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Texasrocks

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  1. Staff: Strong and Herman failed before they played their first games at Texas. Presumably, this is why we hired Sarkisian so he needs to nail this. Recruiting: If we lose the top players in the state to OSU and Bama next year, we picked the wrong guy. Record: Anything less than 10-2 is a disappointment and two losses would depend on context. This isn't a rebuild so we shouldn't see a down year like Stoops had his first season at OU or Saban had at Bama. Great coaches make an immediate impact. Even guys like Osborne who took a long time to win a title won a lot of games immediately. We have talent. It's not Bama/Clemson talent, but it's better than everyone on our schedule next year other than OU. Adjustments: This really falls at the end of year one. If we underperform in a given area, I want to see an adjustment whether that is adapting scheme to the current players or replacing an assistant. Mack Brown recognized the need for a change, but executed them badly at the end of his tenure. Herman waited too long to replace coaches and still had significant issues on the offensive side (maybe it wasn't the assistants...). Saban is the master of self scouting and making corrections. This, more than any other feature, is what sets him apart. He reacts more strongly to losses, but makes changes even when he's winning. If Sark learned anything from his time with Saban, I hope its this and that we see the same pattern here.
  2. Any word on who he wants as his S&C coach? That's probably the most immediate concern followed by recruiting coordinator. If nothing else, hopefully he's seen the admin infrastructure Saban has in place and brings in a shit ton of support staff.
  3. I'd be excited about Sark if I was an Auburn fan. He may be great. He may be the next Herman. Either way, it's hard to view this as anything other than settling after we missed our first choice. Maybe this is a Pete Carroll situation. Maybe its a Charlie Strong situation. I'm hoping for the former.
  4. OU fans are cunts. Whether you noticed that or not is a different matter.
  5. What's the opposite of the bat signal?
  6. That play is absolutely bonkers. The angle, how close he was to the QB, one handed, etc. There aren't many WRs who come down with that, much a less d-lineman.
  7. I've had the good fortune to meet a lot of really smart folks in my life. One thing they all had in common was they didn't have to tell me they were smart.
  8. Same for Patterson's defense. I recall reading that he had a two day install for his defense and then they repped the hell out of it. The goal was to simplify each player's responsibilities so they could just play.
  9. So the world is going to turn into Oklahoma? That sucks.
  10. I think you can just paste the urls without the [img]...[/img] around them.
  11. Somehow Mike Leach had a guy like this ever other year. Some random dude who had been in the program for three years without starting and then averaged 300 yards a game.
  12. I'm going to take it as a good sign that Herb Hand still has a job for the moment. You can't have the season Herman just had without making some changes. Hand stank up the joint on the field and in recruiting.
  13. I think Herman could be a really good coach at the right school. Texas is not that school. His ego probably wouldn't let him accept this, but Houston was probably the perfect job for him. He was motivated enough to knock off OU and FSU and Houston wasn't a big enough school that losing to SMU and Navy was a shock. A school like Kansas or Vandy would probably also work out well. He'd be an underdog for most of his games and probably win enough that fans would forgive the annual losses to the LA Techs of the world. And the fact that he's an asshole. I doubt his ego will let him settle for that though. So he'll probably get a G5 job, do well, get another top tier job, and fail again.
  14. It'll help that defenses will be terrified of Bijan. He's going to make any QB's job easier. Assuming we give him more than 12 touches a game.
  15. You have to be more specific. "It" could mean anything from Meyer to fish tacos on this thread.
  16. The really shocking part was Burnt Orange Nation didn't suck ass back then. It was probably the best Texas board when Recruiticosm began. Then Wescott Eberts, who was functionally illiterate at the time, took over and made it what it is today.
  17. It's awesome that people consider Surly as something other than a bunch of morons making shit up and sharing recipes.
  18. I'm in HSB for the week. I'll let y'all know if I see Meyer, Kelly, Kubiak or anyone else who could potentially be our coach.
  19. You forgot mayo and Killeen.
  20. I'm just here to laugh at others.
  21. Can someone explain why Sarkisian would be a good choice? His primary qualification seems to be that he's not Tom Herman.
  22. The Biggest Surly Loser!
  23. You have people skills, dammit!
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