That's a very self-aware post. I think you're an outlier.
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7-5 is an utter disaster next year. 7-5 should always be an utter disaster at the University of Texas.
It also means Ewers isn't who we think he is which leaves us still looking for a qb post McCoy.
It also means Ewers isn't who we think he is which leaves us still looking for a qb post McCoy.
That's a very kind assessment, thanks!
I think at this point we are all in on Sark, and now Ewers, for at least the next 2 years. I find I'm happier when I keep my hopes high and my expectations low. So maybe it's less self aware than a compensating mechanism.
Anyway, here's to another year of fun with the OB family!
Does it automatically mean that with Ewers, who has yet to really play at this level?
Name me the last qb that went 7-5 his first year as a starter and then made waves there after. Please no teams like Utah State, or Illinois. Big boy schools. Aranda took a team from 2 wins to 12. If Sark and Ewers are going to be "the guy", 7-5 isn't going to cut it next year.
If we want to go 5-7 and 7-5, we can go hire Charlie Strong again for much cheaper..... or a multitude of other coaches.
I mean... I can't figure out how this team didn't go 7-5 this year. 🤷♂️ 🤷♂️
Does a guy like Kyler count?
Honestly the only way he gets away with 7-5 or less is if it is a complete youth movement on both sides of the ball and even then the losses save Bama we better be really competitive in them like one score or less.
Yeah, but the poor play in the middle of the park that led to the goal had me wanting to scream at people.
So we are knocking Banks for volunteering to play RT in an All Star game and practice, when he was the only kid to volunteer to play RT and every other kid said, “naw I play LT and don’t want to give it a try”?
Im not even arguing that he did or didn’t struggle and don’t pretend to be an OL guru. Having said that, I’m pretty sure the footwork is different, the drop is different, and the angles are different. He did all of this in real time, against the best players in the nation.
Was he not supposed to struggle a little or have any issues in the pass game? I would expect he would have and did.
I don’t know that it indicates anything in regards to his future capabilities to play OT or not.
Seems like unnecessary drama for the sake of starting drama and board discussion.
Im not even arguing that he did or didn’t struggle and don’t pretend to be an OL guru. Having said that, I’m pretty sure the footwork is different, the drop is different, and the angles are different. He did all of this in real time, against the best players in the nation.
Was he not supposed to struggle a little or have any issues in the pass game? I would expect he would have and did.
I don’t know that it indicates anything in regards to his future capabilities to play OT or not.
Seems like unnecessary drama for the sake of starting drama and board discussion.
Is he really being knocked for his volunteering or is he being critiqued based on some fairly narrow detailing against elite talent?
Some folks make it sound like his volunteering to play right tackle is worthy of a free pass against any critique and I simply would push back against this get out of any jail scenario.
Either we can have a nuanced conversation or no critiques are allowed.
Exactly. Just because he sucked at his job much more than even naysayers predicted, doesn’t mean we reset the bar he just lowered to help him out.
He played a new spot and only had a few days of practice vs the very best.
For the record I could care less if you have any grammar issues I pay for content and could care less about it. Keep up the good work.
Banks was also playing RT for the first time. Apparently he offered as there were only LTs at the Game. He struggled with putting his right hand down, apparently was not comfortable, which makes sense as Banks has played LT from his first game as a starter.
That comes from elsewhere (a site that won't be mentioned) and a person who was at the practices. Personally I wish he had stayed at LT for the practices and game. He did say he improved as the week went on.
Doesn't make criticisms off limits by any means but other people and sites have said he played well in the game overall, and it's certainly tough going against the best HS pass rushers and edge players at a new position on the other side where everything he did was reversed from what he had always done before in HS.
I guess it's 'nuanced' more than 'above criticism'. JMO. There are sound analysts and people who know football that think if he works hard on the weights and trains under someone who knows OL this Spring, he could start in the fall at LT. It's obviously risky to count on a true Freshman, but Connor Williams did it pretty well.
Edit: did not see the post above saying the same thing.
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Another deserving song from Sticky Fingers, along with 'Moonlight Mile' and 'Wild Horses' which made your list . The guitar and sax solos at the end are outstanding, particularly the sax (although some of Richard's best guitar work). Great song, but I realize you only get ten on the list.
Talking about 'Can't You Hear Me Knocking'.
a. Yes, he was playing right tackle for the first time. That has clearly been established by everyone that wants any analysis from this week that isn't remotely positive muted and wished away. It's apparently a free pass of sorts.
b. Maybe all of this comes down to the fact that some of us don't believe his best position at the next level is going to be tackle, let alone left tackle. Watch his footwork in one on one drills from last week and tell me you think he's a left tackle. If Texas had anything but dead weight at the position right now, this wouldn't even be a conversation, but we're reached a point that with the need being so glaring that some are going to wish his fit there into existence, making him one of the first linemen in history who will apparently find the more difficult task of protecting from the left side his more "natural" position.
c. He did play well in the game. I do still believe he is a five star and I am still the first in the industry that called him as much.
d. I'm not going to lie to you, though. I believe other sites flat out do so in an attempt to tell you what you want to hear all the time. There's definitely a cottage industry that exists in doing exactly that. Go there and they'll tell you Texas is about to flip everyone... land everyone...
e. Watch Tommy Brockermeyer's feet at the tackle position and then watch Banks. Tell me they are the same thing.
Maybe @Alex Dunlap can put this Banks thing thing to rest and do a quick deep dig on Banks from the UA game. Seems like the only logical way to end this. @Ketchum
I can't figure it out either. Proving to me that 7-5 for next year is still an unmitigated disaster and lets us know Ewers will never be "the guy" at Texas.
No, he doesn't count. He played in 8 games, not even started 8 games. He threw a total of total of 121 passes. You had to dig deep for that one b/c I doubt there are any more even out there even if I give you that one. That whole thing at Aggy was a debacle with him.
I'll stand by my statement b/c of what historical numbers tell us (kind of like you use with the star rankings). If Ewers goes 7-5 next year, he's not the guy leading us back to 2000's like results.
I didn't dig deep. I just tried to think of guys that flamed out in a first year and came back. He was an obvious one.
Just feels like we have gone from him being our LT of the future to whether he should play OT at all, because he struggled in practice in pass protection playing a new spot against the best players in the country. Was the expectations that he shouldn't struggle? Or was the struggles that occurred a precursor of why he might struggle at OT in college?
I don't mind the critique or even the honest discussion of his struggles and what he needs to improve on. Just seems like a drastic change in view of Banks.
After seeing Banks stack up against some of the elite DL in the country, what about his game raises questions about his future? Is it just his size and arm length? Was it his athleticism, feet, bend, quickness?
I've never thought of him as a left tackle of the future. Neither has Alex.
We've both thought his optimal position is inside, but he has the ability to play tackle.
Maybe that's the disconnect... OB isn't part of the "we" pegging him as the left tackle of the future.
Don't get me wrong, I'd love to be wrong on this one.
I still don't buy the way aggy using him is a knock on him but I'll even give you that one.
Give me 3 more since 2000. I think you'll be hard pressed. I can find dozens that played well right from the get go and there was never any doubt about them.
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