Texas is a country club. Kids don't go there to be tough guys and play hard nosed football. They go there to be D list celebs, free drinks on 6th, walk around campus as the BMOC. They're not there to grind it out. Which is probably what Strong showed up and demanded and kids rebelled. So a bunch of guys leave the program, he's left trying to fill holes on a roster. What you get is wild inconsistency. One week you win a big game, the next week you lose a head scratcher.
Texas is going thru a culture change. Brown left a soft football team. Strong is probably the guy between the guy. Next coach shows up, the kids Strong brought in are grinders, new coach is able to build on them and move forward.
The best thing Strong could've done is tell the team in his first meeting that he's bringing in 25 new players. Do the math fellas. Then hit the recruiting trail telling everyone they aren't redshirting. They need ballers now, not a few years down the road. Go get the best 22 high school players you can, add the 3 best JC guys you can, hit play.
Some of these high profile schools aren't about acquiring talent. It's about teaching toughness, consistency, hard work. You can wind up with too many kids that view their scholarship as the finish line and not the starting block.
Shoot, look at Saban. What a miserable old man. And the strength coach he has? That guy is on 25 hours a day, 8 days per week. But that's what has to happen to keep Bama on top. Same for Texas. Which Im sure has already called Saban....
