Recent content by Water_Rat

I don’t have a crystal ball but if UT can find a sure bet replacement then I believe they will force a change.

Precisely.

Just as mad if not more. Imagine if you paid off your old car, paid in cash for a Porsche 911, and received a beaten up Kia that would only run half the time. That is the feeling of the boosters right now.

I completely agree with your economics on principle from the perspective of UT but it is not boosters receiving monetary benefit of a high performing football program unless their businesses directly benefit from increased traffic. The boosters are in large part footing the bill with the benefit...

That is a game of threading the needle. You won’t officially make a move unless you are certain the other person would accept and that you have booster support for the candidate. You can’t have that game being made public unless you win.

Closer to $11m to win a bidding war.

Freeze is the type of proven coach that would satisfy the boosters I have directly spoken with. Freeze has baggage but hiring a winning coach at this point of time is the most important factor. With that said, the coach target list that would get boosters to write checks is bigger than just...

What do you think I talk about when I am around them? Problem is easier said than done. UT needs to find a great alternative and then they will work together. No one is putting money up unless they have a proven coach ready to sign and even then funding will be contingent on signing the new...

I had nothing to do with it nor do I give enough money to UT to have any say.

Money guys are upset and have been since Kentucky. They forced a change which resulted in D line coach being fired but now the pressure is getting even more intense.

$15m is a lot of cash right now even for very wealthy. The absolute earliest any booster or group would put up that money is Feb-March 2021 for a couple significant reasons.

I would love Urban but less than 0% chance we could land him. Freeze? Yes we could if not for our current contract situation.

What I said was not false. I have heard it from someone who would be very close to the situation that had no reason to lie. I have donated 5 figures to the University but definitely no where near close to a big pocket booster. If you don’t want to believe what I wrote then so be it. Doesn’t...

What information? What are those sources?

People close to the program may bot have been privy to all of the details. My information is good, regardless of what you say.