Texas coach Mack Brown had an interesting take when he was asked about Mark Mangino's volatile coaching situation at Kansas.

While Brown didn't specifically address Mangino's situation, he talked about how his methods of communication have changed since he started work as a student coach at Florida State in 1973.

The Texas coach noted that college football might be the most difficult of coaching jobs, considering the sport has 85 scholarship players and only 11 can be on the field at a given time.

"If we ever get on a kid in practice, we make sure we walk off the field with him and we talk to him in the dressing room before he leaves the field," Brown said. "We don't want him to leave unhappy, and we don't want him to leave with his head down being depressed."

Brown also spoke of how he has changed ways in dealing with athletes over the years -- even in simple communications with them.

"Some kids don't hear what you say. They hear pieces of it," Brown said. "Usually, if I said four (teaching points) that were complimentary, and one that wasn't very good, he'll only remember the one that wasn't complimentary. And usually he won't remember like I said it or like I meant it.

"So I'll say, 'No, here's what you heard and here's what I said.' And we'll go back over it again. So communication is really, really difficult."

That strategy is a good indicator of why Brown is among the very best in his profession.

We all have heard that he is a recruiter first and foremost.

And while Brown has those skills -- in abundance -- he's also pretty good along the sidelines, too.