Someone should email points 1-7 to CTH. All of that is true and fair. This is beginning to fell like a coach in over his head. Again. Tim Beck is gonna take him down if he doesn't take charge of this poorly managed offense.
Ketch's 10 Thoughts From the Weekend (The glass is still half-full...)
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It matters what your receiver is doing, because if he vacated the area when the ball is thrown it makes your QB look bad and throw an interception. I’ve never seen a group of receivers who do not have the ability to get open on a regular basis when a play breaks down. I never see our receivers running back to the QB or try to help him out...
I am more frustrated after Saturday then I have been in many years.
I am not ready to anoint Ehlinger as the "guy" at this point. He played very poorly this week. I sit in the west upper deck and thus have a very good view of the execution of plays and can see open receivers and running lanes. There were many plays Saturday that were executed correctly by everyone on offensive except for Ehlinger. He held the ball too long and was indecisive way too many times. Of course the OL is ridiculously bad, but all but 2 teams we have played this year have lower ranked recruits along the OL than we have, and they seem to be able to run a functioning offense. Why can't we?
I don't see how you can type that "TH and his staff have done a very good job in year one". Maybe that is true of the defensive staff, but certainly not true on the offensive side of the ball.
I am not sorry that TH is our coach, but this year has been a fail.
6-6 (my prediction at this point) sucks.
Houston spent zero dollars and fielded a terrible team on purpose so that it could collect elite young talent, especially in the draft.
Momma called it tanking, I'm calling it tanking.
What's nonsense? Certainly you don't expect me to be believe you wouldn't have eviscerated Buechele if the same thing happened.
It wasn't, though. He thought his receiver was going back into the end zone. It's easy to see what he thought was happening. It was a terrible decision, but the optics make it look worse than it was.
Please list a single time I have ever been unfair to Buechele.
I'm one of the few that actually cut him a ton of slack because I understand he's so early in his development.
Freshman quarterback gonna freshman quarterback.
It won't be his last freshman play of the season.
A few thoughts...
a. It's like you completely forgot the previous two weeks with respect to Sam, yanno, the best two-game sequence at the position in the last nine years.
b. You're going with the lower recruit thing along the OL? The line is full of mostly three stars and most of them are being asked to play very early. This isn't the same as other schools on the schedule.
c. There's more to running a program in 2017 than just what happens on Saturdays. I was referring to recruiting, marketing, etc..
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It looked terrible, and it was certainly ill-considered. But like you I thought that Sam expected the WR to cut to the end zone, it was the only logical move for the WR to make at that point (sort of briefly loitering on the outside boundary), as I saw it.
But the better choice was just throw the ball away. It's a fine line, hero or goat.
You have said this a few times now. It's quite an indictment considering that Sam didn't play very well against OU.
The bottom line is that Sam has to play better moving forward, because he had an awful game against OSU. Yes he was running for his life, but he was late on pretty much every throw, and missed open receivers all game.
I think he'll get better, but the facts are the fact and his performance Saturday can't be classified as a winning brand of football.
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I don’t care one way or the other about Tim Beck, but haven’t we churned through enough OCs in the last few years?
I had a big problem the first few weeks (save SJSU) with the lack of running game, but since Connor went down I haven’t see a whole lot there. On Saturday - I found myself empathizing a bit for the guy because OSU was penetrating and pressuring Sam with just 4 rushers. The linebackers could basically stay put and spy on Sam thereby limiting his effectiveness as a runner, while they could drop 5 DBs in coverage. It was tough sledding and the genesis was that our line rarely slowed down 4 DL.
Is Beck the best we can get? Probably not, but I think this team needs more consistency rather than more changes. The Texas fan base is always going find fault with whoever is calling the plays and that is just part of the gig, but I think with the current state of the OL, dropped balls, false starts, holds, etc, 250 lb RBs lead blocking getting blown back 5 yards. I think it is tough to judge.
We have had way too many play callers over the last 4-5 years and we have to get off that merry go round. I think there is just too much confusion and not enough familiarity with scheme and personnel that changing play callers will not help.
I, like many of you want to win and I want to win today, but I think more change will create more confusion and more unfamiliarity and we will be right back in this same spot in the not too distant future.
I had a big problem the first few weeks (save SJSU) with the lack of running game, but since Connor went down I haven’t see a whole lot there. On Saturday - I found myself empathizing a bit for the guy because OSU was penetrating and pressuring Sam with just 4 rushers. The linebackers could basically stay put and spy on Sam thereby limiting his effectiveness as a runner, while they could drop 5 DBs in coverage. It was tough sledding and the genesis was that our line rarely slowed down 4 DL.
Is Beck the best we can get? Probably not, but I think this team needs more consistency rather than more changes. The Texas fan base is always going find fault with whoever is calling the plays and that is just part of the gig, but I think with the current state of the OL, dropped balls, false starts, holds, etc, 250 lb RBs lead blocking getting blown back 5 yards. I think it is tough to judge.
We have had way too many play callers over the last 4-5 years and we have to get off that merry go round. I think there is just too much confusion and not enough familiarity with scheme and personnel that changing play callers will not help.
I, like many of you want to win and I want to win today, but I think more change will create more confusion and more unfamiliarity and we will be right back in this same spot in the not too distant future.
Believe what you must. Throw should not have been made based on expectations. It should have been tossed to the third row.
Am I the only one that doesn't think Ehlinger is the QB of the future? Half of his passes come on scrambles and broken plays.
We also split out Warren. I guess it's to avoid subbing but I don't think we've been particularly high tempo at those times. In any case, it's dumber than dogshit.
You pick gifs like Beck picks playsIt looked terrible, and it was certainly ill-considered. But like you I thought that Sam expected the WR to cut to the end zone, it was the only logical move for the WR to make at that point (sort of briefly loitering on the outside boundary), as I saw it.
But the better choice was just throw the ball away. It's a fine line, hero or goat.
I haven't thought about that game in a long time until I read these comments, damn you both!!!
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I feel this pain. But I'm going to stop short of saying I don't think he can be the QB of the future. His passing has been far from good the further we get from the USC game.
But I'm not so sure behind an even mediocre O-Line, with even the slightest hint of a running game, and playcalling that isn't borderline insane, that Sam can't be great in the long run.
Texas is just average football team somewhere between Baylor and TCU and will be until program has some success and quality players decide UT may be a ticket toNFL, thereby improving recruiting.
How can Penn State essentially get the death penalty in 2012 and come back to be a national powerhouse this year, beating Michigan like they owned them. Texas has not been competitive since 2008 national championship game with Alabama. This is the way it will be given the alumni interference, political school management, and worship of the almighty dollar. Too many cooks in kitchen. Time to consider Rocky Mountain conference where UT could go unbeaten and brag about how great UT is. Time to get realistic or join Ivy League is a secondary concern.
How can Penn State essentially get the death penalty in 2012 and come back to be a national powerhouse this year, beating Michigan like they owned them. Texas has not been competitive since 2008 national championship game with Alabama. This is the way it will be given the alumni interference, political school management, and worship of the almighty dollar. Too many cooks in kitchen. Time to consider Rocky Mountain conference where UT could go unbeaten and brag about how great UT is. Time to get realistic or join Ivy League is a secondary concern.
Said the exact same thing after this last week. Watching the closer losses this year where we probably should have won (except maybe Maryland) have been like getting kicked in the sack instead of the head, they hurt a lot more!
