...if he had gone 6-7 and then 4-8?
Some context: Mack followed John Mackovic. Mackovic was hired in 1992 and went 6-5 in his first year. In 1993 Mackovic went 5-5-1. In 1994 Mackovic went 8-4 and finished tied for 1st in the SWC. In 1995 Mackovic went 10-2-1 and won the SWC with a 7-0 conference record. In 1996 Mackovic went 8-5 and beat Nebraska to win the inaugural Big XII Championship.
The following year, 1997, Mackovic went 4-7 with some very bad defeats, including the infamous Route 66, and was consequently relieved of his duties. 1997 was obviously a crappy year, and I don't think many people saw it coming (of course we didn't have the privilege of Orangebloods and it's limitless sages back then, the majority of whom could have certainly informed us of the impending doom), but it wasn't as though Texas hadn't had some decent success the previous 3 years under Mackovic, including one of the most unexpected and exciting wins in UT football history.
Mack went 9-3 and then 9-5, missing out on the Big XII South title by 1 game and beating the eventual champion and in-state rival Texas A&M in year 1, and playing in the Big XII Championship Game in his 2nd year (losing to #3 Nebraska), so all of this is purely hypothetical, but if Mack had come in and pulled a CS, do you think he would have been fired after 2 years?
Some context: Mack followed John Mackovic. Mackovic was hired in 1992 and went 6-5 in his first year. In 1993 Mackovic went 5-5-1. In 1994 Mackovic went 8-4 and finished tied for 1st in the SWC. In 1995 Mackovic went 10-2-1 and won the SWC with a 7-0 conference record. In 1996 Mackovic went 8-5 and beat Nebraska to win the inaugural Big XII Championship.
The following year, 1997, Mackovic went 4-7 with some very bad defeats, including the infamous Route 66, and was consequently relieved of his duties. 1997 was obviously a crappy year, and I don't think many people saw it coming (of course we didn't have the privilege of Orangebloods and it's limitless sages back then, the majority of whom could have certainly informed us of the impending doom), but it wasn't as though Texas hadn't had some decent success the previous 3 years under Mackovic, including one of the most unexpected and exciting wins in UT football history.
Mack went 9-3 and then 9-5, missing out on the Big XII South title by 1 game and beating the eventual champion and in-state rival Texas A&M in year 1, and playing in the Big XII Championship Game in his 2nd year (losing to #3 Nebraska), so all of this is purely hypothetical, but if Mack had come in and pulled a CS, do you think he would have been fired after 2 years?
