I think Strong is a very interesting study.

I think he's a good coach, but not great. If you go back to his hire, UT swung and missed on several candidates so I think Strong was probaby the best hire they could have made. I think we discussed this each season: where does he rank in Big 12 coaches? There are the guys I think are clearly better than Strong:
Stoops
Patterson
Snyder
Gundy

So he's probably 4, at best, and until Briles got run off, he was prob 5, at best.

I think the biggest factor in Charlie's record is that he had nothing at QB the first two years. His defense was good enough to win 7 or 9 games those first two years if he had decenet QB play.

I think the biggest issue he has is out of his control. As Herbstreit mentioned this weekend, it's a pretty toxic environment there in Austin. The boosters are a bunch of rich children. The expectations are insane and there is still an air of arrogance that runs through the fabric that is going to be hard to get rid of.