I just think Tom struggles outside of his preconceived comfort zone, which makes making on the fly adjustments and changes really hard.
Ketch's 10 Thoughts From the Weekend (Let's have an honest talk about where things stand...)
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I'll disagree with this to an extent. Texas was fully prepared to pay Saban as much as it needed to and it stepped to pay Orlando his money (when he was highly regarded) to keep continuity in the staff.
Would you consider that a good, positive move for Herman? Would that be a good "get"
Texas has made it harder than other top tier programs have made it to be.
The Saban part isn't true? Every back story I've heard on that situation said a deal was in place for Saban to come here but Mack's reluctance to leave without a fight caused too much pause.
You can have a quarterback with a 151 rating if the surrounding parts are all elite.
I'm a homer for Morris, but I think he'd be an excellent OC hire.
No deal was ever completely close and Texas was never going to go up to 8 million to get him.
If there was a path to close the deal that kept Texas from breaking the marketplace for the hire, they'd have been interested.
They never got as far as you are thinking they did.
Ketch is right that fans over-estimated Ehlinger. He came into a program without an established QB, and postured well for the role. Desperate for an elite QB, too many of his fans extrapolated Ehlinger's face-of-the-program into assumptions that he was indeed a great player. The reality is that he's probably no more athletically gifted than most other Big 12 QBs, and not as gifted as a few.
Sam's not a great QB, but he can win a lot more games if the staff will find more effective ways to work around his limitations. Pass protection is a huge key. When we have it, our offense seems to click. When we don't, we're toast.
Herman’s a very smart innovative man who will not be satisfied with anything Les than a national championship and then will want more.
That's a not a good sign for someone trying to run a McDonalds, much less an enterprise like a major football program.
Maybe one day we can hire a coach who doesn't still require training wheels after year 3.
So erratic...willing to go for it 4th and goal from the 7 but not willing to take proportionate risk to keep possession and get the DUB? The defense actually got you the ball back with a lead and 4 minutes to play...schizophrenic football.
I'm getting older so my memory isn't what it used too be , but it seems
he was much more confident last year and could run better etc vs this year where he is timid and off target with the interceptions and lack of running.
When I watch his press conferences he looks very frustrated either the coaches are holding him back or he's just regressed under Beck and Herman's watch but that's hard to believe that's why I was thinking maybe his ribs might be hurt.
He is a night and day different QB from last year no doubt.
Ketch, financing considerations are just the UT administration's cover story for passing on Saban. A select group of UT's big donors were going to kick in outside business deals and incentive opportunites that far exceeded UT's salary limitations. Saban had huge losses on real estate deals, and the oil and gas properties UT's oil donors were assembling would have bailed him out and set him up big time.
The reality is that non-financial considerations also played a huge part. Bill Powers feared criticism for over-emphasis on football if Saban were brought to Texas, and Steve Patterson feared Saban's prestige would erode his control of Bellmont Hall.
In part, because we won't hire " goddamn scumbags" ( your words)
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Don't think so. Doubtful there are more than a handful of things in this world that would entice Saban to leave Tuscaloosa, and none of those are in Austin.
