[UT Football] Muschamp to Succeed Mack

This is sad and exciting at the same time. I really love what Mack has done... faults and all.

This might get us some sentimental votes ala Tom Osborne.

 

I don't think Mack is leaving this year. It's just saying that when he does, Muschamp is taking over.

 

if mack sticks around for a few more seasons - and it sure as hell sounds like he will - than this is a terrific move.

 

this is great.. lock up muschamp as a coordinator so that he doesn't leave when he gets a HC offer somewhere else...and lock up a future HC when mack does decide to go. double win!

 

Ya. I'm unbelievably excited about this move, Muschamp is a serious coaching talent and I think having another couple years (I'm gonna guess 3 or 4 more) under Mack will do wonders for him on how to run a big time program. Obviously a lot can happen in the mean time, but I'm glad we did something about our own DC carousel.

Hook Em'

 

mack has something like 8 yrs left.

will muschamp really wait that long?

what if tennesse, clemson, washington, notre dame, auburn, florida state, penn state, etc... come calling?

 

when is applewhite going to become oc?

 

very interesting. Texas wanted to be sure they could hold onto this guy for the immediate future and it appears they will be able to do just that.

It does bring up some interesting scenarios though. What happens if a couple of seasons down the road Mack puts up back-to-back 7 or 8 win seasons? It might make it mighty awkward for the fans to be calling for your head with your no-doubt successor sitting next to you in meetings everyday.

 

mack is beloved at texas, i can't ever see him being booted out of there by any means.

i'm sure some things will take place behind closed doors and he may be persuaded to retire (step down) if things came to that point, but texas will never treat mack brown in that manner. by texas, i mean the school, the athletic director, and all the fans.

even if muschamp does leave after about 4-5 years, it'll be good enough to have kept him here being DC for that long. our DC's have been bolting for head jobs way too frequently.

if he does leave, maybe by then major will have enough seasoning to be a coach, but that seems highly unlikely..

anyways, i love the move!

 

I don't think there is anyway Mack stays for the 8 years left on his contract.

But I think that's the whole point of locking Muschamp up, we already knew that Clemson and Tenn were interested in him, it would only be a matter of time before he would leave if we didn't up the ante.

 

Mack will move on to AD when he wants.

Great move all around.

 

Mack is gonna stay too long and Muschamp will demand another raise and/or title as co-coach or something. See "Conan to replace Leno" for reference....

 

I have a hunch that there is a gentlemen's agreement on how much longer Mack will coach. Muschamp already knew he could probably go out and get a Clemson/Tennesee-type job right after this season but getting a deal to take over a program like Texas is an unbelievable opportunity and I'm sure he's ready to make some sacrifices.

Well at the very least, we're locking up a DC for the next couple years which is something we haven't been able to do for a while.

 

Major Applewhite faints.

I really thought this was the plan for Major.

It's a bit of a surprising move...albeit the right one.

 

Either way y'all would go out and bring in an amazing one anyways. Probably from the Auburn farm system somehow.

 

What I ment to say is that now an end is in sight. That's what I find sad.

I should also correct my Osborne remark. It's not that Mack is retiring but that know where on the minds of the College football media during a bye week. Also, on thankgiving we're gonna be the only team playing and this news will dominate the broadcast of what otherwise would have been a boring ass raping of the Milkmen from College Station.

Very clever.

 

When I first read the title of the thread I also thought that Mack was stepping down, but after that article, I thought that it was genius move by the program. As stated earlier, we get to keep our coordinator for years and we have one of the up and comers for our next HC.

I'm proud that he and his family fell in love with Austin and the UT program. This will also have a good effect on recruiting.

Win-win-win for UT-Muschamp-Fans!

 

wow...this is a pretty new approach, huh? i don't recall seeing this kind of arrangement done so intentionally out ahead of time.