Talk:Mack Brown

message: "Under Brown's tenure, only one player (Kwame Cavil) has left the Texas team for the NFL Draft with any eligibility remaining." -- That may not be a true statement. Cavil was suspended by Brown before the Cotton Bowl. He may have been suspended for the entire next season as well. Wouldn't that make Cavil ineligible? --Egumtow
:I agree.  I originally added the bit about Brown not having a player go to the draft with eligibility left, as Brown himself stated this in his interview with Texas Monthly a few months back.  However, it was edited to include Kwame Cavil, and looking back, while it's likely he was suspended for his senior season, I don't think this was officially announced, so we have no way to prove it one way or another, so I left it in.  --bbatsell | « give me a ring » 03:15, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi Bbatsell - I think you probably will already have seen this reference over at Vince Young, so this is more for other readers in the future.  Here is a reference to Cavil leaving, which includes the phrase " Texas coach Mack Brown said he never tells players what to do if they are considering entering the NFL draft early.".  It seems to me to imply that it was Cavil's choice whether to stay or not.  Johntex\talk 23:37, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Kwame Cavil

message: Is this really necessary for an article about the coach?  I'm pretty sure it'd be a lot more effectively conveyed if there was just a brief summary about the season / just a link to the season's article.  Just a thought.  AlanzoB 16:55, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree.  I took them out. Johntex\talk 20:15, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  2004/2005 game by game listing 

message: I've seen his name listed as William "Mack" Brown, implying that "Mack" is a nickname.  The UT directory lists him as William M Brown.  Is his middle name Mack?  Ydorb 19:38, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I just looked up his driver's license by birthdate in a database released by Texas DPS.  His full name is "William Mack Brown".  However, I can't cite this as a source as it is a private subscription database.  —bbatsell ¿? 20:49, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  UT Directory shows his name Corpx 16:30, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: What's his name

message: After thinking about it, he met with his players and promised them that his future was at North Carolina. 
I have never heard this, but seeing how it could be true I will not delete it.  Is there any evidence to back it up?
: Nothing that I've heard of Corpx 16:30, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  There's some serious POV in this section, e.g. "No Tar Heel fan has ever forgiven him."  According to his autobiography, he did meet with UNC players prior to Texas making him a job offer to tell him that he was staying (Gary Barnett was the heavy favorite to get the job according to at least one rumor at the time).  However, according to his autobiography, he met with them again prior to the details becoming public, telling them among other things not to transfer away from UNC.  I'll try to have the page numbers when I get home; I'll have to thumb through it to find out where it is. --Rimbo 00:38, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Is this true? any evidence?

message: The current pic's cropped and way too small.   I took this pic with him at the FEC and I think it'd be better for the article.  Let me know.  Corpx 16:39, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Better Picuture

message: Is this necessary?   I think a section about his career at UT should be sufficient.   I'm looking at other coaches like Pete Carroll and Joe Paterno and Bobby Bowden and Bob Stoops and they're all done this way.  Corpx 06:13, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Season by season summary?

message: The article contains many unsubstantiated criticisms that are derogatory not factual.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rgwilliams (talk • contribs) 20:21, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: The neutrality of this article is disputed

message: It almost doesn't seem like this article is unbiased and the many season sections towards then end seem very much like they are simply describing the seasons of the football program instead of referencing or referring to the coach which is what the article is supposed to be about.   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.253.199.92 (talk) 05:55, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article 

message: I have removed the following claim from the Salary Controversy section:
 "It should also be noted, however, that Brown's salary is paid entirely out of the revenues created by the football program and is not related to the budget of the university at large."
This is (1) false since the athletic department receives subsidies from the rest of the university (see: http://blogs.utexas.edu/towertalk/2010/01/28/mondays-with-the-faculty/comment-page-1/#comment-543) (2) worded in an unclear and imprecise manner; surely athletic revenue is _related_ to the budget of the university at large (3) these "facts" are not cited. I'm not opposed to having language in this section on both sides of the issue, but this certainly can be done in a objective and cited way.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.96.181.182 (talk) 02:38, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Salary Controversy 

message: The infobox credits Brown with winning the 1996 Big 12 South Division and 1996 Big 12 Championship.  
However, he was still coaching North Carolina at the time, making this impossible.  
John Mackovic was the coach of Texas for that 1996 season, and the Big 12 Championship is correctly credited to him on his infobox.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.186.130.250 (talk) 23:43, 14 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  1996 Big 12 South Division/Big 12 Championship? 

message: Why is this in the second paragraph, listing all the years that Texas has beat Oklahoma? "1998, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, and 2013" -- 96.241.54.204 (talk) 13:37, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Piling on Oklahoma? 

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