Steve Sarkisian is doing Texas a disservice blasting Moro Ojomo

Some very interesting comments emerged in various press conferences in the last week or so that shed some light on the inner workings of the Texas football program. It was originally returning senior defensive lineman Moro Ojomo that spoke on the matter of the Texas program’s culture in media availability a few days ago which lit a fire (mostly in a positive sense) for a lot of fans on the Forty Acres.

But then, second-year head coach Steve Sarkisian didn’t respond too kindly to the comments made by Ojomo shedding some light on the inner workings of the program’s culture, which he expressed in media availability on April 12.

Sark mentioned in his press conference on this day that he really didn’t like the comments made by Ojomo (to put it briefly).

But what exactly seemingly rubbed Sark the wrong way and what does this mean for the program and the fans?

First and foremost, Ojomo really dug into some of the problems he felt were facing the program during his collegiate career to date. He mentioned that a lot of the players in this program that he’s been around for the last few years often cared more about hitting Sixth Street and/or focusing on women (among various other off-the-field activities) than winning games or getting on the right track to make their case for the NFL.

And that really hit right in terms of exposing some of the issues within the program for the Longhorns faithful once the comments from Ojomo hit the public eye.

Texas football senior DL Moro Ojomo put on blast by Steve Sarkisian in April 12 press conference

Yet, those comments obviously didn’t hit right for Sark and the Longhorns staff this week. Sark responded by saying that “if you’re really a family, you don’t go out and talk about family business”. He also stated that Ojomo won’t be talking to the media for a while.

It’s important to note that there was a point not too long ago when Sark and his staff apparently wanted some of the leaders of this program to speak out on how the culture is changing this year. And then when Ojomo gave his honest assessment and essentially just said that he wants his teammates and the program as a whole focused on winning, he was bashed by Sark and shut down from talking to the media likely for a few months at the very least.

All that Ojomo was trying to accomplish was getting the players to focus on the right thing on and off the field this year. He’s seen plenty of on and off-the-field antics during his four years with the program thus far. Ojomo wants to see that turned around this year and see this program finally get on the right track under Sark and this staff.

I personally believe there is nothing wrong with that. And it’s hard to find a standpoint where Sark doesn’t come out looking at least somewhat like a hypocrite for this situation.

From here on out, we might see Ojomo face the ramifications of getting on Sark’s bad side. He’s likely to lose some of his voice as it relates to communication with the media and fans directly this year. And maybe this is something that extends to the point of him losing a voice in practice and the locker room.

Moreover, this is a shame to see Sark respond to this situation the way he did. Not only did he criticize Ojomo in a pretty harsh fashion for reflecting honestly and in a manner that didn’t really do any damage to anyone, but he also essentially tried to diminish the voice of this returning senior on this subject.

At this point of the offseason, Texas only has roughly 10 days remaining until the spring football game arrives. Sark and the Longhorns just wrapped up spring practice No. 10 on April 12. The spring football game is set to take place at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on April 23.