Herman was coming off a big season with a bowl win over Georgia and then just totally under performs the next year and then goess off the trails.  I think Sark is potentially at a crossroads moment.  He needs to make staff changes, either give some authority to Brandon Harris or hire somebody he can, and hire a OC so he can focus on being head coach.  We've all seen these moments on the past with head coaches.  Mack did after 2003.  I guess we'll know in the two months whether Sark can do it.

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#fireeveryone did I do that right ?

1 hour ago, Joe Zura said:

#fireeveryone did I do that right ?

No.  I want a fundamental recognition of weaknesses and changes to address them.  I'm not advocating that he fire anyone.  But he can't sit back and continue to the status quo.  He's hit a ceiling.  He needs to be not ruthless like Saban, Kirby, and evidently not like Day and be willing to change.

14 minutes ago, Holy Cow said:

No.  I want a fundamental recognition of weaknesses and changes to address them.  I'm not advocating that he fire anyone.  But he can't sit back and continue to the status quo.  He's hit a ceiling.  He needs to be not ruthless like Saban, Kirby, and evidently not like Day and be willing to change.

Yep. The willingness to change is the key!

Think the biggest thing is he has to be ruthless on himself ... going to take digging deep and understanding what he has to change to ascend in the SEC and get over the hump. 

 

 

Saban adapted when he needed to and/or was forced to do so.

6 minutes ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

Yep. The willingness to change is the key!

Think the biggest thing is he has to be ruthless on himself ... going to take digging deep and understanding what he has to change to ascend in the SEC and get over the hump. 

 

 

It seemed like that’s what was the plan in the offseason but it backfired somehow, it’s gonna be a interesting offseason 

29 minutes ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

Yep. The willingness to change is the key!

Think the biggest thing is he has to be ruthless on himself ... going to take digging deep and understanding what he has to change to ascend in the SEC and get over the hump. 

 

 

Time to leave the game and take care of his health? Who do we bring in next? Kelly?

50 minutes ago, Holy Cow said:

No.  I want a fundamental recognition of weaknesses and changes to address them.  I'm not advocating that he fire anyone.  But he can't sit back and continue to the status quo.  He's hit a ceiling.  He needs to be not ruthless like Saban, Kirby, and evidently not like Day and be willing to change.

Mack did the same thing after the loss to Bama in the national championship game. He made fundamental changes. Coaches make changes, but not all changes work. Sometimes you have to accept defeat and move on.

Mensa did not have the portal to fix the team’s flaws. That said sark obviously needs to change some things. Culture needs to include being accountable for dumb penalties that hurt your team. 

1 hour ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

Yep. The willingness to change is the key!

Think the biggest thing is he has to be ruthless on himself ... going to take digging deep and understanding what he has to change to ascend in the SEC and get over the hump. 

 

 

If he doesn’t become more of a vocal leader on game day and during practice it’s all for not. Players shouldn’t be the one calling team together mid game. 

44 minutes ago, Matt D. said:

Saban adapted when he needed to and/or was forced to do so.

Looking at Saban’s changes he made isn’t a smart thing to do. Saban, to the core, was always the same high demanding physical type coach. The changes he made were offensive philosophy, not the mental coaching side change that Sark MUST change. 

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45 minutes ago, Quinncent McManning, Jr. said:

Mensa did not have the portal to fix the team’s flaws. That said sark obviously needs to change some things. Culture needs to include being accountable for dumb penalties that hurt your team. 

Mensa was also an arrogant self absorbed a$$ who didn’t respect himself let alone Texas. 

2 minutes ago, Alex Butler said:

Mensa was also an arrogant self absorbed a$$ who didn’t respect himself let alone Texas. 

Only difference between Herman and Sark is that Sark is more personable. Everyone and their mother hated Herman around the program. 

Reinstate the spring game and find out who wants to win.

 

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2 hours ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

Yep. The willingness to change is the key!

Think the biggest thing is he has to be ruthless on himself ... going to take digging deep and understanding what he has to change to ascend in the SEC and get over the hump. 

 

 

To me it looked like Sark did try to make changes this off season
Unfortunately they all backfired.

I don't think it's talked about enough how if Arch continues to ascend and Sark's "lets Arch down" it could be a heavy blow to his resume.
He could become the coach that had a Manning who's playing to his potential and screwed it up, even with a every resource he could want.
This could get real ugly for Sark really quickly.

53 minutes ago, SchoolColors said:

Only difference between Herman and Sark is that Sark is more personable. Everyone and their mother hated Herman around the program. 

If personable means “can recruit” you’re correct. Herm lost it when the recruiting pipeline ground to a halt. If the same happens for Sark he’ll be gone too. 

1 hour ago, SchoolColors said:

Only difference between Herman and Sark is that Sark is more personable. Everyone and their mother hated Herman around the program. 

Nah man, Sark is much better at roster construction.

9 hours ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

Yep. The willingness to change is the key!

Think the biggest thing is he has to be ruthless on himself ... going to take digging deep and understanding what he has to change to ascend in the SEC and get over the hump. 

 

 

Gerry—

What one major change does he need to make? I mean, that game went from “oh man… we can pull this off” to “oh man.. what in tell just happened” for my group watching the game last night. 

Just now, LILP said:

Gerry—

What one major change does he need to make? I mean, that game went from “oh man… we can pull this off” to “oh man.. what in tell just happened” for my group watching the game last night. 

I’m not Gerry but I don’t think he can change what needs to be changed. It’s not his personality to do so. 

20 minutes ago, SchoolColors said:

I’m not Gerry but I don’t think he can change what needs to be changed. It’s not his personality to do so. 

This might actually be true. Like most coaches he's stubborn to a fault. I think the even bigger problem is, he doesn't think anything is wrong. 

9 hours ago, Holy Cow said:

No.  I want a fundamental recognition of weaknesses and changes to address them.  I'm not advocating that he fire anyone.  But he can't sit back and continue to the status quo.  He's hit a ceiling.  He needs to be not ruthless like Saban, Kirby, and evidently not like Day and be willing to change.

Well said.

5 minutes ago, AusMOJO said:

This might actually be true. Like most coaches he's stubborn to a fault. I think the even bigger problem is, he doesn't think anything is wrong. 

I don’t think it’s necessarily stubborn just that his personality won’t allow it, if that makes sense. 

6 minutes ago, SchoolColors said:

I don’t think it’s necessarily stubborn just that his personality won’t allow it, if that makes sense. 

It makes sense. 

9 hours ago, SchoolColors said:

Only difference between Herman and Sark is that Sark is more personable. Everyone and their mother hated Herman around the program. 

Sark develops players and wins games. He may not be having the season he wants this year but he’s light years better than Herman ever was or will be IMO. Look at the talent Sark has brought in and the developed from what he inherited from Mensa. It’s not even close, plus don’t even get me started on the eyes of Texas BS. 

Sarkisian needs someone who will audit the program with an honest assessment and be a heavy hand. Honestly he could use Gary Patterson again. It won’t happen but I would love it if Saban came around somehow if Sark asked him.