Rivals / Orangebloods Reporting Mack Brown Will Resign

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I'll probably have to off myself if this turns out to be wrong. Chip Brown was right about our AD leaving. For now, I'll revel in this news and pray that it's true.

Mack Brown, who united the Texas football program upon his arrival in 1998 and led the Longhorns to their first national title in 35 years, will announce he is stepping down after 16 years as UT's football coach, two high-level sources told Orangebloods.com.

Brown, who will leave Texas second in wins (158) only to legendary UT coach Darrell Royal (167), is expected to make the announcement by the end of the week.

Mack Brown will announce he's stepping down after 16 years at Texas.
"Mack Brown loves Texas and wants what's in the best interest of Texas and what's in the best interest of Mack Brown," one high-level source said. "I don't think it's been an easy decision. But he doesn't want negativity around the program he helped unify."

The Texas football banquet Friday night was expected to be a celebration of the Mack Brown era, sources said. The Valero Alamo Bowl against Oregon is expected to be Brown's last game at Texas.

Attempts to reach Brown, who has been in New York for College Football Hall of Fame activities, were unsuccessful. Brown's schedule Tuesday included out-of-state recruiting stops in Florida. Messages left with Brown's attorney, Joe Jamail, weren't immediately returned.

Brown, 62, who earned $5.4 million in 2013 and is under contract through Dec. 31, 2020, will receive the $2.75 million buyout in his contract and other considerations, sources said.

By voluntarily relinquishing his head coaching duties, as part of his current contract,Brown would be "reassigned to another significant position" in the athletic department at an annual salary of $500,000 through the end of his contract.

That position would be similar to the "special assistant to the president" designation formerly held by Royal, sources said.

Brown had a string of nine straight, 10-win seasons at Texas from 2001-2009. But the Longhorns followed up a loss to Alabama in the BCS national title game by going 5-7 in 2010, then 8-5 in 2011, 9-4 in 2012 and 8-4 this season.

Texas has an overall record of 30-20 (.600) the past four seasons. During that span, the Longhorns are 18-17 in Big 12 play (.514) and 14-11 at home (.560). Texas, which has also lost its last eight home games against opponents ranked in the AP Top 25, lost only 9 games at home from 1997-2009 (13 years).

Brown desperately wanted to restore the program to the championship level experienced from 2004-09, when Texas went 69-9, won the national title (2005), played for another (2009), won two BCS bowl games (2004 Rose, 2008 Fiesta) and two Big 12 titles (2005, 2009).

He hoped it would be this season, when, despite numerous season-ending injuries to key players and replacing defensive coordinator Manny Diaz with Greg Robinson two games into the season, UT still had a chance to win the Big 12 title on Saturday.

But the Longhorns lost 30-10 at Baylor, their fourth loss of the season, making Brown the first coach in Texas history to suffer four straight seasons with at least four losses.

The injuries this season included QB David Ash (head injury), LB Jordan Hicks (Achilles), DT Chris Whaley (knee), RB Johnathan Gray (Achilles) and OT Josh Cochran (shoulder).

Darrell Royal once called Brown a coach with "the best public relations skills I've ever seen." And Brown relied on Royal heavily to help him navigate the waters as Texas' coach from the day Brown interviewed for the Texas job.

Royal told Brown he would have to put "all the beebies back in the box" when it came to uniting the Texas faithful, which had been fractured since Royal retired in 1976 at the age of 52. At that time, Royal also served as athletic director and wanted to name Mike Campbell, his defensive coordinator, as his coaching successor.

But a couple of powerful regents overruled Royal. Fred Akers was hired as coach, and the Texas family was never quite unified through the Akers, David McWilliams, John Mackovic eras - until Brown arrived in 1998.

From the day he arrived in Austin after 10 years as coach at North Carolina, Brown told UT fans to "Come early, be loud, stay late and wear burnt orange."

Season tickets sold at Texas soared, from 38,100 in 1998 to a high of 84,500 in 2010. But after a surprising 5-7 record in 2010, season tickets dropped to 81,600 for 2011, then to 78,800 for 2012 and 76,300 for 2013.

That declining fan interest paralleled the Longhorns' performance on the field.

The family atmosphere at Texas created by Brown and his wife, Sally, attracted top talent, such as QBs Vince Young, RBs Jamaal Charles, Cedric Benson, WR Roy Williams, Butkus Award winner LB Derrick Johnson, DE Brian Orakpo, Thorpe Award winners CB Aaron Ross and CB Michael Huff and S Earl Thomas, S Kenny Vaccaro and S Michael Griffin.

From 2001-09, Brown enjoyed nine straight, 10-win seasons and was one win away from the 2001 Big 12 title and a berth in the national championship game against the Miami Hurricanes. But the Longhorns were upset in a turnover-filled loss to Colorado, a team it beat 41-7 earlier that season.

The success of Brown's Longhorns in the first decade of the 2000s helped make Texas a centerpiece of realignment in 2010 and 2011. The school could have basically named its conference but instead stayed in the Big 12 and landed a $300 million, 20-year contract from ESPN for the rights to the school's third-tier television inventory.

The deal remains unprecedented and helped Texas become the largest revenue-producing athletic department in the country, bringing in $163 million in 2012-13.
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I suspect this report is correct.

I think Mack knows it is time for him to retire.

He has aged considerably in the last couple of years and didn't look healthy on the sidelines this year. He may be able to rationalize the performance of the team, but he can't fool himself any longer about the physical toll the job has taken on him.

The new AD hired Todd Todd Graham at Az State so it won't surprise me if Graham replaces Brown at Texas. Graham is a native Texan and coached for years in Texas high school football.

If he does hire Graham it will be a home run for the Horns. He will make Texas a powerhouse again in short order.
 
TahoeLegend said:
I suspect this report is correct.

I think Mack knows it is time for him to retire.

He has aged considerably in the last couple of years and didn't look healthy on the sidelines this year. He may be able to rationalize the performance of the team, but he can't fool himself any longer about the physical toll the job has taken on him.

The new AD hired Todd Todd Graham at Az State so it won't surprise me if Graham replaces Brown at Texas. Graham is a native Texan and coached for years in Texas high school football.

If he does hire Graham it will be a home run for the Horns. He will make Texas a powerhouse again in short order.
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In theory, Patterson will drive the decision on a new head coach (and should do so). But over the years, under Dodds and with Brown, a lot of outside influence (ie., big pockets) have come into play. Part of Patterson's (hard) job is going to be to pacify the pockets while simultaneously keeping them the hell out of things.
 
Frank Costanza said:
In theory, Patterson will drive the decision on a new head coach (and should do so). But over the years, under Dodds and with Brown, a lot of outside influence (ie., big pockets) have come into play. Part of Patterson's (hard) job is going to be to pacify the pockets while simultaneously keeping them the hell out of things.
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exactly. the boosters will be all over this decision, as joe jamail has already denied this story publicly. hopefully patterson learns how to keep them out of the war room for 5 minutes.
 
i dunno about mack's health issues. i watched every game this year, and it sure as hell looks like he's still eatin pretty well to me.
 
Elbutre88 said:
exactly. the boosters will be all over this decision, as joe jamail has already denied this story publicly. hopefully patterson learns how to keep them out of the war room for 5 minutes.
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That will be his most difficult job. It's no coincidence that the new AD has the reputation for being a bit of a hard ass. One will be needed the break the toxic culture that existed in our athletic dept. One that bathed in money but was also overwhelmed with cronyism, entitlement and a mantra that said "accounting > accountability"?

Brown's health? From last Saturday, a microcosm of the man's state and the state of our program:
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looks fat and sad. not unlike most men in their 60s.

and they hired patterson for a reason, let's see if he can at least keep those boosters out of the locker room.
 
This is from earlier.

If Mack Brown resigns or is fired as head football coach at Texas, there will be plenty of talented coaches lining up to replace him. And one of the greatest coaches in the history of college football, Barry Switzer, believes it's still the premier job in the country.

"I've always said that's the best job in the world," Switzer told us on 103.3 ESPN on Thursday. "Mack [Brown] coached for me in 1984 as my offensive coordinator and in our conversation one day Mack says 'What do you think is the best job in the country?' and I said 'Mack, that damn state we rob all those good players south of the Red [River] down there, that's the best job in the country, the University of Texas is the best job in the country, and I still believe that it should be, the talent that the state of Texas produces."
 
From what I've heard, and not just message boards, is that Mack will "retire." The total compensation works out better for him if he leaves on his own than getting fired, and UT doesn't have to deal with the mess that comes with firing a popular and successful (relative terms) coach. I've also heard that it won't happen until Texas has the successor lined up, if not officially, then through back channels. If it happens this week or next, I think we can only assume it's Saban, or another college coach in a meaningless bowl game. If it goes much past next week, it's either an NFL guy, or Jimbo/Gus. We're still feeling pretty good it's not Saban, so I wouldn't be surprised for this to drag on.
 
If the report today is accurate, Brown missed out on his window to leave gracefully / resign. He's a man consumed, I mean consumed, by PR. He's (shockingly) more into PR than X's and O's. And today has been a PR nightmare for him. He's out "killing himself" recruiting in Florida while his (coaching) funeral is being planned here in Austin.
 
kicking and screaming is not how Mack Brown should leave. it's a damn shame, but this is gonna effect his legacy.
 
Elbutre88 said:
kicking and screaming is not how Mack Brown should leave. it's a damn shame, but this is gonna effect his legacy.
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It's mind boggling, and well beyond that. Everything Brown did, everything, was about his image. And that image is taking a bath today.
 
Frank Costanza said:
It's mind boggling, and well beyond that. Everything Brown did, everything, was about his image. And that image is taking a bath today.
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Haven't been following this but how's this hurting his image? So he should resign now? Nobody will remember today a few weeks from now.
 
Guy has been pretty classy his whole time there ... I have a hard time blaming a guy for fighting for his job.

That said .... WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
 
SIGO said:
Haven't been following this but how's this hurting his image? So he should resign now? Nobody will remember today a few weeks from now.
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Maybe not so much his "image". But moreso the message. He's always controlled the message. And today the message and perception is that he's being forced out and not leaving on his own. And for better or for worse, once that bell is rung it's hard to unring it
 
Oregon disinterest, Mariota's knee, last stand at the Alamo for Mack, etc. The one given today is that you can't run far enough away from that game's line.
 
Frank Costanza said:
Oregon disinterest, Mariota's knee, last stand at the Alamo for Mack, etc. The one given today is that you can't run far enough away from that game's line.
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That's the truth. What a strange way to handle this. It's only a matter of time for Mack. How hard is it for the AD to say we're having a mutual split(whether it actually is, is irrelevant) and Mack will coach the Horns for the final time in the Alamo Bowl?
 
clowncar said:
Guy has been pretty classy his whole time there ... I have a hard time blaming a guy for fighting for his job.

That said .... WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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Brown's latest classy move was having his agent / lawyer throw Case McCoy under the bus yesterday in a local newspaper interview. Without any response from Brown. McCoy probably didn't deserve a D-1 scholarship. He's terrible, but he didn't deserve to get shit on yesterday. Especially since Brown's totally responsible for the QB mess we are in. Totally responsible.

Brown's done a lot of good at Texas. But as a person, he's not flawless. He's very far from that.
 
TCU Beat writer for the Fort Worth Star Telegram
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Source close to Texas executive council of regents says Nick Saban will be next Longhorns coach.




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If I had more information to write a story I would have. Source was very confident. I'll believe it when I see it.

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I have no vested interest in Texas' next coach. Just reporting what a reputable source is claiming. No linked story, not fishing for hits.
 
Just to live in a better place, makes it worth it. I mean ... Austin vs. Tuscaloosa ... ouch.
 
Elbutre88 said:
really can't understand why he's playing it like this.
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I am not a Texas guy at all so take this for what it is worth. The Ole Tulane Coach.....

I seriously for the life of me cannot believe this has dragged on....it is fucking UT football. If you arent playing for a national ship every, and I mean every fucking year

what in the fuck are you doing?
 
There isn't a coach in CFB who is making an informed decision if they turn down the Texas job IMO
 
100 mill for 10 years plus 1% ownership of longhorn network is one thing i read on michigan's scout board..holy shit if true. I didn't know he was 62. He will be the next Mack Brown? lol.
 
I also saw 20 million upfront..they don't flinch at money in texas..just give him oil and he's set.. shit.
 
HUNT said:
100 mill for 10 years plus 1% ownership of longhorn network is one thing i read on michigan's scout board..holy shit if true. I didn't know he was 62. He will be the next Mack Brown? lol.
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I read that 1% of the longhorn network was worth 150k a year. So not that big of a deal really
 
twinkie13 said:
I am not a Texas guy at all so take this for what it is worth. The Ole Tulane Coach.....

I seriously for the life of me cannot believe this has dragged on....it is fucking UT football. If you arent playing for a national ship every, and I mean every fucking year

what in the fuck are you doing?
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As some may deduce, I am a Texas guy, have lived in Austin all my life, and have lived and died with the program. Brown gets credit for restoring our program, bringing in a shitload of money, and bringing Vince Young to Austin. The latter took this team on his shoulders, somewhat ran it, and ultimately won a national championship.

The championship was 8 long years ago. Subsequently, Brown never recovered from the loss to Bama in the 2010 title game. Since then he has been mired in mediocrity: a .500 record in conference, 14-11 at home, 0-8 at home vs. top 25 teams, whiffing on several recruiting classes, etc. etc. Overall, he's also been at the helm for the 4 worst losses in 121 years of Texas football: 4 inexplicable disembowelments at the hands of OU. That's OU,our only rival. This was going to be the "no excuses" year - 19 starters back, a weak conference, and everything lined up for him to right the ship. Instead we had multiple 20+ point embarrassing losses topped by a final one to Baylor with everything on the line. A Baylor team that used to be a laughingstock to Texas, but now led by a coach with vigor, intensity, desire and one who emphasizes accountability. In other words, everything Mack Brown doesn't have or do now. And while Brown won a lot of games for us, he didn't win near enough of the ones that counted. That's what you see with a coach who has won 2 conference titles in 30 years of coaching. 2 in 30 years.

Brown needs to go, and thankfully he is. He doesn't deserve to make any decision on whether he should leave or stay. No one person is that big within the scope of our program. He does deserve to determine how he leaves. He may have screwed that pooch though. Regardless, I am fucking giddy tonight because we are finally getting change. Whether that be Saban, Satan or someone else, I really don't care at this point. We're just getting change, period.
 
Bama will be ok if he goes..Kirby has been groomed forever...a younger nick.

didn't know that sigo..still tho..
 
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