He admitted in his presser he could have gotten rid of the ball. Can't. Take. That. Sack. Period.
No argument with anything you posted, cept I think he makes the 47 yarder. Fake punt was imbicillic.
I’d say if Urban didn’t want the job he’d say so. Till he actually does I’d say there is at least a chance.
I’m sorry but that coach doesn’t exist if it’s not Urban Meyer. I get that we all want urban Meyer and I get why, but those of you who aren’t open minded to anyone else are being ridiculous. We don’t even know if Urban wants the job and should at least prepare for the possibility that he doesn’t.
Im not arguing that CDC’s hires haven’t been proven winners so far. In fact I’ve argued that we should trust him with this because of that. The fact is though football is a little different. Coaches that have played for or won national titles don’t leave schools. If you can’t get Unran Meyer(and we may not be able to)then there isn’t a national title winner or a multiple program winner out there you could realistically get.
Then maybe we should start doing some self reflection and change. The amount of people who have left Texas and have had success but we’re mediocre to bad here should alarm some folks. Maybe instead of saying “we’re Texas”... maybe the problem has become “we’re Texas
Ball has already rolled. Until Urban flat out says he doesn't want the job--- which he has not, either publicly or privately (from what I've been told). He's not using Texas to leverage against Fox because Fox doesn't play that sh!t. He's not using Texas to leverage against USC because USC can't pay him anywhere near what Texas can. Same thing with South Carolina. They don't have the resources to leverage vs Texas.
Don’t disagree conceptually. In practice, taking a group of 10-20 BMDs to all agree to provide a new coach space to do his job? Impossible ... that group isn’t accustomed to self reflection and having anyone tell them what to do. Only an UM-type with skins on the wall and balls bigger than your head will have the instant credibility to keep that group at arms length. Until it’s confirmed we can’t get UM it’s fun (but utterly useless) to come up with a list of Matt Campbell comparables. That list doesn’t have the big cajones - at least in the eyes of the BMDs. As has been stated by others, dealing with that group is as important at UT as Xs and Os.
And I think some of you make more of dealing about the BMD’s than they really is. Tom Herman and Charlie Strong didn’t fail here because the BMD’s didn’t like them. In fact in Herman’s case they Rolled out the red carpet for him. They didn’t succeed here because they didn’t win games. Dealing with the BMD’s is part of the job yes but winning games takes care of a lot of the work for you. If Herman was winning games they wouldn’t be in this situation
I'm not concerned about BMD's. I think they would have no problem giving UM full control of the program. It's the school administration and meddling professors plus Austin socially liberal elites that want to dictate their social justice garbage onto our football program. Just get the fvck out of the way and let UM run the whole show. The players answer to nobody but him and if they aren't committed to being all in with his vision from day one he should be allowed to cut them loose and look for another school. This program is a disaster and it will take a few years to get it turned into a culture of consistent excellence and leadership where players are accountable to each other. Our team has zero leadership and player accountability right now. We have too many guys trying to brand themselves as being down for social justice while being absolutely tone deaf to the fact that not everyone on the team believes in that nonsense and many are turned off by it. It's best to just keep that to yourself. It's like having a bunch of people who are constantly preaching their religious beliefs toward their teammates and fellow students. It's a big turn off if you over do it and you alienate those who don't necessarily agree with your constant preaching.
Good lord. Austin being liberal or players carrying about social justice isn’t why Texas is losing to Iowa state. Can we just stop with that nonsense.
The reason they kicked azz was because UM had everyone committed and all in with his direction for the program. Tim Tebow was the clear leader of those teams and UM had zero concerns with his religious beliefs because Tebow never went behind his back demanding that the University of Florida tear down statues and rename buildings and eliminate school songs. UM had 100% trust in Tebow and the rest of his players because he knew they would never do anything that was insubordinate and divisive to the program. That's the polar opposite of our entire athletics department today.
I remember a few years back when folks were saying the same thing about Strong and then a few years back about Brown. I thought Strong was a good hire but when he got rid of all those players and doghouse a few others had hurt him. Everyone was screaming for Herman. I wasn't sure on him because of the fact that i thought Strong should have had 4 years to finish out his first freshmen class. With Herman, have we improved? Have we declined? I think we have taken a slight step back as our recruiting have taken a big blow as of late. We were use to getting the 5 stars and upper 4 stars and now we are getting excited over 3 stars. That alone should tell everyone where we are at. If we are getting a coach, let's get one with some skins on the wall. We also need to have an identity.
The kids of today, especially the top talented kids, "usually" come from middle class or lower economic back grounds. 25 years ago, playing in the NFL meant 2-3 million a year contracts. Now that's a lot of money, don't get me wrong--- but it wasn't generational money. Kids now see, with the rise of social media, that they can not only cash in on the NFL wealth, but also on the social media wealth. If you're the QB for a major college team and your Twitter account or YouTube or Instagram account has a million followers, you get paid. If you've got two million social media followers, you're building a brand. If you come out of college with two million followers and a brand, then Nike, Coca-Cola, Budweiser etc all know that if they want to sign you, they are going to have to pony up more money to do so, because they aren't creating your marketing footprint, they're paying for the one you've already created.
