Tom Herman fired from Texas
January 2nd, 2021 at 11:50 AM ^
I think they make a play at Steve Sarkisian.
January 2nd, 2021 at 11:59 AM ^
Herman, Sark, Kiffin...they all seem very similar to me. Solid offensive minds but not sure either has the goods to lead a program of that size.
January 2nd, 2021 at 11:50 AM ^
You beat me. I would've been 4 minutes late with my post but I looked first.
Didn't they recently give Herman some sort of "vote of confidence"?
January 2nd, 2021 at 12:25 PM ^
I guess the 55-23 blasting of Colorado changed the AD's mind.
January 2nd, 2021 at 12:33 PM ^
He looked too impressive in the Alamo Bowl. AD was forced to make a change after that!
January 2nd, 2021 at 11:56 AM ^
Yes, the day after Meyer said no...
January 2nd, 2021 at 11:51 AM ^
FYI..The Athletic is saying Texas is set to replace Herman with Steve Sarkisian.
January 2nd, 2021 at 11:51 AM ^
Apparently Sark is expected to replace him. I have never been as enamored with Sarkisian as others but he should good well there. But he absolutely needs to get a killer DC.
January 2nd, 2021 at 11:57 AM ^
Do not get the Sark love either. His HC record was fine but not great. Why would he be a better choice now? Simply because he coached under Saban?
January 2nd, 2021 at 12:02 PM ^
Because he learned to recruit under Saban ...
January 2nd, 2021 at 12:07 PM ^
Maybe. But Herman recruited well at Texas and look what happened
January 2nd, 2021 at 12:18 PM ^
I think there are people out there that see the development of Tua and more importantly Mac Jones and attribute that to Sark’s ability to develop QB’s. I see a guy who has unlimited weapons on the outside and if you put most QB’s in that offense they’ll light it up.
January 2nd, 2021 at 1:33 PM ^
That's sort of my feeling. Sarkisian is a good coach but having possibly the greatest collection of WR talent in modern college history, a mammoth offensive line, and Najee Harris at your disposal for the couple of years you're there means your QB just sorta has to be functional and you'd do fine.
January 2nd, 2021 at 12:49 PM ^
I live in Texas and I can absolutely tell you he did NOT recruit well at Texas. He has 1 commit out of the top 25 ranked players in the state of Texas committed to the program for 2021 I believe ( could be '22) and just lost a perfect rated number 1 overall recruit, QB in the '22 class to ohio. Not to mention Quinn Ewers is a lifelong Texas fan...He has NOT recruited well by Texas standards.
January 2nd, 2021 at 12:59 PM ^
What he means to say is that Herman recruited well before it became evident that they were going to get rid of him and did a pretty public courting of Urban Meyer. Kids tend to look elsewhere when it appears as though the head coach is getting canned.
January 2nd, 2021 at 1:28 PM ^
Well, kudos to Warde then for keeping his cards so close to the vest!
January 2nd, 2021 at 3:22 PM ^
He said he has recruited well “at Texas”, not recruited Texas well. The AD’s vote of no confidence by the very public courting of urban Meyer didn’t help keep recruits this year. Herman’s 3 recruiting classes at Texas were all top 10.
January 2nd, 2021 at 1:50 PM ^
I don’t think “well” is good enough at UT. There is so much instate talent that UT should be top 5 every year, and UT was #8 and #17 in the composite the last two classes. It especially rankles UT fans that OSU, Bama and LSU snagged 5 stars from Texas and OU is the better program. They ran off Mack after a couple of mediocre years despite a NC.
FWIW, I think Herman is a very good coach and the UT fans are irrational.
January 2nd, 2021 at 1:53 PM ^
Edit: started 2021 with the dreaded double post. $#@%.
January 2nd, 2021 at 12:20 PM ^
Some people have noted that Bama has several high profile recruits from Texas and that Sark was the main recruiter for a couple of those guys.
Im assuming the Texas brass are hoping Sark can bring some of those guys with him. Doubt it but you never know.
January 2nd, 2021 at 1:36 PM ^
I think people forget sometimes that having overwhelming talent at your disposal in college is such an advantage. Sark is a fine coach but when he doesn't have Alabama's level of talent around him (and he won't have that at Texas unless he just destroys it with coordinator hires), my guess is he'll struggle somewhat to replicate the offenses he's fielded recently.
January 2nd, 2021 at 11:52 AM ^
Steve Sarkisian is the rumor online. Which I frankly find odd.
January 2nd, 2021 at 11:52 AM ^
Great. Now OSU is going to beat Alabama bc of this news and Sark leaving.
January 2nd, 2021 at 11:57 AM ^
A virtual dollar says he stays as OC through the Championship Game...
January 2nd, 2021 at 12:25 PM ^
Talking about the distraction.
January 2nd, 2021 at 11:53 AM ^
Uncle Urban, come on down!
January 2nd, 2021 at 11:57 AM ^
Too bad Herman isn't likely to accept a position coaching job. UM needs him as QB coach. He worked miracles at OSU. Wasn't he the QB coach who prepared 3rd string Cardale Jones for the NC games?
January 2nd, 2021 at 12:27 PM ^
I think he’ll land on his feet pretty quickly with another HC job. He would have to fail as a lead man again before dropping back to being an OC.
January 2nd, 2021 at 1:38 PM ^
Eventually, but there's probably not a P5 head coaching gig for him next year. Seems likely to for him to go back to being an OC while waiting for another openning.
Michigan should take a swing at him for OC or Co-OC.
January 2nd, 2021 at 2:16 PM ^
The carousel hasn’t even started yet! If a Campbell or Fickell take bigger jobs, he could easily go to one of those programs. The NFL always takes at least one coach from major college football a year, so he will have options.
January 2nd, 2021 at 2:38 PM ^
Cincinnati is not a P5 job, but sure, I could see him end up there if Fickell leaves.
January 2nd, 2021 at 11:59 AM ^
Can we hire Tom Herman?
January 2nd, 2021 at 12:09 PM ^
Pee Wee Herman?
January 2nd, 2021 at 12:13 PM ^
As my Spanish teacher in HS used to say after a student asked: "Can I go to the bathoom?" "I don't know, can you?" ; )
January 2nd, 2021 at 12:23 PM ^
“Yeah I can, I can drop my pants and shit on your desk too.”
Sorry. High school was a troubling time for me...
January 2nd, 2021 at 12:18 PM ^
We can't hire Woody Herman because he's dead, but the music would have been swingin'.
January 2nd, 2021 at 11:59 AM ^
Any talk of money problems is bullshit. Michigan can afford to part ways with JH, but simply won't do it. Apparently, both Campbell and Fickell must be expected to be available after the NFL teams make decisions in the next couple of weeks.
January 2nd, 2021 at 12:07 PM ^
It isn’t fiscally responsible or sensible public relations to pay a large buyout in the middle of a pandemic.
How do people not understand this?
January 2nd, 2021 at 12:12 PM ^
Boosters would be the ones paying
How do people not understand this?
January 2nd, 2021 at 12:14 PM ^
If they were willing to Harbaugh would be gone already.
How do you not understand this?
January 2nd, 2021 at 1:08 PM ^
You could have said that about Herman yesterday, you dumb bitch.
January 2nd, 2021 at 12:14 PM ^
I understand it the PR side of it just fine, but actual 'money problems' for these big programs are bullshit. Maybe pull your head out of your smug ass for once?
January 2nd, 2021 at 12:46 PM ^
Maybe pull your head out of your whiny, addle-brained ass for once and see that the University of Michigan isn’t going to pay a coach to go away because some angry fans want him fired. They just aren’t going to do that. That is not how the university operates.
January 2nd, 2021 at 2:49 PM ^
Cuz nobody cares. These schools have plenty of boosters to pay these buyouts so they can get their Nick Saban.
Ross and Al Glickman could easily pay the JH buyout or the buyout for the next coach.
Money is a bullshit excuse.
Michigan simply doesn't care about winning championships anymore
January 2nd, 2021 at 12:01 PM ^
rolled the dice with Sark?
A little surprised, especially after the 'vote of confidence'...
Any chance Harbaugh looks at Herman as an OC, and possibly coaching in waiting?
January 2nd, 2021 at 12:02 PM ^
Horrible move!! I believe that all of Texas's 3 losses were very close games. They were in much better shape than Michigan.
January 2nd, 2021 at 12:05 PM ^
Assuming that Sarkesian really is a done deal, was Texas able to pull this off without any leaks? Or was this rumored (beyond baseless speculation) in the Longhorn-webverse?
If it really is a 'done deal and no one knew until we announced it'... Hmmm... That is interesting from a Harbaugh and Michigan perspective.
Anyone follow the Longhorns enough to inform on whether the Sarkesian deal had leaked out?
January 2nd, 2021 at 12:07 PM ^
Sark seems...fine. At USC he was...fine. At Washington, he was... fine. At Texas, he'll be...fine.
Saban, like Belichick, demonstrably doesn't magically transfer his evil genius to assistants.
Whatever. Hook 'em.