Horns 24/7 saying Charlie Strong

Disagree. I don't think you need that for that job. X and Os are much more important out there. You get your pick of the litter from very well-coached recruits. All you have to do is motivate and put them in position to win.

Strong wants to recruit and then play grown man football. Plus he has natural ties to Florida. When you get away from nature, you fail. And he will fail at Texas. What he does isn't the formula there.

Malzahn would win 10 national titles at Texas. He's a southwest type guy. Texas has been successful with similar spread type systems. He'll get whatever recruit he wants, plus probably all the Arkansas guys.

Vandy will get exposed today

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Originally Posted by Goat Holder

Disagree. I don't think you need that for that job. X and Os are much more important out there. You get your pick of the litter from very well-coached recruits. All you have to do is motivate and put them in position to win.

Strong wants to recruit and then play grown man football. Plus he has natural ties to Florida. When you get away from nature, you fail. And he will fail at Texas. What he does isn't the formula there.

Malzahn would win 10 national titles at Texas. He's a southwest type guy. Texas has been successful with similar spread type systems. He'll get whatever recruit he wants, plus probably all the Arkansas guys.

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Mack brown was a south east guy too. I'd say he did well at texas

Strong is a great coach. Damn...Franklin is no good, Sumlin luck, got Johnny, Strong rode Teddy. They are just like Croom and Joker. Hell I did hear anyone calling for Dan...probably cause his Teddy Johnny (Dak) saved his ass.

Strong is a solid coach. But he was about their 8th choice.

Part of me would love to see Strong reject the Horns after Papa John whips out the "dough" to keep him in Louisville

It's a complete myth that you don't need a good recruiter at Texas. If you want to be a successful coach anywhere, you need to be able to recruit and coach. Period. Texas isn't going to land a bunch of 5-stars if their coach can't recruit. They'll never drop to Mississippi State circa 2005 levels, but they would drop. Mack Brown is an excellent recruiter.

I like Strong. I see no reason why he must have been down their list. People are too tied to what's happening right now. Last year Sumlin looked like a stone-cold genius. Now people are wondering just how good he'll be there.

Malzahn made the title game in year 1 after a terrible year last year. He's done a phenomenal job. But if he drops to 7 wins next year, suddenly people won't think he's as good. They'll come back down to earth. He's a very good coach, but I don't see him as one of the top few coaches in the country.

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Originally Posted by Covercorner2

Vandy will get exposed today

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Nailed it**

Well obviously you can't suck at recrootin and still be successful. But funny enough all good coaches are good recruiters too, likely because they win and that attracts recruits. Point is, recrootin is much easier at Texas, and when you add good coaching....well. And Malzahn is a better coach than strong.

Malzahn would have everybody in the country wanting to play for him at Texas.

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Originally Posted by Covercorner2

Vandy will get exposed today

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LOL

Maybe Japanese, but here's LSU Freek's take on Strong to Texas.

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Originally Posted by engie

Whose fault is it that Louisville is so talented?

They both inherited equal dumpster fires.

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If you want to split hairs, its really Miami's fault. After all, Teddy would've never been at UL if it weren't for their hire and UL would've been just another average team. I do think Strong is a good coach, I just don't think he is as good as Franklin.