McElroy is possibly suffering from CTE if he believes OU was "resurected" by Lincoln Riley. The Sooners had won Eight Big 12 titles and a NC in 15 years under Bob Stoops before Lincoln got there. Not exactly struggling.

Focus on flipping recruits to the NFL and the talent will come back and stay in Texas. Then the wins will come.

Keep Ash

1. Texas pays way too much money for its coaches. 2. The coaches get comfortable and complacent. 3. The program never improves. 4. The players and the fan base suffer.

Biggest problem with the Cowboys? Jerry Jones. Biggest problem with Texas? Alums. ... Let the experts build and coach the teams.

Saban has an entire hallway of ex head coaches and coordinators serving as analysts to choose from.

So Texas wants to hire Sark based on what he has done at Bama? I’m confused, there are MANY COACHES who could do the job that Sark has done at Bama with that level of talent. Can Sark recruit the nations best, build a championship culture, and hold his players accountable? These are the questions I would start with.

Sark to Texas? I'll not drink to that.

First Red River Shootout loss and he's back in the bottle.

Texas has went through 4 coaches in roughly a decade. Maybe looking in the mirror might be the first task for Texas.

Even as a Longhorns fan the drinking jokes are hysterical to me 😂😂

4 straight bowl wins and it wasn't enough for texas... and how many Nick Saban coaching disciples go on to achieve success? that list is waaaaaaayyyy short. Good luck in austin

As a BYU fan who watched the beginning of the end for Texas happen right in Provo, UT back in 2013 and has paid attention to Texas’s troubles since then…I will say this…Before one focuses on hiring a head coach, make sure you have a winner as your Athletic Director. He’s gotta be a good business man who understands people and can negotiate well…but he’s also gotta be hungry. Too many AD’s out there breed complacency throughout the entire AD because they themselves are complacent. You gotta make sure the AD has these two qualities THEN search for a coach. He’s the freaking AD OF TEXAS. He can demand the best and get the best. There’s no reason to gamble on hero hires like Charlie Strong. Or gamble on a guy like Tom Herman who has never coached at that level. You need a guy who has been there and knows what he needs to do and how to do it. Most AD’s are not competent enough to understand this and got their job after working their way up as a player or academic. Very few are hungry business men. So youve gotta get a solid AD first. OR You can just get lucky and hire the right guy at HC who will push himself and is obsessed with development and progression. Sark is that guy. He’s been someone I’ve looked up to since I was In the 6th grade. He is already proven as a coach. I guarantee that he will be able to at least get you guys out of this funk and be competitive in the conference and win consistently again. Look at what he did at UW…how he beat USC and Pete Carroll in his first year and finished competitive in the pac 12 after going winless the season before because UW also made some hero hires and lacked the leadership at the AD position. UW was in worse shape than Texas and he pulled them out. I also know dudes like him …. He’s intense and passionate and he puts everything into what he’s doing going 100% all while being authentic and more concerned about development and winning than money or careers. He knows that stuff comes after because he’s experienced it. I think you guys finally got it right and can only congratulate you all on finally getting a coach who knows what he’s doing at this level and has been there before. He also was getting things back on track after USC was in the pits from the ncaa violations and suffering from another hero hire in Lane Kiffin. He had no business being a head coach at that level based on his credentials. Sark is the perfect hire and I fully expect you to see immediate improvement.

Lmao Texas paid off hermans contract just to make a lateral move at hc. 47-35 as a hc . Great hire

Texas needed to give Herman 2 more seasons .

Fact is Texas took Alabamas next head coach, and that's good enough for me.

Texas should have got Urban Myer

The problem with Texas is that they always lose the best recruits to programs that produce NFL draft picks. Oklahoma easily recruuits the best Texas HS players because you see many Sooners on NFL teams. That is a fact! Texas needs to bring talent not system players

We are gonna be right back here in 5 years after the Texas alumni sack Sark because he doesn’t immediately turn the team into a Big 12 champ and CFP participant.

To answer your Title question, if Coach SARK ain't The Best Hire for The HORNS then TEXAS Rump is ROASTED.

If Muschamp comes back as DC. Game over

They’re not gonna interview anybody just fire Tom Herman and then a couple hours later hire this guy? Oof.

Yeah he is

Texas is gonna make Sark hit the bottle again!

Sark will turn the Program Around in my Opinion within 2 Years.

Sark AKA a Shark with no bite! When he replaced Kyle Shanahan as the Falcons OC the drop off was outstanding. He could barley get our offense that was just #1 in the league going. He definitely couldn't do anything that McElroy said at the beginning of this video "The guy can call a game, he can put defenses in conflict" he says. I mean those were the two things he was worst at, he also ran such a simple lame duck scheme that was dissected by everyone we played. He was only our OC for one season and some change. He was freaking fired mid season we wanted him gone so bad. Maybe his vast array of weaknesses will be covered up by the simplicity of the college level vs the NFL. (Falcons went from 33.8 ppg in 2016 with Shanahan to 22.1 ppg in 2017 with Sark with almost the exact same players)

This is a lateral move at best. Iv'e seen Sark's act up close at USC. If you Texas fans think having Sark is going to pave the way to the CFP then you've got another thing coming.

Our offense is always gonna score but we need a defensive minded guy so we can stop letting teams score 20-30 points

He better take charge of that locker room. There are some real prima donnas on that team.

Who exactly was it who pursued Urban Meyer to the point where Urban turned them down all this while Tom Herman was the coach?

The key for him....hire a good DC and DL and lb coach that can teach and recruit top talent!!!

How long does Texas have to wait for Mack brown to return? Because he was the only recent coach to win Texas a championship

They should of went after Luke Fickell.

Good luck Sark, Couger Fan pulling for ya

think most coaches are its my way or the bench or highway.

Once again texas gets a 2nd teir coach we need a 1st teir coach like Urban Meyer

Damnit!!!! I knew he was gonna get nabbed!

Thought that was Major Applewhite.

Yes He is. From Sooner nation.

HOW CAN YOU COMPARE HIM TO LINCOLN RILEY

🤔

Reminds me f when Nebraska hired Mike riley

I mean Gus competed well with the best teams in the country at Auburn, with that Texas stroke he would be unstoppable, only play 2 or 3 difficult games a year, more paths to victory with gus than sark

Let's hope Sark gets more than 3 years

Kirk herbstriet drinks white claw.

I'm not down on him. I'm down on the impatience and foolishness of firing a winning coach just because his players aren't winning enough. You replace a man with an overall head coaching record of 54-22 with a man with a record of 47-35 who is not currently a head coach. Then you expect him to be at minimum 50-10 after 5 years (if he gets that long.) Insane. Who's running this program? Oklahoma? It sure ain't in the best interest of Texas.

Gus Malzahn would have been best, incentive based compensation, better athletes than Auburn, no sec schedule, instant winner

You cannot swing a cat without hitting a Saban disciple!

Should’ve kept mack brown

Sark was a good coach at UW and USC, but not great. Not sure if he is the coach that will put Texas in top 10 year in and year out...My question is why didn’t Texas go through a complete hiring process to get the best candidate? Matt Campbell? Luke Fickle? Chris Peterson? David Shaw? Billy Napier? All coaches have some question marks but it seems like the decision was made without much research... Desmond Howard did mention that behind close doors, Sark was their third choice...

Everything depends on whether or not the boosters will let Sark run the program. If they let Sark run the show, you can expect national championships. If not, there will be another fire in 4 years.

Auburn had better hire

There is but one answer to the question of whether or not this is the guy for the job. Time will tell and at Texas, you don’t get much of that precious commodity to prove yourself. At one time, Fred Akers had the best won/loss record of any head coach ever fired for non-performance. UT may have broken than record in the interim.

Sark will be 9-4 or 10-3 in his fourth year and looking over his shoulder as the big money alums start the talk of getting him fired since he didn't get the playoffs much less win a national championship. The problem with UT is unrealistic expectations and impatient alums who don't understand that the other team gets a vote too.

Nobody's the right hire for UT as long as the administrators and alumni run the program. A quality coach wouldn't take the job if he knew what he was getting into.

Certainly he has that football IQ. However to be a Longhorn Coach, applicant must have some type of Texas roots. Coach Sarkisian doesn't, plus he had a mediocre performance at Washington. No where the pressure filled environment of Texas University. My prediction is that he will tank. Might be more effective taking on the Houston Texans gig?

I can’t understand why they fired Tom Herman

Texas...coming from a UW fan, you guys messed up.

I graduated from UT in 1991. This is starting to get embarrassing. Now we have to pay Coach Herman and all his staff for several years AND a new staff? How about we get rid of all of them and give all the employees at UT a raise? Coach Strong was good enough. Coach Herman should have stayed at UH. Remember that it took Mack Brown 7 years to get to the first Rose Bowl against Michigan........

NO TOM HERMAN SHOULDN’T HAVE BEEN FIRED IN THE FIRST PLACE HAVE FUN BEING AVERAGE EVERY YEAR

Should’ve gone on Jim Tressel

I like the hire, with his experiences and coaching staff as he puts it together should be good.

Muschamp needs to come back and be the DC

Geez this is football in 2021.... texas will succeed because their coach is soft and calm with his precious little playas

Won’t have to deal with any egos if you just win football games.

The Tejas players will love Sarkisian. He'll get drunk with them every night.

Herman got destroyed when it came out they were looking at Urban, after that mess he had to go. Recruiting was going to get blown up.

Unlike Tom Herman (who should have never been hired at Texas) Sark is the perfect hire! Texas just returned from the abyss - put me down for it.

Texas Politics will always be the downfall of Texas football

That's Texas all flash and no wins SOONER FOR LIFE one last thing I stay in Texas you need a Texas coach who know Texas high school.

Resurrected?? Chill on that one Greg. OU’s had one bad decade in the past 80 years of CFB and it was the 90s. and STOOPS was the one who resurrected things in ‘99. Not Riley.

Nice “hair”, McElroy. 😂 Just let it go bro, don’t pay for it.

They fired Herman with a record of 32-18 in 4 seasons at Texas. In 7 seasons sark had a record of 47-35. Sark is only as good as his team. He did good at Alabama bc of the team and players Alabama has. Texas will never have the same caliber of players as Alabama. Doesn’t matter how good of a coach they get if you don’t give the coach more then 4 year they will never be able to turn things around.

Herman started to find his groove this year. Texas needs to understand they aren't a powerhouse anymore and stick by a coach. Sarkisian is a good coach but I dont this this is the right fit UT is too demanding.

David Pollack throwing shade. Texas has always been a better school than Georgia. How many titles y’all got again? Lol

Wish he would have stayed. But, yeah he'll be alright. RDT

Stark , WILL HAVE A statue before he leaves Stark is the man. Texas will be back !!!!

Asking if Sarkisian is a good hire is like clear coating a 07 Nissan sentra and asking somebody to drive it to prom. Get ready for Alamo or Texas bowl next three years hook em

Texas boosters: “We’re still competitive with the top football schools in the country like Alabama, Ohio State and Clemson.” Rest of the World: “Whatever crack you’re smoking I’d like some.”

As an Oklahoma fan this is the best hire Del Conte could have came up with!!!!!! BOOMER SOONER

If he can stay sober 😂🤷‍♂️ he might be ok

Can sark winnober players and recruit. I do t think so....another bomb bomb bomb hire.. .out in 3 years. . I would have went after Matt campbell. . Or the san Jose coach. .

"He has the temperament to handle the pressure" The mans last HC gig ended because he was an alcoholic he literally cannot handle pressure.

Texas has to beat Gary Patterson and Matt Campbell first, then they can go after Lincoln Riley

If you're a Cutty Sark drinker, as I am, then he is.

I like the hire, but I'm an OU fan. He won't make them any better than Herman.

No, EQ

You guys should Earl Campbell and Vince Young about a song OK not sure what does he care about a song I’ll swing down to Texas whenever I want to I’m in American freedom of speech or freedom a song or however you wanna do it which shark shouldn’t be asked that question you sports commentator should know better

Lincoln still has the best offense lol just wait. We had an off year due to freshman. It’s coming

Idk if it is a good fit, too many craft beers and Tito's Vodka in that town.

Yeesh he did a mediocre job at USC a recycled coach ain't gonna do it

I wish Tom was still the coach🤘🇨🇱🐂🐃

Excellent OC, average HC. I think you are looking at 7 to 8 win seasons with the boot in 3 or 4 years.

Alky Sarky will be great

Texas Won't be able to recruit any defense

Money talks...how much?

Yes that drunk is the perfect fit because I hate the Longhorns

He didn’t do it at usc... he won’t do it at Texas lmfao

Really!! So a 47-35 in 7 years as a HC is a good coach? Really. You could of hired any HS coach with a better record.

Sorry, I don't think Sark will be successful. I like Sark, I think he is one of the best OCs in all of college football. I don't think he will succeed because the head coach is not the problem at Texas, its the administration and its the millionaire alumni / boosters. Alumni picking and choosing recruits, game plans, coaches to bring in and offense / defense to run. No modern coach will put up with that. Don't forget Herman was "Sark" 4 years ago, coming out of Ohio St. He (Herman) was the hottest ass't coach in the country, the greatest OC. He had a winning record, no ncaa violations and a winning bowl record and he was fired. I hope Bama picks him (Herman) up as OC. Herman knows his offense. Texas will have to learn their place, its 2021, not 1980. Texas is a middle of the road program, until they get into the SEC, serious recruits want to play in the SEC. Texas A & M is gonna clean up in Texas along with OU, Bama and other top programs.