Laughed a lot at General’s post #185.
But ya gotta remember, after the 2009 season and the fluke loss to Bama in the Rose Bowl, MB just mailed it in until he was fired. He actually disrespected Earl (a very stupid thing to do) and then tried to sabotage the recruiting on his way out - the complete opposite exit he made from North Carolina. That destroyed a lot of the respect he had built up in the previous decade.
He let the program go soft as marshmallows and left the talent cupboard very skimpy. Remember several years ago there were NO Longhorns drafted? Of course the Charley Strong hire was a horrible choice - worst coach in Horn history.
The jury is still sequestered on overpaid Coach Mensa. So we’ll have to see what he does in the next two years with his own recruits.... and whether or not he has the gumption to get rid of the nonproductive assistants.
I despise the way college football has been ruined in recent decades by the commercialization and TV dictators. UT has been complicit as all the rest.