Ketch's 10 Thoughts From the Weekend (Reviewing Tom Herman after 1,071 Days...)
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You know LSU and their fans are thanking their lucky stars that Tom Herman chose Texas over LSU. They are ranked number two and playing their third Gameday matchup this year while Texas fans are justifiably scared too death of Kansas State, Iowa State and Baylor.
I suspect there are many DC's in America who would love to have this talent base!
Never in a million years would I have believed Cookie Monster would turn out to be a vastly superior coach. Holy crap, I was dead effing wrong on that one.
Exactly, and as far as I'm concerned, the TCU game is Orlando's Charlie Strong Kansas defeat. I mean, come on-- Texas was worse than the worst! Note that TCU immediately resumed losing the week after they feasted on Texas;s predictable and hopeless defense.
Thanks for taking the time to say that. Appreciate it.
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.
ahem is right!I do know that, but I’ll use one of your lines on you. He’s one guy (an entertaining action fighter no less) on a whole card of fights that you get for your...ahem $70.
- Does it seem like Herman excels more at running the program from day-to-day than in-game management?
- Was anyone else amazed how SMU's defenders seemed to cover receivers tighter, close run gaps better, and swarm to the ball faster than the higher-ranked recruits Texas has
Texas should always reach out to the 50 best Sophomores in the country and see who shows interest and go from there.
Yep, I wanted to go back and watch, and see who he actually put out there when the TE got hurt.
Sounds like you already did that. And that’s scary. He would rather put out someone who doesn’t give us any chance, but they “fit” the position, than try to put his best players on the field. If he does that, we might be in trouble.
Sorry - this is just not doable. Yes, perhaps if we could cherry pick ‘every’ player we want from Texas every year, you have a point. But look around, there are other schools also recruiting the State of Texas. ‘Locking up’ to the extent needed is not reality. Wish we could but it’s just not possible.
Sorry you’ve been sick(?) Virus? Energy return sometimes slow comeback. But it will come. Feel better & better. Oh, woke my wife to show her the horses video. Tears did fall.
On top of that, the state isn't producing elite talent at key positions consistently, such as defensive linemen, linebackers, etc..
It's insane to use only natural resource when other resources are also available.
That right there is scary! Because Orlando's Defense is flat out terrible. His scheme was letting OU's offensive linemen get a 10 yard running start to block our db's constantly! No wonder they are all hurt. No injuries upfront or linebackers so no excuse except coaching to help stop the run. Just take away something.
I do understand about the Offense as I see it regressing next year after it loses it's top 2 Wideouts and 2 offensive linemen also. Not a whole lot of creativity to the play calling. Surely we can find someone to help with that! Hell, LSU sure did.
I would think if TX finishes 7-5 some pressure would be applied.
Herman and the staff haven't demonstrated the ability to innovate or pivot on the fly. They are hell bent on one way of doing things and then cry injury when it doesn't work.
This. I’m already preparing myself to be furious Saturday.
You put CJ, DD, Eagles, Smith, and Ingram on the field at the same time and tell KState good luck. Even if Smith has a fumbling issue, it forces the defense into a mismatch somewhere.
Instead, we will have CJ, DD, Epps, Leito, and Ingram on the field and run a flair into the flat for no gain, Ingram up the middle for 2 yards, and a quick slant to DD which everyone and their mother will know is coming on 3rd and 8, then punt. Rinse and repeat.
The worst part about that is they claim they have a TE out there so the defense can’t sub and they can create mismatches....
....but the last 2 games, the defense was able to sub, anyway, even with a slow te out there. So that whole philosophy and reasoning goes out the window.
It’s infuriating
This is a lesson from the Mack years. Texas will always have a lot of HS talent, but different position areas are stronger/weaker in some years. And some in-state kids (e.g. Garret Wilson, Matthews brothers) flat out aren't going to consider UT no matter how hard you recruit them. So if there aren't championship caliber players in state at a position, and you want to build a championship-caliber team, you must go out of state for positions of need. Look no further than Bijan Robinson this year if you need an example.
