Ketch's 10 Thoughts From the Weekend (I'm not sure I'm going to give you what you want...)

[TexasForever83]

- and I disagree. Herman works for CDC, we all have bosses and parameters for accountability.

There's a difference between having parameters for accountability and your boss telling you how to do your job.

CDC will not tell Herman how to do his job. I'm sure Herman has full authority to hire and fire his assistants as he sees fit, as he should.

At the end of the day, CDC will decide whether Herman has met expectations and choose to keep him, extend him, fire him based on results.

 

[Schein31]

and Chris Del Conte isn't forcing Herman to do anything.

Some are not going to like this.

I’m one of them and I do think CDC won’t tolerate
mediocrity.

Has CDC ever removed a coach?

 

[RLong68]

... The Heisman might be down to Joe Burrow and Jalen Hurts after the injury to Tua Tagovailoa this weekend. I'm not sure Tagovailoa makes it back in time for the LSU game in a few weeks.

This board will lose its sh*t if Hurts wins it.

 

[boernefan]

We’re not deep enough and too young to overcome the number of injuries we’ve suffered this season.

Why is this so difficult for some to understand?
When you are 2 & 1/2 years into a 5 year rebuild and you are young at defensive line and LBer, and are now down to your third string DB's (who are talented but not ready yet), your defense is your junior varsity.
If we can make it though this year, next year we will have experienced depth and can handle a normal amount of injuries, without a big drop off in production.
In 2021 we will seniors on down in every class at every position. That is the year we should expect to be in the playoffs.

 

[RLong68]

There's a difference between having parameters for accountability and your boss telling you how to do your job.

CDC will not tell Herman how to do his job. I'm sure Herman has full authority to hire and fire his assistants as he sees fit, as he should.

At the end of the day, CDC will decide whether Herman has met expectations and choose to keep him, extend him, fire him based on results.

Yep.

 

[boernefan]

There's a difference between having parameters for accountability and your boss telling you how to do your job.

CDC will not tell Herman how to do his job. I'm sure Herman has full authority to hire and fire his assistants as he sees fit, as he should.

At the end of the day, CDC will decide whether Herman has met expectations and choose to keep him, extend him, fire him based on results.

Sounds like a successful executive in any field.
CDC and Herman's goals are the same, neither will settle for less.

 

[Ketchum]

No. 3 - Stats of the Weekend ...

Through the first seven games of the 2019 season, the Longhorns have a total of two sacks from their entire roster of defensive linemen.

Keondre Coburn and Ta'Quan Graham each have one. Every other defensive lineman on the roster has none.

There are 20 different players in the Big 12 with at least 2.5 sacks and 14 of them are defensive linemen.

In terms of quarterback hits, the Longhorns have one defensive lineman with more than one. Moro Ojomo has two. The rest of the Texas defensive line has combined for four.

That means the Longhorns are averaging a sack from their defensive line every 3.5 games and less than a single quarterback hit per game.

- Based on these stats concerning the defensive line...I might just have more fingers on both of my hands than the number of sacks the defensive line will have recorded by the end of the regular season. THAT IS FVCKING PATHETIC AND UNACCEPTABLE!!!!

I was waiting for this response.

 

[RLong68]

CDC and Herman's goals are the same, neither will settle for less.

And what are the goals?

 

[Ketchum]

You guys are just too young to appreciate how different it is now. Debate all you want, your dead wrong.

How many quarter-centuries do I need?

 

[boernefan]

I agree No. 50 was all over the screen / field on Sat.. We need more of him!!!

Hook'Em

The coaches are pushing the promising young guys to move up ahead of schedule, but they have no choice.
I know we all agree that elite teams don't have to play players before they are ready, but we are not elite and won't be until 2021.

 

[Ketchum]

Whether we like it or not, there are a lot of injuries on the defensive side of the ball. People want an excuse but it is what it is. Playing true freshmen, no matter how much talent they have, does have limits.

I find it a bit disingenuous to put it all on injuries.

 

[St. Vince 4 Prez]

All that matters is we beat TCU this week. I would love for the defense to look dramatically better, but after 7 games, we are what we are. This is the perfect 3 week stretch to gain some confidence while facing Tcu and K State offensively.

 

[HookEmTM]

 

[28msmith28]

Herman did a better job at Houston than he's done at Baylor.

Is this serious

 

[Craben]

I hope you are wrong about CDC not getting involved. What does it take for him to earn his salary ?

There is no way we beat Baylor playing as we are. They are rolling and they have a QB who is our poison, one who can pass and run. Our chances of beating ISU, while presently not good, are better than our beating Baylor (who I hate).

Unlike many schools, the athletic director at Texas doesn't make the decision about who coaches football at Texas. That critical decision is made by the university president, who's usually as concerned with the optics of the hire as he is with the football efficiency of the choice. Having this critical decision made by someone with little expertise in the field and who's subject to a wide array of outside pressures is one of the reasons why, with all its advantages, Texas has only won a single national championship in half a century and only 2 conference titles in 23 years.

 

[Ketchum]

All that matters is we beat TCU this week. I would love for the defense to look dramatically better, but after 7 games, we are what we are. This is the perfect 3 week stretch to gain some confidence while facing Tcu and K State offensively.

dramatically seems impossible.

Modestly better might get Texas back to Dallas.

 

[Ketchum]

Is this serious

100-percent.

It really can't be disputed.

 

[RLong68]

Unlike many schools, the athletic director at Texas doesn't make the decision about who coaches football at Texas. That critical decision is made by the university president, who's usually as concerned with the optics of the hire as he is with the football efficiency of the choice. Having this critical decision made by someone with little expertise in the field and who's subject to a wide array of outside pressures is one of the reasons why, with all its advantages, Texas has only won a single national championship in half a century and only 2 conference titles in 23 years.

Fenves hired CDC to run Bellmont. Not saying Fenves will or won't have input into any eventual decision to fire a HC, but assuming there's nothing oddball about CDC's decision when he runs it past Fenves, I doubt Fenves will do anything more than rubberstamp it. Same for the hire. Sure, I would understand if CDC, "hey let's hire Art Briles," then Fenves would put the stop to that. But Fenves isn't going to meddle in the affairs of Bellmont unless it's in a state of relative disarray like he had to do a couple of years ago.

 

[texasd11]

azhorns said: ↑
Herman will use injuries and youth as an excuse so he doesn’t have to make a DC change this offseason.
(Buy) From his perspective, this excuse is THE reason, even if there can be a very blurry line between those two things.

I overreact just like most (especially when the beer is cold) but there is a rational truth in your statement here. The defense hasn’t been 100% healthy all season. Sterns was playing hurt out of camp, so was Foster. Since then an avalanche came through and claimed our best cover corner, three safeties, couple LB’s.... it’s absurd how many injuries have bitten us.

 

[WhatAboutEggs]

No. 5 - Five Players I'm Still Thinking About 24 Hours Later ...

BJ Foster - Something has to give here. If his problem is health, the coaches are doing him and the team a disservice by forcing him onto the field out of necessity. If he's not playing hurt, I'm not even sure what to say other than he's a shell of the player we've seen him be.

Not sure what his issue is but I have to believe it's injury. I deleted the game but at one point he lightly pushed a WR with one hand in the direction of another DB to have them make the tackle instead of gang tackling. It was the damndest thing I'd ever seen. 30% of BJ Foster can't be better than 100% of someone else.

 

[Craben]

Not sure what his issue is but I have to believe it's injury. I deleted the game but at one point he lightly pushed a WR with one hand in the direction of another DB to have them make the tackle instead of gang tackling. It was the damndest thing I'd ever seen. 30% of BJ Foster can't be better than 100% of someone else.

It's an intriguing subject that needs to be explored. Wonder why no reporter has asked Herman about Foster's non-contact play and why that's preferable to having a healthy, but less experienced guy in the lineup.

 

[WhatAboutEggs]

It's an intriguing subject that needs to be explored. Wonder why no reporter has asked Herman about Foster's non-contact play and why that's preferable to having a healthy, but less experienced guy in the lineup.

The ONLY thing I can think of is that Herman wants him back there as a QB to call defensive plays and make sure the younguns are where they are supposed to be. Which I get, but right now he's a liability.

 

[solman1972]

Not even that which I don’t buy would ultimately be ok but talk of firing Herman right now is stupid

The “Fire Herman” contingent is very small now. Most are on the “Fire Orlando” wagon.

 

[Buda Horn]

(Buy) Three things...

a. Herman has more than $13 million left on his deal that Texas would have to eat if it did remove him prior to 2022.

b. Herman's not under any real pressure at all at this point in year three.

c. I think Herman will have enough success, even if not the ultimate success to get a sixth season.

People need a little bit of perspective on Herman's overall job performance to date and how secure his job should be. Comparing him to Mack Brown...

Herman is 22-12 through 34 games, while Mack was 24-10 through 34 games.

In Mack's 3rd year, he lost to Oklahoma by 49 points. 49!!!

In Mack's first 34 games, he lost two games by more than 40 and a total of 6 games by 16+ points. In Herman's first 34 games, he has lost only 3 times by double digits and has never lost a game by more than 17.

Finally, in Mack's 7th season, he needed a questionable pass interference call, a 4th and 19 conversion, AND a 21 yard TD pass with 11 seconds left to beat Kansas.

 

[WTexasHorn]

On the other hand, I do think the older male fans don't look as good as they used to.

Speak for yourself ‘ol son.

 

[DiCehawk]

I am aware. It’s also includes stretches of mediocrity and bad, We are coming out of one of those. It also includes great seasons followed by very average ones. Do some homework.

10 win seasons are not common. They are the exception. Mack made it seem like a birthright, and then regressed to the mean. 8/9 win seasons are not some horrible badge of failure. Especially when you return 80-90% of that team.

Alabama's record the last 11 years:
14-1
13-1
14-1
14-1
12-2
11-2
13-1
12-1
10-3
14-0
12-2

That's in the SEC. It doesn't seem like 10 win seasons are the exception if you want to consider your program one of the best in the country.

 

[28msmith28]

100-percent.

It really can't be disputed.

I would say it definitely could be disputed. Herman was 22-5 at Houston and inherited a program that was left in really good shape after some quality coaches moved on. Two and a half years in Rhule has an undefeated team that won’t end undefeated but is definitely the 2nd best team in this league after one of the biggest scandals in college football history. They lost so many kids and recruiting was damn near impossible and he’s winning. There are people in this board saying it’s a 5 year rebuild for Herman and the situation he inherited at Texas is light years better than what Rhule inherited and Rhule has a better team. I don’t think there is any debate about who’s doing a better coaching job

 

[SchubosQui]

Look, I am no expert. Just a true Longhorn Fan. I don’t even read sports for days after a loss.

It seems to me when Orlando first got here, most Big 12 teams weren’t ready for his defense and the way he would change things up.

Last year’s defense wasn’t as good as the first. I think that other teams were figuring it out including his tendencies when changing things up. Exception Georgia. they didn’t have a clue since they weren’t familiar with Big 12 football.

This year it seems as if nothing we do surprises anyone.

I don’t think it’s time to fire anyone. I do think Orlando needs to get out of “his” comfort zone of 3 down lineman and use his defensive mind to change up the front 7 to give the depleted defensive backs some help.

 

[9304]

Ketch, I appreciate your comments about the TCU game. Following the Kansas game, it felt to me like TCU would rush for 300+ yards and control the game.

 

[Ketchum]

I would say it definitely could be disputed. Herman was 22-5 at Houston and inherited a program that was left in really good shape after some quality coaches moved on. Two and a half years in Rhule has an undefeated team that won’t end undefeated but is definitely the 2nd best team in this league after one of the biggest scandals in college football history. They lost so many kids and recruiting was damn near impossible and he’s winning. There are people in this board saying it’s a 5 year rebuild for Herman and the situation he inherited at Texas is light years better than what Rhule inherited and Rhule has a better team. I don’t think there is any debate about who’s doing a better coaching job

lol.

He hasn't finished the season yet or beaten anyone who is good.

 

[bowskis55]

I like my team.

I do too, for the regular season.

 

[28msmith28]

lol.

He hasn't finished the season yet or beaten anyone who is good.

Never said the season was over but are you denying the job that Rhule has done? Both coaches are half way through their 3rd year so let’s answer a few questions. Who do you think is the better team right now? Who will be the favorite when the teams play? Who inherited a better program?

 

[Ketchum]

Never said the season was over but are you denying the job that Rhule has done? Both coaches are half way through their 3rd year so let’s answer a few questions. Who do you think is the better team right now? Who will be the favorite when the teams play? Who inherited a better program?

Rhule has done a fine job. I'm just saying he hasn't outperformed what Herman did at Houston.

Name his signature victories at Baylor and then compare them to Herman's.

 

[JBR2009]

The presence of Sam Ehlinger in the line-up for the Longhorns should almost 100-percent guarantee the Longhorns of a 7-2 record 21 days from today.

Quoting for posterity

 

[Ketchum]

Quoting for posterity

knock yourself out.