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BurntEyes

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  1. Yes Steve, efficiency is what we're lacking on offense. I've been screaming it here along with others all season long. We greatly lack efficiency.
  2. As I've seen posted by many far too often, "couldn't get any worse".
  3. Caught that too, but of all the shit last night, that was at the bottom of my give a shit totem pole.
  4. Fair. I don't claim to know who exactly is responsible for this at each position. I do know that they suck at their job and ultimately Sark is responsible for making sure they don't. Ergo, Sark sucks at his job too.
  5. Add on top our QB recruit also goes directly into the shitter and Manning might not be the only 5* in the portal from Texas. Yes, this is absolutely a factor and a realistic one. And... I feel required to say, I would hate it but I would be wishing Arch success at his new gig and pulling for him. This offensive ineptitude isn't his fault but I know that's an extremely unpopular opinion around here.
  6. I should have looked it up and was mostly being a smart ass, but do appreciate the honest response and information.
  7. Yep, your example is why I was extremely specific in my language about find the top candidates, holding them accountable and firing them if they are not producing. That's what a well run business and good CEO would do, and that's exactly what we should do.
  8. Hmm Yeah, I suspect we'll be favored in every game sans Georgia. Certainly if we end up with 9 wins. I'm not sure Georgia isn’t going to lose another game before or after we play them. I have a very high-level of confidence OU drops at least a couple based on my previous willingness to wager. At the end of the day, I'd love to be in the optimistic boat and hope my pessimistic boat sinks. I'll jump on here and gobble down my crow with pride and happiness should it come to pass.
  9. You're more devoted to Texas football and suffering than me. I'll gladly grant you that reality.
  10. Why do you hate yourself so much. Self abusive behavior is a pretty clear sign of some mental issues. I honestly hope you don't have any all jokes aside. Back to being an asshole. If it hurts when you do that, stop doing that.
  11. It's a fair and reasonable question. To my way of thinking there is a lot of shit a college HC has to due these days that are much more brand, PR, high level NiL glad handing, high level recruiting engagement, fan engagement, etc etc. Most of it has nearly nothing to do with football. One cool logically argue a lot of this should be handled by the GM and absolutely some should but not most. A good college program has a coach who is a CEO sort of guy these days. Good broad stroke and direction ideas. Good with big money folks. Good speach/team motivator. Good at engaging refs or voters as needed for CFP votes or calls in game. Good at PR for enforcing, enhancing and growing brand awareness. Good at getting fans in seats and watching TV sets. They, of course do this in tandem with the Athletics Director who is the CEO of the entire Corp with football being the big money division. Then they bring in, particularly if money allows and it does at Texas, the most inventive OCs, DCs, and various position folks. Bring the best recruiters and talent evaluating folks they can find in various regions, at various player positions and various states. That is a LOT. All of that is a big reason Saban left. It's not coaching football, it picking good delegates and being a politician. And... you know what, I think Steve Sarkisian would be absolutely excellent at all of those tasks. So... that's my answer. Sark needs to quit coaching at Texas and become the politician, glad handing, money raising, Ref and voter influencing HC Texas needs and deserves. Sark need to do honest searches for the best person at every position under him. He needs to hold them accountable, hold himself accountable and fire anyone that isn't producing at top level, quickly. That, it what Steve should do. That's what all great college head coaches should do, imo. Those that don't will, in the near future, become dinosaurs. Those that do will win championships.
  12. So below 70 is failing right? Our OL might need to be in special needs classes. Oh wait... Kentucky D is special needs. Shit!
  13. Sark Occum's razor. Simplest explanation is usually correct. Sark doesn't run an offense that aligns with his players talent. And/or Sark doesn't align his offensive game plan the the defense he's playing against. And/or Sark is really bad at player development specifically QB but also OL, RB and WR. And/or Sark is epically, historically and uniquely bad at player evaluation. Or all of the above. Choose your own adventure.
  14. Last thing I want is PK distracted from the only think working great while the one thing is shit remains under the same guidance. I get where you're mind is at, but I see that as lose/lose.
  15. We mostly agree. I just sadly know the offensive game plan that we saw against OU has been send to the grave and the team we saw against OSU probably isn't coming back. Our D can win a lot of games, but our ST has not been consistent all year, if better. Remember the false start penalty on the field goal against Kentucky? Pepperridge farm members. If our offense struggles so much against the Florida and Kentucky teams its logical to conclude that based on the very data you provide losing more than 1 of our remaining games is likely.
  16. Thanks for the update!
  17. What your asking is for fan expectations to be that Texas can't or won't consistently compete for the CFP and National championships. That it is more grounded. I agree that it is, but it moves Texas from the Blue Blood/top team expectations of Bama, OSU, Oregon, Michigan, OU, Penn State to the next tier down. SMU, Texas Tech, FSU, Florida, ASU, Clemson, etc. If you feel Texas football belongs in this rung of expectations, fine, but we'd be the wealthiest, best known brand with the most wins historically by a very large margin.
  18. Ill wager you right now OU isn't in the top 25 at years end and call Florida talented if you like its a shitty team who will fire their coach at the end of the season. Big 10 gets OSU, IU, Oregon, and one of USC, Iowa, or whoever runs 4th. More importantly, I'm not holding my breath for 9 wins.
  19. And that much of that criticism is directed at the coaching staff based on data, historical and this year not solely pure emotion. Further, that many of those same critics are defending the defense and individual players on the offense consistently. That the concerns stem from ongoing issues from data points with said coaching staff, not just from this year. It's fine to chastise emotional response, but not data and facts. That logical fallacy at it's worst particularly when the chastising behavior comes not from reflection of said critical observations of fact and data.
  20. This is sarcasm right? Please don't tell me you have been around as long as you have and are unaware.
  21. That's the catch on the whole, Arch is ass and always was... Nobody saw this, including our own coaching staff until we played OSU? @Carl Spackler above just pointed out, Arch didn't suck last year. In all the eyes on him, in his entire career through HS and playing last year for Texas in 2 games, he never showed issues until the OSU game? That's the crazy pill I'm supposed to swallow? And... if Sark and company couldn't in 3 years and 2 starts identify these issues with Arch, we trust these same idiots to have QBs riding pine that are both superior talent wise and have been better coached? That's rational thought?
  22. Its actually a completely rational expectation. The insanity is that we haven't, not the expectation that we should. Keeping Mack too long and hiring also rans like Strong and Herman don't help. Sark has not, at any point at Texas consistently had good offensive production against quality teams while at Texas nor ever during his HC tenure. He has during his Texas tenure beaten equal or better level talent and coaching exactly once and that was 3 years ago. He squandered maybe the best D Texas has ever had last year while running an offense with 6 NFL players, and didn't make the CFP final. So, you want to love that performance, you're welcome to do so. Want to love a Strong/Swoopes vs ND performance against Kentucky in Sark's 5th year, welcome to do so. Want to keep believing in this inept offensive development and game plan, I fully support your choice to do so. I don't and won't. Some freedom for choice still exists and I'm glad for it. This is entertainment, I dedicate my time and dollars in it's support and reserve the right to expect a decent ROI.
  23. My first experience with them was the Cotton Bowl when Jackie Sherrill was the HC. It was cold and wet like the Cotton Bowl always seems to be. Fortunately, it was after Ricky won the Heisman and we trounced them pretty good. Between the ass beating and the shitty weather the cowbells didn't play much. Also, beating Jackie did NOT suck.
  24. You do you, no judgment from me. Been there done it, feel no need to return. I'll see if I can find the name of the Ramen place and PM you. It really is amazingly good.
  25. Yeah, one of those catch-22 situations. Love him and he owns this place so have to allow him to post. We're kind and thoughtful that way. It is known.
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