Mack Brown to step down

[LoneStarState'sPride]

I'll be telling my grandkids about this!

[benefactor]

I'll be telling my grandkids about this!

[BlueTiger]

[Sisk]

Yeah you can proceed to have two cups of shut the up, since you pussied out and didn't take the bet. No talking for you.

from the guy who disappears after the news... gtfo

[ChumpDumper]

Weird that he is coaching the Alam Bwl.

If they have a new coach ready to sign, just leave. If this is pushing back an announcement, it's re ed.

[Kermit]

I'm so drunk right now.

[Michael Jordan.]

Weird that he is coaching the Alam Bwl.

If they have a new coach ready to sign, just leave. If this is pushing back an announcement, it's re ed.

Announcement is tomorrow

[ChumpDumper]

Announcement is tomorrow

Announcement for a new coach, or just a press conference about all the drama?

[Michael Jordan.]

Announcement for a new coach, or just a press conference about all the drama?

Press conference,

[Trainwreck2100]

this is this guy's first post guys

[benefactor]

this is this guy's first post guys

win

[bluebellmaniac]

Weird that he is coaching the Alam Bwl.

If they have a new coach ready to sign, just leave. If this is pushing back an announcement, it's re ed.

I too would have to believe that they know who they want. You don't push out MB without knowing who is coming in, so there must be a handshake deal in place. Having MB stay until after the bowl game would make sense if the replacement was someone like Harbaugh, so then you let him finish out his season without the chaos for him in the interim. Or, for the true conspiracy theorist, Saban buys out his contract after his bowl game and steps in.

[Mr. Peabody]

I too would have to believe that they know who they want. You don't push out MB without knowing who is coming in, so there must be a handshake deal in place. Having MB stay until after the bowl game would make sense if the replacement was someone like Harbaugh, so then you let him finish out his season without the chaos for him in the interim. Or, for the true conspiracy theorist, Saban buys out his contract after his bowl game and steps in.

The new coach would have to be named in advance of NSD so as not to kill the class, right? If so, we may not be in a position to wait on an NFL playoff coach.

[bluebellmaniac]

The new coach would have to be named in advance of NSD so as not to kill the class, right? If so, we may not be in a position to wait on an NFL playoff coach.

Hmmmm, trying to make sense of the timing with Mack coaching the bowl game. It definitely is the case that Mack did not want to go out looking like he was fired. He wanted to go out on his terms and that is the way it should be. With him leaving "voluntarily", I guess hiring a coach before Mack is officially gone would be okay. But who would that be? Is the announcement tomorrow? There is a lot of information still to come.

[symple19]

I'll be telling my grandkids about this!

+1

[symple19]

Yeah, it's not going to be Harbaugh

[symple19]

So who are the realistic candidates?

Travis Haney lists these guys (in no particular order)

Jimbo Fisher/Gus Malzahn - He says unlikely because both are playing for the Natty and wouldn't be available until after Jan 6 --- Also says that Malzahn shies away from the spotlight too much and so probably isn't a good fit for the magnitude of the UT job (LHN etc.) --- Both also just signed extensions

Art Briles - recently signed extension
Jim Mora - recently signed extension
David Shaw - Haney says he may be looking to the NFL before another college job
Mike Gundy
Todd Graham
Jon Gruden

[Pelicans78]

James Franklin from Vandy.

[LoneStarState'sPride]

James Franklin from Vandy.

That'd be interesting. JF is a good coach.

[BlueTiger]

I wouldn't mind Gundy. Has a system and already has his hand in Texas recruiting. What he has done at Okie St is impressive, would love to see what he could do at Texas with a chance to recruit better guys overall. His price tag probably isn't as high either?

[Clipper Nation]

So who are the realistic candidates?

Travis Haney lists these guys (in no particular order)

Jimbo Fisher/Gus Malzahn - He says unlikely because both are playing for the Natty and wouldn't be available until after Jan 6 --- Also says that Malzahn shies away from the spotlight too much and so probably isn't a good fit for the magnitude of the UT job (LHN etc.) --- Both also just signed extensions

Art Briles - recently signed extension
Jim Mora - recently signed extension
David Shaw - Haney says he may be looking to the NFL before another college job
Mike Gundy
Todd Graham
Jon Gruden

I think I heard that Patterson can't hire an ASU coach for the next year, so that would take Graham off the list.... can't imagine Texas wanting someone who gets owned by OU as consistently as Gundy does, tbh....

[symple19]

I think I heard that Patterson can't hire an ASU coach for the next year, so that would take Graham off the list

Here's what Haney said about Graham:

There’s supposedly some legal entanglement that would prevent Graham from going to UT without the ASU president’s consent, but I cannot imagine a means by which that would hold up. It seemingly stemmed from disgruntlement over former Sun Devils athletic director Patterson leaving ASU to become the new AD in Austin.

If Patterson can convince the board and the president that Graham is a solid fit, he could rise.

Graham would be the ideal TV candidate. But then there’s always the he-moves-around-a-lot narrative (he spent just one season at Pittsburgh before leaving for the Arizona State job) that might not resonate well with the Horns.

[DMX7]

There is an absolutely disgusting and horrible, horrible rumor circulating that Les Miles is a potential candidate. His daughter goes to Texas (on the Swim Team), but I say " no". BRHornet45 has helped me see the light on this clown and I do NOT want him at Texas.

[DMX7]

Announcement for a new coach, or just a press conference about all the drama?

the latter

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

So who are the realistic candidates?

Travis Haney lists these guys (in no particular order)

Jimbo Fisher/Gus Malzahn - He says unlikely because both are playing for the Natty and wouldn't be available until after Jan 6 --- Also says that Malzahn shies away from the spotlight too much and so probably isn't a good fit for the magnitude of the UT job (LHN etc.) --- Both also just signed extensions

Art Briles - recently signed extension
Jim Mora - recently signed extension
David Shaw - Haney says he may be looking to the NFL before another college job
Mike Gundy
Todd Graham
Jon Gruden

I'd be shocked if Malzahn or Fisher left their current situation for Texas.

Mora and Shaw are in the same boat that they're looking for an NFL job imo.

If Texas steals Todd Graham from ASU I'll be eternally grateful