Our Longhorn National Nightmare is Over

Ding dong, the Glitch is dead.

Like finally lancing a pimple on the ass of Texas.

Like passing a 40 foot tapeworm.

He will not be missed.

Posted this on Recruitocosm but it deserves mention both places

H/T to Ross Lucksinger for this one

I was waiting to post this here at BC because I thought everyone here would appreciate it but the circumstances behind Greg Davis ever being at The University of Texas are amazing.

In a recent podcast on Inside Texas Ross Lucksinger relayed a story to the listeners that Mack Brown had told him about how Greg Davis ended up at Texas. Apparently when Mack was hired it was decided one of his coordinators (Greg Davis & Carl Torbush) would stay behind as the Head Coach at North Carolina for continuity and one would come with Mack to Texas. Mack decided to bring Torbush with him to Texas and leave Davis at UNC.

Well as the story goes, and remember this came directly from Mack, he and Torbush landed in Austin and received a call from people who matter at UNC who proceeded to tell him they did not want Greg Davis. Carl Torbush immediately got back on the plane and returned to take the Head Coaching position at UNC and Greg Davis came to Texas as the OC.

My friends that is how we ended up with 13 years of GDGD.

Sisyphus reached the top of the mountain and shoved the stone down the other side, kicked back, and grabbed a cold one.

Very welcome news, but lets not forget that all three of these guys conducted themselves with class and dignity and represented the University well. We can disagree with how they performed without denigrating their character.

Greg did some good things while at UT, but it was time for a large scale reboot, of which his departure is a key part.

By all accounts, he is a very fine gentleman personally and I wish him well.

Dammitt!!!! No more gimmee’s……

In honor of his 13 years of service our first offensive play next year should be a 1 yd pass to a WR.

We can give him the ball.

Ransom is the voice of reason (looks up at sky to see if frogs are falling out of it) – no need to open your spleen. This is a good. Let’s continue the talk about who might be next and how they will use our roster and recruits.

Resignations and retirements are “effective August 31, 2011, but a search for their replacements will begin immediately”

Soft landing.

Well, there goes half of our material. What am I supposed to yell out now after we do a 3 and out?

@ bob:
The collective BAC and Blood Pressure of every Texas fan will rise significantly shortly thereafter.

Some guy on Shaggy said “What am I gonna bitch about now?”.

Mrs. Krabappel: [pouring champagne] You dream about this day for so long, then when it comes, you don’t know what to say.
Principal Skinner: Edna, your tears say more than words ever could.

Now, is there any way to cut GD GD out of the extra features of my 2006 Rose Bowl DVD?

Torbush didn’t work out at UNC either though. (gone after 3 years)

Wonder who mack would have picked as and oc if davis had stayed at nc?

Coach Tolly may be missed for a lil bit.
Tolly is a dang good coach.

interesting times ahead to say the least

Those folks at UNC were smarter than they looked. But not really smart—they picked the lesser of two evils.

Everyone who can, should compile their greatest memories of GD using the #ThanksGregDavis hashtag at twitter.com. GhostofBigRoy is killing it already.

Our collective euphoria reminds me of that Kids in the Hall movie Brain Candy. Not a muscle on my body can move me from gazing at the computer screen that reads" Greg Davis just resigned".

What sort of socio-economic impact will GD’s resignation have on the Longhorn nation? A spike in 2011/2012 newborns? An increase in charitable donations? A renaissance of cultural and scholastic innovation?

Ancient Greeks would record this event by the casting of a new constellation. Religious scholars would call for a day of fasting to remember this day each year.

Greg Davis has been OC at Texas for more than half my life. He is all I have ever known. Regardless of who was on that team, thanks for ’05 Greg, and thanks for handling yourself with class

It really is amazing to consider that Greg Davis has been around for the Longhorn internets to bitch about for almost as long as the Longhorn internets have existed.

Don’t worry, though, the first time we fail to convert a third down next year at home, some smartass Greg Davis lover will say “God Dammit (insert new OC name here)” to get a laugh.

Don’t worry, though, the first time we fail to convert a third down next year at home, some smartass Greg Davis lover will say "God Dammit " to get a laugh.

I sat in front of that guy at the Iowa State game. Let me tell you how funny and clever it was.

Huck is there somewhere I can find your updated adjusted stats?

The relief, elation and feeling of renewed hope being experienced by tens of thousands of Longhorn fans today cannot be overstated.

Thanks Ransom. Time for the Nation to rally behind Mack and the rest of the staff and get this train back on track. Hook em.

&J.R.69, seriously, fuck continuity if your choices are Torbush and Davis. Shit, they’d probably be better at their jobs if let Torbush coach the offense and Davis the defense.

Time to rejoice. Full force on replacements. Get that > $20,000,000 tv revenue to some good use.

Will they make a mini-drama of the coaching changes to be aired on Longhorn Network?

Or like a poster said a few weeks back, just show our offensive/special teams/defensive plays sync’d up with the Benny Hill theme song.

Mad Clapper:

Good one! And Davis could have mimed a “wow” that will live forever.

I may have to reassign seats in this Dreamwagon.

Huck is there somewhere I can find your updated adjusted stats?

No, because I haven’t run them. Greg Davis sucked my will to staticize. That and a job change.

I will be running them either after the season or before the bowls. Haven’t decided yet.

Maybe “Greg” can get back on the top 100 Boy Baby Name List gain

http://www.babycenter.com/top-baby-names-2010

What a bittersweet moment – finally getting rid of the cancer that is GD GD. But, alas, I’m afraid that Mack/TPTB might screw up the replacement hire.

@ maninblack – I don’t buy that story one bit. I don’t think Mack would’ve taken this long to can Torbush.

It would be naïve in my opinion to look at these coaching changes as anything less than the next step in regime change (the most notable prior step being the naming of WM as "head coach in waiting"). This is uncharted territory. I am trying to think of another situation where a head coach has been forced by the powers that be to make such sweeping changes and was able to retain his job. The thing that makes this situation unique is the head coach in waiting position. How much say will WM have in the new coaching hires? Will he have veto authority? Is Mack keeping his job with the understanding that he turn things over to WM by a date certain – hopefully a way to go gracefully? Or, was the departure of GD et al. enough in and of itself to keep WM in line?

h/t to ACE for the animated GIF.

Something must have come off the track between MB and GD during or before this season. I fully expected GD to be given some kind of soft landing spot in the AD.

I have to wonder if the opening three plays that GD called against ou might have been GD flipping off MB more than flipping off the internet bloggers and posters? That was so defiant and so public it could not be forgiven.

Maybe GD thought he had carried MB for too long and the WM / MB thing was more than he could stand any longer?

I wonder if GD will write his memoirs any time soon?

I wonder if GD will write his memoirs any time soon?

Lucky for him, text is first read left to right.

Jackie Ging said:
Is Mack keeping his job with … a way to go gracefully?

One of the reasons some of us were so horrified by the defensive lapses on the last two plays of the 2008 Tech fiasco was that we were certain that Mack was ready to clamber down and hand the reins to Muschamp, provided he had that Xtal Ball in his hands. We were equally sure in 2009 that the scene was set and lit, cameras rolling for the Grand Exit, until Colt’s recurrent pain in the neck dashed those hopes. I personally was surprised at the decision to play safe all the way through the first half (stupidity excepted), because most of us, I believe. would’ve said “Fuck it. This is it. It is what it is. Let’s go for it.” and told GD to let it all hang out and win or die trying. I understand about hoping for Colt to take the field any minute, but…

All that said, I still believe that Mack will walk away ever so gracefully, provided it’s with another Xtal Ball, and will try whatever it takes to do to make it happen in the next season or two – which I think has to mean bringing in a rainmaker OC like Malzahn or Holgorsen to make it happen immediately.

Texas and OU are going to be in the market at the same time for the same group of OCs. At least we’ll have someting to keep us occupied until signing day!

If rumors are true, I find it fitting GD was caught off guard by Mack’s evaluation of his performance.
 Greg Davis….reacting to what others give him until the bitter end.

A funny thought the next OC will get GD’s old office. On his first day he will start going through the desk drawers and find a bunch of slide rulers, stacks of Soduku puzzles and an oversized bib.

Lucky for him, text is first read left to right.

LonghornSS FTW! Well played.

Break out the toilet paper!!! Oh, yeah!!!

In other coordinator news, OU’s OC Kevin Wilson is reported to be moving on to a HC job at Indiana. Does that cause any worry for the Sooners?

“We can disagree with how they performed without denigrating their character.”

or can we?

Well not sure about the others but, Davis really had to go.

Macwhorter is actually a tough guy from the SEC. He was known for bringing in clean cut lineman that he deemed as “coachable” and got a lot out of them. He didn’t bring in any thugs or even dudes with tattoos. I think you can win with them, as long as you’ve got the right OC. I think he was recruiting to Macks clean family approach. I think you have to blame Mack and GD on the line probs. I hate to see Macwhorter go, as GD made everyone look bad.
  
Tolly was extremely popular with the players, yet was getting a bit old.

Huck,
Let it be before the bowls please. Daddy’s looking for an early New Years’ present!
thanks!

The really telling indictment against Greg Davis is that his offense was boring. And that’s not really the brand of Texas football we aspire to. Maybe Ohio State, but not us.

We bring the big cajones to the game.