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Strong lost the HS coaches before he lost the boosters. No college, even UT, can **** on high school coaches and asking a player to sit out for no reason is ****ting on HS coaches. Boosters don't hate HS football.Charlie Strong lost the BOOSTERS. They didn't like him. If he had been able to get the boosters in line, he wouldn't have had problems with HS coaches. You forget, the boosters at UT hold a ton of political power, in fact, many of the bigger ones **** near own school districts, through their political donations.
Take it from someone that actually grew up in the scene there and saw it first hand. Even if a coach decided they didn't want to work with UT, the boosters could EASILY get around them and still get to a kid. That's the reach of a highly connected, highly motivated group.
We just might have to disagree on this one.