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

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.