Ketch's 10 Thoughts From the Weekend (I still can't go higher than 7 wins...)
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I've basically been spot on in my Texas season predicting business every year since 2010 and in general, I think I've been within a game of being right in terms of won-loss record in 12 of the last 14 seasons.
Predicted a national title in 2005.
Predicted a national championship game in 2009.
Didn't see 2008 being the year that it was and missed on 2010.
One person's pessimism might be the rest of the world's reality. How have I been overcompensating if I have been right?
Let's play rank the quarterbacks game. Slide Swoopes/Buechele in there with all 12 teams on the schedule.
i'm sure lots of backs would have gone for 2 bills facing a defense that regularly lined up 11 men within 7 yards of the LOS - lulz indeed
You're giving a 5-7 team with line and quarterback issues a lot of unearned faith on the road.
There's zero reason to think that sweep both KSU and Tech.
1994 Colorado.
It was 140 degrees on the field and I was standing on the sideline in a coat and tie.
Haha. Yeah well, I don't care about labels. I think by far the best thing for the University is for Charlie Strong to succeed. The players love him, he genuinely loves the players, and his core values and commitment to them is really something to be proud of, especially these days. I want Charlie to win....but he has to win, and I don't think being conservative at QB is going to do it.
you think 8 Ws is good for a top 5 salaried coach ?
Low standards you have there.
Any BMD insights on which conference we're eventually going to join when the Big 12 implodes?
No I don't think eight wins is the standard. I asked what is there to whine about this year if Swoopes is the back-up and we win eight games. I would suggest that that means that we're on track for a really good year next year and that improvement was seen. So, for an expensive coach doing an extensive rebuild, I would think that would be satisfactory trajectory. I want 12-0 but I think that takes a complete program top to bottom. CS would be heading that way with an improvement to 8 wins this year.
June 20th buy/sell:
https://texas.forums.rivals.com/threads/ketchs-10-thoughts-from-the-weekend.219120/
BUY or SELL: The Cal game is the most important game on the schedule before the season starts?
(Sell)
Barely ( showing improvement)........he then would have one year of on field improvement going into his fourth year....all while being paid as if he were a top 5 coach.
The re build was never THAT extensive.
LOL...you seriously want to compare the talent at OS to Texas? And CS chose to run off players in the same way that Kelly ran off his players at ND the other day. They ran themselves off. That they did demonstrates the character defects that existed in the program before CS ever took over.
Yes it was. Totally new culture. Staff issues. Player turnover. AD change. 2 good recruiting classes while playing poorly due to talent issues. CS has done an extensive rebuild. He is a top tier coach in the middle of a huge project under intense scrutiny. I am really proud of him and hope for long term success enough to offset the early years.
The bottom line is that there wasn't really a moment in that game when he looked next-level and that was against Baylor's run defense.
You brought that game up, not anyone else. The truth is that we still don't really know with him.
Three of the four reasons you cite were Charlie's own doing/ He controlled all those issues except for the AD change ( and ironically SP was a HUGE one of the reasons CS was hired....UT wanted to make a statement. ).
I just respectfully disagree.
We will see how it plays out.
I think those in charge want to give him the benefit of the doubt. Show improvement/don't embarrass anyone = fourth year for sure IMO
special backs tend to be special, at least on a few occasions in a game, regardless of the competition at this level.
If any school's leadership could move the goal posts after another embarrassment, it's UT.
I read somewhere Coach Strong wanted to play the ND game in the afternoon, but he was shot down by the athletic department. Too bad we can't use our full home field advantage! Might as well take advantage of the Texas heat☀️☀️
I enjoy your posting and agree with the above sentiments. We just have to have demonstrable improvement this year and 7 wins are not enough.
Leonard Fournette 19-31 against Bama, 19-91 against Arkansas and followed that up with 25-108 against Ole Miss...Longest run was 32 yards in those 3 game....is that special? I'm not saying he is Fournette, but this "special moment" stuff is BS.
He had Braxton Miller but Miller and Carlos Hyde were basically their offense. Other than that, OUS has three seniors drafted the next spring in the 2nd, 4th and 7th round. We had Brown, Hicks, Diggs and Thompson on D. It may not have been Charlie's fault he didn't inherit a QB but it darn sure is that we don't have one going in to 2016.
At the end of the day, I'm not arguing that Strong had a lot of talent off the bat to work with or as good as Meyer's, but that his coaching hasn't helped the W-L column and you're giving him a pass.
But that's my point! He was paid $5M to change culture, boot kids out if needed, recruit better talent and hire quality coaches. Some kids and coaches may not have worked out initially, but that doesn't mean we aren't moving forward at a satisfactory rate. It is on CS and he is doing what he needs to do!
a. I would bet there were moments in those performances where he flashed once or twice in a special way.
b. Warren has zero sample size outside of the Tech game. Tech literally has the worst run defense I've seen in a while.
Trying to be objective is not the same thing as giving him a pass. Sorry if you can't see the difference.
