Charlie Strong: You just move on
— -- New Texas coach Charlie Strong isn't going to let a little criticism from longtime Longhorns billionaire booster Red McCombs ruin his first few days on the job.
On Monday, McCombs voiced his disapproval of Strong's hire on ESPN 1250 San Antonio.
"I don't have any doubt that Charlie is a fine coach. I think he would make a great position coach, maybe a coordinator," McCombs said. "But I don't believe [he belongs at] what should be one of the three most powerful university programs in the world right now at UT-Austin. I don't think it adds up."
Strong, who appeared on the syndicated "Dan Patrick Show," brushed off McCombs' comments.
"There are going to be statements made," said Strong, the former Louisville coach. "You can't worry about that. You just move on. You have a job to do. You can't worry about what people say or think.
"I'm going to get judged by my work here. Once you win some football games, you're going to change a lot of people's attitudes. ... You have to win. Everybody wants to win nowadays. There are those expectations anywhere you go."
McCombs, former owner of the San Antonio Spurs, Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Vikings and co-founder of Clear Channel Communications, had publicly lobbied for Texas to replace Mack Brown with former NFL coach and ESPN analyst Jon Gruden.
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