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We're personally experiencing a similar thing on a much smaller scale. My 13 year old daughter plays tournament fast pitch. She's played for and picked up with perhaps 8 teams. Recently she signed on with the best tournament team I've ever seen. The reason they're so good? The coaches conduct the most intense practices imaginable. It's nonstop for 3 hours. There's no chit chat and water breaks last about 1 minute each. You might think a kid made a great play but if the technique isn't perfect the coaches are all over it. If you hit the ball against the right field wall and the coach wanted it hit to left field you hear about it. If you caught a screaming grounder to the off side at short stop but your footwork was faulty it's addressed. Intense, intense, intense. It's simply remarkable what result you get.

It's about coaching. I have posted this before, but I watched Saban on TV rain all over A.J. for throwing at TD that required a great catch by a WR and missed an easy read to another player. Also, he was pissed this year when he had in his second or third team and they had a delay of game. Both times it was Saban not one of the other coaches. All I could see in my head is Mack clapping away.

Great well thought out ideas Bobby.
I wish there is some way Mack could read this.
My favorite is "Mack Brown shouldn't try to get along with DeLoss Dodds. Brown needs to push for what is best for his program."
I think Bobby Burton would make an excellent "personnel director"!

Again, slightly off point but the tournament team to which I refer has the damndest practices I've ever witnessed. The coach on Sunday hit a really hard chopper to the third baseman and it hit her in the left breast. You could see it literally knocked the wind out of her. Christ, it nearly brought tears to my eyes. The kid is a superb player. The coach said "Are you all right." She nodded and play resumed without any break. He later hit another hard chopper to my daughter at short stop. It knocked her mask off and almost knocked her down. The coach said "You need to use your glove" and practice immediately resumed. On other teams practice stops, the crying child is carried off the field and Mother intervenes. The improvement in skill level is becoming dramatic as a direct result of what the coaches demand. The coaches aren't heartless and the kids like them but it's a no bullshit situation. This is in microcosm what UT seems to lack.

Jimmy Johnson was one tough SOB; I agree. He seemed never satisfied. Look at his record and you can see the obvious payoff.

Maybe their first hire should be, B.B.!

In case you guys missed it, Mack addressed some of this at the presser today.

On hiring more personnel to assist with film, evals, and on campus recruiting - He said he asked both the offensive and defensive staffs to bring him recommendations. He asked Arthur Johnson to get his staff to put together recommendations. He said he had his own ideas. And he knows Deloss is talking to other ADs about it.

Agree 100%.

Can the game be shown on both newtworks? Until ESPN comes through, we are screwed.

Apologize for being Mr. Segue but I think what's happening here is a basic lack of intensity within the athletic programs. 50 years ago as a high school freshman I can recall being thankful for double mumps which allowed me to read the unabridged version of David Copperfield (1,200 pages). Vomiting and high fever for two weeks seemed a fair trade. The English teacher was considered sadistic, imperious and a bitch. Ironically, when she was 100 years old, as her lawyer, I had the pleasure of telling her that she was probably the most important influence in my life. Sally's cookies? Oh, please.

There are people in our lives who can make profound differences. We don't necessarily have to like them. Often we don't.

A pony keg of Shiner Bock with Mack, absolutely. With Belichick, Saban, Jim Harbaugh, Urban Meyer; reduce the deductible on my dental and health insurance before the party.

Priority: winning streak against OU. This will be a bench mark. Then seeking Conference Championships. Of course, what has not been a priority is another NC. "Waiting" for rebuilding is counter productive now, and long term.

I would like to nominate Gerry Hamilton as the Texas Longhorns Recruiting Director.

Chris Simms-I think that Simms has done somee Front Office stuff for the Patriots.
WES PHILLIPS
Beau Trahan

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Mack Brown has always had a love/hate relationship with online recruiting sites. There is a lot of good advice in this article. I hope he takes heed. He should immediately double the salary of everyone on this site and staff his personnel department. Kill two birds with one stone. Once you are safely ensconced in your new jobs please get right to work on this one.

"Make the games and the stadium less about a Taco Bell commercial and more about the "experience"."