Will Muschamp's Opening Remarks

Happy for him and can’t blame him at all for taking the job, but damn it makes me sad to see him go.

We will regret this.

The part where he said the expectations at Florida are to win championships had me scratching my head. I thought teams like Florida aimed for somewhere in the top 10 and 10 wins a year.

he’ll win an NC within 5 yrs.

Sad indeed. Here’s hoping to Mack or the powers that be hiring someone in Will’s class at DC and anyone with a GED at OC. That could be a net positive for us.

I have to wonder why we haven’t given Jeff Casteel a look at DC. All he does is crank out top 10 defenses at that hotbed of defensive talent known as West Virginia. Oh well, I’m just a fan, what the hell do I know?

Got the feeling he’d rather ditch the suit and fire up his plans on a dry erase board behind the podium. He praised Florida’s S&C coach. Telling.

Lack of polish gives him a sense of good faith and honesty. Mack may have rubbed off a little in how he answers bullshit press questions, but when it comes to football he’s all Saban.

I predict success for Will also. He has everything you would want in a coach. That being said he went to a place that will expect immediate results. If he goes 8-4 next year there will be many regretting their decision to hire him. Not saying it is right just pointing out their fans are more out of touch with reality than ours.

I hope Urban stays out of his way or moves on. There are some photos from the press conference where it shows Urban watching it from the hallway. Just struck me as weird.

Will looked like he couldn’t wait to get back to his office and start working. Kinda surprised that neither Holgorsen and Smart look like they are coming.

I agree Savage. He’ll win a NC before Mack wins another conference title. We had our Stoops and let him get away. Bummed and still in denial…

maybe Muschamp can use Florida as his training wheels, then when Mack leaves in a couple of years, we send the dump trucks-o-cash to Muschamp’s doorstep.

Watching that presser made me extremely jealous. WM will win a NC within four years. We’ll throw 7 million at him from our TV network right after that, to rebuild our program.

Our Stoops?

Come on

“I understand the expectations and that’s what we’re here to do. … We’re not on a five-year plan here.”
Wish we could say the same.

I agree Savage. He’ll win a NC before Mack wins another conference title. We had our Stoops and let him get away. Bummed and still in denial…

I disagree. Our 8th ranked defense in total yards allowed per game and #10 in yards per play allowed was HORRIBLE. They made our offense give up 30 turnovers; made our special teams look special needs. Coach Dud couldn’t get out of town quick enough. Wish he take that Minor Applewhite with him.

I thought he was nails the entire PC. Was he a little nervous at first, sure. But who gives a shit. It’s his first PC at his first HC gig which happens to be fucking Florida. Fucking sue him for having a slight case of the jitters. He overcame it quickly, explained his program’s philosophies clearly, articulately and authoritatively, and answered every question in the Q&A session with southern aplomb sprinkled with a humble wit.

One thing that clearly struck me as I watched it last night — the guy belongs in the SEC. He bleeds it. He seemed at home. When he opined about how difficult it is to describe the intensity and uniqueness of the league to those who haven’t experienced it, it was very easy to see that he is where he wants to be.

I miss the guy terribly.

We screwed the pooch. Nothing to do now but move forward. Like Muschamp said “Ten percent of life is what happens to you, 90% is what you do with it.” Well Mack just had that 10 percent happen so let’s see what he does with it.

I am curious as to why he continually states that the goal of his program is to win championships. Didn’t he learn a goddamned thing?

I guess it’s a bad time to quit sniffing glue.

Wish him well, I think he’ll be successful in a couple of years anyway.

Sorry we couldn’t keep ya, BoomMF – give ’em hell in the SEC. Kind of a modern-day DKR, or certainly can be…

Best of luck to him, hope Mac gets meet him on the field at the MNC in 2013.

dood, I imagine by then the ill feelings will be gone and Muschamp will get Mack a field pass for the game.

Agree with Ripley – Muschamp just screams natural leader.

Honest question.

We may be settling for a mediocre DC but if Jesus is right, we may be getting a stellar OC. So w/ that said, is it worth it to lose Boom Motherfucker but gain much in the way of finally getting rid of GDGD and getting a much better OC?

That was funny, ACE

I hope he and Florida fail miserably together. That would be helpful to Texas, and Texas is all I really care about.

total bummer.

Seems like with the Longhorn football program, 90% of life is the shit that happens to it, then we’re left with 10% to try to make something of it..

P.S.—

God, I miss Will!

One thing is pretty certain to me: He’s unlikely to use the phrase “We got a little bit unlucky” in post-loss conferences.

Also, I don’t think we’ll be hearing much about how surprised they were when the other team started doing stuff they didn’t anticipate.

Finally: “Withstand the surge” will not be part of the vocabulary.

he’ll win an NC within 3, and I won’t be surprised if he does it within 2.

Jeremy Foley knows how to spot talent, and better still, when’s the optimal time to bring said talent on board. And when he craps out, he learns from it and moves on. Pretty good batting average so far. Who are the Joneses again?

I love that dude. He’s a football coach and not a politician. I hope he fucks the SEC up.

Ef Mack that I’m having to see this at Florida instead of Texas.

Heard something big went down at Bellmont yesterday, from a big money guy. Hope this is NOT it…

http://mobile.twitter.com/LiveMusicAustin

Is that Twitter account known for being accurate? I don’t know it. It is interesting getting news on Lemmy and rumors of Mack catting around.

hmmm, so did Cleve fall on the sword or is that something totally separate? wow, like a frat house up in bellmont!

Hm. Google (“Mack brown” Rumor mill A&M)

Posted today. That’s the only other thing I found like that. May be people trying to twist the Cleve Bryant situation into Mack. I don’t trust Aggies. I’ll tell you that.

No choice but to keep Mack even if it were true.

More news to come. Hate to do it, but it’s going to get out anyway.

This is bad.

This is bad.

Wait… it was with Cleve???

So there’s a bare-butt Will, Gator-chomping as he streaks through the quad (or whatever they call it at FU), screaming, “Let’s go, Kirby! Major! We got what we wanted! Yeah! Let’s do this! … Um, Kirbs? Magi? … Um. Where’d you guys go? …”

Seems those who know aren’t so quick to jump on the Will-wagon. I appreciate what he did here, of course, and I wish him well when he plays against Stoopsie. Otherwise, crash and burn, Will. Crash and burn.

I know you guys all loved Will but why is it so hard to fucking hate him now? He’s the head coach of Florida. I fucking hate Florida and so should you.

I know it’s internet cool to follow a team but sort of hold it in contempt as well because the desicions they make are soooo dumb but I am old school. I like Texas and I hate Florida.

So fuck WM. Not because he’s a bad guy, not because he did the wrong thing (he made the right choice), but because he’s the head coach of Florida.

Nunna Ya Bizness -

I’m gonna miss the guy, and I wish we had him around, but the hostility towards Mack is fucking retarded. He cleaned out almost every single guy the majority of this site bitched and moaned about to no end (and with good cause), probably at great personal cost as many were close friends. He was in the process of handing the keys of the program over to Muschamp, whether it be recruiting decisions, assistant coaching changes, scheme…all of it pointed to an eventual turnover to the HCIW. But then, it’s suddenly it’s Mack’s fault because Florida comes in offers a head coaching job at one of the nation’s premier institutions with triple the pay. What the fuck was Mack supposed to do with that?

I simply don’t understand the mentality that Mack “ran Muschamp outta town.” He got offered a job he could not refuse, it’s that simple. I understand Longhorn Nation’s propensity to bitch and moan and point fingers wasn’t going to be fully satisfied with Greg Davis’ departure, but I’m amazed at how quick people have turned on Mack Brown.

Maybe 5 – 7 has a bit to do with the turning on Mack Brown thing you’re talking about? He was completely asleep at the wheel at $5 million per telling us the whole time that he did not understand what was going on. I mean WTF?!?! There’s also still some sting from the 5 straight to OU not all that long ago and the fact that the offense stalled out in 4 of those games.

What could Mack have done you ask? He could have stepped down gracefully after crashing and burning this year.

BTW, don’t look now but aggy has won 3 out of the last 5 against us too. Iowa State and freakin’ Baylor have scoreboard on us, too.

Wow, this went in a different direction. I’d normally post that on Shaggy, but that’s some heavy shit. Really heavy.

Why is everyone so sure he will dominate at Florida? They will have a kickass defense, but it’s all about offense in college football. Offense wins championships, not defense. We had a great defense and a shitty offense and we finished 5-7. Auburn has a great offense and a mediocre to shitty defense and they are 13-0. Same with Oregon.

Whether he succeeds at Fla. depends on who his offensive coordinator is. If we get a competent offensive coordinator next year we are going at worse 9-3 no matter if Carl Reese is the defensive coordinator. We went 10-3 with one of the worst defenses in Texas history in ‘07 yet we couldn’t make a bowl game with a top 10 defense.

Seriously, people are making it out like we just let Bear Bryant go. We have won and won big before Muschamp and we will win big after him. Mack has used up his mulligan, let’s see what happens next year and then we can jump to conclusions. We go 9-3 and Muschamp goes 7-5 and loses to Derek Dooley no one will be saying I miss Muschamp and instead will be saying “I can’t believe this guy was almost our next head coach.”

Mack should have stepped down with his good friends. He’s not up for the day to day rigors of the job. All UT fans will be watching and comparing what Boom does at UF to what Mack and TX does. He’ll surround himself by hungry guys that are ready to do anything to win and Mack will hire yes men. If I’m wrong I’ll post an apology to Mack on here. I hope I am wrong.

LiveMusicAustin said:
December 15th, 2010 at 5:33 pm

More news to come. Hate to do it, but it’s going to get out anyway.

This is bad.

I don’t know what to say about this but I am not looking forward to whatever it is.

gratuitous post so Les Grossman doesn’t show up again

“I know you guys all loved Will but why is it so hard to fucking hate him now? He’s the head coach of Florida. I fucking hate Florida and so should you.

I know it’s internet cool to follow a team but sort of hold it in contempt as well because the desicions they make are soooo dumb but I am old school. I like Texas and I hate Florida.

So fuck WM. Not because he’s a bad guy, not because he did the wrong thing (he made the right choice), but because he’s the head coach of Florida."

Because we’re not all 12 years old?

“didn’t create enough turnovers on defense.” – parting shot?

puke.

Florida just became my second favorite team which pains me.

The only thing that might impede Will’s tenure is having to compete and recruit in the SEC. He would have dominated as HC at Texas and would have owned the state with little recruiting competition.
His players loved him and I think fans would have liked his attitude.
I do however question his reported decision to be his own DC. If true, I think that is a mistake as he may not have a clear idea of the demands on his time as a HC.
While Mack had done much for the University, he has been paid a shit load for that service. It was time for him to pass it to Muschamp. Instead we get him sleepwalking through the next few years, collecting a huge paycheck and the great strides he has made being eroded

Many good HC’s have been OC/DC’s. SC was Pete’s defense, arkie is Petrino, Stoops and Pelini ran those defenses , Saban considers the defense and the DB’s his baby, Auburn is Chizik’s D.

Gallows Pole said:
December 15th, 2010 at 4:18 pm
Heard something big went down at Bellmont yesterday, from a big money guy. Hope this is NOT it…
http://mobile.twitter.com/LiveMusicAustin

Betsy Ross said:
December 15th, 2010 at 4:47 pm
Hm. Google ("Mack brown" Rumor mill A&M)

LiveMusicAustin said:
December 15th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
More news to come. Hate to do it, but it’s going to get out anyway.
This is bad.

I tend to think this is bullshit, but if Mack really is accused of doing something it would certainly explain the bunker mentality, complete radio silence, and absence of any decisions.

until we have more than a twitter, lets cut out out the rumor discussion and move on.

trying to backdoor w/ some indie band bros (all the bands suck dont worry about namedropping) to find out who runs that twitter. seems like some salacious dipshit who hangs out at red7 from all i can tell

A certain Austin reporter did resign today…no way Mack could pull that though.

Merhorn said:
December 15th, 2010 at 10:50 pm

A certain Austin reporter did resign today…no way Mack could pull that though.

If he did then Mack is the best salesman of all time.

Whoa this specific manual is certainly astounding it genuinely aided me and even our kids, cheers!