Longhorn Nation Must Be Patient With Charlie Strong

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The Texas Longhorns football program is one of the most historic in the nation. The Longhorns have won 825 games while also laying claim to four national titles. From 1957-1976, Texas head football coach Darrell Royal led the Longhorns and under his watch they never had a losing season. Since Royal retired in 1976, Texas has only had six losing seasons which is commendable in this era of college football of parody. This season is shaping up to be a difficult one for new Texas head football coach Charlie Strong, but he is working hard to get the job done.

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Charlie Strong

Strong took over this year at Texas for Mack Brown who was forced out by the powers that be (boosters) in Austin. In 16 seasons at Texas, Brown only had one losing season and he led the Longhorns to the national championship in 2005. Strong took over a very difficult situation at Texas and the people there need to be patient with him.

Last season Texas finished with a record of 8-5, but they were a senior laden team. No Longhorn players were drafted this past spring at the National Football League Draft which was the first time since 1937 that such a thing had occurred for the burnt orange. Strong has dismissed several Longhorn players from the team as they were not living up to his standards as there was too much of a right of entitlement last season from some players. After a good start in their season opener against North Texas, the Longhorns have dropped their last two games to BYU and UCLA respectively. Some rumblings have begun in the Longhorn family as Texas booster and former Minnesota Vikings owner Red McCombs expressed his disapproval of the hire of Strong and he has never given him his full support. But people such as McCombs in the Lone Star State need to relax as this will not be a quick fix for the Longhorns.

Texas has the money and resources at their disposal that most schools could only dream of. But Strong and his coaching staff will have to work a little bit harder than his predecessors in Austin to get the top-tier talent in the state. Gone are the days where the name Texas alone would convince youngsters to put on the burnt orange. With the recent success of Baylor and Texas A&M in-state, the Longhorns have a fight hand on their hands to get the top players to come to Austin. Non-Texas schools such as Oregon and LSU get their fair share of talent from the Lone Star State as well while Oklahoma is always fighting to lure talent to the other side of the Red River.

In four seasons at Louisville, Strong was 37-15 and he never had a losing season. While at Louisville, Strong also sent his fair share of talent to the NFL and given time he will do the same thing at Texas. This season Texas played a tough non-conference schedule and their Big 12 Conference schedule is not easier. The Big 12 schedule also sees each school meeting each other. The Longhorns will begin conference play next Saturday when they host Kansas before consecutive games against Baylor and Oklahoma respectively. The Longhorns are currently 1-2 and there is the possibility that Strong could become the first Texas head football coach since Dana Bible in 1937 to have a losing campaign in his first year in Austin. But if everyone is patient with Strong while giving him their full support, the victories will come.

Source: Sports-reference.com

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By | 2014-09-16T10:14:29+00:00 September 16th, 2014|Categories: College Football|2 Comments

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  1. Gearguy Sep 16, 2014 at 8:10 pm - Reply

    Good article, as a Louisville fan I got see what Charlie can do and if the Texas fans can be patient he will deliver! This man can recruit 3 star players and make them into NFL draft choices but more important he makes them into men. By his third year Texas will competing for the final four of football. Hate to see him leave louisville but he had to go, can’t pass up an opportunity like Texas!

    • William Martin Sep 17, 2014 at 6:06 pm - Reply

      By 2016, Charlie Strong will have the Texas Longhorns contending for the Big 12 Title, but there just needs to be some patient in Austin.

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