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  1. This also shines a spotlight on the difficulty of recruiting the portal in the modern age - each one of those guys was a lesson unto itself. Bond got the money and immediately came in as an entitled diva who set all time high water marks for entitled douchebag behavior. He was unfocused, was a bad teammate and the team ultimately let him hide behind an injury to save face for the fact that he was flat out benched by the end of the season for being unreliable. Golden was the complete opposite - he came in focused and motivated to improve, and he did and was a portal success story that you'd want to identify and emulate. AD Mitchell was in-between Bond and Golden - less focused and more of a pain in the ass than Golden (his NFL pre-draft comments were accurate) but not the disaster that Bond was and Mitchell performed on the field. The portal is like speed dating, with the extra variable that you don't know how the money changes players. As the system starts to mature into approaching some kind of equilibrium and more players get more money sooner, then it may well turn out that throwing more money at players in the portal who have already been paid substantial amounts doesn't run as much risk at distorting their development. Figuring out not only who is the right fit for your team or who may have untapped potential, but also who is going to be coachable and fit into a team (I.e. not just be about their own stats for their next payday) is of utmost importance, but also really difficult. It will be interesting to see how things evolve in figuring out how to value those intangibles. Guys like Livingstone and Wisner were legit good culture guys - they did their work, they played hurt, they were good teammates. That's not a given up and down the roster. It would be a mistake to overpay for those qualities or feel like you can't lose those kinds of guys, but it isn't wrong (at least in my view) to value it. I think in previous years Texas has probably overvalued it, so I welcome this development, but I also think this is an experimental time of dialing things in during a whirlwind. None of this is easy.
  2. This is exactly right, and it is good for the program to not get bullied or intimidated by this kind of bullshit and it is good for the players in the program to see what happens when guys try to pull this kind of bullshit. Too many guys have a distorted view of their own worth. They should be free to pursue whatever avenues they like, but that doesn't make Texas the bad guy, and Texas is under no obligation to overpay because of feelings. This is a good development for the future of the program.
  3. This is correct. PK had a known weakness for aligning the front with the coverages. That wasn't Gideon's responsibility and shouldn't be held against him. He's a good coach, a good communicator, and players like him. That he was molded as a player by Muschamp and has Muschamp's endorsement as a coach makes the fit even better. This is a good development.
  4. someguy replied to LTtxfan's topic in Football
    I think it is healthy. There was too much comfort and complacency.
  5. Ready to be the cheeziest.
  6. I wouldn't draw conclusions one way or another based on Cheez It Bowl press conferences.
  7. it is so, so, so very bad. Hate watching something can be enjoyable in its own right, but the writing and acting on this show - with a few exceptions - is awful.
  8. Do you actually think Texas would be so concerned with playing an experienced RB for the Cheez It Bowl that they would be leveraged into panicking and paying more for Wisner so he could play in the bowl game? If so, I can assure you that is not the case.
  9. you need to subscribe to my newsletter for that info - $10.95.
  10. Do you think you could be convinced of anything, provided enough of the world's best psychologists, psychiatrists, motivational speakers, and negotiators? Not just your opinions, but core aspects of your sense of self and how you interact with the world? I'm not trying to be confrontational or play gotcha, I just think satisfaction with this show is enhanced by exploring the questions presented around what are foundational aspects of being human - what makes people happy? the interplay between the individual and the corporate? the rational and irrational parts of humanity? Can you be loved as an individual when everyone is treated the same? Is it wrong to be dissatisfied with that (as Carol is)? - and less about looking for plot holes about the hive mind or focusing on the aliens. I'm not saying those things aren't legitimate, and everyone is obviously free to enjoy shows on whatever terms they like - it is just that the show is pretty transparently an exploration of humanity (with COVID and AI clearly serving as background inspiration) and not engaging it on those terms will lead to frustration and dissatisfaction.
  11. A few of the early enrollees are practicing, but they cannot play in the bowl game.
  12. someguy replied to LTtxfan's topic in Football
    the bolded was definitely not true for Baxter. His biggest flaw was his poor contact balance and lack of toughness, which led to an inability to break tackles commensurate with his measurables. Texas will be better at the RB position next year, undoubtedly. I think it is extremely likely that Texas will be significantly better at RB next year. I will fondly remember Wisner for what he did, but he was miscast as a lead back and Baxter was a miss.
  13. someguy replied to LTtxfan's topic in Football
    this is good for the long term health of the program. It is good to establish that the team won't overpay for non-premium talent for nostalgia reasons.
  14. PK should be remembered fondly as a great DC who oversaw some excellent Texas defenses and left the defense in a much better place than he found it. But it is undeniable that tying the secondary to the front was a persistent issue, and the only truly excellent defense Texas fielded had Barron, Mukuba, and Taaffe - three highly intelligent, very experienced players - running the secondary. PK's greatest strength was in his willingness/ability to collaborate. He was truly a low ego coach in a profession and era where egos run rampant. The downside of his approach is that the defense often suffered from the "too many cooks in the kitchen" dynamic. You know that old saying, that a camel is a horse made by committee? The Texas defense frequently embodied that saying, in my view. FWIW, I am a fan of this move. I think it takes guts to move on from a very successful coordinator, and I understand it can be read as either bold or desperate. I do think PK's bend don't break style is a better match for teams without access to elite talent, and not as effective against disciplined, talented offenses that top teams tend to have. One of my low key bigger worries for next year was having Tennessee and Miss St on the schedule, given PK's known struggle against the veer and shoot (especially with TN being the first road game of the year). I will never, ever, ever understand why Texas didn't pressure a gimpy Lagway - and in some ways, that decision/gameplan/unwillingness to adapt cost Texas the playoff. Staff continuity is a good things in many ways, but it can also lead to stagnation. Texas had gotten too comfortable, in my opinion, and since Bo Davis left lacked a true ass kicking voice. I think - beyond just being a good and experience coordinator - Muschamp will bring a lot of needed intangibles to the program.
  15. someguy replied to LTtxfan's topic in Football
    Whittington was a true team guy. Moore was a guy who figured out it was good for business to be perceived as a team guy.
  16. someguy replied to LTtxfan's topic in Football
    Moore threatened to transfer near the end of the portal window last year and leveraged a pay bump. He then proceeded to change and turn into a diva and turned in a season that fell short of expectations. What makes you think he’d get the same money from Texas this year? Moore is exactly the kind of guy who needs to be pushed out of the program - whether transferring to another school or going to the NFL. It is good that players can get paid now. But money can and does change people. It is hard enough to figure out how the money affects players in the NFL - guys who are professionals and older. It is much harder to figure out who can and can’t handle it when the players are teenagers, many of whom have friends/families in their ears without their best longterm interests in mind. Sark has talked a lot about how Texas doesn't lead with NIL in recruiting and how they try to ID guys who love football, because those guys are more likely to develop and not be changed by the money. If that is true, and it is an ongoing learning process for any program, then (in my view anyway) it is a sign of health to say no to established players who thinking they are worth more than they actually are. Texas would have been better served saying no to Moore last year, and I’m hopeful that lessons are being learned.
  17. the following is all public information: https://stormininnorman.com/patty-gasso-finally-gives-update-on-sophia-bordi-return-oklahoma-sooners-softball Bordi was not with the team most of last season. She returned home to, in her words, "work on her personal/mental health"
  18. There's more to it than that.
  19. I agree, but then I wonder about how to form any conclusions about any QB in a Sherrone Moore offense.
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