The new bar was set with Jimbo's contract. I'm not sure anyone would expect him to go the full 10, but it keeps questions about the end from occurring almost as soon as he starts.
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I see Ketch still buys the Herman narrative of “CDC didn’t do enough soon enough” for the eyes. Then whiffs on the comp piece and plays morality card.
Meyer will not commit to a ten year contract. He will command more than Jimbo annually with a shorter term.
Meyer will not commit to a ten year contract. He will command more than Jimbo annually with a shorter term.
Thom Herman has an overall record of 30-18? That is pretty much a mediocre record or maybe just a little bit better to say the least. Sorry but at the University of Texas we don't reward people with big fat multi million dollar contracts for mediocrity. We just don't. That is not in our orangebloods DNA. That is why even Mack Brown was eventually given the ole heave ho. We pay UT head coaches to put their sports teams in position to win Big 12 championships and to make the college playoffs. As unfair as it may be, and it is to be clear, somewhat unfair, those are the expectations that we have at UT. Like it as not unfortunately that is just the way it is and has been for a long time now.
Simply put big time college football is just like the NFL in the sense that it is very much a results oriented, "what have you done for me lately", "you are only as good as your last performance" type of league especially when it come to the University of Texas. As far as I am concerned and the way I look at it from my perspective, is that Tom Herman is the Jason Garrett of big 12 and college football. The bottom line...... Tom Herman is who his record says he is.
The chances of things getting any better anytime the next few years is highly unlikely to happen. I just hope that CDC decides to not to pull a Jerry Jones and keep a coach around endlessly and needlessly who never seems to be able to transcend his already mediocre coaching record. To be honest with you I don't exactly relish the idea of having to live the next couple of years in Football purgatory like I did for about the last four or five seasons of Jason's Garrett's tenure as the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. It really sucked. I don't want to go through that again.
Simply put big time college football is just like the NFL in the sense that it is very much a results oriented, "what have you done for me lately", "you are only as good as your last performance" type of league especially when it come to the University of Texas. As far as I am concerned and the way I look at it from my perspective, is that Tom Herman is the Jason Garrett of big 12 and college football. The bottom line...... Tom Herman is who his record says he is.
The chances of things getting any better anytime the next few years is highly unlikely to happen. I just hope that CDC decides to not to pull a Jerry Jones and keep a coach around endlessly and needlessly who never seems to be able to transcend his already mediocre coaching record. To be honest with you I don't exactly relish the idea of having to live the next couple of years in Football purgatory like I did for about the last four or five seasons of Jason's Garrett's tenure as the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. It really sucked. I don't want to go through that again.
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I see you apparently still live in a fantasy world where CDC acted in a timely manner and needs not to assume any responsibility.
Ketch, Facebook and other social media websites are burning on fire with this right now. What do you make of it? https://247sports.com/college/texas...r7fO1bgycRf8WMQbTCY6P3ng3wk0XbCj20u2zokUCCyQ8
Also Ketch the Vegas betting line is not so much looking at things from you perspective on all of this? What do you think? https://longhornswire.usatoday.com/...Cz9pskNXHdjr0LT-ouVPNX3bfi91Tp5_TRYEr71SjsWFs
The knockout stages of WC and the Euros are the most passionate events I have ever attended. It is also when the best national teams find just enough chemistry. They will never play like the well oiled club machines of Pep and your boy Klopp, but the talent is on full display and unlike club the effort is 110%.
Agree...it doesn't matter how long he coaches (though I hope it's many years here), but he needs the optics of a ten year deal for recruiting purposes.
'If this has already been said in the first 7 pages, I apologize. But if UM is hired, it seems to make sense for all involved for Ash to stay on as DC. He’s done a good job, would provide continuity, UM knows and likes him, and UM will need a good DC anyway.'
Could not agree more. Our D has improved as the season has developed, and with no shut down CBs. Also Urban won a Natty with Ash as his DC. Urban actually praised Ash on set once this season.
I would like to keep the D staff to the extent Urban is comfortable, assuming it winds up being Urban.
Could not agree more. Our D has improved as the season has developed, and with no shut down CBs. Also Urban won a Natty with Ash as his DC. Urban actually praised Ash on set once this season.
I would like to keep the D staff to the extent Urban is comfortable, assuming it winds up being Urban.
Soccer is a team sport. You can do everything right, do everything the best, and never win a trophy. But, if you win a trophy, no one remembers your failures. No one remembers that Maradona was held scoreless in 78% of the games he played for the National Team, that he didn't score a goal in the entire 1990 World Cup or that he was actually held scoreless in the 1986 World Cup Final. Why? Because his teammates rose to the occasion in one game: the 1986 WC Final. And so, because he hoisted the trophy, he is cemented in the minds of non-Argentine fans as an all-time great.
Maradona's accomplishments at the international level are a fraction of that of Messi's. He isn't even a Top 2 player in Argentina National Team history, even with his '86 WC showing. The two best, without any question, are Messi and Gabriel Batistuta. Look up the most combined goals & assists in Argentina's tournament history and Maradona shows up 2 times in the Top 15. Messi shows up 7 time! Only once in 8 tournaments has Messi failed to score at least 2 goals. Maradona failed to score at least 2 goals in 5 of 7 tournaments. Messi has goals per game than any Argentine in National Team history, more assists per game than any Argentine in National Team history, cup Finals than any Argentine in National Team history, more cup "MVPs" than any Argentine in National Team history. He owns the Copa America record for assists. He owns the Argentine record for World Cup goals and assists. All told, he has 71 goals in 128 NT games vs 34 goals in 91 games for Maradona. And, he's been to 5 cup finals vs 2 for Maradona.
If Higuain hadn't bottled the one-on-one he was gifted vs Neuer or hadn't been a hair offside on the goal he scored in the 2014 World Cup Final.......if he hadn't missed an open goal from 3' on a beautiful pass from Messi or missed his PK in the 2015 Copa Final...........or if he hadn't missed an empty goal on Chile's defensive error in the 2016 Copa Final.........Messi has a trophy and we're not even having this discussion. But, why is Messi's brilliance for the National Team overshadowed by failures of his teammates, but Maradona's failure for the National Team are glossed over because his teammates capitalized in the '86 World Cup? Does Higuain failing to capitalize change any of what Messi did in international play? You can't own every record worth owning, for both your country and in tournament history, and not be the GOAT at international play. Also, it's worth noting, Maradona had just 3 managers in his 17 year National Team career. Messi has had 9 in his 16 years! The best Argentine managers of Messi's era have all refused to coach the NT because of the incompetence and corruption of the AFA. That wasn't the case in Maradona's era. They had great managers and continuity.
simple as that. With a younger coach or one without health issues, a five-year deal would be fine. With his issues, the length will be used against Texas in recruiting.
English announcers and fans probably agree with point c.
However keep in mind that:
- England has the most popular league in the world.
- England is the biggest WC underachiever of the last 50 years.
- If England ever does win the WC, I expect that view to get reversed.
