Texas’s Steve Sarkisian Furious About Report Of His Interest In Nfl Coaching Gig

Saturday greeting started retired chaotic for Texas coach Steve Sarkisian—a study came out from The Athletic's Dianna Russini stating that Sarkisian was willing successful making nan leap to coach successful nan NFL. Sarkisian's agents quickly unopen down nan study by stating it was "patently mendacious and wildly inaccurate."

The coach was of people asked astir nan study from Saturday greeting during his postgame property convention aft the Longhorns' 45–38 overtime triumph complete Mississippi State. Sarkisian did not clasp back—he was noticeably furious astir nan study and really nan news dispersed for illustration wildfire.

"It really pisses maine disconnected that 1 personification tin make a study that successful turn, nan full media sports world runs pinch arsenic actual to nan constituent wherever my agency and my agents person to put a connection out," Sarkisian said. "I had to do that to protect my locker room and my team. I thought it was perfectly ridiculous. I thought it was wholly unprofessional of that personification to put that study out, and nan truth that everybody ran pinch it is borderline embarrassing for nan media. I respect what you guys do, I really do, and everybody else, but nan truth that everybody ran that arsenic truth is really embarrassing.

"I've sewage a mini circle erstwhile I make decisions connected what I do and what I don't do, and cipher would speak connected my behalf without maine knowing."

It's safe to opportunity that if Sarkisian does determine to make nan NFL leap 1 day, he’d for illustration if his squad recovered retired from himself aliases his agents alternatively than successful a media report.

Sarkisian's Saturday ended connected a amended note, though, arsenic Texas came backmost successful nan 4th fourth to unit overtime vs. Mississippi State. The Longhorns ended up winning 45-38 contempt backmost Arch Manning leaving nan title early successful overtime because of an injury.

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