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Hank Kingsley

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  1. It's a one read trick play specifically to Endries. The only other receiver downfield was Wingo and it looks like his job was to clear out defenders. UK didn't bite at all on the misdirection, had it double covered, and Arch had a defender bearing down on him. Again, Arch played like shit. We don't have to make up criticisms on plays that weren't his fault.
  2. I would absolutely take 8-4 right now.
  3. It was a bad throw, Wingo got two hands on it. Would have been nice to see a great catch there, but it shouldn't be considered a drop. Do we have to make everything so binary?
  4. This is so funny to me. You have grievances from all the fighting on the Quinn thread the last few years and you're being a little insincere on some of these play breakdowns and criticisms with Arch. I honestly didn't think Quinn was very good. I thought Arch would come in this year and be an instant upgrade. I was wrong. I have no problem admitting that. Sticking to it would be denying reality. So here we are, with Arch clearly needing A LOT more work, trying to have an honest discussion. I hope you'll join me.
  5. Sure. I think his performances would be better with the proper frame of mind. Arch being devastated and very down on himself after every bad game clearly isn't helping. Instead of absorbing all the blame, accept that it's a team failure and be a proactive leader and start fixing it.
  6. Just to be crystal clear, this was a bluff screen and wheel route to Endries. He came in motion, was faking a block right there at the 30 yd line, then runs down the field. Play never had a chance due to defensive pressure. Sark has run a version of this play many times, usually to a WR instead of TE.
  7. My biggest concern right now with Arch is his mentality. Yes, he's working hard. Yes, he's taking a beating and shown toughness standing in the pocket. He owns his mistakes and poor play. Plenty of blame falls on Sark's shoulders and a piss poor OL too. The shitty offense has been a total team and staff effort. But Arch has got to start being a leader. When asked recently on a OTF podcast, Bobby (or Gerry, can't remember) tentatively named Wisner as a team leader on offense. That's not gonna work for us. Tre is awesome and he was the clear offensive MVP vs. OU. But the QB has to be the leader. Quinn might not have been super demonstrative, but his air of confidence and cool demeanor had a very positive effect with his leadership skills. The outside pressure and national media attention has caused this team and staff to react with protectiveness with Arch. I get it, they have good intentions. Taaffe was acting like a big brother trying to defend Arch post-game. But it's not working. Sark always praised Arch for being a "great teammate" and just one of the guys the last two years while he sat behind Quinn. That you wouldn't know he was a famous hotshot Manning by the way he interacted with the team. That's great and I have a lot of respect for Arch trying to blend in. But he is the starting QB at the University of Texas now. And he has to flip that switch and become a leader. Embrace the accountability. Hold yourself and your teammates accountable. The spark starts with him.
  8. Because I've watched a lot of football? Receivers on the LOS that raise their hands and jump at the snap are decoys. Always.
  9. Ryan Wingo raises his hands and jumps in the air almost immediately after the ball is snapped. It’s a clear sign that he is a distraction/decoy in the play design. Wanting Arch to throw it to him there is literally asking him to overrule the play call in real time. A ridiculous ask. The failure of this one play is on Sark. It requires excellent timing/rhythm and good protection, two things that don’t exist in this passing offense right now.
  10. I like you and you're a smart guy, but you've lost the plot on this one. Wingo is the DECOY. Sark designed and called the play. You are asking Arch to abandon the play, instead of the OL to execute. Come back to reality.
  11. I mean, it's not the play call! Arch had plenty of fuckups in this game, no need to invent new ones.
  12. I think Sark had too much confidence in Arch. Like since he passed the OU test, he could let him loose vs. Kentucky or something. And since our O-line held up vs. OU that their woes were magically fixed as well. Our 3rd drive of the game was this sequence: Arch completion, Arch incomplete, Arch completion, Arch completion, Arch run, Arch completion, Arch run, punt. At the time I felt like Sark was calling a game for Quinn. We have to take baby steps with this offense. Arch clearly needs work, OL is terrible, running game wildly inconsistent, no rhythm with WRs. Can't just jump the line and expect success.
  13. It's clearly a fake screen. Also Arch does looks at Wingo and gives a very quick shoulder fake, probably because the pressure was already coming, then he proceeds to get killed. Literally a dead play because the OL got destroyed.
  14. In all seriousness, against OU we ran the ball consistently with lots of short and dump off routes for Arch. He didn't take a beating and looked calm and in control all day. Then yesterday we just completely abandoned that gameplan, and Arch walks off the field looking like he survived a bear attack.
  15. 12-15 play drives?!?! Apparently football is about running the triple option.
  16. Last year’s offense vs Kentucky.
  17. I'm sorry you can't look a little deeper into it. Arch is a part of the problem. But he would have to be elite for this offense to be functional and consistent. There is so much failure and lack of execution all over the offensive side of the ball, and two things can be true at once.
  18. Didn't try to establish the run, didn't give Arch enough opportunities to dump off/check down. Outside of the few obvious (and important!) missed throws, I think the All-22 re-watch is not gonna show Arch blowing it all game. Total failure everywhere.
  19. And instead of working off the successful game manager performance, Sark went back to hero ball and set up Arch to fail again, outside of a few crucial open throws he absolutely needs to complete.
  20. Here is every play from the game if you can stomach watching it again. Those misses to Wingo and Endries were really bad. They were the few times Arch was put in a position to succeed and he blew it. But everything on offense is dogshit. UK defense knew what was coming on most of the plays. Shit blocking, shit situational play calling, no rhythm at all. Arch deserves the criticism but not many QBs can turn this shit sandwich into a consistently functional offense when no one is executing.
  21. Yeah, I feel like his body language and demeanor coming to the sidelines is like he's still the backup QB and one of the guys. Arch, you have to be the man. You are the starting QB at Texas. Don't worry about the outside pressure, start focusing on the responsibility of leading this team.
  22. Arch needs to start thinking and playing like a great leader instead of just a great teammate. He plays the most important position and we need a confident and steady QB to help elevate the rest of the offensive players. He needs to take that next step, now.
  23. Most deserved blame for offensive woes this season, in order: 1. Sark 2. Offensive Line 3. Arch 4. RBs 5. WRs Only an elite, veteran QB could overcome our issues, assuming they could survive a game behind this line. There was one Arch run where Endries had two guys he could have blocked and chose neither.
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