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BurntEyes

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  1. And some feathers will get ruffled but Sark also has to answer to the fans that pay big money to come to the games, but Texas swag, and support things like Burnt Ends. There was someone complaining up thread about Texas fans selling tickets. I don't support that, but it's the price of failure.
  2. Back again, Mack is back, with his friends.
  3. I agree in broad strokes but "bad things" is way too vague a term for me to agree in full. Are these things illegal, violations of policy, or blatant dereliction of duties and responsibilities, then yes. Beyond that in moral aspects the devil is in the details and that's to broad to make a call without details.
  4. Accountability seems to be a word/concept that is absolutely lost to this team. By team I mean HC and every member of the staff and that has been passed on to the players. Lack of performance or issues, dropped balls, wrong WR routes, missed coverages or missed blocks, and penalties seem to have near zero effect on playing time. Frequently when mistakes are made I've not even seen a coach approach the player who made the mistake when leaving the field. Then the coaches blame the players for failures and question the judgements of fans and media. Look in the mirror. I don't get it. At all.
  5. I found this quote from Sark and it honestly made me wonder, what happened to that guy.
  6. You already noted it, but it's worth repeating. What is the level of freedom and frequency with which that freedom is granted. Goal line stand plays only, specific goal line stand plays, how many options, how much during the rest of the game, on 4th, 3rd, 2nd and 1st, we don't know any specifics and I'm very curious as well.
  7. What about a tiny pebble?
  8. I obviously don't know the answer but would like to. That said, Sark has demonstrated that he is a hard headed control freak. I have serious doubts he would give up that much of play selection to his QB.
  9. But aren't necessarily.
  10. He has made it clear multiple times Sark is to blame for Sark's issues and the teams failures. Just like everyone else. Reading comprehension is hard.
  11. Oh nice goal post shift there cowboy, Cignetti is too old for Texas. Here is how Lanning, Freeman and Cignetti stack up vs one another in the last 2 years. None of this supports your position that "Freeman and it's not close." Quite the opposite.
  12. Freeman hasn't beaten aggie this year, he lost to them. Freeman did last year and so did Sark. The strength of your argument that Freeman is better than Lanning and Cignetti because he out performs Sark (which the data doesn't support)? Freeman can beat Georgia, neither of them can beat OSU. So Freeman is better against Georgia. That's it. Are you even aware of what my position is in all of this? That is a redundant and sarcastic question for the record. I know the answer.
  13. We disagree slightly on the capabilities of X. I feel Sark was pushing Quinn more into passes he wasn't comfortable with rather than X being the primary issue. X's NFL performance in some ways confirms it. However, that's the details. Outside of that one aspect we are in full agreement. The issues of both QBs lays squarely at the the feet of Sark and I would argue that their performances occurred despite Sark outside of rare instances when Sark is forced to alter the offense to align with the strengths and talents of his QB and other offensive players.
  14. Don't forget, they also lost to Aggie this year at home, lost by similar margin to the same team that eliminated Texas by a similar margin in the playoffs last year, and has never won an NC. But he's way better than Sark and all other potential candidates. It's not even close, so I am informed.
  15. In your entire post you repeated the only data point you referenced in your prior post. Saying things multiple times doesn't make them double value in data.. Above is the data. Dispute why Freeman is better than Lanning or Cignetti and why it, to quote you, "Isn't even close".
  16. This has been discussed, Surly is no longer kink shaming. Shame on you! You seem like a TMZ gossip girl. (Credit to @Skipper for the inspiration)
  17. Well, if you take your positions on Texas from Kirk Herbstreit this might be the wrong forum for you. If you don't like a thread, you have the god given right not to click on it. I love rage bait posts on Surly about how much someone hates Surly. Even better when it's a rage bait post about the topic in the thread of the topic about the topic and Surly. You might take some notes from @David Dennison on rage bating with contrary mofo, rage bate posting. He's way better at it than you and much more entertaining. He's an artist. I'm a fan of his work. Speaking of, where is that little devil.
  18. I'm not exactly supporting Sark as a premier HC either.
  19. And you seem to hate national metrics and instead base your opinion on one single data point. Solid deductive reasoning.
  20. I would say the majority of fans here dislike Arch. In an interesting note, his #40 ranking in QB total yardage is the single highest metric of any offensive statistic for Texas offense. This despite a horrible offensive game plan by Sark, horrible rushing, near most rushed QB in college football, WRs and TEs dropping passes and no running game. So, he is the singular bright spot on an otherwise putrid offense.
  21. And lost to OSU by 11 points which is admittedly 3 points less that the 14 Texas lost by to the same team. You've convinced me.
  22. Freeman based on what data? Are you saying his resume is superior to Lanning and Cignetti? Is he better because he lost to Aggie? I'm confused by your intentionally obtuse post.
  23. I have no clue how or if we could get Lanning or Cignetti. But... I would like to. I've banged a 10 before. Yeah, I average about 5 for my career but.. shit has happened.
  24. The most reliable broad team metric for discipline is penalties. Of the names we've seen thrown around for Texas including the current head coach only Indiana, OSU and Oregon are in thr top 20. In 2024 Oregon and OSU were top 20. Indiana was 28, but it was his first year. If discipline is your top metric those are probably your top 3. In total offense for 2025 Oregon, Indiana, Ole Miss and Notre Dame are top 20. OSU comes in at 25. In 2024 only Oregon and Texas made the top 25 none top 20. In total defense for 2025 OSU, Oregon and Indiana are all top 5. Georgia and Alabama are in the top 20 and Texas comes in at 23. In 2024 Indiana, OSU and Texas were top 3, while Ole Miss, Oregon and ND were top 20. If discipline, defense and offense is your goal the data point to Lanning, Day and Cignetti. Freeman would appear to be a distant 4th with Lane following not to far behind. That is without consideration of SOS or SOR. However, those have near zero impact on discipline or penalties in broad terms. The metrics for Texas/Sark in penalties is... not good in 2025, 2024, 2023 with the highest ranking twice being 73 out of 133 and considerably lower at 119 this year. Also this in no way spells out who Texas COULD get as an HC. In that instance Lane appears the most open to a change.
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