Ketch's 10 Thoughts From the Weekend (Herman theory + Ketch theory = better pay attention)
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Question--Were you a member of Charlie's staff b/c it seems weird a reasonable adult would post the stuff you do regarding Herman?
It's as if you tried to see how many stupid/wrong things you can post.
His career hasn't been short, his head coaching career has. "All he has done is win with others players." Really? yeah, b/c any idiot off the street could have beaten 3 top 5 teams with all that amazing talent at UH.
why don't you just type out you hate Herman and save yourself the embarrassment of your ridiculous points you try to make?
Who wiped the slime off the bust of Jerry Jones before the induction ceremony?
Enjoyed it, as usual, my man.
On the UFC, it's an interesting discussion. Do you want less fights, thus making more "highly ranked" fights, or do you just want good fights? I don't mind a lot of fights, because you have a lot of mouths to feed, I just want the PPVs to be stacked. It's been hit or miss lately and star power is not on their side right now.
Their three legitimate stars aren't available and may never be again. Jon Jones is out for a while and will he ever get it together or be trusted again to carry a card? Probably not. Would he even draw big today? Maybe better than average, but not great, IMO.
Rousey is well......ugh. I think we all see where that is going. Bad knockouts change some people forever, especially those with inferior coaching.
And then there's Conor. Good luck guessing what that guy's gonna do, and they are basically beholden to him at this point. I think this Floyd thing is a real possibility...and the window isn't forever. They both want to capitalize on timing and if Conor comes back to fight somebody in the UFC and loses again, where does that leave the Floyd fight? Floyd already has invested in the 50-0 mark and would love to do it against someone like Conor. It's the only guy that could pull that kind of payday with little risk. He ain't fighting GGG or the like. My concern would be yes, Conor fighting Floyd would be nice for the UFC brand, but what does it mean in the bigger picture? Does Conor retire after that payday? What does it signal as far as fighter rights and the like in MMA? Interesting shit.
So, they could reach for GSP, but how long could that last? They have to find some stars, but in the meantime they are just trying to use a quantity of good fights, but if nobody is watching it doesn't work. Their other young prospects are good fighters, but not many naturally charismatic stars. Theres a lot of guys talking cheesy shit and trying to copycat Conor et al, but it's largely not believable. Or they've got a guy who speaks English as a fifth language and doesn't have the connection. For example, I think Khabib tries too hard, he should just have taken the Drago approach and said minimal, scary shit. Anyway, lots of talent, but they need stars for Joe Public. I'm a nerd, so not the best person to judge this, because I'll take all the fights they can make, but I would say they could stand to cinch the belt a little, but it's tough, because the fighters already complain they don't get to fight enough. Also, with injuries and suspensions, etc, relying on a small group is really getting tough.
I could keep going, but I won't. Very interesting stuff though. Saturday was a very underwhelming card. I think Dana just set it up because he wanted it next to the super bowl, which he was gonna attend anyway.
Unrelated: you gonna watch Womens basketball tonight?
On the UFC, it's an interesting discussion. Do you want less fights, thus making more "highly ranked" fights, or do you just want good fights? I don't mind a lot of fights, because you have a lot of mouths to feed, I just want the PPVs to be stacked. It's been hit or miss lately and star power is not on their side right now.
Their three legitimate stars aren't available and may never be again. Jon Jones is out for a while and will he ever get it together or be trusted again to carry a card? Probably not. Would he even draw big today? Maybe better than average, but not great, IMO.
Rousey is well......ugh. I think we all see where that is going. Bad knockouts change some people forever, especially those with inferior coaching.
And then there's Conor. Good luck guessing what that guy's gonna do, and they are basically beholden to him at this point. I think this Floyd thing is a real possibility...and the window isn't forever. They both want to capitalize on timing and if Conor comes back to fight somebody in the UFC and loses again, where does that leave the Floyd fight? Floyd already has invested in the 50-0 mark and would love to do it against someone like Conor. It's the only guy that could pull that kind of payday with little risk. He ain't fighting GGG or the like. My concern would be yes, Conor fighting Floyd would be nice for the UFC brand, but what does it mean in the bigger picture? Does Conor retire after that payday? What does it signal as far as fighter rights and the like in MMA? Interesting shit.
So, they could reach for GSP, but how long could that last? They have to find some stars, but in the meantime they are just trying to use a quantity of good fights, but if nobody is watching it doesn't work. Their other young prospects are good fighters, but not many naturally charismatic stars. Theres a lot of guys talking cheesy shit and trying to copycat Conor et al, but it's largely not believable. Or they've got a guy who speaks English as a fifth language and doesn't have the connection. For example, I think Khabib tries too hard, he should just have taken the Drago approach and said minimal, scary shit. Anyway, lots of talent, but they need stars for Joe Public. I'm a nerd, so not the best person to judge this, because I'll take all the fights they can make, but I would say they could stand to cinch the belt a little, but it's tough, because the fighters already complain they don't get to fight enough. Also, with injuries and suspensions, etc, relying on a small group is really getting tough.
I could keep going, but I won't. Very interesting stuff though. Saturday was a very underwhelming card. I think Dana just set it up because he wanted it next to the super bowl, which he was gonna attend anyway.
Unrelated: you gonna watch Womens basketball tonight?
The point of having public rankings in the UFC should be exactly the point of having rankings in college football and college basketball.Enjoyed it, as usual, my man.
On the UFC, it's an interesting discussion. Do you want less fights, thus making more "highly ranked" fights, or do you just want good fights? I don't mind a lot of fights, because you have a lot of mouths to feed, I just want the PPVs to be stacked. It's been hit or miss lately and star power is not on their side right now.
Their three legitimate stars aren't available and may never be again. Jon Jones is out for a while and will he ever get it together or be trusted again to carry a card? Probably not. Would he even draw big today? Maybe better than average, but not great, IMO.
Rousey is well......ugh. I think we all see where that is going. Bad knockouts change some people forever, especially those with inferior coaching.
And then there's Conor. Good luck guessing what that guy's gonna do, and they are basically beholden to him at this point. I think this Floyd thing is a real possibility...and the window isn't forever. They both want to capitalize on timing and if Conor comes back to fight somebody in the UFC and loses again, where does that leave the Floyd fight? Floyd already has invested in the 50-0 mark and would love to do it against someone like Conor. It's the only guy that could pull that kind of payday with little risk. He ain't fighting GGG or the like. My concern would be yes, Conor fighting Floyd would be nice for the UFC brand, but what does it mean in the bigger picture? Does Conor retire after that payday? What does it signal as far as fighter rights and the like in MMA? Interesting shit.
So, they could reach for GSP, but how long could that last? They have to find some stars, but in the meantime they are just trying to use a quantity of good fights, but if nobody is watching it doesn't work. Their other young prospects are good fighters, but not many naturally charismatic stars. Theres a lot of guys talking cheesy shit and trying to copycat Conor et al, but it's largely not believable. Or they've got a guy who speaks English as a fifth language and doesn't have the connection. For example, I think Khabib tries too hard, he should just have taken the Drago approach and said minimal, scary shit. Anyway, lots of talent, but they need stars for Joe Public. I'm a nerd, so not the best person to judge this, because I'll take all the fights they can make, but I would say they could stand to cinch the belt a little, but it's tough, because the fighters already complain they don't get to fight enough. Also, with injuries and suspensions, etc, relying on a small group is really getting tough.
I could keep going, but I won't. Very interesting stuff though. Saturday was a very underwhelming card. I think Dana just set it up because he wanted it next to the super bowl, which he was gonna attend anyway.
Unrelated: you gonna watch Womens basketball tonight?
It drives up the interest in the games.
When the UFC gives me a card and it doesn't have a lot of ranked match ups (or any), then it tells me that I'm not watching something important.
The UFC has eight men's divisions, all ranked 1-15, not including champions, which means they have a pool of 128 ranked fighters.
I know there are injuries and various things going on, but there should never be a prime-time card that's not loaded with ranked vs. ranked matchups.
Geez, the main event on Saturday night was the No.9 guy in one class vs. The Zombie, who wasn't ranked at all.
The co-main event on Saturday night is a battle between the No.7/No.8 guys in the middleweight division? Are you kidding? That should be the No.5 fight on a PPV and maybe the co-main of a free card.
Why is some unranked dude named Randy Brown on the main card?
On a side note, yes, I will be watching tonight.
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I actually work with Grant, so it's funny seeing him on this list. I'll let him know he made your all-time Texas recruiting class list.
I agree that's the perception and would love to see more ranked fights. However, I'm a junkie and love competitive fights, so I'll watch almost anything. Like I said, I'm not a great barometer. I'd like to see them reduce the number of events, but not drastically. The matchmaking can be better, but timing can be tough to line up in this sport and the injuries are a big factor in changing/killing cards. I want to see champions defend their belts against the top of their division, with few exceptions. I'm ok with "some" of the Conor stuff, but say Bisping vs Dan Henderson was a joke of a booking. This upcoming card is shit from prestige perspective, as was the Houston card, I'm just hoping for some great fights. I agree with your point though, rankings and stars bring the general public.
Yeah, speaking of....Randy Brown comes from his YouTube show Dana White Looking for a Fight, so he has to pimp all those guys.
I think Saturday will be a Top Spin night.
Or.... I'll just watch KDs return to OKC on Saturday night and get updates on Twitter.
I most certainly did. That win wasn't an accident.
I don't hate Herman but I think his bad cop, tough mean guy is funny and I am sure many players see right through it. The players are going to work hard and have talent he just needs to put in good systems and coach the players to succeed.
It is not true that all players work hard. Players "see right through it" to what? What do they see? You say he needs to coach players to succeed. Well, coaching them to succeed includes instilling discipline and a strong work ethic. If that's what the players "see", then great.
Yeah they see right through it at Ohio St and Alabama as well. Its the same management method Saban and Meyer use. I pray it works here as well.
You can pull that off if you're as good as you project to be. The moment the players start to believe you've got flaws in your skills, the tough cop stuff will fall flat.
What I like about Herman is that he always seem to have his shit straight. That's step one to making the bad cop thing work. The players have to believe you know what you're doing.
Don't disagree and I'm convinced, based on his track record at Ohio St. and Houston, that UT players will believe. We've got the right coach.
Alabama and Ohio St have far more talent then every one else. What does Management stlye does Dabo use? These are a majority of young African American and they are probably not buying Tom Herman as a tough guy. He just needs to coach his talented players and quit the silly mind games.
Players see right through someone trying to act like a tough guy. You don't get to college football by being lazy and not working hard. Who do you think on the team is not a hard worker? I like intensity and to push the players, but let's not act like these guys are some lazy guys who are scared to work hard. Acting like an ass does not equal discipline.
Plenty of players get to college football without working hard. They get there on talent alone. Then, some of them never figure out that talent, by itself, isn't enough. Herman doesn't act like an ass.
