I rated him as a 10 on the offensive side of the ball, not as a head coach. If you can't give the xreater of arguably the greatest offense in the history of college football a 10, who gets it?
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No they had Monday night baseball in the 70s and it was the game of the week for obvious reasons. I had forgotten about Monday night baseball until you asked me that question. Back then without cable, sports events on tv were a much bigger deal. You would go to school and talk to your friends about the games because everybody watched them.
Geez, Ketch nothing like going out on a limb! lol. Odd, that after such high marks for the new staff you would have so little faith of their coaching & recruiting prowess not translating into a heck of a lot more success on the field.
so America got lucky that it happened when it did.
So how concerned should we be that the recruiting grades for all defensive coaches on the staff are 8.5, 7.5, 6.5, 6.5, and 6.5, when you also consider that the head coach is an offensive guy and may not be able to assist as much in recruiting on the defensive side of the ball as he can help on the offensive side of the ball?
I'm not overly concerned. Gideon is going to need to be a key piece of the puzzle.
Sorry, Wasn’t specifically aimed at you. Just a tongue-in-cheek comment to another post above talking about Bama’s success being all Saban, and having to wait until his high-flying assistants are on their own to see how good they really are.
It’s the “chicken or the egg” metaphor. I agree on the Saban thing to some degree, but I think Sark’s offensive successes pre-Bama show that he’s at least got plenty of coaching chops on that side of the ball.
I turned the Baylor/Okie ST game on Saturday and Baylor was winning by 2 coming out of a timeout. From that point on they took Okie St to the wood shed and then some. There is nothing to say but they are legit and the potential match up with Gonzaga in the final could be amazing. That said I sure hope Shaka and the boys can figure out a way.
I know. I get it. We've all been beaten to pulp from all the massive failures on the field & in recruiting. As a result I've gone from anger & frustration to near apathy {as I did with Jerry & The Cowboys some time ago}. Sark himself & the kick-ass staff he's assembled has me pumped! So considering the caliber of coaches we have now, the players we have {and better ones sure to come} seems like a good bet Sark is going to win a lot more than 1 Big 12.
I know, I know. Seeing is believing, right {as with the Cowboys, but that took a good 15 yrs for me to get that way}.
"Under Pressure" is way too low on the list. That's an all-time top 10 song. And you can remove "Don't Stop Me Now" completely.
Not saying that. I'm saying that they don't deserve these fantastic grades until they're off the Saban teat b/c their prior experience certainly doesn't warrant it.
As for Smart, the very fact that you bring him up is my point. He now has some skins on the wall and has proven himself away from Saban. How come you didn't bring up Applewhite or any of the other turds Saban has polished over the years.
I can't imagine how you would've graded Herman coming in.
This coaching staff definitely helps close the gap. I'm not sure folks realize how much of an edge it has had in couching in recent years.
I disagree. Flood's resume is very impressive, whether we include Alabama or not.
Same with Banks. He landed out of state five stars at A&M as a recruiter.
I think recruiting success is much more complicated to analyze than just summing the individual coaches' recruiting ability. There is a lot of synergy involved.
Sark will probably not be DIRECTLY engaging in recruiting defensive players much. But for most of the very best players, one of the most important, if not THE most important factors in picking a school is the perception that the school will be winning a lot and competing for championships. If Sark's high powered offenses cause Texas to win a lot more, that will have a very positive impact on defensive recruiting as well.
If Sark helps build an awesome support staff to help record, organize and manage all the recruiting information so that it can be accessed and easily used by the coaches, that is going to help as well. I am under the distinct impression that Texas has been lagging behind the Alabamas and Ohio States and Clemmons and Georgias of the world on this dimension. It has certainly been a comment from Sark about how we needed to build up the support staff.
How can you not have "Death on two Legs" on your list?
"And now you can kiss....my ass goodbye!"
"And now you can kiss....my ass goodbye!"
Was there a guy on one of Mack's staffs that you initially felt would be great that turned out to be just meh, or worse (from coaching or recruiting standpoint, or both). And was there one who you were not impressed with when hired who ended up making you say "Wow, this guy is good"
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