. Bijan, Roschon, Overshown, Ojomo, Coburn, Collins. He had a solid core of guys who ought to have been enough to have a winning record.
 
We’re year 2. My feeling is that we haven’t seen the improvement I’d hoped or really expected.

We had/have enough talent to win 10 last year, and 8 to this point this year. We aren’t losing because of a lack of talent. But we are not so talented that we can overwhelm our opponents. We haven’t built leads only to blow in the 2nd half by luck. In actuality, we’ve been more unlucky than not.

When I hear Sark speak, I tend to agree with his thoughts. I suspect there might be things that never go on record with which I disagree. There are things from this past weekend that give me pause. So I think it might take us having Bama level type talent to win bigger. And it’s possible he gets us there.

But we need continuity. There are a number of things that project for better long term success too. Barring anything major, a coach deserves 4 years.
 
Your Wrong said:
We’re year 2. My feeling is that we haven’t seen the improvement I’d hoped or really expected.

We had/have enough talent to win 10 last year, and 8 to this point this year. We aren’t losing because of a lack of talent. But we are not so talented that we can overwhelm our opponents. We haven’t built leads only to blow in the 2nd half by luck. In actuality, we’ve been more unlucky than not.

When I hear Sark speak, I tend to agree with his thoughts. I suspect there might be things that never go on record with which I disagree. There are things from this past weekend that give me pause. So I think it might take us having Bama level type talent to win bigger. And it’s possible he gets us there.

But we need continuity. There are a number of things that project for better long term success too. Barring anything major, a coach deserves 4 years.
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Bingo:

“We had/have enough talent to win 10 last year, and 8 to this point this year. We aren’t losing because of a lack of talent. But we are not so talented that we can overwhelm our opponents.”

This is exactly what I believe and why I am so disappointed in Sark’s performance through 20 games. Again, I see it as an inability to make in-game adjustments, so far a serious — potentially fatal — flaw. Get that fixed or he will be gone by 24 or 25.

Re the EOT matter, sure, I’m very disappointed. But unlike some on this thread, I’m not prepared yet to line him up in front of a firing squad at the fountain, and have it telecast on the LHN & The Finebaum Big Noggin Network, AKA FBNN.
 
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Sark is here to deliver Arch Manning. He isn’t going anywhere for the next 4 years.
 
Creek said:
That thinking is why we aren’t Alabama or even Okie State for that matter.
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Your response begs the question. We are not Bama because there is only one Saban. We are not OSU because we will pull in more talent with Arch at QB.
 
We already have more talent then the teams that we lose to. Talent isn’t the problem here.
Bama and other top programs aren’t going to build their entire program on 1 player.
 
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