Sark and The Eyes.

Discussion in 'On The Field' started by 2003TexasGrad, Jan 12, 2021.

  1. 2003TexasGrad

    2003TexasGrad Son of a Motherless Goat

    Just said it's our song and we are singing it. Pretty straight forward with zero hesitation. I'm impressed.
     
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  2. nashhorn

    nashhorn 5,000+ Posts

    Ok I’m hooked.
     
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  3. Handler

    Handler 1,000+ Posts

    And its no longer an issue. World could learn a lot from how he answered that...
     
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  4. 2003TexasGrad

    2003TexasGrad Son of a Motherless Goat

    I fully expected him to tip toe around it but he just went full Kool-aid Man and busted right through it.
     
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  5. horninchicago

    horninchicago 10,000+ Posts

    Allsome!

    :hookem2:
     
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  6. Htown77

    Htown77 5,000+ Posts

    Hooray! I can root for the Longhorns again! Good riddance Tom! Sark is already a smarter coach!
     
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  7. Vino Bevo

    Vino Bevo Wine - how classy people get drunk

    Love his response. He followed it with comments about the need to have some hard conversations so it's clear he's got the huevos to tackle things (pun intended).
     
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  8. Driver 8

    Driver 8 Amor Fati

    Upgrade Initiated
     
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  9. 2003TexasGrad

    2003TexasGrad Son of a Motherless Goat

    Inspire the players to own the song. Like many of us have said, the whole damn university's history is tied to segregation and racism. All of it. But times have changed. It's not what it was 55, 65, 75 years ago. Own the traditions and whatever connotation there might have been will fade into memory.
     
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  10. dukesteer

    dukesteer 5,000+ Posts

    His management of the issue was extraordinary, yet very simple:

    “That’s our song and we’re fired up to sing it!”

    Issue eliminated. What a difference.

    That’s called leadership.
     
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  11. 2003TexasGrad

    2003TexasGrad Son of a Motherless Goat

    Well I certainly have never equated racism and the nazis. My point is the school song represents the university, so these players can own the song and show what it means today, regardless of what connotation it may have had way back when.
     
  12. FWHORN

    FWHORN 10,000+ Posts

    "That's our song and we're fired up to sing it."

    I am now 100% on the Sark train.:hookem:
     
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  13. LonghornCatholic

    LonghornCatholic Deo Gratias

    Folks, we got a grown *** man running the show now :hookem:
     
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  14. horninchicago

    horninchicago 10,000+ Posts

    I'll be the one to say it. Pathetic that saying the alma mater is our song makes us all so giddy because of the previous regime.

    Love this guy so far. Wait, not love. Really like. No kissing or anything.
     
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  15. Godz40acres

    Godz40acres Happy Feller

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  16. horninchicago

    horninchicago 10,000+ Posts

    I'm a grinnin'....
     
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  17. Sangre Naranjada

    Sangre Naranjada 10,000+ Posts

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    And I'm a'pickin'!
     
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  18. theiioftx

    theiioftx Sponsor Deputy

    Now the band director needs to publicly state they will play it.
     
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  19. rick mueller

    rick mueller Burnt Orange Bleeder

    Did you HAVE to?!?!
     
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  20. SabreHorn

    SabreHorn 10,000+ Posts

    The band director needs to be at TWC applying for unemployment.
     
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  21. Clean

    Clean 5,000+ Posts

    I'm all in. Those were the magic words that won my heart.
     
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  22. IvanDiabloHorn

    IvanDiabloHorn 1,000+ Posts

    I forgot about the band. Does anyone know what is going on with the band and their refusal to play the EOT? I have not seen anything about how that situation is being handled.
     
  23. 2003TexasGrad

    2003TexasGrad Son of a Motherless Goat

    The drum majors head exploded after Sark made his comment. Literally. Brains everywhere.

    Dr. Scott Hanna is a reasonable if cautious and diplomatic man. I hope he can get the band to understand the full history of LHB, not just 1903 to 1965. Everything that happened after integration is just as important and The Eyes has been a big part of LHB and the university for the last 50+ years inclusive of all races and ethnicities. Let's not imagine that not to be the case.
     
  24. Duck Dodgers

    Duck Dodgers 1,000+ Posts

    Ten bucks he eats it.
     
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  25. EDT

    EDT 1,000+ Posts

    HELL YES HE DOES!
    :soapbox:
     
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  26. EDT

    EDT 1,000+ Posts

    Aggy always eats it. :yikes:
     

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