y'all need to tap the brakes on some of this. duvernay and maybe humphrey would make the wr list-- duvernay falling only behind lamb, off the top of my head. foreman would make the rb list, even though he always seemed more interested in his stats than winning. sam would be on the qb list-- this is not an nfl list. sam is better than mahomes was in college. and to whomever said sam is overrated because he doesn't have a next level arm... what do i care about the next level? tommie frazier didn't have an nfl arm either, and short of vince and leinart, he's the best college qb i've ever seen.
Joel Klatt nailed it
- Thread starter bschroed21
- Start date
Sam is something else. He makes you proud how he performs when the chips are down.....a flat out gamer.
So where does he go in the 3rd quarter? Do the coaches get us all "lathered up" with rousing half time speeches that inspire our offense to hit the field screaming..."3 and out....3 and out"? Why cant Sam play in the 3rd quarter?
It is possible that we are so de motivated that we dont win another game this year. We havnt played the best of conference teams yet.
So where does he go in the 3rd quarter? Do the coaches get us all "lathered up" with rousing half time speeches that inspire our offense to hit the field screaming..."3 and out....3 and out"? Why cant Sam play in the 3rd quarter?
It is possible that we are so de motivated that we dont win another game this year. We havnt played the best of conference teams yet.
Top five conference WRs of the last decade... Duvernay is not on the list. Not based on raw talent and not based on college stats. By no measure does he make the list. Just off the top of my head, DeDe Westbrook, Tylan Wallace, CeeDee Lamb, Marquis Brown and Tyler Locket are all miles ahead of him. Corey Coleman and James Washington. Five Big 12 receivers have won the Biletnikov since 2010. Zero Longhorns. Top RBs Foreman makes the list if you are just basing it on stats, but not sure if you look at stats plus NFL talent. Ehlinger is not better than Mahomes in college. Mahomes led the league in passing twice. And Ehlinger is nowhere near the top 5 of the last decade. Bradford, Murray and Hurts from OU, Mahomes and Mason Rudolph off the top of my head. And again, one o-lineman drafted in a decade.
You need to be realistic about the talent available. As an OU fan, Oklahoma State’s offense has scared me far more year in and year out than Texas. Not because of schemes. Because of talent. There is no reason in the world that should be the case given Texas’ recruiting advantages. Ehlinger is a good college QB. But he doesn’t strike fear in opponents like those other QBs I mentioned. Texas hasn’t had a guy like that since McCoy.
Last edited:
Here is my problem with this.
How many coaches are out there, lets say for arguments sake there are 100 Division 1 coaches out there. How many are black? As of right now there are 13. Already you have cut your field of qualified coaches down by 87%. Now you are looking for the best coach out of 13. You will likely eliminate about 8 or 9 of those and you are left with a field of 3 or 4 none of which have won squat. Now tell me your chances of one of these guys being the right guy to lead this team?
This is the problem I have, Neither Charlie or Herman was a smart hire, just like in the 80's and 90's when we hired David McWilliams and followed that up with John Mackovic.
There are very few guys qualified to coach at the University of Texas simply because of the requirements to be the coach here. Frankly I don't think any of the black coaches out there are qualified, not because they are bad coaches, but because there is so much more to this job than coaching. I will say this again, a football coach who loves coaching would hate being the coach at Texas because it is so much less about coaching and more about the other responsibilities he has to do.
He has to be a CEO and he has to make really really good assistant hires from the get go, there is no do over, he gets 3 or 4 years to produce results or at least trend in the right direction. He must command respect from his players the moment he walks into the room. He must command respect from the boosters the moment he walks into the room.
Do you know how hard it is to find a coach like that? Making a hire about race is never going to get the results you require unless you basically hit the lottery.
I could have made the same argument about Herman and his lack of experience. He was hired because of hype and nothing more.
I agree that aren’t many options if you wanted to hire a black coach which is a separate issue worth discussion both in the NFL and NCAA, but that’s not the point. The point is if that was your goal there were better roads(more qualified roles to go down. They literately interviewd a better option in James Franklin. Now I mean I don’t know if James Franklin would of got us ultimately. Where we need to be, but I feel pretty confident in saying things wouldn’t of ended up being the dumpster fire it has become. In fact I’d venture a guess that if they had hired Franklin over Strong Franklin would probably still be here.
I hardly doubt Franklin would have been more successful than Herman or Strong as he has the same issues. As I said, Tom doesn't have the skill set or maturity to be the coach at Texas. I don't know Franklin very well, but I know that success at Penn State doesn't necessarily equate to success at Texas, again the skill set required to succeed at Texas is different than the skill set need at a place like Penn State.
I don’t know if he would of gotten Texas to where we need to be, but we wouldn’t be the total dumpster fire we have been the last 7-8. I mean we are looking at 3-7 right in the face. I mean it’s hard to see us beating anyone else but Kansas and maybe WVU or Baylor. Neither of those are locks
Last edited:
If Texas does bring in Urban Meyer it is going to have to be a short term fix 5-7 years based on his history. Which means it would be smart to have someone with him with an eye on them being the HC of the future. Kellen Moore would be an interesting guy to do that with. At 32 years old already an NFL OC putting up a lot of points. Think he has a bright future as a coach. Just isn’t working under the best tutors with Garrett and now McCarthy.
I'll take it. In fact, I'd be for bringing in an up and coming coordinator who we can turn the program over to when Urban steps down.
Yeah that’s what I mean. That’s what Utah and Ohio State did and it’s worked out well. FL didn’t do that and it didn’t really work out that well. There are a number of guys that would fit that mold.
Ryan, you were banned in 2019. It's not ok to re-register a new username and resume posting.
Yeah that wasn’t the point of this screen name. I joined the premium board awhile back couldn’t get in to my old account so I created a new one to do that. Started my own business a bit ago so I let my membership go for awhile. I figured enough time had passed that we could all put our differences in the past in the past and move on.
Look. I was probably a little strong and stubborn in my takes in the past. I still believe everything I said much of what I said at the time a lot of the board is saying today, but I could of handled myself differently.
That said there were a lot of personal attacks and name calling thrown my way back then too, so we all can get a little carried away. I apologize for the role I played in that. We’re all adults though, we all want the same thing and that is for the Longhorns to get back to the top of college football, so Hook’em and lets move on
Similar threads
Latest posts
-
-
-
-
-
The TCH/Hijack Poker War Room: Now THIS is a damn good War Room
- Latest: HSB Horn 2023