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  1. 10 minutes ago, derpyhorndog said:

    First of all, I resent this statement.

    Second, the flight tracking is an entertaining and harmless process that shouldn't be likened to some dildo holding themselves out to be an insider. Me and others who were tracking last week were clear about the fact that we're dildos, amateur dildos with a computer and no sources. And everyone knows that and can read what they want into flight reports given the surrounding information.

    And frankly, I at least remain convinced that the Kendra Scott plane (and potentially others discussed) were in some way involved with the Urban courting. The only thing Urban not coming would prove as wrong without a shadow of a doubt is RGL, Squid, Ceddby and all of the other fake insiders. 

    I didn't mean anything personal by it.  I too got wrapped up in the frenzy.  There were undoubtbly some flights that were tracked that were relevant to the search.

    And no there is nothing wrong with it but that doesn't diminish the fact that much of it was confirmation bias.   

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  2. 24 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

    Glad to see many in this thread still in the denial stage. Never say never.

    This whole thread should be studied by psychologists on how opinions/hopes are affected by confirmation bias.  Flight tracking and believing random unnamed posts on the internet are a prime example. 

     

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  3. 1 minute ago, mdmost said:

    It's not about hiring someone out of their comfort zone. It's about paying $15 million to get rid of Herman for someone outside of their comfort zone that would be the issue, I'd imagine. Everyone seems to be forgetting that with Covid, we're going to have to rely on donors footing the bill. They would for Urban. They won't for Traylor. 

    I get that but I'm not even talking about this particular hire.  I'm talking about how Texas does all of their coaching hires. 

  4. 1 minute ago, Huckleberry said:

    I'm actually in favor of Traylor as the backup plan if Mullen is a no go. But that would be based on Traylor having a plan for the full program and impressing in the interview based on everything that comes with the job. 

    Step one is rescuing recruiting. Traylor does that. Same reason Rhule would be a terrible idea even if interested (he wouldn't be).

    And yes, part of Traylor's appeal is a cheap short contract that guarantees Herman's exit. 

    A cheaper head coach allows you to spend more on assistants.  Hire someone like Traylor and then go overboard on the assistants and analysts. 

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  5. 9 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

    Boy, I got busy yesterday and ... wow. I skipped like 30 pages, so forgive me if I'm late on something, but I got to catch up offline in any event.

    Urban Meyer really is unpredictable and a bit of a flake. If it's really health, I guess it's a case of "you don't know until you have to say so" kind of thing. He still hasn't communicated directly, so nothing would shock me, but it seems obvious it's over. 

    There is a push-pull right now in terms of direction. I've asked repeatedly about the viability of Herman staying and no one is hedging internally anywhere that he's staying. I still think they will really fuck this up and keep him with all kinds of rationalizations. The money was there last year for him. The money was there in the spring for Shaka Smart. Both were rationalized into being kept.

    Another direction is going to the "nobody ever got fired for hiring ..." premise, in which a shiny object of the P5 nature will be chased. To me, that could look a lot like the Perrin/Piece baseball debacle in which we wind up getting a whole bunch of HCs raises across the country. I'm betting that if Herman does get shitcanned, this is the circus we see and somehow wind up with a wet fart like PJ Fleck, who will crush an interview and get the admin's panties wet. Even worse, and I can't stomach this, Fat Patty gets moneywhipped with his 4 losing seasons in the last 5 years.

    Then there's the "get the guy that knows how to coach and develop" premise. This would be where Matt Campbell types come into the discussion more freely. Napier at Louisiana. You guys have all shit repeatedly on Traylor at UTSA, but he'd fall into this camp. He's 7-4 this year. He wins 10 or 11 games next year, suddenly everyone's ears perk up. He's connected deeply throughout the state HS ranks. He'd bring in one of the big name DCs that he knows or is friends with like a Muschamp or Odom. Guys like Samples and Maguire would be brought in as recruiting beasts. Carrington probably stays in role. I know no one wants to hear it and it would be deflating to me as well, but I can at least understand the approach. 

    The NFL stuff that's been hinted at is cancer. It isn't Jeff Fisher. It also doesn't sound like it's happening, so whatever. 

    As usual, it sounds like Texas is above the fray (in its own mind) and probably too good for a coordinator. Maybe an interested Venables would have a shot. Seems unlikely. 

    I know this - the admin doesn't understand the dire state of the recruiting landscape if they get this wrong. They think they do, but they don't. They never have. 

    Belmont needs to ask itself why schools like Cincinnati get it right at a higher rate than Texas. 

    I'd have no problem hiring a top assistant.  At least we would know they wouldn't bring their entire previous staffs like Herman and Strong did.  

  6. Just now, MNLonghornFUKM said:


    Not a single coach is worth buying Herman out just to shell out another 5 million per year + for the same results

    We know what we have in Herman and it is not what I think we should consider our standard.

  7. 2 minutes ago, Nicole44 said:

    What kind of night shift is this? Lol. This is all just a ploy to guilt trip me into posting my album of nudes. You should all be ashamed of yourselves. Ha.

    On a more pertinent note, I would still like to see how everything plays out tomorrow. And through the week. I hope that the website traffic will continue. I start my new job/training tomorrow so I won't have the time to post much during the day. I haven't given up hope entirely just yet. But I have to temper my joy at this point. We have had too many failures.

    What kind of job won’t let you post on Surly? 
     

     

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  8. 4 minutes ago, IDIOTsavant said:

    Suzy Kolber is the same damn way...don't blame Broadway Joe one bit.

    I met Suzy Kolber in a bar once.  She was in Dallas for a game and was with OJ of all people plus a bunch of their crew. 
     

    Obviously this was a long time ago but she was very short but hot as hell. 

     

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  9. 1 minute ago, troph said:

    What are the known facts - indisputable from legit sources? 
     

    Meyer or his people and Texas people met.

    Meyer was putting together a what if staff.

    Meyer has not confirmed or denied anything about Texas.

    Herman is still employed at Texas but is confirmed by everyone as being on the hot seat/will be fired.

    if you look only at credible journalism or verifiable facts this is what we know.  screw the 995 club and the obscure Twitter nonsense.  

    I’m not sure why you are giving so much credit to Broaddus reporting about the staff.  He is a pro guy. 

  10. Just now, SubliminalHorn said:

    Maybe the real purpose of all of this was for us to come together and become friends 

    With all due respect, go fuck yourself. 
     

    You can’t get mad because I said with all due respect. 😀

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  11. 3 minutes ago, Jack Wilson said:

    I don't get all the CDC hate. From what we know, it looks like he did all anyone could do. ("Hey, UM, here's $60 for 5 years, a blank check for assistants, carte blanche for facilities, with both the administration and the BMC's in lock-step behind you. Whatta' ya say?") Maybe it was health; maybe it was other things. Whatever, you can't just make UM coach here if he doesn't want to. There are some folks on here who are mad and like little bitty chillrens they've got to blame it on somebody. 

    I agree.  Not sure what else he could have done.  I’ll wait to pass judgement after Herman’s replacement is named. 

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  12. Just now, Rip76 said:

    Ketch

    I've checked in with a couple of sources in the last hour and will continue to do so, but I wanted to pass along a few notes.

    a. Urban Meyer has not given Texas an answer.

    b. As we've been saying all week, and as recent as last night, the single biggest hurdle that has to be cleared is related to his health and I just communicated with a high-level source that said it remains the biggest issue with Meyer.

    That hasn't magically gone away just because Texas is praying for it do so. How do we handicap the situation? I'm not sure. Maybe nerves are increasing and it's leading to a little panic. 

    As of Sunday afternoon, there's not bad news to report as much as there's nervousness about the current situation that is probably sinking in.

    Stay tuned.

    If Ketch is saying it isn’t done, it’s probably done.  

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  13. Just now, derpyhorndog said:

    Will be interested to see how RGL and CeddyB respond to the latest IT scoop (they're already being confronted), whether that's going silent, hedging/reeling it back or quadrupling down. 

    And Caddox 

  14. 1 minute ago, HillaryFan420 said:

    Didn’t Mack have interns who monitored the message boards?  Maybe someone like that. 

    He was caught on horn fans I believe when somebody took a picture of him at his desk 

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  15. 8 minutes ago, Caddox said:

    CDC is an empty suit. Frankly, I don’t know how he keeps his job after his handling of the 2020 fuckery. Hartzell is basically playing de facto AD for this Meyer stuff. I really like CDC because he’s a charismatic and friendly guy, nothing there not to like. He’s just not suited for this job. 

    That’s some pretty harsh words for CDC.  The fact that he has all of the leaks from Belmont plugged gets high praise from me. 

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