Ketch's 10 Thoughts From the Weekend
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Can't spell bayLor or eagLes without those L's#WinningWeekend
proof. reader. aka editor. I know a guy. I stopped counting at 5. Some of them actually made it difficult to understand what you were trying to say.
What does this mean???
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On content - People were trashing the O Line changes, which weren't a disaster and I think you have to give Maddox (and Strong) credit for that. You also need to give Strong a ton of credit for how he's dealing with Malik. Maybe it works, maybe it doesn't - but it did for this game and he should get credit for that.
Also, who's to say that many of the guys not starting aren't getting into issues off the field? If we're to believe CS has integrity - maybe they just aren't living up to standards either at practice or on Thursday nights. I seem to remember that things can be hard to come by out of the locker room if the players aren't told about it.
Finally, I think there needs to be a discussion about the youth of the team and whether that's actually a contributing factor. To hear Strong tell it, everything is attributable to youth. Basically they don't yet have a good enough base understanding of the defensive scheme to be able to execute a complex defense that will have better results on the field.
I wonder if that may be true - and yet it seems like the ability of elite coaches to change their on the field product is where CS may be falling the most short. If he gets another year and the players have the understanding of what's going on - does that mean we can be much more successful? Who knows. I do feel like Buchele getting another year under Gilbert opens up much more of the playbook, and Maddox getting another year with the oline can't be bad.
I think when you get right down to it, we've fallen so far that the only place to go is up next season. Hopefully with a coach that knows what he's doing.
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You do understand that outside of Shane this is the same O that got ZERO points against Iowa State.
Any decent coach with a good DC will have this D playing ten times better just like sterlin got the o playing ten times better.
It's just a sad fact that without bad ass coordinators, neither side of the ball had Charlie had a positive influence on.
Swoopes is backup RB because Porter is a JAG. He's shown no burst, no wiggle, no elusiveness, no power, doesn't run thru arm tackles or bounce off defenders, doesn't move the pile. Part of his problem could be his tentativeness and lack of decisiveness, that could be hiding a little burst he has that we won't see until he runs with authority. He looks like a post-achilles injury Jonathan Gray, at best.
We need to recruit two good RBs.
We need to recruit two good RBs.
I still say that all of this negative reporting affects the team....you have been more negative lately than ever before, any reason why?....when Charlie first started and released all of the players to get rid of the "thugs" everyone was saying then that 2017 would be the year things fell in place but you seem to have forgotten that....just fire the coaches and start all over.....remember before hyping another coach, the one at Houston, Charlies last 2 years a Louisville were amazing and lool at him now.....Herman is not a sure thing....so prepare yourself to start the fire the coach campaign all over again 2019-2020.....
If you are looking for consistency in the coaching staff, I'm not sure Charlie Strong is your guy. I mean, you're kidding right? This is a guy who has demoted a coordinator DURING each of his last two seasons. Nevermind the long list of discarded position coaches. I've never seen such coaching carnage in a 3 year period in all my many years of following Texas football.
I completely agree with you but here's a devil's advocate position:
Charlie shows up, he brings his guys thinking they're good enough for the job. First year he has a veteran defense and they do...ok. Watson is horrible and the offense crashes and burns. He talks to Watson, thinks it on track.
Season two, Watson crashes and burns - Charlie chucks him overboard. Norvell does a ok job with what he has and the situation he's in. Bedford shits the bed with a freshman heavy defense. Charlie talks to Bedford.
Season three - Bedford shits the bed again, this time with mostly sophomores and over the guardrail he goes. Norvell is out in favor of Gilbert. Offense shows signs of life but still needs two liters on a canula.
All that to say - What if what we're watching is Charlie Strong doing some serious on the job learning? I mean, he obviously didn't realize he was so unprepared. He tears the program down to the studs because he thinks he's better than everyone else (obviously) and now it's just a waiting game for him to get the right coaches in place with players that get it.
What if we are watching a coach whose style is slow and methodical instead of the sharper, quicker acting coaches whose names we know (Myer, Saban, etc). In fairness though, those are cream of the crop coaches, which Charlie is not. He is what he is, and with time maybe he gets it right.
Obviously mixed in with that are position coaches leaving with no warning, or leaving for better jobs, or leaving because they're a bagman for someone. Most of that is just unpredictable anyway so we really have to look past it. It certainly wasn't the money that was the issue.
5 million to throw coaches at a dartboard is quite a bit too steep though.
The sad thing is, I think Luck is picking up his team, that's one of the worst rosters in the NFL
Browns will beat the Niners.
Browns will beat the Niners.
The fire CS crowd want to lay Mack Brown's last 5 years at the feet of Coach Strong and bitch when they don't get immediate gratification. "We haven't been relevant for 10 years" and are in college football purgatory can NOT be legit reasons to fire a coach new to the situation Not when he is adored by his players and their parents.
Everything you described shouldn't be happening with a coach making 5 million a year at a top 2 job. Nothing he's shown in almost 3 years suggests he's even close to elite
Number 7: I'm struggling to enjoy this college football season. Since 2003, I've spent my Saturday's during football season watching and enjoying the games, and not just UT. But this season feels different. Maybe I've had my fill of SEC talk on the major networks. Maybe it's because we are 3 seasons into a struggle. Maybe it's just that the Big 12 is a tire fire. But it's not fun this year and I find myself doing other things than sitting in my recliner on Saturday's.
After 3 years, Strong shouldn't be on training wheels anymore. What year do they come off?
personally I think this was one of the best write ups. Hard to agree on all topics on such a diverse discussion or report,
but IMO, you nailed every topic
but IMO, you nailed every topic
Nope! As Ketch stated, stop looking for reasons to find false hope. The youth excuse is just that, an excuse. Plenty of good team around the country with just as much youth who are better coached and prepared teams. Hiring a new DC at the eleventh hour doesn't change the fact that Charlie is in over his head. A new DC isn't going to adjust the details and game management issues that have plagued Charlie Strong since he arrived in Austin. Not to mention having Charlie back for a 4th year without an extension is having a lame duck coach, which affects moral and recruiting. I am pulling for the Horns to win out, but that isn't going to change Charlie'' fate IMO.
LOL @Ketchum - I think the fans of this program are quite capable of evaluating and deciding when they can dream big, what expectations they'll have of the team and what they see as far as what the future may or may not hold.
Dak definitely took a big step forward in his evolution of being a true NFL quarterback. With a hated rival one quarter away from bringing Cowboy faithful back to earth, Dak led the Cowboys to 16 unanswered points and sent the hated Eagles back to Philly fighting for second place. Greatness.
Can't get too high or too low but I was almost completely out of faith after the clubbing the Indians put on the Cubs on Saturday. On Sunday, the young Cubs gave all of us at least on more game to hope and dream.
Dak definitely took a big step forward in his evolution of being a true NFL quarterback. With a hated rival one quarter away from bringing Cowboy faithful back to earth, Dak led the Cowboys to 16 unanswered points and sent the hated Eagles back to Philly fighting for second place. Greatness.
Can't get too high or too low but I was almost completely out of faith after the clubbing the Indians put on the Cubs on Saturday. On Sunday, the young Cubs gave all of us at least on more game to hope and dream.
I think the Cubs are going to come back and take both games in Cleveland to win the Series. It will follow the same pattern as the 1979 World Series, where the Pirates, down 3-1 in games, won Game 5 at home and then took two games in Baltimore.
1 Bonny and Boyd are the best corners we have, doghouse or no doghouse.
2 If you want to pay attention to the SEC other than Bama, watch out for Auburn...they are playing hot right now.
2 If you want to pay attention to the SEC other than Bama, watch out for Auburn...they are playing hot right now.
Name one team in the top 25 who doesn't have an all conference junior or senior and is starting over 66 percent freshman and sophomores. I know who your quoting but that was not a completely accurate statment. The funny thing about statements and numbers you can twist them to make any point just like I am doing above.
Both have the potential to be impeached before 4 eyars.
Adored? That's so cute. I hope they carry him off the field after the Tech game.
What does that say about Texas high school players, which the Big 12 is largely populated with?
