http://www.texasmonthly.com/the-daily-post/is-there-an-internal-struggle-to-oust-charlie-strong/
The struggle is real... and his hands were tied by his AD
http://sportsday.dallasnews.com/col...-chad-morris-tom-herman-offensive-coordinator Watson was a fall back and it failed, but...it wouldn't have been much better with the young minds at the time.
http://www.texasmonthly.com/the-dai...rlie-strong-with-nothing-and-heres-the-proof/
Jeff Howe: November 23, 2015
I didn't read the article, but I don't think I need to knowing what I know. I won't deny that Steve Patterson didn't support his head football coach the way the athletic director at Texas should, but I think Mike Perrin has worked his damnedest to make sure that some of these issues aren't issues anymore and haven't been. On top of that, Arthur Johnson has been in Charlie's corner and is the guy who Charlie has been able to go to at the administrative level.
With all of that said, at some point it's not the fault of Steve Patterson, Mack Brown or anyone else who folks want to blame for Texas' shortcomings. At some point the current regime is going to have to get it done and Strong hasn't done himself many favors based on the decisions he's made.
Yes, this was a bigger rebuild than anyone thought. Yes, Texas does lack the kind of talent throughout the roster most would expect. But at the end of the day the money folks and those with a voice aren't going to tolerate another season in 2016 that looks anything remotely resembling the previous two, nor should they.
The offensive coordinator situation was a mess from the start, but Strong wanted to hire Tom Herman and got close enough at one point to where I thought it was going to happen. But Strong either settled for Watson, panicked and didn't think he could get anyone else he really wanted, or simply put all of his trust in a guy who ultimately fell well short success when leading the offense.
That's one of several decisions Strong hasn't handled properly. He's going to go into his third year likely having gotten rid of every member of his original offensive staff, which is never a good thing.
The administration is going to give him a chance to make it right this offseason. It's on Strong now to make the right hires to make this thing work.
Howe sorta new what he was talking about.... Strong didn't panic, he was limited on expenditures. See below, this is some of the BS he had to deal with when it cam to Steve:
"One of the things that pissed off Strong the most was Patterson and chief revenue officer Steve Hank's attempt to cut the coat, tie and fitted dress shirt and pants for the players to wear when traveling and on game days - when it's time for business. The cost is roughly $20,000, I was told, and Patterson/Hank said the players could wear their Nike sweats.
Patterson/Hank used senior executive associate AD Arthur Johnson as the intermediary on this, and I'm told Charlie told Arthur there was no way he would agree to cutting the coat and tie attire for the players.
Strong feels it's important to dress for business and also knows some of the kids have never owned a coat and tie before (and that they needed to understand there were times you needed to get dressed up to conduct business).
So Patterson/Hank countered (through Johnson) that UT would only provide the fitted attire for new players and that the rest of the team could wear the attire they received previously. Strong replied that the players' bodies were changing/developing and that each player would need to be fitted each school year.
Then, Strong finally relayed to Patterson/Hank that if he - himself - had to pay for the coat and tie attire for the team out of his own pocket, that's what he'd do. Patterson/Hank relented."
