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Re: Texas to pay Big 12 championship bonuses to coaches

OU_Ron — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 09:51:29 -0000

Huskers Gameday has Mack's number...
http://huskersgameday.com/2...

Re: Texas to pay Big 12 championship bonuses to coaches

Porcine — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 02:40:33 -0000

He must have been hungry.

Re: Texas to pay Big 12 championship bonuses to coaches

WestCoaster — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 02:28:12 -0000

Typical Texas.

Re: Texas to pay Big 12 championship bonuses to coaches

Tyler_Tech — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 23:47:43 -0000

Let us not forget Graham played the entire second half fo the baylor game with nine seperate fractures in his hand and Crabtree did not play.Graham later had 17 pins and two plates inserted in his hand......

Re: Texas to pay Big 12 championship bonuses to coaches

Bevo_Boiler — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 23:13:11 -0000

I've lost tie-breakers before and it hasn't bothered me that much, but don't forget how much was left completely in the hands of the voters. These players and coaches may never get another shot at the NC. I'd like to say that I would react better than that (I did agree it was taking it too far), but I really can't say for sure until I get put in a situation of that magnitude.

Re: Texas to pay Big 12 championship bonuses to coaches

aVoiceInSC — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:29:36 -0000

They're paying Muschamp $900K!? The Longhorn defense wasn't even that good.

I guess that's the price they have to pay him so he won't leave and take a head coaching job that he may or may not even have success with.

Re: Texas to pay Big 12 championship bonuses to coaches

OU_Ron — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:37:38 -0000

TG, here is the incentive to stick around.......above and beyond the bonus..
http://texas.rivals.com/con...

Re: Texas to pay Big 12 championship bonuses to coaches

1Tomcat — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:33:58 -0000

If you want to pay your coaches bonuses-Okay go ahead
If you want to call it B-12 conf champ bonuses- go ahead
Every season is different and 08 was no exception
Its really cool that two teams Texas & Oklahoma are usually in the top ten nationally.Its pretty cool that they face each other every year in a neutral stadium the the crowd split 50/50- the XII champ game is not as big as the RRS game-its not. .012 % difference between the two teams
Whats really funny is that folks from the outside looking in can't understand.
A 3 way tie is a 3 way tie
The B-12 south has been a lot tougher than the B-12 north the last several years- not to take anything away from TTech- hey they beat Texas
Aint nobody whining
I saw the Texas Tech vs A&M game- did yall ? A&M sucked last year and led TTech at the half- I know close dont count, but it showed me that they could be beat
I listened to the TTech vs BU game- wow what a close one BU led until the final minutes was driving the ball- two incompletetions- turned over on downs- TTech wins another real close one- had BU won would Texas have been in the CCG game- probably
I saw the TTech @ OU game and OU whipped TTech
I picked Ole Miss over TTech and I picked UF over OU
Whats really hard for other folks{ fans of the other 118 Div 1-A teams} to understand is that the MNC game was of no importance to us Texas fans.
Cant pull for OU, arch rivals that we dont like- we dont have that pull for them because they are in your conference mentality that the SEC fans have.

Hookem Horns- you cant understand its a Texas thing

Re: Texas to pay Big 12 championship bonuses to coaches

TampaGator — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:58:01 -0000

Kev:

I agree with you, if the point of the bonuses was to continue to pound the championship drum (in otherwords, precisley because it's not that much money, they issue the bonuses for the purpose of claiming the BXII champ), rather than because they genuinely thought the assistants earned it, and they wanted to give them incentive to stick around.

I'm just not quite sold though, that the incidental benefit was the primary motive.

GO GATORS!!

Re: Texas to pay Big 12 championship bonuses to coaches

TampaGator — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:57:26 -0000

USC1801:

Point taken; I'll refer you to my reply to Kevin above.

GO GATORS!!

Re: Texas to pay Big 12 championship bonuses to coaches

Tyler_Tech — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:48:58 -0000

It was a 3 way-tie. Let's not forget that.

Re: Texas to pay Big 12 championship bonuses to coaches

OU_Ron — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:14:35 -0000

No BB, I think other schools would accept the fact and move on....I guess by your reaction, you would do as Mack does....good luck with it..

Re: Texas to pay Big 12 championship bonuses to coaches

Bevo_Boiler — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:36:13 -0000

"no other school has done it.....it's an embarrassment"

When has another school been put in this situation? I seriously doubt that those schools would just sit there and smile as they get passed by a team that they beat because of the way the system works, but that's just my opinion.

Re: Texas to pay Big 12 championship bonuses to coaches

USC1801 — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:04:55 -0000

I think you may have missed his point. . . bonuses are fine but they should not be designated as "championship" related in this case. It reflects character to take the high road when you are disappointed, but in this day and time posturing has become so accepted that teams resolve to acting like spoiled children when things don't go their way. Like an immature child, they believe that stomping their feet and showing abject disdain will win the day. Those who know better, even their own fans, can see through the charade.

Re: Texas to pay Big 12 championship bonuses to coaches

Tyler_Tech — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:02:22 -0000

How much of a bonus do they get when they actually win a real title? NOt an * title? :/

Re: Texas to pay Big 12 championship bonuses to coaches

Tyler_Tech — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:59:54 -0000

This is really just sad, especially with the team Texas has coming back. The story of the off season should be talking about Colt shredding Big 12 Defenses for even bigger stats. Instead the offseason of the longhorns is a crying media darling calling a waaammmbulance named Mack Brown. Sad.....

Re: Texas to pay Big 12 championship bonuses to coaches

Ben Prather — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:52:13 -0000

Did Georgia Coaches get a bonus in 2007? That was almost exactly the same deal.

What about Texas Tech coaches?

Re: Texas to pay Big 12 championship bonuses to coaches

Kevin @ Fanblogs — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 07:50:20 -0000

I agree with OU_Ron. Pay a bonus, but don't put out a release saying that you're paying Big XII Championship bonuses. That's just ASStriskie.

Re: Texas to pay Big 12 championship bonuses to coaches

Kevin @ Fanblogs — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 07:48:42 -0000

Agreed.

Re: Texas to pay Big 12 championship bonuses to coaches

TampaGator — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 01:04:40 -0000

Ok, flying the planes with the banners over the games, the constant whining, perhaps the asterik, are all fair game for calling Texas out; but this one here--bonuses--I have no problem with. We're not talking about huge amounts of money here, and it's helpful in keeping some of the assistants on. I don't see any problems (of course had UTx recievd TARP money, that'd be different...).

IMO, the bonuses were earned de facto; no biggie.

GO GATORS!!

Re: Texas to pay Big 12 championship bonuses to coaches

OU_Ron — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:16:33 -0000

Tom, giving a bonus is great, I'm sure they deserved it...Texas had a great year....but the bonus they received was for winning the conference championship......at least disguise it, or at least use an * ;-)

Re: Texas to pay Big 12 championship bonuses to coaches

Tom22 — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:08:18 -0000

Are you the Grinch or something? ; )

Isn't a top 5 finish good enough for the staff to meet performance bonuses?

Sure they didn't win the tiebreaker, but it was a pretty darn good season.

Re: Texas to pay Big 12 championship bonuses to coaches

thebuckstopshere — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:00:17 -0000

Instead of using that analogy I would equate it to opting out of the full coverage when renting a car.......

Re: Texas to pay Big 12 championship bonuses to coaches

OU_Ron — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:58:13 -0000

I don't think Florida or any other school would do this, to my knowledge, no other school has done it.....it's an embarrassment

Re: Texas to pay Big 12 championship bonuses to coaches

War_Eagle_Atlanta — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:47:26 -0000

Ignorance is no excuse. Try telling that to a judge when you didn't know you were breaking a law...