Found an article on this. Its been resolved. I've seen this complex; it seems like a lot of money for that part of town.
Look at this from Mack Brown's perspective. He's the same age as Nick Saban, he's had a run of success that looks almost as good as what Nick has done at Alabama and better than what he did at LSU (2004-2009 he was 69-9 with one BCS title, two BCSCG appearances, and 5 bowl victories). In his head he clearly still thinks Colt's injury was why he lost to Alabama. So, he probably still feels like he just needs a few things to go correctly, and he'll be right back where he was. He could point to the fact that he was as close to a conference title as Nick Saban this year. I think the Nick Saban thing is a personal insult to him from his viewpoint, if you're going to retire, do you really want to be forced out by someone your age?
From Nick's perspective, it wouldn't surprise me one bit if that's at least a small factor. If we can get re-energized, and everyone around the program can refocus, another run of titles is a real possibility. It can't happen with complacency though.
Oh yeah. No doubt. ONE recruiting class isn't going to break Texas. But the wrong hire will. They need someone who's not only proven but is an exciting hire. Malzahn, Jimbo, Shaw etc. would do the trick.
That was supposed to be in blue wasn't it.
It would not hurt as much as people think. There would still be over a month to recruit and Texas almost recruits itself.
However FSU seems to have recovered
If he were a salesperson on commission, even at 10 million, he'd be vastly under paid for the revenue the football program has generated since he has been coach.
I agree, a bad recruiting class for Texas is probably better than a good year for most teams. They'd probably lose on some of the top guys, but it would not be a total disaster. And a splash hire like Jimbo would make up for lost time in a hurry.
We can all say that we are painfully aware of that fact.
The lesson they learned there is "Don't shove the current guy out unless you've got the replacement lined up".
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...-chance-kirk-herbstreit-says/?wpsrc=AG0002957
