HC Vacancies Thread

[FearlessF]

I got last year's and it was doubled for my dependent daughter

therefore, she didn't get one.  She was in college and out of work.  I sent her mine and her's.

I'll do that again this time.  She starts her full-time job tomorrow, but she still needs it more than I do. 

[longhorn320]

I got last year's and it was doubled for my dependent daughter

therefore, she didn't get one.  She was in college and out of work.  I sent her mine and her's.

I'll do that again this time.  She starts her full-time job tomorrow, but she still needs it more than I do.

I got the letter telling me and my wife to expect a debit card or a check and we never got anything.

Its possible it was stolen.  Our postman has been looking very happy lately.

anyway I can claim it on my tax return and hopefully get paid.  It will be interesting to see what happens to this years stimulus money.

[FearlessF]

I've heard from a couple folks that it looked like junk mail and was discarded

they called and had another check issued

mine was direct deposit - I assume it will be the same this time

[longhorn320]

I've heard from a couple folks that it looked like junk mail and was discarded

they called and had another check issued

mine was direct deposit - I assume it will be the same this time

thats possible


I never was successful at calling anybody so I'll just wait for my return

I cant be the only one this has happened to

[CatsbyAZ]

actually he would

we traded an average HC for a below average HC and paid $15M to do it

What did it take to get Tom Herman out of Austin? A buyout of approximately $15.4 million for him and including the rest of the staff, a total of $24 million. Texas will also have to pay another buyout to get its new coach.

With the amount of money exchanging hands for buyouts at Auburn and Texas there's got to be something going on behind the scenes that we just don't see. Does Texas have an impatient billionaire or two on hand to cough up this amount of cash?

It's the best explanation for what is essentially a rash business decision in two parts - firing Herman given his buyout & going on to hire such a mediocre fill-in, Sark.

I guess somebody with enough money had enough with the sputtering Texas offense and demanded to look like Bama's offense without apparently realizing that Sark isn't going to bring an ounce of Bama's talent advantage with him? Even when Sark has the talent advantage (he does recruit well), which he did for most of his games at Washington and USC, he only attained 34-29 and 12-6 W/L records respectively.

To a lesser extent I blame the "Saban effect" in terms of too many ADs/GMs thinking they are just one hire away from getting what Bama has/New England had. Or to put it this way, too many ADs/GMs think they can get their own personal Saban/Belichick if they hire one of their assistants.

To a more immediate extent, my hunch is that those in Austin are spooked by Jimbo turning the corner in Aggie land, which - given this was the one proud season in College Station - is another overreaction. TX A&M paid whatever it took to bring in a big name and now Texas wants to act like it's doing the same thing. Except, Sark.

tl;dr: there's a lot of recklessness at the top of college football

[longhorn320]

With the amount of money exchanging hands for buyouts at Auburn and Texas there's got to be something going on behind the scenes that we just don't see. Does Texas have an impatient billionaire or two on hand to cough up this amount of cash?

It's the best explanation for what is essentially a rash business decision in two parts - firing Herman given his buyout & going on to hire such a mediocre fill-in, Sark.

I guess somebody with enough money had enough with the sputtering Texas offense and demanded to look like Bama's offense without apparently realizing that Sark isn't going to bring an ounce of Bama's talent advantage with him? Even when Sark has the talent advantage (he does recruit well), which he did for most of his games at Washington and USC, he only attained 34-29 and 12-6 W/L records respectively.

To a lesser extent I blame the "Saban effect" in terms of too many ADs/GMs thinking they are just one hire away from getting what Bama has/New England had. Or to put it this way, too many ADs/GMs think they can get their own personal Saban/Belichick if they hire one of their assistants.

To a more immediate extent, my hunch is that those in Austin are spooked by Jimbo turning the corner in Aggie land, which - given this was the one proud season in College Station - is another overreaction. TX A&M paid whatever it took to bring in a big name and now Texas wants to act like it's doing the same thing. Except, Sark.

tl;dr: there's a lot of recklessness at the top of college football

Money has never been a problem at UT

Stupidity has

I just dont understand why the Board went the way it did

Its almost as if our AD has another agenda

[FearlessF]

some of those Longhorn boosters of substance spill that much in a month or two

besides, it's a tax write-off

probably at about 80%

[CatsbyAZ]

some of those Longhorn boosters of substance spill that much in a month or two

besides, it's a tax write-off

probably at about 80%

This is something I only recently learned of - that Scrooge McDuck can singlehandedly pay Malzahn $2X,000,000 to go away and somehow count it as a tax deduction. 

And that raises the question of how? Can anybody answer whether they were able to claim this for tax purposes because it counts as donation to the UNIVERSITY? How, I ask; aren't Athletic Departments financially separate from the University? Or are Athletic Departments somehow considered non-profits? As far as I know, Athletic Departments are not financially or business-wise connected to their Universities, correct?

[Mdot21]

Still in a bit of disbelief that Texas just did this. I’d 100% rather just keep Herman and see how he does in 2021 if I was a UT fan. Sark has end in disaster potential imo.

[OrangeAfroMan]

Programs keep gobbling up Saban assistants and they're still winless against him.  As Catsby said, they're not bringing a bunch of 5* kids with them.

[TyphonInc]

This is something I only recently learned of - that Scrooge McDuck can singlehandedly pay Malzahn $2X,000,000 to go away and somehow count it as a tax deduction.

And that raises the question of how? Can anybody answer whether they were able to claim this for tax purposes because it counts as donation to the UNIVERSITY? How, I ask; aren't Athletic Departments financially separate from the University? Or are Athletic Departments somehow considered non-profits? As far as I know, Athletic Departments are not financially or business-wise connected to their Universities, correct?

Athletic departments are not separate from the university. And giving the money totally counts as a donation.
One of the reasons that OSU (2nd largest athletic revenue) always works really hard to be at zero profit or even in the red. 

[utee94]

With the amount of money exchanging hands for buyouts at Auburn and Texas there's got to be something going on behind the scenes that we just don't see. Does Texas have an impatient billionaire or two on hand to cough up this amount of cash?

It's the best explanation for what is essentially a rash business decision in two parts - firing Herman given his buyout & going on to hire such a mediocre fill-in, Sark.

I guess somebody with enough money had enough with the sputtering Texas offense and demanded to look like Bama's offense without apparently realizing that Sark isn't going to bring an ounce of Bama's talent advantage with him? Even when Sark has the talent advantage (he does recruit well), which he did for most of his games at Washington and USC, he only attained 34-29 and 12-6 W/L records respectively.

To a lesser extent I blame the "Saban effect" in terms of too many ADs/GMs thinking they are just one hire away from getting what Bama has/New England had. Or to put it this way, too many ADs/GMs think they can get their own personal Saban/Belichick if they hire one of their assistants.

To a more immediate extent, my hunch is that those in Austin are spooked by Jimbo turning the corner in Aggie land, which - given this was the one proud season in College Station - is another overreaction. TX A&M paid whatever it took to bring in a big name and now Texas wants to act like it's doing the same thing. Except, Sark.

tl;dr: there's a lot of recklessness at the top of college football

As a standalone decision, I don't have a problem with firing Herman. He's 1-4 against OU. That kind of record is going to get any head coach fired at Texas, in any era.

The problem is, if you're going to fire Herman, you need to hire someone better than Herman.  There's no evidence that happened, and arguably Sark is actually worse than Herman.

i don't think there's any "Saban effect" occurring at Texas.  There's a problem that's much closer to home-- constantly losing to OU and watching them win the conference over and over again, while Texas steps on its own dick and screws up time and time again.  Right or wrong, what's happening in Norman is driving the decision-making at Texas, not what's happening in Tuscaloosa.

Jimbo and the ags might have something to do with it, but everyone in Texas also understands they had a senior-laden team and this was going to be "their year" to make a run at a championship.  They didn't get one, and next year they look to take a pretty big step back.

[OrangeAfroMan]

I wonder if Auburn is regretting filling its vacancy already.

[MrNubbz]

A lot of rich folks are making even more money than usual for various reasons, during the pandemic. 

Selling their stocks after getting tipped off,which is illegal but evidently doesn't apply to members of congress