Ketch's 10 Thoughts From The Weekend (Is the coverage of Ewers too intense?)
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The portion of that that I feel is misleading is that you fail to mention Sark didn’t need him to do anything else but hand the ball off. Texas was averaging over 7 yards a carry. They faced 1 third down, and it was 2 yards.
Your points would have much more validity if Sark actually needed him to throw the ball. You had the choice of how you wanted to present it. Complete distrust in a qb, OR a coach finally allowing his best two players to win the game for him. You obviously went with the first.
RB, WR, and OL seem like the most likely destinations to lose a player to the portal this spring.
You're looking at this in a vacuum. The backstory to this entire conversation is how Sark reacted to these situations in prior situations, especially in the Oklahoma State game.
Yes I do. I think at the bowl game they found out for sure he cannot be the main back or even a number 2 (25% carry) back with that performance. So who would you rather see go from the backfield?
I think they really, really like him.
They did that in the bowl game (IMO) to keep him from leaving.
I agree with you. But now that they have see Baxter and Red and Blue have seemed to step up with Brooks being more of a known quantity, how would you rank on least like to lose?
You are absolutely correct. I’m trying to formulate my thoughts without coming across as a prick.
I disagree on expectations. Especially reported by this site. Card was being compared to a young Aaron Rogers, and a thread was written comparing his freshman campaign with VY, Sam and some other great qbs. Not exactly tampering expectations.
As far as work being put in, my primary question is how did he win the starting job? Is he that much more physically gifted than Card? Considering how much Card’s arm strength and athleticism have been praised, I find that hard to believe. Was Card also having trouble with the playbook? Was there coverage why Ewers was still able to be QB1 even if he hadn’t bought in?
I’m a glass half full kinda guy and would like to believe Sark just learned a lesson.
I’ll bow out now, and return to my world of unicorns and rainbows.
This will be a bit overstated but they had a large investment in Ewers. Literally.
You are succeeding.
The comment about Card/Rodgers was made in an article in TheAthletic by an ex-Texas coach. That had nothing to do with me or OB other than it was talked about over here.
Yes, I did write an article immediately after Card's first start compared to other first starts by previous quarterbacks. As mentioned in this article, the starting quarterback at Texas is always going to be talked and written about a lot.
He was Sark's guy and card not wasn't, but was a player that Sark lacked trust in. It's kind of as simple as that and always was.
Sark did learn a lesson. That's part of the context. His instincts as an offensive coach are to turn it loose with his quarterback (see Oklahoma State). That changed in the Baylor game, but it not only changed, it changed to a large extreme.
That was worth documenting in real time.
p.s. I like rainbow.s I like unicorns!
I never got the sense that was an issue. Most of Ewers money came from non-UT created/directed deals.
I knew it would home for some of you. Glad I could be of service!
They went to the running game exclusively because the interior line could not pass block. Sark even addressed this in the post game press conference. Ewers did not handle the pass rush well, but it was not just his fault the pass game was not working.
Thanks man, and I absolutely agree.
I also acknowledge that the tone of the board can sometimes be misconstrued as your voice. Your objective criticisms can sometimes blend with the vitriol that is expressed by others.
Appreciate the responses, and willingness to engage.
There were a number of levels to it. The bottom line is they didn't pass with the game on the line.... ever.
I'm sorry if you're in the group that believes mentioning something like that is not worthy of discussion.
We're going to disagree about that.
At the very least, I hope you know I never called Hudson Card anything that ever included the words "Aaron Rodgers". 😂 😂 😂 😂
I can't remember which poster I was talking to that thought I was emotional about Worthy in some weird way.
I was literally the first person in the media that ever brought up his shitty body language. I called that out on a Monday Overreaction show early in October and Anwar nearly fell out of his chair.
More than a month before it became a "thing", I told Anwar that it would become a "thing".
Some people thought I was taking a shot at Worthy to even bring it up.
I think these situations are filled with narratives that have been created and when there are examples of discussion that fly in the face of what is alleged, it's either missed, ignored or shoveled aside because it doesn't fir the pre-determined thing that the person thinks exists.
I was literally the first person in the media that ever brought up his shitty body language. I called that out on a Monday Overreaction show early in October and Anwar nearly fell out of his chair.
More than a month before it became a "thing", I told Anwar that it would become a "thing".
Some people thought I was taking a shot at Worthy to even bring it up.
I think these situations are filled with narratives that have been created and when there are examples of discussion that fly in the face of what is alleged, it's either missed, ignored or shoveled aside because it doesn't fir the pre-determined thing that the person thinks exists.
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No need to be sorry, just trying to point out that there are multiple levels to consider. I am trying to add to the discussion.
It was a positive sign with regards to Sark. A similar approach in Stillwater probably produces a different result.
That you could see him not make the same mistake was no tiny thing, especially when you consider that the Longhorns haven't been a good fourth quarter team, which I wrote about in this week's column in section three.
If I remember correctly, Worthy, Whittington & Sanders dropped key passes at the end of the Stillwater game that could have been difference makers. It all centers around Ewers, but there were key moments that we needed someone to step up and make a play in order to pull out the win. Ewers was not the zero sum issue in our losses or passing issues.
At 105 games as a HC in, the assumption that all of a sudden Sark is going to learn how to call a complete game is a stretch.
He’s struggled with the joint responsibility of playcalling and being a head coach. He goes on long spells where he seems to lose the feel of the game.
Can he wake up next year and go from being an historically just ok head coach to an elite coach? Doubtful, but let’s hope he can at least get close to being a good coach.
He was a big enough issue that his head coach was calling him out in public and saying he would need to compete and re-win the job this off-season.
You have to hope that he can still improve and isn't set in stone.
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