Texas has gone with The Next Big Thing twice in a row.
Charlie Strong had seemingly resuscitated Louisville and was the hot coach at the time
Tom Herman has taken over Houston and was beating Oklahoma with the Cougars.
Strong inherited a very comfortable, very complacent Longhorns squad whose talent level was on the downswing. Texas was used to only having to compete with OU in the Big 12...by 2014 Baylor and Oklahoma State were challenges as well. And recruiting-wise, LSU was making inroads. Strong fought hard to instill a different ethic, and in his first year kicked off 9 players from the squad.
Herman inherited a dispirited squad and went Bill Belichick, enforcing rigid discipline and rules. He’s recruited well, but has seemingly regressed in the last two years.