GojiraCane
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Some facts about Texas under Mack Brown:Brother you got a realize conversations adapt. They take on context. My comment initially was in agreement with you YES TEXAS RECRUITS VERY WELL, EXCEPT WHEN CHARLIE STRONG WAS THEIR COACH. When he was their coach recruiting became FOR THEM , WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED SUBPAR. For those that don't know (not saying you don't know) Texas every off-season directly after signing day, they have a HUGE cookout for highschool juniors and seniors.( Same way we did under alfraud) the sole focus of that cookout was to get the really big Texas and Oklahoma kids on campus & get them locked in early. Directly because of that cookout EVERY year under Mack Brown they would immediately jump up to somewhere in the top 3 for their class. More often than not #1. All their big boosters would come out etc, hand out envelopes, hug some babies,etc. They'd fly in their big time alumni & celebrity supporters all on the boosters dollar so it was virtually gaurenteed the outcome. Well as soon as Charlie Strong got that job those big time boosters became very vocal almost unanimously in blatant disapproval of the Charlie Strong hire. A lot of them actually left being supporters of Texas and became supporters of Texas A&m and Texas Christian instead of staying and supporting Charlie Strong in the University of Texas. This is a real life story. So what I said they were recruiting like that except during Charlie Strong's tenure it's because that's what was going on. That doesn't go on all throughout college football or even close to it where your own school your own alumni your own boosters your own board immediately wants you gone. I still personally don't even understand how he ended up getting that job as many people that didn't approve of him being there. That's simply sabotage. Lastly I didn't say that you spoke about Mario in contrast or any other topic relating to Mario. I simply said if we think number 10 number 20 and number seven is recruiting at a high level then just look at Mario as the example because he has had three top five or top six classes since he's been here three full years and half the time our fan base says if all we brought him here for is recruiting he can't even do that. Yet this man has brought three straight top four top five top six classes. Maybe I wasn't clear about that it wasn't me saying you said anything relating to this stuff it was just simply I read various comments from various people and the way they apply things it's hypocritical. Nothing to do with you. Just simply it's very hypocritical the bar that's applied when it relates to here or others.
1. If you committed, that offer from UT was good. Even if you had a heart attack, as happened with one player in his senior year
2. Texas's big cookout (or Junior Day) was when they landed the bulk of their signing class. So in April of 2010 for instance, almost all of the kids who they would get for the Feb 2011 class would verbally commit.