What else would you expect the head coach of the Texas Longhorns to say, right?
Mack Brown says the University of Texas “hit a home run” in the hiring of his new boss, Steve Patterson. Patterson, hired by Texas on Tuesday after working under the same title at Arizona State, will be tasked with making the decisions that will impact the future of the football program at Texas. The Longhorns could be in position to make a run for a Big 12 championship and a BCS bowl, but it feels as though Brown could be on his last tour of duty in Austin regardless of what happens in November.
Changes are going to be coming at Texas for the football program. If DeLoss Dodds was still going to be in charge of the athletics department heading in to next year, Brown may have done enough already to save his job in 2014 thanks to an undefeated start to Big 12 play highlighted by a win against Oklahoma. The reality of the situation though may tell a different tale, as Patterson may have a plan to give the football program new life and a fresh start. We don’t know if that will be the case or not, but given the narrative surrounding the Longhorns for much of the season it would not be a shock at all if Patterson decides to start his new job by bringing in his own guy to run the program.
Texas can afford just about anybody the school would want, but we know right now that Todd Graham is off the table and Nick Saban says he is committed to Alabama. Totally.