Mack Brown's take on Sarkisian calling plays may have Texas fans backing off their HC

With increasing intensity, both fans and doubters of the Texas Longhorns have started questioning whether or not head coach Steve Sarkisian should continue calling the plays on offense.

Despite Sarkisian repeatedly defending his decision to hold onto the playbook and numerous players defending their head coach, the questions continue to loom large over the Horns' football team.

Now, legendary Texas head coach Mack Brown has weighed in on the issue, but it's from a very different perspective than anyone had previously heard. You see, Brown also called the offensive plays when he was the Longhorns' head coach.

The big difference? Brown was able to take Texas the distance, while Sarkisian has fallen short of even reaching the National Championship so far.

Mack Brown stands behind Steve Sarkisian

While Brown didn't outright say whether or not Sarkisian should give up the playbook or not, the former Texas head coach did concede just how difficult it can be to give up that sense of control as a head coach at one of the biggest programs in the nation.

"Number one, this is his choice. It's not media's choice, it's not fans' choice, it's not anybody's choice. It's his choice," Brown said. "He loves it and he's very good at it, the play calls just took Texas a play away from the National Championship two years in a row."

Brown is fully correct; Sarkisian has led the Horns to back-to-back College Football Playoff semifinal appearances, but fans are thirsty for more.

He went on to talk about what exactly it would take for Sarkisian to give up play-calling. From being too old to too busy to too tired, there were a handful of reasons that could lead to that decision, but clearly, the current Texas head coach hasn't reached any of those points quite yet.

"[Sarkisian’s] got to find someone else who is as good as he is, and that’s really, really hard to do,” Brown said on who could possibly replace Sarkisian at the reins.

Not to mention, after he gets too old, too tired, or too busy, and then finds a person who is just as qualified as he is to call offensive plays at the University of Texas, Sarkisian has to actually give up the play calling; he has to "let him do it," as Brown said.

Brown ended with the perfect summary of the point he had spent a few minutes making: "Just to change... is easy to say, it's hard to do."