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surprised at the reaction here.  can only assume it's because major is a longhorn.  he is nothing more than a spare ass coach.  the decision to let him go is a fine one.  the timing is the worst part of all of it.

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  • Junior Miller
    Junior Miller

    Houston has to make the call.  Art Briles.  It's the perfect time. We have a walking, lying, molesting, traitorous moron as president and most of the idiots in this state bend over to take h

  • BearSchlong
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    best tweet I saw - Chris Sims up next

  • Junior Miller
    Junior Miller

    There's nothing political about it. Everything there is verifiably true and a statement of fact with more evidence to back it up than the law of gravity itself. 

Just now, WBT said:

That's because they don't have fans.  They have casually band wagoners that will occasionally show up.  That's also why they'll never be invited to a Power 5 league.  Spending all that money on credit union stadium was ridiculous.

that was part of the PDF file the PAC 12 gave them of conditions for future membership 🤣🤪

6 minutes ago, Thetexashammer said:

You'd be surprised how many coaches are comfortable at $5 million per year.

They are, until something better opens up. 

 

I have no affinity for The Major after his time here and how it ended. But that's clown college shit to fire a guy in his 2nd year when he had a winning record. I hope their recruits and players bail on that program. 

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Just now, BigOrange1 said:

surprised at the reaction here.  can only assume it's because major is a longhorn.  he is nothing more than a spare ass coach.  the decision to let him go is a fine one.  the timing is the worst part of all of it.

I actually agree he’s no Darrell Royal, but UH is a spare-ass college too. And you can’t fire a guy for 8-5 in year 2 with his best player out half the year.  

6 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

When are there not thousands of empty seats at a UH game? 

Gal I work with took her daughter to UH earlier this year for a tour of the campus and the UH homecoming football game. She posted some video on FB and holy shit, the place was deserted. For homecoming. Nobody who attended school there gives a shit and Houston the city sure as hell doesn't. I've got 2 relatives who got their post-grad degrees there and they don't give a shit.

It’s just like WVU fans spouting off that Holgo needs to go... Know your ceiling, because as we have found out it’s a long way to climb back up from the floor.

Bring Major back as OC!

1 minute ago, BigOrange1 said:

surprised at the reaction here.  can only assume it's because major is a longhorn.  he is nothing more than a spare ass coach.  the decision to let him go is a fine one.  the timing is the worst part of all of it.

I think he is not great, but I am of the opinion that fans and especially administrations can become their own worst enemy

he never had support of a large contingent of their fans especially their fair weather spare fans and when the administration backs those fools up with talk about firing coaches for 8 wins it sets a shitty tone from day one and IMO that shit matters

there is a reason that places like Tennessee and Auburn can fall so far so fast and even at UT the fate of a coach can turn in a heart beat and once shit is piled against them it is hard to climb out of it

the fact is a program that does not pay a coach big money and that demands a large buy out to leave and that has now fired two coaches for 8 wins seasons is lighting their own dumpster on fire

they piled the combustibles in there with the demands on a coach for a buyout because they were pissed at UT for taking Herman and pissed with being made to suck the Big 12's dick with no membership and it resulted in being stuck with Applewhite and then they doubled down on it with 9 wins talk

it will be hard to climb out of this shit pile for them

Art Briles went 3-8 his second year as HC

 

 

5 minutes ago, Liquor and Poker said:

I actually agree he’s no Darrell Royal, but UH is a spare-ass college too. And you can’t fire a guy for 8-5 in year 2 with his best player out half the year.  

QB got hurt too.  We experienced that as well when Ash went down and Tyrone was up next...

Maybe they’re thinking about making a run at Herman for HC...

Uh has no shame, never has, if Art Briles was on trial for capital murder, they'd still hire him and hope he gets a not guilty.

1 hour ago, shakahorn said:
1 hour ago, Your Mom said:
Anywhere but Texas.  Seriously though, he'll be highly sought after as an OC.

Has he ever demonstrated excellence as the true, sole OC?

He is an ace recruiter. Unlike half of our current staff. 

5 minutes ago, Dewey said:

Uh has no shame, never has, if Art Briles was on trial for capital murder, they'd still hire him and hope he gets a not guilty.

Wonder if he would leave Italy for Houston

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1 hour ago, msbesq said:

SB Nation is reporting their top target is Holgorsen.

Yeah like he's going to leave a program that can contend in a P5 conference for fucking Houston.

2 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:

Yeah like he's going to leave a program that can contend in a P5 conference for fucking Houston.

He probably should aim higher than Houston but it’s going to be rough next year for WVU. I would leave now if I were him. 

Proally shoulda got another year, but he ain't that great a coach so far.  Might as well.

This is pretty much the Leach/Tech situation from a while back

 

not sure who the fuck U of H thinks they are

 

A 8-5 to 10-3 coach is EXACTLY the type of coach they need.... but instead theyll either hire a shittier coach or a coach that is gonna jump ship after 2 years a la herman

 

 

there has got to be more to this story behind the scenes, methinks

1 minute ago, Newy25 said:

He probably should aim higher than Houston but it’s going to be rough next year for WVU. I would leave now if I were him. 

yea it will probably be rough for WVU next year, but look at the UH OOC so far.....OU that will be looking to kick the shit out of them for a few years ago, WSU and north Texas state plus an unknown

that could easily be 3 OOC losses and maybe a D1-AA win depending on who they bring in

their idiot fans love Holgerson, but he will cost them $4 million for 5 years easy and they can blame next year on Major all they want, but paying $2.5 million more for a coach to still go 1-3 in the OOC is probably not going to be real popular

fertitta probably has Art Briles ready to go.  I can't imagine Houston caring about their image...

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From the Chonicle this summer.  But by all means, let's pay huge buyouts to get rid of 8 win coaches.

7 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

fertitta probably has Art Briles ready to go.  I can't imagine Houston caring about their image...

I was wondering if little briles was on the list. 

8 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

fertitta probably has Art Briles ready to go.  I can't imagine Houston caring about their image...

No way, he’ll never have a job at a public university in Texas.

45 minutes ago, Chad said:

Bring Major back as OC!

I don’t think Major will ever coach at Texas again. But he was actually decent as sole OC in 2013 working with Herp Derp and a putrid offensive line. I think he’d do okay as OC elsewhere.

Make fun of Houston, but it has made some good hires sans Major. I would bet it has someone reasonably lined up. From timing, Holgerson makes sense given bowl yesterday. As noted, how awesome would it be to have the Pirate in Morgantown.

2 hours ago, msbesq said:

SB Nation is reporting their top target is Holgorsen.

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Few have fallen upwards in coaching like the Major. But then again he won 9 games here and became a “legend”. So fuck me

1 hour ago, TKthunder2 said:

I never thought he would be super successful at UH but firing him after just two season is fucking retarded.

UH is a historical powerhouse and top destination and will act like it, thank you very much!!

13 minutes ago, Kyle said:

Make fun of Houston, 

Okay. We will because they deserve it. Cougar High Cougar Highing. 

1 hour ago, Your Mom said:

Anywhere but Texas.  Seriously though, he'll be highly sought after as an OC.

By someone like Texas State maybe. There will be no line for his services

did Major actually call the plays for Herman or was he OC in title only

1 hour ago, WBT said:

But yeah, the administration and "fans" seem to be 100% behind him so I guess it's the same thing

Both of 'em?

2 hours ago, Big Frog II said:

Houston is letting one donor run the athletic department.

oSu says hi.

1 hour ago, Neonmoon said:

Houston fired a coach that went 8-5 

That is pure insanity

 

 

They apparently believe themselves to be somebody different than they are.

1 hour ago, TwiceHorn said:

When are there not thousands of empty seats at a UH game? 

When they play UT.  So, it's been a while.

1 hour ago, BigOrange1 said:

surprised at the reaction here.  can only assume it's because major is a longhorn.  he is nothing more than a spare ass coach.  the decision to let him go is a fine one.  the timing is the worst part of all of it.

Right, cuz there is no other explanation for criticizing UH for firing a 2nd year coach after an 8-win season.

Dumb.

3 minutes ago, ButtFumble said:

did Major actually call the plays for Herman or was he OC in title only

Harsin was a better OC than Major.  Mack really screwed that situation up

6 minutes ago, LTtxfan said:

Harsin was a better OC than Major.  Mack really screwed that situation up

Bring back Major as QBs coach

30 minutes ago, South Austin said:

I don’t think Major will ever coach at Texas again. But he was actually decent as sole OC in 2013 working with Herp Derp and a putrid offensive line. I think he’d do okay as OC elsewhere.

That line was not putrid-it was the best we had from 2010 to this year (which is damning with faint praise, but still).

Major would have been much better off to stick with Harsin’s system, which we had recruited to and had become effective, with its personnel packages, shifts, and power running. Instead, he decided to do what he wanted to do and shift to a spread, hurry up offense. When we didn’t have the personnel for it and, compounding things, put our garbage defense in even more of a bind by possessing the ball less.

The icing on the cake is that the whole reason he had to work with “Herp Derp” is because he insisted on calling designed runs for his QB in a game that was already lost and got his brains scrambled.

He sucks.

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2 minutes ago, Longboard Horn said:

Bring back Major as QBs coach

Have Major OC in San Marcos...... lots of grad students down there

Edited by LTtxfan

Houston fans two years ago- screw Tom Herman. He's a lying snake who has no loyalty. We don't need him anyway, Major was the brains of this program any how.

Two years later- the brains are being shown the door and Texas is in the Sugar Bowl.

UH has gone full aggy. Firing a guy that went 8-5....  it seems like they’ve become so desperate to win that their arrogance blinds them.

2 hours ago, TKthunder2 said:

I never thought he would be super successful at UH but firing him after just two season is fucking retarded.

Not really. Hiring him in the first place was fucking retarded.

11 minutes ago, mdmost said:

Houston fans two years ago- screw Tom Herman. He's a lying snake who has no loyalty. We don't need him anyway, Major was the brains of this program any how.

Two years later- the brains are being shown the door and Texas is in the Sugar Bowl.

there new story is Herman won with Levine's recruits.....you know Levine the guy that went 5-7, 8-5 and 7-5 (and his DC won the bowl game for an 8-5 season) and Levine was fired before the bowl game for only winning 8 games two years in a row

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Briles makes sense. 

2 hours ago, mdmost said:

It's like Surly posters run that program. 

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29 minutes ago, Longboard Horn said:

Bring back Major as QBs coach

Analyst, maaaayybe a position  coach. 

Seriously he has value to someone as a recruiter. 

I’m sure Mack Brown can find some room for Major. Houston is sure full of themselves. 8 wins and we will fire your ass. Good luck getting a coach who will be looking at two years and they are fired if not playing for a MNC. I know Applewhite really shit the bed vs Army but U of H is to blame for hiring him as a HC in the first place

Major strikes me as a someone who should be a better coach than he is.  That's probably because he's a cult like figure.

That being said I would totally replace Warehime or Meh with him in a heartbeatm

1 hour ago, Neonmoon said:

Art Briles went 3-8 his second year as HC

 

 

3 rapes - 8 caught raping ?

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