Agreed. Sometimes having the smartest guy in the room presents a different set of concerns than normal.
Ketch's 10 Thoughts From the Weekend (The underwhelming-ness of it all...)
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Most people do. It's just that the accumulation of those eight years has made people's patience very thin.
Name the last time an NFL team used a first round pick on a player whose only game film from his junior year wasn't good.
The question about Williams now is whether he's a bit of a byproduct of the offenses he played in during his first two seasons.
Mack mailed it in fully after Bama. The process started with the hire of Muschamp.
I think Williams wants to play. I just don't like bringing a guy back with the dynamics in place.
Pop the balloon instead of just letting the air out. Then you add the fear/scare into the equation.
I kid, I kid.
interesting...
Just roll out with the same group, thinking Hudson and Rodriguez up-grade it....
Bold strategy, Cotton.
Coaching has made a huge difference on defense. Why do we give the offensive coaching staff a pass (including Herman)?
For the same reasons most fans excused all of Charlie's critical mistakes in his first year.
Asking questions starts to crush the dream a little, like a little kid asking dad about the comments that Judy made at school about Santa Claus.
I did too. The offense needs to eliminate mistakes. The Manny Diaz defense is first rate. They beat VT up. We’ll know more after ND.
Hard Rock Stadium was really loud as well.
Jeez I've been on UT message boards since before you were born!
Some good points, Ketch, but UT finished 9-4, beat a 14th ranked team in the Alamo Bowl, and finished ranked #18 in the USA Today Coaches Poll in 2012. The 2012 (9-4), and even the 2011 (8-5) seasons were winning seasons with winning bowl performances. Very different from this year and the previous four.
We're really going on five "years of this", if you include this year and 2013, which I do. Horrible finish in 2013 with gutless blowouts against Baylor and Oregon to finish the season.
Makes sense.
My battered fan syndrome has drained me of all hope. This is the longest period of no success in the history of Texas football.
When a coach at Texas loses 68% of the time against top 10 teams and only wins the conference 2 times in 16 years, he didn't really have as much "edge" as we thought.
Didn’t affect Sam Bradford . Sorry but you’ve got this one wrong. You don’t need more film on a top 10 player at line and Williams isn’t risking another injury and then being labeled injury prone.
He’s gone.
This season has been a disappointment, but I believe a big part of that was the unrealistic expectations a large portion of the fan base had heading into the season. This program has been crap for years. I still believe Herman was the right hire, but to expect him to completely turn this around in one year just wasn't realistic. That said, this team has been a hell of a lot more competitive than in years past. If the offense had a healthy Connor Williams, Andrew Beck, Elijah Rodriguez, and Patrick Hudson would that be enough for another win or two? Maybe. Injuries have devastated the offense. They lost a 2000 yard rusher to the NFL. They have started a true freshman at tackle, quarterback, tight end, and RB. The defense has played better than any of us could have expected. Finally, I keep reminding myself that Nick Saban went 6-6 his first year at Bama. That included a loss to Louisiana-Monroe.
I'm not saying they'll be dominant, but all of these guys will have another year in the system and weight room, plus a bit of playing time. Shack and McMillon will be 3 year starters, Vahe a four year Starter. Kerstetter seems solid. Between Rod, Hudson, and Okafor, they should be able to make something work.
Herman was quoted after the game saying he has been told Sam was clear from concussion issues but was having an inner ear issue he’s dealing with. Is he lying? As someone that has inner ear problems And taken meds like sam is they aren’t fun.
I’m always going with medical professionals over message board posters every single time though.
Well, they're wrong. Just one example: Texas is the only team I've seen at any level that cannot execute the flanker screen pass. And typically, can't defend it either. There are many other examples of poor scheme or inability to coach -- all over the offensive side of the field.
