re: Texas' Patterson appoints an 8-man committee for coaching search

Dinner time.

No former players?

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- Pamela Willeford, former US Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and the only other witness to Dick Cheney's arse shot

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Just my opinion... they have their guy... this is just a show since they can't publicly have him til after bowl games... and it gives enough time after the Mack fallout. I'm not wearing a tin hat... just reading tea leaves..

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Because every school wants to wait to announce their hire so their recruiting class can fall apart. Makes sense

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if their guy is coaching in a bowl game and has a high profile job, and wants to wait to announce, you damn right they'll wait 2 weeks.

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Who is on the committee? What companies do they own? Where are they from? I need this info in order to flighttrack.

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Some additional info:

• Steve Hicks, vice chair of the Board of Regents, one of the board’s athletics liaisons, and owner and executive chairman of Capstar Partners LLC, a private investment firm.
• Robert Stillwell, member of the Board of Regents, one of the board’s athletics liaisons, retired partner at Baker Botts LLP and an original director of Mesa Petroleum Co.
• Michael Clement, accounting professor, McCombs School of Business at UT Austin, and faculty representative to the Men’s and Women’s Athletics Councils.
• Ricardo Hinojosa, United States federal judge for the Southern District of Texas, former member of the university’s Commission of 125.
• Charles Matthews, former vice president and general counsel of Exxon Mobil, current president of the Texas Exes.
• Robert Rowling, former member of the Board of Regents and owner and chairman of TRT Holdings Inc.
• Charles Tate, chairman of Capital Royalty, former member of the executive committee of the university’s Commission of 125.
• Pamela Willeford, former U.S. ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein and former chair of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

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When was the last time a school waited for a non NFL guy? Even out of NFL hires the only one I can remember waiting was Charlie Weis at ND. Even if the AD is that dumb no coach is dumb enough to put himself in that type of hole recruiting wise

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its not all about recruiting. and just cause he's not an nfl guy doesn't make a difference if he's good.

Exactly. I can't ever remember an AD waiting to take a coach just because it felt right. They want to get them in before this past weekend when most of the big OVs occur

That's a pretty diverse group of business and political people. But no former coaches or players.

What could go wrong?

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It's the dead period in recruiting for the next 2 weeks

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bingo.

do y'all really misunderstand the dead period that much? Coaches can call once per week. Players can call coaches as often as they like. They can communicate via email and FB and the like. They cannot text.

This is the time period to start a job. The extra time afforded by the dead period allows you to meet and greet as well as hire staff. You figure out who is doing what, who is who in your own AD, and find a place to live, move the family, etc. Acting like because it's a dead period it's irrelevant suggests you are working with widgets here.

There are reasons that now is the time most coaches are hired, not post-dead period. A coach that starts after it's over is so far behind the 8-ball. Spend the time, hire the right guy. I agree 100%. But you don't have an agreement and then wait on it.