re: Why Charlie Strong could not get it done at Texas?

The list is long...

First, Texas hasn't recruited premier in a while. They haven't had a o lineman drafted since 2008. They get nice skill players but the lines never seem to work out for them. This has been the biggest weakness. Then they lost the recruiting advantage in Texas. They haven't been producing much nfl talent.

Charlie kicked off the bad character guys and took it a step further and kicked off the pot smokers also. This left his roster in real bad shape. They are very young with no real upper-class leadership.

Charlie has also had QB issues. It's never good to have to play a true freshman. Or to try to convert a TE into a QB. (Swopes)

His offensive coordinator sucked the first two years then he fixed it with a new hire, but this year the defense went to shite. The main reason Charlie had a good offense at Louisville was because of a talent like Bridgewater. There is nobody close to Bridgewater anywhere close to the ut campus.

Defense is supposed to be his specialty. They couldn't even tackle properly this year. Defense really showed a lack of attention to detail and understanding of fundamentals. The secondary was having trouble even lining up properly this year. Charlie had no answer on why the defense looked so bad when it was his specialty. His only answer was to demote the d coordinator.

Charlie has also not fit the culture. He hasn't glad handed the big donors enough to get another year. He hasn't been involved in social functions. He hasn't given access like the big cigar guys wants.

There has been little momentum in his favor since he got to town. He hasn't generated any excitement to speak of. The stadium has been embarrassing empty during his tenure. (70k in a 100k stadium is bad)

Lastly, all his support is gone. He was Steve Patterson's guy. Steve got fired and is vilified around town for the way he ran the program. When Steve got canned there went all Charlies support.

If he had glad handed more he would probably get one more year.

As it is Texas fans think Herman is a golden boy. They would give up the bank to get him and don't want to miss him. They are literally scared Herman might go to Baylor or somewhere else rather than ut. The fear of them losing Herman has sealed Charlies fate.