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Huckleberry

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  1. We had one disastrous season and 3 mediocre seasons because of Mack. The 3 subsequent disastrous seasons aren’t on him, and that is so fucking tired. 
    He didnt war with fans. He showed some thin skin and showed his ass a bit. He earned the right to be extended some latitude. People should be over it. He’s far and away the 2nd best coach in our history and returned us to glory. 
    No, you don't ever earn latitude. That is exactly why programs go to shit. Perform or leave.

    And he's not far and away our second best coach. He's close with Bible. Two conference championships in 16 seasons doesn't make you far and away the second best.
  2. You have to admit that it is strange to love and idolize TJ Ford while hating the man who brought him here/means so much to him just because he stopped winning.
     No, it's not strange at all. Well it's strange to hate Barnes but not for that reason.

     

     

     

    Even when he lost his way he was still actively trying to get better- seeking out the best offense in the NBA and trying to emulate it, asking his peers (famously including Bob Knight) to be real with him and tell him what he needed to change, bringing Rob Lanier back to the program, and so on. Ultimately it didn't work out, and *that's* enough for you to hate someone? 
     This is why it's strange (even if you are overselling his efforts). The fact that some of his players loved him has nothing to do with it.

     

     

     

  3. There's a huge disconnect in this fan base when dealing with Mack and Rick. Mack gave us VY. Rick gave us TJ and KD. Not only should you respect and appreciate what they did here, you might want to consider the fact that Vince *loves* Mack Brown; KD loves Rick; TJ considers Barnes a father figure and idol.

    Do the people who hate and bash and incessantly slander these two coaches have any idea what TJ or VY or KD would say if they heard you? They'd think you were dumbest fucking Texas fan of all time, and an embarrassment to the school. The guy gave you your most cherished memories as a student/alum/fan, and brought unparalleled success to the program (in the case of Barnes) and because he fell off a little bit after a decade of dominance you actively hate and disparage the man. How our fans can reconcile being fanatical about TJ and VY while also hating Rick and Mack, their mentors and father figures, is beyond me. 

    This is pretty nonsensical.

     

    Nobody disliked Brown like they do now in 2005. Or Barnes in 2007.

     

    And I can think of lots of people who are extremely disliked while their actual children aren't. Or vice versa. Being loved by someone beloved doesn't mean you can't be hated. That doesn't make any sense at all and it should only take you about a minute to come up with dozens of examples.

     

    Both men took millions of dollars from Texas while not doing their best work. One of them was more actively stealing (Brown) while the other merely failed as hubris and other shortcomings led to his work performance going to shit in Austin.

     

    I'm not rooting for Barnes to win the title because that would be irritating given his poor performance at the end of his tenure here. I.e., why did he refuse to listen and change while here? But I'm not rooting against him either as it's good to see someone improve themselves even if it's after they fail to do so at Texas. Essentially I don't give a shit what Barnes does anywhere else. He had a great run here then sucked. It's over.

     

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    Bullshit. Look at the illegals voting in elections thread to see texashammer get reamed and accused of being a liar, Johnny Sack shot in whenever he posts and even Anasatasis gets mocked stupidly with the “both sides” bs. The dynamic here sucks. My views might not be popular with the cabal here but I at least explain my thoughts and do not lash out others unless attacked myself. Stupid one liners that add nothing like what David Dennison should catch flak but he sits at the cool kids table here an$ gets away with it.

     

    TexasHammer is a lying idiot who can't read. Referencing that thread just destroys any credibility in this argument. Johnny Sack has become a hit-and-run poster because he can't let go of his Go Team Go loyalties even though in his heart he realizes the GOP is full of shit. In the end he's mocked because the only thing he cares about when it comes to politics is his bank account. Your Anastasis argument is irrelevant because you're claiming only right-wingers get blasted but then point out that a guy who explicitly isn't a right-winger gets blasted.

     

    You are correct, though, that Dennison is a shit poster.

     

    I'm a conservative and almost never get negged or blasted on here except by GOP loyalists. The truth regarding the current political climate is far from what you wish to believe.

     

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  5. Hypothesis: Centrism is the cause of our current political situation. This is because when there are two sides to every issue it makes long term strategic sense to go more extreme in your views if you are committed to one side. By doing so, the "center" moves closer to your initial position. Therefore in the long run public opinion gradually moves toward your actual desires as millions of Americans scramble to adjust so they can tell all their buddies they're centrist and independent. So the correct play for both sides is to get nuttier.

    And I hate to break it to y'all, but bad_teammate is schooling some of you on this thread. Nobody has defined centrism yet. Agreeing with one side on some stuff and the other side on other stuff doesn't make you centrist, it merely means you don't fully agree with either party (it is closer to making you independent than centrist). Being willing to compromise doesn't make you centrist, it merely means you care more about some of your opinions than others.

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  6. 4 minutes ago, Orange&White said:

    So ESPN has the aggies ranked higher than any of the other services?

    How will they justify this in their heads that is is the same "ESPiN" that is controlled by the sips due to the LHN?

     

    Come on man. Lack of evidence of the conspiracy is evidence of the conspiracy. Tin foil hat 101.

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  7. 4 minutes ago, Johnny Sack said:

    I think they finished top 4 in 1956.  Their second and last top 4 finish 

    Nope, #5 in both polls.

    Texas A&M, Texas Tech, and Northwestern are the only three power 5 schools not to finish in the top/final 4 in any of football, basketball, or baseball since WWII.

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  8. 44 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

    Huck is going to LOVE this shit...

    It's obvious their "ranking" of these transfers has a large, large component of age/experience. That's the only reason Buechele would be ahead of rising. 

    I hate it almost as much as I hate HenryJames. So fucking absurd to re-rate players they haven't seen perform recently, in some cases in years. Although I'm thinking they might just be using their original high school rating for most of those guys. Rising was an 86 in high school and is an 86 here.

    Buechele was a 90 in high school and is an 88 here, with the drop unfortunately being fair based on college performance.

    But Rising showed me more in the spring game than I'd seen from Buechele. I would certainly imagine that Rising would have had more interested teams than Buechele if they each talked to every team.

  9. 3 minutes ago, Machinator said:

    SIAP. 247 has started ranking transfers now. For now, they've only ranked the top 50.

    https://247sports.com/college/texas/Article/College-football-transfer-rankings-128478942/

    Buechele is 27th, Rising is 48th. Starkel is 41st. Jonah Jackson, the OL from Rutgers, is 3rd. Parker Braun, the OL from Georgia Tech, is 7th. Richmond, the OL from Tennessee, is 49th.

    https://247sports.com/Season/2019-Football/TransferPortal/

    Love how they keep twisting the knife on Bru McCoy being in our recruiting ranking. Hahaha.

  10. 18 minutes ago, JBJ said:

    Physical talent with a lot of red flags, who is equally likely to be a star as a bust.

    Shepherd is nowhere near where Robinson was as a physical prospect. That's not ripping on Shepherd, he has decent enough potential, just pointing out that he's closer to where Hardreck Walker was than where A'Shawn Robinson was as a recruit.

  11. Are you under the impression that medical science doesn't dissect and examine thousands of "normal" human brains each year? I figured they always have and still do and that the CTE brains are analyzed against that baseline.

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