Greg Davis will be taking his talents…

So who are the most likely candidates to replace him?

ChrisApplewhite just freshened up his resume.

Davis needs to be gone but please please don’t make Applewhite the OC. What a giant mistake that would be.

Give me the guy from Stanford or Arkansas.

Any new hires will be a strong indication of Muschamp’s influence. My guess is they will all be guys Muschamp has previously crossed paths during his career.

Good Lord, could this be the long-awaited day of our deliverance? And there’s a chance Fat Dog is out as S&C coach too? Christmas arrives 3 weeks early!

I’m gonna be walking around with a major priapism for the next couple of days if this is true.

“God bless us, every one!”

Oh man I hope this is true.

Everyone thought Malzahn was a realistic choice because of an impending Auburn implosion. After NCAA’s limp decision, does that rule out that possibility?

Can you guys setup a Paypal donation site? I got $20.00 burning a hole in my pocket. Not sure if that will help solve your server problem, though, as the thing is blowing up.

Happy days indeed. We really can’t be lucky enough to dump Davis and Fat Dog in the same year?

Well, there’s a lump of coal in Sooner Christmas stockings for ya.

I can’t wait to hear what Bill Littel has to say.

The only “talent” GD GD has is wasting players’ talent.

Leroy Jenkins might be available.

There aren’t words for how good this news is!

its like that feeling as a kid of finding the present you want in your parent’s closet 2 weeks before christmas.
never found out what that whip was for.

i digress.
great news. and as much as we all want Malzahn, i dont think that will happen. but we did steal mr. muschamp so who knows. I would suggest Les Koenning, Chad Morris, and Blake Anderson as other possibilities.

Brilliant job, ACE.

Lot of tension on the 40 acres over the last 6 days. Mack initially decided to make a change only at OL. Was told that wasn’t enough. And too many financial variables at play for UT to lose fan interest. Long meeting with Powers. Big cigars also weighed in. Justice prevails.

I believe this is appropriate (my apologies for not knowing how to embed a video):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtoNHnR_WhE&feature=fvst

It’s like the entire longhorn intertubes simultaneously crashed. I’m guessing there was some fan interest in this story.

But that’s just me.

I just now got back on the site after about 2 hours of futility.

If this news is indeed true, it might set off a night of celebratory wilding the likes of which Zilker Park has never seen before.

Fucking maddening if Brown truly tried to get away with changing only the OL coach.

Whatever Mack does next, I want to work for him and get my hands on pictures of him in compromising positions.

As of 3 p.m. CST, the Statesman hadn’t been able to confirm anything. Of course, y’all have been kicking the AAS’s ass for years now, so no big surprise.

Meanwhile, in Norman, upon hearing the news of Davis’ ouster, Bobby Stoops reportedly kicked a puppy.

huck, i don’t think you’ll need those pics. your first paycheck will set you up for life if you don’t die or something.

my big worry if mack intended only to replace mac is that he could easily go p.a. and screw up next year out of spite. i’m hoping his desire to be remembered as a lion of the game (still achievable) would outweigh his sense of pique.

cool to see fantake ring the server bell and learn what it is to walk on the while side.

Beautifully done ACE

cool to see fantake ring the server bell and learn what it is to walk on the while side.

Yeah, I mean you’d think a Yahoo sized server would hold Fantake down.

If anyone has knowledge of the situation…is there any truth to the rumor that some big wigs weren’t present in their boxes for the FAU and A&M games in an attempt to express their displeaure with this team? Many claimed that big money had no influence over what Mack would do as he is the end all be all of everything Texas, but looks like that wasn’t the case after all.

jttexas -
 
That info was run on the Recruitocosm first. It is correct and the folks who said to the contrary have egg on their face. Again.
 
 http://recruitocosm.fantake.com/2010/11/30/coaching-changes-catalysts-crossroads-and-timelines/

Mack has done a great deal for football at Texas, but ultimately, he doesn’t wield the real power, and there are folks who will slit his throat without thinking twice if they decide it’s in the best interest of the program.

I can’t believe after all that happened this season that Mack thought a little Band-aid would cover the festering, oozing, gangrenous wound that the program is right now. Luckily, others intervened.

The fact that Mack thought an OL coach change was all that was needed is telling. I remember reading how US presidents are so stuck in a protective bubble that they often lose touch with reality and/or the public perception. 13 years of coaching at Texas has obviously done the same to Mack.

It’s not true that Mack thought all that was needed was an OL coach. He understood Davis had underperformed. As well as some other position coaches.
 
His issue was whether GD should still have a football staff position.

…so is this confimed yet and/or are we still headed to the Pac 16?

Damn interwebs. Too much information is not always a good thing.

Scipio-

Any idea on when Mack came to this realization regarding Davis and performance? Do you think he considered this year an anomaly that is simply too great overlook?

Is this the beginning of the next regime?

@ Scipio Tex

Thanks, bud. I read that article but must’ve missed it. Discussed that with a buddy today and wanted to confirm.

I can’t believe after all that happened this season that Mack thought a little Band-aid would cover the festering, oozing, gangrenous wound that the program is right now.

Well, how many people who have regular face time with Mack are going to present him with a competing narrative? He’s got to be compartmentalized to one degree or another.

No GDGD = DJ All-Big 12. … No Fat Dog = CJ minus fupa runs for 1,200.

“If this news is indeed true, it might set off a night of celebratory wilding the likes of which Zilker Park has never seen before.”

Party at the moon-tower?

Well I guess I and a few others were right after all to hope we lost enough to shock the system. Thank God we lost to Bail-or and Little Iowa :-). Was worth it. I am most pleased.
Now can I get me the OC from Wisco, Stanford, or even Iowa please?

Mack was not ready to make a change at OC. He was willing to make a change at OL and shift some other staff positions and give Major more play calling responsibilities. That was not met favorably. If you think he came to the GD decision on his own, you’re mistaken. Major pressure was brought to bear.

ex cathedra -
 
No kidding pressure was brought to bear. Anyone who reads the Recruitocosm knows that.
 
http://recruitocosm.fantake.com/2010/11/30/coaching-changes-catalysts-crossroads-and-timelines/
  
Reread my post.
 
What I wrote is correct.

Whatever led Mack to his “Come to Jesus” moment, a change at the OC position is necessary, and when confirmed, great news for the Horns, IF the right replacement is chosen. That being said, I hope Davis is offered a chance to land on his feet with a good job within the athletic department.

I’m no Greg Davis fan or defender. His shortcomings as a gameday playcaller have been as obvious as the nose on Bob Hope’s face. However, despite all the carping of fans and others toward him, Davis kept his peace, did not try to shift the blame, and has always tried to represent UT well.

There’s never a good time to lose your job, to in essence be told you’re not good enough to hold it. Times now, with the economy in the ditch, are even worse. This has to be hell for Davis, and Mack. Both are honorable men, maybe to a fault, and I’m sorry to see them have to go through Davis being pilloried in public almost hourly like this. However, I’m equally sorry to see a team that’s enjoyed so much success for over a decade fall flat on its’ face, as the Horns did this year. The problems run deep, and the coaching changes are necessary to fix those problems before the Longhorn football program slips any further.

I hope any action taken toward Davis’ future happens quickly. Whatever his shortcomings as an OC, he does NOT deserve to be left twisting in the wind. That would deliver a message about this program that UT does not want to send.

A lot of smart fellas here thought Brown would never fire Davis….

Right, his initial instinct was to go for fairly minor changes. The good news about the 5-7 abomination is that Mack’s freedom was curtailed and other parties felt empowered and compelled to weigh in. The net result is a good one.

How many of mack’s friends should the university continue to subsidize? Enough is enough. I hope we cut the fat an get rid of it.

“Meanwhile, in Norman, upon hearing the news of Davis’ ouster, Bobby Stoops reportedly kicked a puppy.”

If he only “kicked” it, his reaction was milder than I would have expected.

Davis will land on hid feet just fine. He’s been making a pile of money for a good long time. Despite his faults as an OC he gave us a lot of years and I appreciate the effort. He certainly doesn’t need some kind of sinecure from UT to keep out of the breadline.

Oh Lord. Espn is showing that embarassing Maddog workout video again.

Thank you Big Cigars. I was once a Little Cigar, perhaps a Swisher Sweet ( I did get a callback from DD during the Mac 2 years…).Now I am just a dip of snuff. Pass around the Partegas and Avandia. This high demand of success is what makes Texas-Texas. Hook em.

Let’s not get carried away with a pity party, folks. The only thing hurt is his pride and friendship. I understand that it’d be tough to be told by your best friend that you suck at your job. I get that, not fun. I feel a little bad for him on that part, really do. But let’s not forget that he has been a lazy and arrogant offensive coordinator that showed little evidence of game planning for any opponent beyond whoever was after the bye week and (sometimes) OU. Nor appeared contrite in the wake of the recent losses. Remember his “I may not be the smartest guy in the room, but I could match wits with anyone in this room” press conference line after a loss? Doesn’t reek of a man having been humbled. Or how about every time he’s lied to us about getting DJ more involved? I begin to feel pity for him, and then remember that this was something he could have avoided for a long time.

And I’m not too sure the “hard times” pity needs to be laid at his feet either. Unless if he’s a real high roller that likes to make it rain on a nightly basis at the Landing Strip, and then follows that up with a healthy does of high level gambling, he’ll be just fine. He’s made more in a year than I’ve made in my (short) lifetime.

I feel pity for the man in the same way I felt a slight pity for Captain Sobel in the first episode of Band of Brothers when he was genuinely shocked, surprised and saddened when informed he’d been reassigned from Easy Company. He simply didn’t see it coming. I’m not discouraging affording the man some level of pity, but let’s not forget why he’s here in the first place.

“Scipio Tex said:
December 2nd, 2010 at 3:10 pm

jttexas -

That info was run on the Recruitocosm first. It is correct and the folks who said to the contrary have egg on their face. Again.

http://recruitocosm.fantake.com/2010/11/30/coaching-changes-catalysts-crossroads-and-timelines/"

Not really arguing your point, but that wasn’t exactly a scoop. A lot of people knew that, and a lot of people had been very unhappy since earlier in the season. But yes, he was the first to post it. Guess we should all start taking pictures in the boxes at DKR. Or go hunt.

By the way, by the middle of the first quarter there were about 25 people left in out section in the east side club seats. They were inside drinking and didnt give 2 shits about Davis. They were cold.

I hope someone has hidden all of the sharp objects in the echeese household.

I didn’t think it was possible that I could hate GD GD any more than I do; the fact that he is being an utter ass during this is so f*ing telling. He’s lazy and he’s entitled and his response is pro forma for those types. We don’t owe that sack a thing. Storming around Belmont, treating people just shabbily when he can get away with it – I’ll be pissed if he’s allowed to remain anywhere on our payroll.

I know Mack really does think “Mack Brown- Texas Football” is more than just a URL, but this saga with GD GD needs to come to a complete and final end.

There might be an opening at Texas State. Easy commute at 4am.

Somoone needs to remind him he was recruiting Perill-loser…..

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