probably... I think. Kind of depends on a lot of factors, including who would be teed up.
Ketch's 10 Thoughts From The Weekend: Full steam ahead towards 2022
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Which is incredibly stupid, because what's the likelihood you'll get 21? Practically zero. If you're not the dealer, you have a good chance of winning the hand if you have 20 in blackjack.
Yeah, I could see some sellable scenarios like if a new young stud QB comes in and flashes but we aren't quite ready yet. You could sell a breakout year two.
@Ketchum It was my understanding these 6 players would not count toward the 85-man limit. Is that not the case, or is there another reason why it makes it difficult to get 33 new players in the offseason?
I mean the low of this season is so bad that 7-5 could be a three game improvement.
That is not the case.
The NCAA has not provided that waiver for the 85-man yet as it relates to the 2022 season.
In my humble opinion Hermin had less upside and less downside, so maybe we don't lose the KU game and we find a way to hold on in one of the OU/OSU/BU games.
But his staff wasn't as good as this staff. I'm convinced Sark ultimately isn't a better pound for pound coach that Herman, but I still believe this staff is much better and hopefully has the ability to recruit and develop line talent.
I've been very vocal about saying success begins and ends with OL and DL regardless of skill position and we're seeing it.
So here's my B/S @Ketchum : If you took an average SEC OL and DL and put them in burnt orange, we'd have gone at least 8-4 even if you removed Bijan and Xavier from this team.
But his staff wasn't as good as this staff. I'm convinced Sark ultimately isn't a better pound for pound coach that Herman, but I still believe this staff is much better and hopefully has the ability to recruit and develop line talent.
I've been very vocal about saying success begins and ends with OL and DL regardless of skill position and we're seeing it.
So here's my B/S @Ketchum : If you took an average SEC OL and DL and put them in burnt orange, we'd have gone at least 8-4 even if you removed Bijan and Xavier from this team.
Okay. I’m not sure you listed the returning players as a qualification, but I’m also not trying to be overly critical.
I sure wish we could legit disagree with those groupings. Since I can’t, I’ll just say it’s depressing…
The second section of the column talks about the players who are seniors who might come back.
Unless a "sure thing" coach is interested and available, our hand is kind of forced IMO
I hear you, but if they struggle to a .500ish record next year, there will be thoughts of hiring someone new just to change the narrative and spring hope moving into the SEC. 6-6 or 7-5 just means you weren’t horrible. That’s not the bar for Texas no matter the year.
Ketch, not sure why you're surprised that Mike Gundy has OSU at 10-1, at this stage of the season. The dude, mullet and all, does something similar almost every year. Talk about a guy turning lemons into lemonade. Is he really that good, or has the Texas situation become a monster of its own creation that nobody would be able to turn around?
And you can count college coaching "sure things" on one hand, with several of the fingers missing.
I'm with you - please don't take my comment as acceptance of ~.500 football being the bar.
As indicated by Ketch via multiple posts and personas, 4-8 is a bottom 5 outcome in the 100+ year history of the program, which makes it difficult to believe this coaching staff will win here when many others likely inherited similar situations and somehow avoided filling silly straws with shit.
My comment was more just my gut on how we'll have to play the hand we're frustratingly forced to play at the moment, but other variables (recruiting imploding, a "sure thing" coming available) could obviously change the bar for W/L in '22.
My blind guess given all that is Sark is retained at 7-5, but likely gone (maybe unless we land Arch, etc in the '23 class) at 6-6.
Your Deniro list is pretty solid. But the order is way out of whack. Casino and Raging Bull are too low. Mean Streets too high.
@McGuapo - looking at the schedule next year, I think indicators on which way this is trending could come early.
For example, if we're not 4-1 heading into OU (means we beat both UTSA & KSU), a loss to OU could be the death blow.
Alternatively, beating OU even if we're coming out of Dallas 4-2 could potentially be a "wait & see" signal.
It's just hard to fathom how differently we all feel about the direction of this program since halftime in Dallas. I'm not sure there's a precedent, within our program's history or anywhere else.
For example, if we're not 4-1 heading into OU (means we beat both UTSA & KSU), a loss to OU could be the death blow.
Alternatively, beating OU even if we're coming out of Dallas 4-2 could potentially be a "wait & see" signal.
It's just hard to fathom how differently we all feel about the direction of this program since halftime in Dallas. I'm not sure there's a precedent, within our program's history or anywhere else.
it pains me to raise this. Who started the rumor that the major circle of donors is demanding Sark give guys minutes based on race. Is this true? If it is not true, is the lie affecting the clubhouse. As Greg Popovich has said race issues are the elephant in the room. We saw it big time in the more than a flap with the Eyes of Texas. Is race an issue in the Texas locker room trying to be swept under the rug?
I saw the first black player at Texas and then those followed. 1960/70 is not that far in the past. i sincerely hope this is some jerk piling on a train wreck.
I saw the first black player at Texas and then those followed. 1960/70 is not that far in the past. i sincerely hope this is some jerk piling on a train wreck.
Yes it will be about recruiting and what not too. If we land Ewers for next year and/or Arch or something and we have some recruiting success and a reason for optimism at QB, then it would help save him.
Ketch, Sark has an undeniably mediocre record as a HC. What in the world would make anyone think he can be better than he has already proven to be? He came to Texas and touted this as a talented squad. Also came with the reputation of being a quarterback guru. He has the entire team looking like they are absolutely lost in a fog. The quarterback situation has regressed as the season went on, pretty undeniable. I’m just wondering what the hell is he good for, and why did anyone in their right mind believe that his mediocre record wasn’t a precursor of things to come? Personally, I put the overwhelMing majority of today’s problem at UT square at the feet of that God forsaken loser, Steve Patterson. Ever since he stepped on the 40 we have been in a downhill spiral. That said, Sarkisian is certainly not the guy to right that wrong.
