Derka

if you’d like to quote something specific i’d be happy to address it. because right now i’m pretty sure you have me confused with BO&W.

no, i, and many many others in this thread have been fairly and objectively critical of quinn, just as we would any other player. don’t confuse the unpopularity of those takes with them being contrived or slanted.

it’s true, i have a penchant for hyperbole. still, there’s no denying that thatguy has bent over backwards to absolve QE of blame, or to even acknowledge a myriad of QE’s many obvious issues throughout this thread. he’s been an unabashed QE sunshine pumper, of this there is no doubt.

also, hearing that Sark is (OB•VI•OUS•LY) aware of QE’s visible regression makes thatguy’s 5,000 posts swearing that QE is as good as ever and has never made a mistake that much more hilarious.

i talked to someone yesterday who i trust who basically said that Sark is obviously aware of how much QE has regressed, but that Sark is really really big on thinking long term, so its as simple as this: benching quinn ewers at any point this season would totally poison the well barring a national title run, and even then certain bridges would be burned. first of all, Sark and the manning family have been working on a plan for Arch for years, and that plan has never involved Arch being the starter as a redshirt freshman. so not only would you be effectively ending QE’s college career (at Texas at least) which would not go over well with the locker room, you’d also be screwing up your future plans for Arch, and burning bridges on that front as well. and of course then if Arch doesn’t perform or gets hurt, now you’re really fucked, not just for this season, but in your locker room, in the transfer portal, and going forward as well. so, Sark is going to stick with Quinn, go as far as he can go with him, hope to make a deep playoff run (they obviously still believe they can win the whole thing, the view from inside that locker room is obviously wildly more optimistic than the one from our keyboards and couches), and let the chips fall where they may for the 2024 season. after that, we kill it in the portal again, Arch takes over as a really mature and developed redshirt sophomore, and Texas Football remains in a place to be crushing it yearly with recruits and competing for titles on a regular basis. it all makes sense, and it’s an example of why Sark is the HC at UT, and we are a bunch of keyboard warriors.

hugely unpopular opinion: i hated (still hate) mack brown’s locker room post game speech after the NC. hated it. it was wholly emblematic of why he needed literally the greatest player and winner in college football history (plus the greatest recruiting class ever) to finally win his first *conference* title of his career; emblematic of why more ruthless coaches (like bowden and stoops) would own him; emblematic of why his teams were so soft until VY made mack brown get the fuck out of the way and let him take over. mack was always so goddamn concerned, or really obsessed, with everyone being great people and fathers and neighbors and sons that it’s led to him wildly underachieving as a head coach who’s one of the all time great recruiters. his team just won the greatest game of all time and all he’s thinking about is downplaying that accomplishment, and instead focusing on how everybody needs to have character and be great men and great community leaders and fathers in the future. totally fucking tone deaf, and 100% emblematic of why he didn’t win nearly as much as he should have. i think he’s a great guy, but his obsession with everyone being great people and inability to be ruthless as a leader held back some amazingly talented teams from reaching their goals and potential.

apparently the suns are getting a vacation this december. any idea what that’s about?

wemby and sabonis should be higher.