Ketch's 10 Thoughts From the Weekend (Let's have an honest talk about where things stand...)

[Tex51]

He wasn’t an elite QB last year. He WAS, however, an elite single-wing runner. He’s not that anymore.

Hey last year his passes were much more on target than this year and with no interceptions. I agree though his running was much better last year.
Like I said I don't understand why he has regressed this much this year unless he is not disclosing an injury otherwise this should not have happened.
This is partially Beck and Herman but also falls on Sam not getting ready himself. You can't baby sit a QB that is a junior he has to take accountability also.

 

[oakforest horn]

Texas is still as good a job as any of the others. You have to keep something in mind.

when we hired Charlie we didn’t have an AD, so any top guy we faked to had no idea who he worked for. That is a factor here.

When we hired Herman again we didn’t have a true AD. Mike Perin was a successful guy, and very good man but everyone knew he was a placeholder and really not made for the job

Also we didn’t really have a search everyone in the country went in to Herman’s last year at Houston knowing he was 80-85% chance he was going to Texas. Had he shocked the world and went to LSU we had no plan B. It was Herman or oh ****. So in short we don’t know who would or wouldn’t take the job because we haven’t had a real search since Mack Brown.

Charlie was hired by the worst AD in the history of mankind, Steve Patterson. Patterson treated Texas Athletics as if it were in need of money management skills.

 

[txfight]

How can I answer it? There are so many unknown variables?

That's the whole point of the B/S! We ask a question, you make a crazy prediction, and then we hold you accountable for it weeks, months, or years in the future! C'Mon Man!

 

[txfight]

I think it's a 60-40 game, so it wouldn't be that much chaos. Baylor should have lost to Tech at home.

... and Iowa State... and OU

 

[Rocky Mountain Horn]

I Can Still Make Cheyenne.

 

[Rocky Mountain Horn]

Pretty good job on the Strait list....never will everyone agree since he’s had 60 number one hits! Not including Amarillo by Morning, which is also my number 1 and I think George’s also, based on comments he made at the Las Vegas show I was at. One I like that hasn’t been mentioned is Baby’s Gotten Good at Goodbye....

I left out You Can't Make a Heart Love Someone, but it's in my personal top 10.

I Can Still Make Cheyenne is probably my favorite other than the obvious classics.

 

[Dualthreat]

It's not as far as the accountants are concerned.

Studies by psychologist have demonstrated that beyond meeting your basic financial essentials, more money does not correlate with more happiness.

I'll bet you dollars to donuts a much better on the field success record and a better coach MAKE Texas more money. Not lose it.

My accountants aren't persuaded by your accountants' argument.

 

[TexSon74]

And I have a new off-season policy. I'm not reading another word about any recruit who is listed as an Athlete, WR, or DB. I'd like to know how many sacks our front 7 has? Name a successful college program that doesn't have someone who can pressure a QB without an all-out blitz? We need a Cory Redding or Tony Brackens.

Won't happen playing a three man front.

 

[Dualthreat]

I meant the traditional, run the ball and make them use their timeouts book.

It's the traditional reaction.

I didn't say it was a good book.

The book I read said calling plays predictably guaranteed to fail is NEVER justified by an idea like run the ball and make them use their timeouts. It didn't work, and it didn't produce that outcome.

The book I read integrates all the ideas into a larger picture so that a coach implements a successful formula, not a random idea.

 

[Ketchum]

Studies by psychologist have demonstrated that beyond meeting your basic financial essentials, more money does not correlate with more happiness.

I'll bet you dollars to donuts a much better on the field success record and a better coach MAKE Texas more money. Not lose it.

My accountants aren't persuaded by your accountants' argument.

It's not me you have to convince.

 

[Ketchum]

The book I read said calling plays predictably guaranteed to fail is NEVER justified by an idea like run the ball and make them use their timeouts. It didn't work, and it didn't produce that outcome.

The book I read integrates all the ideas into a larger picture so that a coach implements a successful formula, not a random idea.

again, it's not me you need to convince.

 

[jrobinson147]

Whatever changes have to occur need to be made ASAMFP.

1 - 3 vs OU, 0 - 2 vs Maryland, recent faceplants in Fort Worth and Ames, etc...none of that shit is OK and it's gonna have intermediate-term implications on the recruiting trail.

 

[boernefan]

I'll buy the OOS recruiting. Keep going.

I don’t have time to explain everything in a detail and comprehensive manner so that posters on here can understand. Mod rules on here.

 

[shinerman]

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My wedding song. Approaching 20yrs.

 

[Big Bertha]

I read on another site that the Iowa State players were taunting our guys because they knew what plays we were going to run. Awesome.

 

[McGuapo]

I don’t have time to explain everything in a detail and comprehensive manner so that posters on here can understand. Mod rules on here.

Yes, apparently Tom’s innovation is so innovative that literally nobody can understand it, including his team.

 

[leagl1971]

Ummmm they did make a Pure Country 2...Asshole just didn’t bring George back!!!!

 

[Dualthreat]

It's not me you have to convince.

CDC and the BMDs / BOR should be proactively looking out for Texas football (and UT Austin) welfare.

They shouldn't need anyone convincing them. It's their jobs to recognize the best outcomes for UT Football / UT Austin.

 

[Dualthreat]

again, it's not me you need to convince.

You seemed to be making an argument. Either you think the argument has merit or you don't. No offense.

And in this case, no offense is what Texas got. The book I read didn't prioritize imagined tradition over function and success.

I'm not trying to persuade you or anyone. Just expressing my views. I'd hope those with power and responsibility are way ahead of me. Evidence doesn't seem to justify my hope, recently.

 

[KChorn11]

I think if CDC had his way he’d can Herman. I’m sure the guy wants to put his own mark on Texas. I mean he has to get real tired of standing in front of the bus for people he didn’t hire.

 

[Cattledog100]

I know everyone wants Orlando gone tomorrow, and I'm not saying he shouldn't be. But Saturday's loss is not on him. How many times did the Offense suck so fast that the D went right back on the field? I think it was like; a million.

And I have a new off-season policy. I'm not reading another word about any recruit who is listed as an Athlete, WR, or DB. I'd like to know how many sacks our front 7 has? Name a successful college program that doesn't have someone who can pressure a QB without an all-out blitz? We need a Cory Redding or Tony Brackens.

This! Thank you!

 

[Cattledog100]

F Herman

This is by far the best post in this entire thread.

 

[dfechtman]

I think if CDC had his way he’d can Herman. I’m sure the guy wants to put his own mark on Texas. I mean he has to get real tired of standing in front of the bus for people he didn’t hire.

True Dat

if he can make the inside of the stadium as good as he made the outside...

...watch out!

 

[Ketchum]

I don’t have time to explain everything in a detail and comprehensive manner so that posters on here can understand. Mod rules on here.

k.

 

[Ketchum]

My wedding song. Approaching 20yrs.

You're home clear!

 

[Ketchum]

Yes, apparently Tom’s innovation is so innovative that literally nobody can understand it, including his team.

Fascinating what seems to pass for innovative.

 

[Ketchum]

Ummmm they did make a Pure Country 2...Asshole just didn’t bring George back!!!!

It doesn't count!

 

[Ketchum]

CDC and the BMDs / BOR should be proactively looking out for Texas football (and UT Austin) welfare.

They shouldn't need anyone convincing them. It's their jobs to recognize the best outcomes for UT Football / UT Austin.

From my conversations with those type of people, those things can be mutually exclusive from their perspective.

 

[Ketchum]

You seemed to be making an argument. Either you think the argument has merit or you don't. No offense.

And in this case, no offense is what Texas got. The book I read didn't prioritize imagined tradition over function and success.

I'm not trying to persuade you or anyone. Just expressing my views. I'd hope those with power and responsibility are way ahead of me. Evidence doesn't seem to justify my hope, recently.

No, I'm telling you what the perspective is that matters.

 

[Ketchum]

I think if CDC had his way he’d can Herman. I’m sure the guy wants to put his own mark on Texas. I mean he has to get real tired of standing in front of the bus for people he didn’t hire.

I think he'd rather just win big with Herman. CDC was hired, in part, because he has a good relationship with Herman.

 

[Dualthreat]

From my conversations with those type of people, those things can be mutually exclusive from their perspective.

If you are saying football and UT Austin welfare are mutually exclusive, that doesn't make sense. It's UT Austin's football program, number one. Some of the BMDs and BOR are the same individuals, including ones who make sizeable contributions to both athletics and academics facilities / programs, number two. I've never heard anyone say UT Austin's and UT football's welfare were mutually exclusive, or even in tension with each other.

What can be mutually exclusive? According to whom? Your statement is too vague for me to see your point.

 

[Dualthreat]

I'm telling you what the perspective is that matters.

Whose perspective is it? CTH? You were talking about running plays and using time outs. And some imaginary book it appear in, if I remember correctly. I haven't gone back and reconstructed the thread.

Is this a multiple reply to the same post?

 

[Dwilliamminear]

The volleyball team is so much fun to watch. Great mix of upperclass players and youngsters. Big props to Coach Elliott and the ladies

 

[Brick Sharthouse]

Seems that the conference is at parity. Unfortunately, no one team is truly superior. OU is the best but clearly not great. The rest, sans WVU and KU, are pretty good teams that have proven to be highly competitive with one another. Maybe we should be happy we are competitive. Dominant is a pipe dream.

Yeah, they’ve only one more big 12 championships than all the other teams combined but I’m sure you’re right.

 

[jrobinson147]

I don’t have time to explain everything in a detail and comprehensive manner so that posters on here can understand. Mod rules on here.[/QUO

The volleyball team is so much fun to watch. Great mix of upperclass players and youngsters. Big props to Coach Elliott and the ladies

Ya watching the gals win > sufferin’ thru another L by Herman’s Underachievers.