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BurntEyes

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  1. You're more devoted to Texas football and suffering than me. I'll gladly grant you that reality.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. So below 70 is failing right? Our OL might need to be in special needs classes. Oh wait... Kentucky D is special needs. Shit!
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Thanks for the update!
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. This is sarcasm right? Please don't tell me you have been around as long as you have and are unaware.
  13. 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?
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. Dude, did you watch Swoopes lead Texas coached by Charlie Strong against ND. Notre Dame, a real football team. That is the level of our current offensive production, against Kentucky, a really terrible team. Offense accounts for 40% of the team with D at 40% and ST at 20%. Speaking of ST, Niblett as a punt returner set up 10 of our 16 points. 3 of the other 6 came in OT when thr offense lost yards. Lost yards. So, ST was directly responsible for 13 of 16 points. And for emphasis, because it matters, that was against Kentucky who hasn't beaten a SEC team in 9 tries. Speaking of 16 points scored, did you know Toledo scored the same amount against Kentucky and Eastern Michigan scored 23? This year! But wait there's more. Toledo got 329 yards on offense vs Texas 179 against Kentucky. Toledo.
  19. It actually has one of the best Ramen shops I've ever eaten at which is insanely perplexing. Aside from that, the people I was meeting with asked where we were staying, explaining that they just wanted to make sure it was a safe location. Unless you are the biggest Ramen fan on the planet or have a bucket list of visiting all college football stadiums, hard pass is in order.
  20. I don't want to watch the MSU game. I'm going to white knuckle it, but I think there is a good potential for a loss. Of course, I believe that to be true of every game left on our schedule. There are no given wins wherever the offense produces an offensive output rivaling Strong coaching and Swoopes at the helm. At this point I'd be stoked with beating pig and aggie and winning the Nobody Gives a Shit Bowl sponsored by Another Fucking Company.
  21. The cowbell alone are reason enough to avoid that place, but a later game.. There are 3 things to do there on a Saturday, meth, get drunk, ring cowbells at a football game.
  22. I have a couple of aggie grad friends too. One even posts here. No, they don't live in Houston and don't go back to College Station at all.
  23. Lol Okay. I'd be elated if we only lost 1 more game. We won't but even so, we will have beaten only 2 teams in the top 25, aggie and Vandy. That isn't getting Texas into the play offs. This assumes the 1 additional loss is Georgia and also assumes Georgia doesn't lose any other games aside from Texas, which is in no way certain.
  24. My bad on incorrect aggie lingo. Amusingly, he is absolutely more liberal than my tsip ass and that's not a slight, just an observation.
  25. Well, my first evaluation criteria of an executive or HC is basic fundamentals. In football those are blocking, tackling, running game and penalties. We do 1 well and Sark handed that part off to a competent direct report.
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