Mack Resigning per DMN/Chip Brown/Misc. UT Sources

[SicEmBaylor]

I do believe it's real this time:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/college-sports/texas-longhorns/20131210-report-mack-brown-will-step-down-as-texas-longhorns-coach.ece

[bmjlr]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

[8timechamps]

Quick, we MUST find a way to change his mind...

[SicEmBaylor]

Quick, we MUST find a way to change his mind...

If true, the burning question I have is whether or not Steal...err Steele will be there to repay the old favor and let Mack cry on his shoulder.

[winout]

And apparently Saban has been paged in the Austin airport: http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/college-sports/texas-longhorns/20131210-it-s-ok-to-laugh-apparent-prank-results-in-nick-saban-being-paged-over-intercom-at-austin-airport.ece

[sooner_born_1960]

Yep. We're going to get Alabama without Saban.

[OKLAGMCRUISER]

UT tweeting this hasn't happened and that BOR to meet Thursday.

[stoopified]

How much money do we need to keep Mack on The 40 Acres ?

[Eielson]

Chip said it? Good. That means it's not true.

[BoulderSooner79]

I was just thinking about this after Saturday. If UT were to make a change, they would have to do is soon before the top available coaches commit elsewhere. I figured if Mack lasted through next weekend, he'd be safe for another season.

[soonergirlNeugene]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooo!!!

[cvsooner]

The "paging Nick Saban" thing in the Austin airport has been confirmed as a prank.

[Eielson]

Hopefully Muschamp is available for them.

[sooner_born_1960]

The "paging Nick Saban" thing in the Austin airport has been confirmed as a prank.
That's what they want you to think.

[badger]

University of Texas response: Denial denial denial (http://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2013/12/report-mack-brown-stepping-down-at-texas/)

[SoonerMarkVA]

I've already accepted that Mack's going to "retire". Nothing was going to save him after the start to their year.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

The same way they denied it when Chip reported that Dodds was stepping down.

[EatLeadCommie]

are the Bama boards showing any concern? I don't think Saban is going to go anywhere, but I'm curious as to what they think.

[BoulderSooner79]

They'll deny right up until the minute they don't. :surprise:

[ouduckhunter]

I just tweeted that they are working out the final details with Lane Kiffin.

[swardboy]

Looks like Lane's dad will be available for dc too.

[soonergirlNeugene]

are the Bama boards showing any concern? I don't think Saban is going to go anywhere, but I'm curious as to what they think.

There is a very long thread about this one over there. Like 50 pages or so.

[KantoSooner]

What's Rich Rod doing these days? He's about their speed.

[salth2o]

A Whorn friend of mine says a plane flew from Tuscaloosa to Austin yesterday. The same plane made the flight on Oct 13 and Sept 6 when Sabans wife was rumored to be in town. Funny thing is that the plane is owned by Paul Bryant Jr.

Word is that an offer has been made to Saban and his agent (Sexton). either he signs it or he doesn't, but Texas is making a big play for him.

[picasso]

I must be in the minority here but I would welcome the early years of the last decade when we knocked heads with Texas, both ranked highly.
It's the way things are supposed to be. Baylor and Pokie and parity?
Pfffftttt

[Boomer.....]

Come Thursday it will a done deal. Mack is toast. :(

[S.PadreIsl.Sooner]

A strong Whorn makes us stronger.

[badger]

Come Thursday it will a done deal. Mack is toast. :(

Texas is letting Mack go off recruiting with his assistant as a safety net, you know, if they can't bag a better coach this offseason.

Nick Saban? Probably not, but at this rate they'd probably settle for someone who wants a big payday that will win more than 9 games in a down Big 12 year

[SoonerMarkVA]

A strong Whorn makes us stronger.

+1

Yes, it's nauseating, but true.

[ouduckhunter]

If they can't get Nick, will they try going after Chip Kelly? He is young, innovative, put Oregon on the map, and is used to dealing with high rollers like Phil Knight. He's doing good things in Philly, and Texas has all the money in the world to offer, a similar college town atmosphere to Eugene, and a much better climate than Philly, or Eugene.

[rock on sooner]

Texas is letting Mack go off recruiting with his assistant as a safety net, you know, if they can't bag a better coach this offseason.

Nick Saban? Probably not, but at this rate they'd probably settle for someone who wants a big payday that will win more than 9 games in a down Big 12 year

I wonder if a replacement would be an existing college head coach or
a top flight pro assistant? Peterson from Boise comes to mind, 'cept
he went to UDub. Just can't see Saban leaving Bama, whose cupboard
is still really full....

[okie52]

Can't see Saban leaving BAma...it will stain what would otherwise be an incredible legacy...and he's not exactly young to start over again even at a place like texas.

[Eielson]

Looks like Lane's dad will be available for dc too.

Monte is bad-***.

[Eielson]

I think Texas should pretend to be interested in Patterson, Kingsbury, and Gundy. Then everybody can be making Stoops/Mack money. I'm not satisfied with them just making Briles and Sumlin's salaries contracts go through the roof.

[badger]

If they can't get Nick, will they try going after Chip Kelly? He is young, innovative, put Oregon on the map, and is used to dealing with high rollers like Phil Knight. He's doing good things in Philly, and Texas has all the money in the world to offer, a similar college town atmosphere to Eugene, and a much better climate than Philly, or Eugene.

Doesn't he have lingering NCAA issues due to that recruiting info crap that was discovered?

[rock on sooner]

Maybe someone from the Big Ten, besides Meyer...Dantonio (sp?) at
MSU does a heckuva job...

[sooneron]

Are the whorns still thinking Gruden is in play?

[Scott D]

I hear Jim Tressel thinks orange looks good in a sweatervest.

[FaninAma]

How much money do we need to keep Mack on The 40 Acres ?

i'm in. Best investment in Ou football we can make.

[Judge Smails]

We need to get Howard Schnellenberger's name in play at Texas. Does anyone know his agent? Is Howard still even alive?

Where is John Blake these days?

Gary Gibbs?

[rock on sooner]

We need to get Howard Schnellenberger's name in play at Texas. Does anyone know his agent? Is Howard still even alive?

Where is John Blake these days?

Gary Gibbs?

Snelly is alive and well at Florida Atlantic, Blake has a huge show cause
still on his head, I think....don't know about Gibbs...NCIS?:devilish:

[sooneron]

Gary Gibbs?

That's sorta easy as he's got a good career going in the pros. No need to knock a great Sooner.

[winout]

Exactly, the could set off a wage war. The Yankees do this to free agents to make rivals spend more and thus put a strain on their finances.

[ouduckhunter]

Doesn't he have lingering NCAA issues due to that recruiting info crap that was discovered?

Interesting point, and I'm not sure if there is an ongoing investigation, or not. He left in a hurry, but the school seems to have come out of it fairly unscathed.

[rock on sooner]

That's sorta easy as he's got a good career going in the pros. No need to knock a great Sooner.

Just googled Gibbs, dint know he is with the Chiefs...good for him..

[rock on sooner]

Doesn't he have lingering NCAA issues due to that recruiting info crap that was discovered?

He has an 18 month show cause from this past summer, so that's why he's
in the pros..

[badger]

He has an 18 month show cause from this past summer, so that's why he's
in the pros..

Think he'll last that long in Philly? Those are the same boo birds that ran Reid to KC, where he's not doing too bad

[rock on sooner]

Interesting point, and I'm not sure if there is an ongoing investigation, or not. He left in a hurry, but the school seems to have come out of it fairly unscathed.

The school got a reduction of schollies and a 3 year probation, but
no bowl ban, so, yeah, pretty much unscathed....

[Jacie]

We should be prodding them to do the McWilliams thing again and name Opie as their next head coach.

[ouduckhunter]

That show cause is definitely a glitch in my theory!

[Bourbon St Sooner]

Why would Kelly want to leave anyways? He's going to win the worst division in the NFL. It's not like he's losing and stuck in a division with Brady and Bellichek like Saban was.

[ouduckhunter]

Why would Kelly want to leave anyways? He's going to win the worst division in the NFL. It's not like he's losing and stuck in a division with Brady and Bellichek like Saban was.

The same reason they all do. Ego, power, and lots of money!

[BoulderSooner79]

Doesn't he have lingering NCAA issues due to that recruiting info crap that was discovered?

It was the "show cause" tag. Horns response: 'Cause we want 'em. :)

I think Kelly's show cause was only 1 year. Could be wrong.

[Turd_Ferguson]

Yellow teef say's it aint true...

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/10115293/mack-brown-denies-report-stepping-texas-longhorns-coach

[SicEmBaylor]

University of Texas response: Denial denial denial (http://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2013/12/report-mack-brown-stepping-down-at-texas/)

They denied Dodds was resigning as well.................just before he resigned.

[Widescreen]

I don't remember Dodds telling everyone it wasn't true, though. Maybe I missed it.

[olevetonahill]

Yellow teef say's it aint true...

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/10115293/mack-brown-denies-report-stepping-texas-longhorns-coach

Dont pay no tention to mack we all Know how much he Lies!
http://texas.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1585894

[rock on sooner]

It was the "show cause" tag. Horns response: 'Cause we want 'em. :)

I think Kelly's show cause was only 1 year. Could be wrong.

Based on what I read it is 18 months from this past July...looks like to keep
him out of college for two seasons....

[cvsooner]

Maybe they're looking at Bob Stoops. He's the only name that hasn't surfaced yet.

[TXBOOMER]

If Brown resigns Saban is coming to town. That is the only way they force him to resign in my opinion.

[TXBOOMER]

Maybe they will hire Josh Huepel and name their stadium after him. Oh wait, they already named their stadium after a Sooner.

[olevetonahill]

They Got a Urinal Named fer Mack

[8timechamps]

The school (texas) has made an official statement, and said that the rumors are not true. Mack isn't stepping down, and Texas hasn't asked for him to step down.

However, the Texas BOR is meeting on Thursday, and a lot could change after that happens.

[JiminyChristmas]

He gone.

[Eielson]

Chip Brown is the same guy that kept breaking realignment stories that didn't turn out to be true, right?

[swardboy]

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while.

[soonergirlNeugene]

ESPN's Brett McMurphy just posted (less than an hour ago) that an inside source has confirmed it will happen before Friday. (http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/10116548/texas-longhorns-coach-mack-brown-expected-resign)

Also interesting is the web address for another Mack story: http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/10116548/texas-longhorns-hire-nick-saban-50m-5year-contract
It keeps getting chopped off, but it says texas-longhorns-hire-nick-saban-50m-5year-contract

Is ESPN trolling or did they fail to retract a leak?

[instigator]

Oh my. Look at this web address:

http://espn.go.com/blog/big12/post/_/id/77114/my-dog-likes-to-lick-his-balls

[soonergirlNeugene]

Hmm may in fact be trolling XD

[BigJerm7]

http://i.minus.com/ib1D9qkyHyfLRF.gif

[BlownGP]

hahaah.

Thats awesome

[westbrooke]

http://i.minus.com/ib1D9qkyHyfLRF.gif

That's the kind of brilliance I normally associate with LSUFreek.

[olevetonahill]

The skool aint gonna say anything yet Nor will mack, Its simply Money If Mack just ups and Quits It costs him a Lot of Money If the Skool forces his old asz out it Costs Them money. They be dealin tho Book it,

[S.PadreIsl.Sooner]

Let Saban come to UT. There is no gray shirting in the B12 and he will hate the meddling boosters!

[S.PadreIsl.Sooner]

http://i.minus.com/ib1D9qkyHyfLRF.gif

Friggin' funny!

[OUmillenium]

Let me answer this one for Mack...

[badger]

So if it doesn't happen... shaggy melts down and hornfans simply won't load, amirite? :mack:

[SoonerKnight]

That would be pure entertainment!!

[olevetonahill]

Hell the news media is going Crazier than most message boards

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/report-saban-next-texas-coach-032020681--ncaaf.html

[FaninAma]

Let Saban come to UT. There is no gray shirting in the B12 and he will hate the meddling boosters!
Totally agree. Bama oversigns the equivalent of an additional recruiting class every 4 years.

[ouduckhunter]

So if it doesn't happen... shaggy melts down and hornfans simply won't load, amirite? :mack:

I'm hoping for an apocalyptic meltdown along the lines of Tennessee's when Kiffy left for USC... Riots, fires, drunkies prowling the streets, etc.

[picasso]

Totally agree. Bama oversigns the equivalent of an additional recruiting class every 4 years.

Bingo.

[badger]

List of things that would make UT angriest:
1- Mack Brown not resigning this week or sooner
2- Greg Davis being rehired as OC
3- Manny Diaz being rehired as DC
4- Major Applewhite and other mediocre assistants not being fired/resigning/leaving somehow
5- Losing games

Seriously, they're so far gone they'd rather lose games than have sh!tty coaches

[BoulderSooner79]

SIAP. There is a THujone MS paint thread posted on shaggy about the whole Mack out/Saban in situation. And it has a happy ending.

[badger]

SIAP. There is a THujone MS paint thread posted on shaggy about the whole Mack out/Saban in situation. And it has a happy ending.

I try to read it even though it's NSFW. I especially like the Bama fan take, even if they're nice people that we had a fun home-and-home with last decade. Nick Saban may leave, just like Bob Stoops had opportunities to leave us for the NFL and other jobs (like the Notre Dame one he reportedly took while he was out recruiting for OU, hehe). It might happen... but I just don't think it's likely.

[BoulderSooner79]

It's just a cartoon, so I don't know if it's NSFW. NSFL(lunch) maybe. I suspect the horn fan reaction to hiring Saban may be literal and not hyperbole for some set of fans, if it should ever happen.

[KantoSooner]

It's good, but must be completed. On Thujone, On Freek! HoHoHo, Merry Christmas!

[badger]

I bet there's a lot of finger nail biting going on in the state of Alabama right about now.

Link (http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/10118037/alabama-crimson-tide-offer-nick-saban-another-contract-extension)


Alabama coach Nick Saban has had a contract extension on his desk since Friday, and the longer it goes unsigned, the more uncomfortable Alabama officials grow, sources said.

[swardboy]

Wish I was a fly on the wall at today's Tejas BOD meeting.

[Jacie]

Totally agree. Bama oversigns the equivalent of an additional recruiting class every 4 years.

Your post has been nagging at me since I read it.

Just finished checking some posts on the Saban-to-sa*et thread at Shaggy Bevo (up to 120 pages as of this morning) and it is reported that UT boosters bought up some debt Saban owes with the plan being to tear up the note once he signs with the whorns, which if true would be about the last bit if circumstantial evidence one needs to conclude this is a done deal.

So if/when he rolls into Austin ready to take a third program to the top, what are the odds that he will parlay sa*et's influence over the Big XII to force a change in the conference rules to allow gray shirting or even through under-the-table style deals with walk ons, i.e. guaranteed scholarship once the inevitable casualties are incurred (transfers, career-ending injuries, academic dropout, whatever)?

Does anyone think he is prepared to compete on a field not tilted in his favor (yes, UT has the money/facilities/recruiting base blah blah blah) but none of that makes up for being able to stock the cupboard with more recruits than everyone else as he has grown quite comfortable doing ever since his stint at LSU?

Four national titles are remarkable but the Big XII is not the SEC and if he thinks he is adept at dealing with privileged boosters and such, wait till he gets to Austin.

The people bringing him in are used to doing things their way and there is still the meddling governor factor working there.

In the final analysis, Nick Saban is not Godzilla and sa*et is still sa*et.

I wonder if he is familiar with the tale of Sisyphus . . .

[SoonerMarkVA]

I wonder if he is familiar with the tale of Sisyphus . . .

Heh. There exists no bigger boulder than ut.

[KantoSooner]

Jacie, you raise an interesting point. If Saban (or anyone else, for that matter, but he'd have a bigger stick) came into the B12 and started the grey shirting practice in earnest (no, I don't think our conference is lily white on recruiting, but so far, at least, we're not nearly as ... enthusiastic ... about it as the Ess Eee Cee), how long would the other programs hold out? It's kind of like an arms race: if your rival starts doing it, you're pretty much fated to follow suit.

[picasso]

Heh. There exists no bigger boulder than ut.

Heh!
I've actually been commissioned to paint my version of that story.

[EatLeadCommie]

Let Saban come to UT. There is no gray shirting in the B12 and he will hate the meddling boosters!

You sure about that?

[Eielson]

You sure about that?

Yeah, I'm pretty sure we can grayshirt. I don't think we're as tolerant of oversigning, though. Even in the SEC, though, they've put a stop to stuff like Houston Nutt signing 38 guys when there are already 64 scholarships, and then proceeding to run off 17 guys he feels are underachieving. 28 (the new limit) is plenty to work with for them, though. Getting rid of 7 guys would've been beneficial as well.

I don't think Saban will need oversigning at Texas, though. His recruiting advantage there should close at least some of that gap. Most teams in the SEC are oversigning (some people like Nutt are putting Saban to shame in that regard), but none of them are winning like Alabama. He's dirty, but the dude can coach.

[TheHumanAlphabet]

The school (texas) has made an official statement, and said that the rumors are not true. Mack isn't stepping down, and Texas hasn't asked for him to step down.

However, the Texas BOR is meeting on Thursday, and a lot could change after that happens.
Houston Chronicle is reporting that the UT President's job is safe. He has been a big target by Gov. Perry. If true, that may bode well for Mack as he has been a strong supporter of ole yeller teef.

[swardboy]

I would think that Perry would want to maintain the status quo at UT. "May the suckitude continue" kind of thing.

[OUinFLA]

I wish Mack a long and mediocre career at ut.

I wish the same for Sabin at UA

[rock on sooner]

ESpin reporting that Mack is going to meet today with the school prez
to discuss his future.....

[BoulderSooner79]

ESpin reporting that Mack is going to meet today with the school prez
to discuss how much it will cost to make him go peacefully.....

FIFY

[badger]

Summary of recent events:
http://picasion.com/pic76/aee12864a79284df91438e4e78a8ee69.gif

[rock on sooner]

FIFY

Mack will walk away with $6-8 mil....at least...