Ketch's 10 Thoughts From The Weekend (Ketchstradamus makes his return!)

[tyhorn]

We might. We might not. Which is pretty much sums up our season. The simpler point is you appreciably affect your draw by collapsing like we did late. It goes without saying that instead of a 6-seed, our chances for a better draw are higher as a 4-seed which we were in position to secure down the stretch.

Can’t and won’t disagree with of that. We made our bed on seeding. And the fact that we could beat almost anyone and lose to almost anyone on a given night.

Purdue was a 3. Wiscy was a 3. I’m not going to say Iowa State over performed Texas over the full season because they managed to get through and we did not.

 

[RLong68]

Can’t and won’t disagree with of that. We made our bed on seeding. And the fact that we could beat almost anyone and lose to almost anyone on a given night.

Purdue was a 3. Wiscy was a 3. I’m not going to say Iowa State over performed Texas over the full season because they managed to get through and we did not.

If you read my post today regarding the basketball season you will see I have two grades to cover regular season and the postseason.

 

[Ketchum]

I'm not sure what drives you to keep trying. He doesn't need my respect so not sure what it matters. But you're hell bent on continuing to revise his CFB history. Which has always been the point of any Gilbert discussion. What he did after college has nothing to do with him being a below average QB in COLLEGE.

Because there's no reason to show disrespect.

 

[Ketchum]

Kim Mulkey everyone.

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she's something else, man...

 

[Ketchum]

- The plan is to have Ewers ready to go by training camp. So far, everything is going according to plan.

- I really enjoy Rueben Owens II. Even if he commits this spring, his recruitment won't be over until signing day. That young man is enjoying the ride and I'm not mad at him.

- Beard needs to recruit shooters.

- Maalik Murphy needs to get healthy and use this as a learning year. If Arch commits to Texas, Murphy will need to figure out his future at Texas.

- Quinn picking apart Bama is asking a lot.

Owens is such a strange recruit for my eyes to evaluate.

Texas needs more shooters.

 

[Ketchum]

Nice write up! I guess I’ve lost interest in movies. I haven’t heard of 95% of those movies.

Do you have Netflex or Amazon or OHB Max?

 

[Ketchum]

LOL. The OP brings effusive praise on Iowa State for making the sweet 16. I simply point out that this team, in spite of its flaws, would be there as well with a LSU / Wisconsin draw.

???

This OP?

 

[RLong68]

Because there's no reason to show disrespect.

Interesting. I don't think it falls under "respect" or "disrespect" for a player if I DGAF about him when he leaves like he did. A player like Shane Buechele, will ALWAYS GAF about. Gilbert no. If you wish to childlishly think of that as "disrespect" then, well, I DGAF.

 

[EdSimmonsPants]

All those different columns inside the column. All those takes. All those thoughts you won't find anywhere else.

And your first remark is about a typo.

This board never disappoints. Ever.

LOL

 

[Ketchum]

Wisconsin is a 3. Purdue is a 3. Agree, but forget about regular season for a second. Does Texas beat that Wisconsin team you saw last night? Did Iowa State improve over an abysmal prior year? Sure. Are you anointing them one of the best 16 teams in the land? We handled them by 20 in the return trip to Austin. They went 7-11 in the league.

The crazy thing about the Iowa State/Wisconsin game is that neither team deserved to win. Iowa State shot 34 percent from the field and 21 percent from 3 point range, but the badgers out-sucked them by shooting 29 percent from the field and 9 percent from 3-point ranGE.

 

[Ketchum]

I haven't seen Dune yet. Just curious why it wouldn't make your list for Best Director if it was a great cinematic achievement? I guess I have a Peter Jackson/LOTR expectation for Dune, so was surprised to not see Denis Villeneuve on your list.


Edit: I am not comparing Dune to LOTR, but rather the director's relationship to the films.

He would be listed, but he wasn't nominated.

 

[Ketchum]

Interesting. I don't think it falls under "respect" or "disrespect" for a player if I DGAF about him when he leaves like he did. A player like Shane Buechele, will ALWAYS GAF about. Gilbert no. If you wish to childlishly think of that as "disrespect" then, well, I DGAF.

Marginalizing anything and everything he's ever done out of spite isn't disrespectful?

 

[McGuapo]

I just can’t give Beard a pass this year. Doesn’t mean I don’t believe in him as the answer, I just think he’s 0 for 1 so far. You don’t get hired away from a program competing in the top 15 in a secret meeting at McDonald’s with a fat contract and all the control he could want at a premier university and get a pass on a season that is mostly marked by inconsistency (the same ailment as his predecessor). If you’re making the money and you’re on my TV as the face of the product and I’m investing my time and money on you, I have high expectations, logistics be damned. I wouldn’t give a new top chef a pass at an expensive restaurant because he/she hired some new staff and had to work with different product vendors. The expectations remain high.

 

[Ketchum]

LOL

 

[GameOfThrows]

I just have one question for you @Ketchum , how can you be a Cowboys fan and also root for the 76rs and Phillies? As a Cowboys fan I grew up hating everything about Philly.

 

[Ketchum]

I just can’t give Beard a pass this year. Doesn’t mean I don’t believe in him as the answer, I just think he’s 0 for 1 so far. You don’t get hired away from a program competing in the top 15 in a secret meeting at McDonald’s with a fat contract and all the control he could want at a premier university and get a pass on a season that is mostly marked by inconsistency (the same ailment as his predecessor). If you’re making the money and you’re on my TV as the face of the product and I’m investing my time and money on you, I have high expectations, logistics be damned. I wouldn’t give a top chef a pass at an expensive restaurant because he/she hired some new staff and had to work with different product vendors. The expectations remain high.

 

[McGuapo]

You know exactly what this feels like because you have the same expectations, new staff and industry changes be damned.

 

[Ketchum]

You know exactly what this feels like because you have the same expectations, new staff and industry changes be damned.

No doubt. My standards are my standards. They don't drop. It can be an uncomfortable deal when the sports that you cover fall so short of those standards that some people need to change their standards to sleep at night.

 

[RLong68]

Marginalizing anything and everything he's ever done out of spite isn't disrespectful?

Marginalized? How so? I've said he was a below average QB in CFB and he's managed to hang around enough practice squads in the NFL to get the occasional "active roster" designation to qualify for an NFL pension. Is that somehow not his college and pro career in one sentence? So now truth/reality is "marginalizing" him? Ok.

 

[dmfuquay]

she's something else, man...

I have to say that I’ve never seen a press conference where a head coach was completely disconnected from humility, until today.

 

[EdSimmonsPants]

From the. bottom of my heart, gfy.

 

[McGuapo]

No doubt. My standards are my standards. They don't drop. It can be an uncomfortable deal when the sports that you cover fall so short of those standards that some people need to change their standards to sleep at night.

Yup. And when a McCommas leaves, you don’t get a pass. We saw that exhibit.

 

[The House of El]

Do you have Netflex or Amazon or OHB Max?

Netflix & Amazon. I’ve seen CODA on Amazon and it’s in the watch list. That’s about it.

 

[RLong68]

@Ketchum in Tragedy of Macbeth do we get any:

 

[Ketchum]

Marginalized? How so? I've said he was a below average QB in CFB and he's managed to hang around enough practice squads in the NFL to get the occasional "active roster" designation to qualify for an NFL pension. Is that somehow not his college and pro career in one sentence? So now truth/reality is "marginalizing" him? Ok.

You know.... it's the reason why people ask whether he took a girl friend away from you at some point in life. 😂 😂 😂

 

[Ketchum]

I have to say that I’ve never seen a press conference where a head coach was completely disconnected from humility, until today.

Not her first rodeo.

 

[RLong68]

You know.... it's the reason why people ask whether he took a girl friend away from you at some point in life. 😂 😂 😂

It's actually the reason why people ask whether you are his.

 

[Ketchum]

Yup. And when a McCommas leaves, you don’t get a pass. We saw that exhibit.

what's this pass you speak of?

 

[Ketchum]

It's actually the reason why people ask whether you are his.

That's funny. Deflection, but still funny.

 

[Ketchum]

Netflix & Amazon. I’ve seen CODA on Amazon and it’s in the watch list. That’s about it.

Netflix made a few of these best picture nominees.

 

[Ketchum]

@Ketchum in Tragedy of Macbeth do we get any:

 

[RLong68]

That's funny. Deflection, but still funny.

I mean, you pretty much are Last Man Standing and have been for 10 years on the subject.

 

[Ketchum]

I mean, you pretty much are Last Man Standing and have been for 10 years on the subject.

 

[Universal Horn]

It's a problem the film industry has to overcome.

Structural problem that is hard to overcome…tv series allow for deeper character development and special effects and production quality are virtually the same these days.

I generally find myself disappointed in most movies but love the quality of tv.

 

[Sunheightshorn]

3. Christian Jones emerges as a hot name along the offensive line and all of you will roll your eyes when it's reported.

Hear me out on Jones. For all of the things that Jones hasn't yet been in his career (namely a truly plus-player), he's a guy that has started the last 22 games at tackle, 13 of which have been at left tackle. Last year probably should have been the moment the light switch flipped on if it is ever going to flip on, but going through a coaching staff/scheme/terminology change might have stunted his growth. Maybe this is the year it happens. Considering the lack of quality and depth Texas has coming off the edge, it's quite possible that Jones will have one of the best camps of anyone on the team.