Well, I just feel like Herman was hired by mob rule.
We didn't have a seasoned AD to tell us no, that's not the guy. That he's still green. That he's not ready for this level. That he's too cocky.
Perrin had no business hiring a head coach for this program. And to what level he was involved, Fenves sure as hell doesn't.
None of the above says Herman won't be successful at Texas, because I hope he is. But the statements above still stand.
I just want an AD, and let's go from there. And not a Fenves gender/race based selection. McRaven is starting to somewhat disappoint me. I was ready for some no-nonsense leadership.
I completely agree with the first five paragraphs. You lost me on the last one. I guess I missed an article on Fenves making race and gender a priority in hiring so I don't know anything about that. Guess I'll have to google.
About the first part of your part of your post, yeah.
Strong wasn't working out as quickly or smoothly as we hoped while Herman seemed to be tearing it up two hours away. We couldn't have that.
To me, Herman's resume looked so remarkably similar to Strong's, part of my better judgment was yelling, "this is STUPID!" But, admittedly, there was also that nagging voice of "what if."
What if - Herman is the next great thing. The next Urban Meyer, the next Nick Saban, the next Gus Malzahn, the next Vince Lombardi.
What if the University of Houston breaks into the CFP and wins it?
What if A&M hires him and he wins several MNCs there?
We knew what we had with Strong. We had no idea what we might have with Herman. I got caught up in the fervor too.
I wanted to believe he was next DKR and Mack Brown.
Instead it's like watching an orangutan clean a loaded shotgun. You're not quite sure how it's going to turn out but you know it's probably going to be more bad than interesting.