Mack Brown

Oh, a picture of what? I texted him because he...

No, just like a picture of him and Mack Brown.

I got to post it.

Just to shout out his new show.

He's the one who wanted Michael Lombardi to come with him, even though he had no college experience.

And they said, well, we're just going to turn this into the 33rd NFL team as if just running it like an NFL organization was going to somehow solve all the problems that North Carolina had to begin with the reason why they got rid of Mack brown.

Right.

So it was not just only the hubris, but also this idea of like, well, we can't keep anybody around here who knows anything about how this is run.

got rid of everyone who was associated with Mack Brown, because we couldn't have that.

You had to have loyalty.

And a lot of people were questioning what Michael Lombardi even did in the NFL to give him such stature.

punchline in college football.

Mack Brown brought Texas back into cultural relevance.

But they still needed someone that would help them get over that

hump.

So they've got football issues, and that's what Coach Sweeney has to wrap his head around.

Now, my particular thesis on Clemson has not changed in a long time, which is Davo Sweeney is a CEO, much like Shane Beamer, like Mack Brown, and others have been.

By the way, we've seen it work.

Mack Brown won the 2005 National Championship.

But just so everybody knows, he wasn't the architect of that offense, just like Shane Beamer wasn't the architect of the offense last year or last week.

It is their job.

When have you seen this as far as a coach that won a national championship and has fell off as bad as what Dumbo has? And I've tried to think about it.

The only comparison we could come up with was Mack Brown.

And I just think Mack didn't want to develop his offense and change and all that.

There's a totally different story with Dumbo, but His fan base, they won't give up on him, Paul.

him.

I mean, it's nice to see some loyalty now and then.

Mack Brown was victimized.

I mean, he had lost control, but it really was not to this degree.

So Sam Darnold goes out with a hip injury.

A.J. Brown.

Like in the first series.

In the first series.

A.J. Brown.

He's hurt.

For those of us

I'm making an overall larger point about the NFL lineup announcements and what school you're from in this day and age.

My...

Friend Mack Brown at Texas did it last year, and he called me and said it's a lot of fun and kind of an interesting thing to do, keep you relevant.

So, yeah, I ventured into the social media world.

For you, and I mean, I know you're a coach and you're going to watch games and stuff, but knowing that you can talk about this current Vols team and what Coach Heupel is doing there, I mean, how cool is it, like you said, to help keep you involved in watching these games and seeing some of these young players come there through Tennessee?

My...

Friend Mack Brown at Texas did it last year and he called me and said it's a lot of fun and kind of an interesting thing to do, keep you relevant.

So yeah, I ventured into the social media world.

For you, and I mean, I know you're a coach and you're going to watch games and stuff, but knowing that you can talk about this current Vols team and what Coach Heupel is doing there, I mean, how cool is it, like you said, to help keep you involved in watching these games and seeing some of these young players come there through Tennessee?

If you're good enough to be on Nick Saban's staff defensively at LSU, I think you're probably pretty good at your job.

If you're good enough to call the defense from Mack Brown, probably good enough to call college football defensive plays.

Matt Patricia, same thing.

I openly questioned that hire when they brought him on to be their D.C. Didn't make sense to me.