Strong/Traylor Met With Cumbie

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  1. Dionysus

    Dionysus Idoit Admin

    Meacham to Tulane, if true this could explain Cumbie's decision
     
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  2. easy

    easy 2,500+ Posts

    We should have saw that coming
     
  3. NBHorn7

    NBHorn7 Pimp Daddy

    Would explain why Cumbie was waiting to accept an offer.
     
  4. kobs1776

    kobs1776 100+ Posts

    My wife now but at the time fiancé actually moved my leg as Dusty Mangmum was about to kick the winning field goal against Michigan in the 2005 Rose Bowl. Needless to say, I nearly didn't get married! I yelled What The F... are you doing, I am in the winning position.
     
  5. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    Higs says --

    The major breakdown happened because Cumbie wanted 3 yrs guaranteed and Texas was only willing to give 2. Cumbie would not take the job without 3 yrs and Texas was never going to give 3.
     
  6. ViperHorn

    ViperHorn 10,000+ Posts

    aggy
     
  7. Phil Elliott

    Phil Elliott 2,500+ Posts

    That would be news to me. I heard that Perrin was amenable to guaranteeing 3 years before we even talked to Cumbie.
     
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  8. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    Someone is full of crap



     
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  9. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    Yeah. I am not buying it either
    Just relaying what he said
     
  10. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    Higs response -- "Sonny wasn't offered 3 years is all I can say"
     
  11. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    Bobby Burton says he "was told" Strong will have an OC hired by Friday.
     
  12. LtSwtCrude

    LtSwtCrude Guest

    When I first started hearing the name, Sonny Cumbie, was about him going to TCU coinciding with Patterson deciding he needed to make a big change in coaching philosophy, and things went from bad to damn good.

    2012 regular season 7-6, conference 4-5
    2013 regular season 4-8, conference 2-7
    enter Cumbie
    2014 regular season 12-1, conference 8-1 Patterson Big12 Coach of the Year
    2015 regular season 10-2, conference 7-2

    Hence the finger pointing at Cumbie. Add to the above records, the before and after of Boykin's stats.

    Our problem is that there are no Longhorn "before" seasons to map against Coach Strong's performance for the past two seasons, where Patterson had some solid before-seasons at TCU (including Rose Bowl win over Wisconsin) to offset his 7-6 and 4-8 back-to-back seasons. But known as a defensive minded coach, he brought in Cumbie to coach up the quarterback position and be part of the offensive scheme, and the rest is history. He got full credit for that move, even enhanced his cred as a top head coach. The 4-8 season disappeared as if it never happened. Same for the off-the-field problems.

    Hence, Cumbie's perceived status. And Patterson seen not as a bad head coach, but as an HC willing to pay a helluva lot of attention to offense, and of that kind, regardless of being a solid defensive coach.

    ... Edit, shorten
     
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  13. lanceut

    lanceut 250+ Posts

    We were also told that Cumbie was a done deal too. I'll only believe it when I see the presser on LHN at this point.
     
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  15. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts


    Chip Brown is now confirming the 2 years guaranteed contract position of Higs
    But he adds that we were offering a 3rd year option (but only 2 guaranteed)
     
  16. ViperHorn

    ViperHorn 10,000+ Posts

    When they get down to HornFans who is going to take the job? :bow:
     
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  17. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    Are we still paying Mackovic?
    If so, he cant really say no to us.
    Just wheel him out there
     
  18. Phil Elliott

    Phil Elliott 2,500+ Posts

    Back when MB was under pressure to get rid of Davis and Muschamp had left, I said he should make Mackovic his OC and McWilliams his DC. They were both on the UT payroll at that time.
     
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  19. Joe Fan

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  20. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    Meacham reportedly out on a TCU recruiting trip today
     
  21. ProdigalHorn

    ProdigalHorn 10,000+ Posts

    Throw a rock... ;)
     
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  22. Htown77

    Htown77 5,000+ Posts

    I think Chip Brown confirming 2 means 3 were offerred.
     
  23. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    OTOH, Shane Buechele's in-home visit has been moved back.
    Possibly unrelated.
    Or .....
     
  24. easy

    easy 2,500+ Posts

    That's funny
     
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  25. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    Ahem, .....

     
  26. easy

    easy 2,500+ Posts

    For a coach who has never officially called plays this seems like a fair offer, it has to be more to the story than this
     
  27. Texas Lawhorn

    Texas Lawhorn 100+ Posts

    Stupid question, but why didn't we offer Meacham? Is it because he would only consider a head coaching position?
     
  28. easy

    easy 2,500+ Posts

    WTF is going on here

     
  29. LtSwtCrude

    LtSwtCrude Guest

    Confirms I can believe everything I read on social media in real time, which I've felt all along. Problem is I keep shifting branes and multi-verses and get the tracks mixed up. In an alternate universe, Meacham is hired at Tulane. Next time I sign on, might end up there.
     
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  30. Statalyzer

    Statalyzer 10,000+ Posts

    All along I thought he was being overly-elevated. Not a bad choice by any means, but I didn't understand why he was being treated like THE guy we knew we had to have.
     
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