Except coaches today aren't going to judge jobs on whether or not you amassed a shit ton of championships during the 70s, 80s, or 90s. It is all about the here in now. Texas is the richest program, by far, has its own network, is the flagship school in its state, is king in what might be the most talent rich state (obviously top 3), has a huge fan base that will give massive support and fill the stadiums but isn't SEC and Big 10 levels of insane (fuck it took MB having the worst 4 year stretch in the history of Texas to push his ass out), it is in one of the best cities in the country, and you are treated like a king but you aren't such a big deal in Austin that you cannot live somewhat of a normal life.
It checks off every major category, some of which no other program is able to check off. The cons are time investment for LHN (overplayed, since it is negotiable and coaches already do tv and radio shows so it really isn't that much added) and the fan base is incredibly arrogant (par for the course with major programs).
That article is stupid, the James Franklins of the world could sign an extension today and if Texas comes calling tomorrow they would bail out of there immediately.
Also, I could go into a long explanation of why Texas fell post-DKR but I will sum it up quickly with: the fan base and big money donors fractured post DKR over who should be his successor, it was messy and it was a massive power struggle that ultimately threw the program into indefinite disarray. Mack Brown was the coach that finally healed that and awoke the sleeping giant. That won't occur this time because, 1. nobody cares what Mack thinks, 2. there isn't a MB coaching tree with multiple candidates that the fans will fight over, which is what occurred when DKR retired, 3. there will be a search committee, they will land a big name, and that will be that. The next coach might fail, which is fine, I will live through a Zook so we find our Meyer.
edit: Also, I'm fucking around about Tennessee. It is an upper echelon program, they just made two incredibly stupid hires in a row. Their problem is they don't have the advantages of a Florida, USC, or Texas that can indefinitely survive bad coaching hires due to the easy access to insane amounts of talent. Hell, as much as people say the Texas program was bad when MB took over, they had the future hiesman winner and a stud offensive line and were only a year removed from winning the first ever Big 12 title (haha go fuck yourself Nebraska, Texas single-handedly killed that program). That is right, the coach we fired in order to hire MB coached in the Big 12 for only two years compared to MB's 16 and has only 1 less Big 12 championship. It is amazing how one national title won by VY lets a career underachiever earn HoF status.
