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Mack Brown Tarheel Football: The Orange Slice Boogaloo
bad_teammate replied to Machinator's topic in Football
Right, which is why people in a position to make it happen need to make sure he feels accommodated and loved. And that shouldn't be that difficult, honestly. An honorific, some nice UT gear when new styles come out, face in the video packages, cut some promos, do some interviews, "THANKS MACK!" in the drone show at some relevant date (birthday or somesuch). Very import golf-playing and speech-giving responsibilities. Keep him just busy and fed enough to keep his worst instincts from winning out. -
Mack Brown Tarheel Football: The Orange Slice Boogaloo
bad_teammate replied to Machinator's topic in Football
From my first comment on this I've pointed out the eventuality that Mack will not, in fact, say nothing but great things about Texas. ("If he starts getting ornery about this-or-that (in public or even in private), pat him on the head and have Sally come collect him until he's had his orange slices and feels better.") Good luck, fellow posters, keeping the cameras and microphones away from Mack and convincing players, coaches, admin, and donors to ignore his calls. Go fly a banner, I guess. -
Mack Brown Tarheel Football: The Orange Slice Boogaloo
bad_teammate replied to Machinator's topic in Football
All this "he threatened to sue us so long we couldn't get Saban and he told some recruits to go somewhere else" or whatever shit is super-inside baseball to whatever extent it's even connected to reality. When he resigned, he didn't put out public statements about Texas being dogshit and evil, he said he resigned because his work wasn't up to the standard of Texas expectations. He was a little whiny about it, but overall he has been a good soldier in terms of being outwardly positive. Don't confuse our hyper-obsessive viewpoint onto it with how the broader CFB/sports world sees it. Here's a very simple question: Is it good for Texas to have an NC-winning former coach on ESPN/YouTube/wherever talking about how awesome Texas is? The answer is yes. Since Mack is coming, whether we like it or not, we should actively engineer the best possible outcome to the extent that we can. -
Mack Brown Tarheel Football: The Orange Slice Boogaloo
bad_teammate replied to Machinator's topic in Football
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Mack Brown Tarheel Football: The Orange Slice Boogaloo
bad_teammate replied to Machinator's topic in Football
If Mack puts on a good public face and we all either are good friends genuinely or at least pretend in front of the kids we are good friends, it's a positive. Legacy and unity build and sustain programs. "No matter what you do for us beforehand, we will shun you forever if you fuck up." vs. "If you win big, you're allowed some fuck-ups and shitty behavior and we'll still take put on a good show of welcoming you after a grace period of good behavior." That's not just good for our public image (which matters), it's good for recruiting the best of the best to play and work here. We can be petty bitches here, fine, but wanting the University to manifest that petty bitchiness is ridiculous. There is nothing anyone can do to stop Mack Brown from (a) having a voice many will listen to and (b) staying closer to the program than basically anyone else not current working/playing for the program can. Those are set in stone. We can pout and bitch and relitigate 2010-2012 (which we all agree on) but neither (a) nor (b) are changing. He's coming. CDC can't stop it. Sark can't stop it. No poster of any connection or influence can even be a mild speedbump to it. If Uncle Mack is coming to Thanksgiving, you might as well set it up to be as successful as possible knowing how Uncle Mack acts and planning around it. Will he publicly throw shade sometimes? Absolutely. Will the management of his perceived legacy and ego be primary in his mind? Absolutely. Does he have anything useful to add to the football operations side of things? Hell no. Should Sark spend more than 30 minutes a week in conversation with him? Hell no. Blow a bunch of praise and cigar smoke up his ass, hand him a microphone, then put some shit that flatters him (his #1 concern) and the Texas program on the teleprompter and let him rip. -
Mack Brown Tarheel Football: The Orange Slice Boogaloo
bad_teammate replied to Machinator's topic in Football
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Mack Brown Tarheel Football: The Orange Slice Boogaloo
bad_teammate replied to Machinator's topic in Football
There's no "let" to it. Literally nothing we can do to keep him out of Austin and there are plenty of people connected to the program who genuinely like him and want him around. Can't be helped or stopped. Same for the bitch ex-wives. We married them and had kids with them; they're ours to deal with whether we like it or not. If CDC and Sark are smart they let it all go in one ear and out the other when Mack is saying anything that isn't supportive praise. And if they're dumb enough to let Mack's thin-skinned defensiveness and self-mythologizing then we're screwed anyway. Better to set it up to where he can get his massive, easily-wounded ego stroked in a way that's healthy for the program and not leave it to him having to make his own way to get attention and reassuring pats. Shouldn't be too hard to make it work out for everyone involved so long as everyone behaves. -
I was too busy laughing at OU's misfortune to think of that. Would be amazing for Venables to hire Arbuckle/Mateer and then quit immediately.
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Mack Brown Tarheel Football: The Orange Slice Boogaloo
bad_teammate replied to Machinator's topic in Football
No, but that's not what this is. This is about smiling for the kids when she's around for major events and holidays. It's a sales point. It's an image builder. It's a show of unity, even if it's partially or even mostly fake. It makes us look smaller to have some pointlessly petty relationship with our most successful HC of the last 50 years. -
Mack Brown Tarheel Football: The Orange Slice Boogaloo
bad_teammate replied to Machinator's topic in Football
No breakup is ever clean, but only an idiot holds a grudge for shit that happened over a decade ago, especially towards a guy who brought us a completely revitalized program, massive national respect, and a fucking national championship. Welcome him back with open arms. Put him in burnt orange, smiling and glad-handing in someone's luxury suite during games. Cheer like mad when he's smiling on the screen. When he's pumping sunshine, celebrate it; reward the behavior from him you want to see. If he starts getting ornery about this-or-that (in public or even in private), pat him on the head and have Sally come collect him until he's had his orange slices and feels better. I don't think this program is so delicate and insecure that it can't handle Mack's peripheral existence. Calm down. -
Mexico is going to pay for it, stupid lib
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Which part? It's "noteworthy" that maybe 10 people on an Internet message board took a few minutes out of watching commercials to comment on one of their university's representatives choosing to make a completely unnecessary political statement that's a massive middle finger to many/most of his classmates and teammates? What's "noteworthy" about it? We're supposed to be locked in watching the Taco Bell nuggets chick for the 20th time this CFB season and it contravenes expectations that we're posting instead? "I'm just saying..." "I just think it's interesting that..." "I'm just surprised that..." All sentence starters from people who either haven't thought through their own thinking or are unable to contend with it because it's fucking stupid. Say what you actually mean, bud. Say it with your chest. Do you just stare intently at the screen for 4 hours when the game starts? What's the right way to watch a fucking football game on TV?
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Publicly promoting a politician who advocates literally deporting his fellow classmates who were born in America isn't fantastical bullshit. That's literally what Quinn is actively choosing to do over and over. Is he doing it because he's a virulent racist who hates them? Is he doing it because he's a fucking moron who doesn't really think carefully or deeply about life and politics? I don't know and don't care.
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet
bad_teammate replied to Coach pop a bitch's topic in Football
It's our own job as adults to fight negativity bias. We create it and either we allow it to control us or we don't. On the whole, Quinn is beloved. People scream for him constantly. They throw money at him. His coach defends him to the hilt every step of the way. If he chooses to ignore the 20lbs of positive for the 8oz of negative, that's on him. Toughen up, Gus. We're all counting on you. Don't Kirby Smart your own fucking fanbase. -
Who said anything about anyone being "evil"? Soft as baby shit. Spoiled, stupid, privileged white boys who can run their mouths but crumble at any amount of return fire. Actions and words have consequences. Grown men who aren't pussies understand that. He is a representative of the university. He is making conscious choices to endorse hate against students and alumni. Fuck him.
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The games are 60% commercials. Also, the "tolerant, much?" shit is 2015 /r/TheDonald stuff. New material needed.
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet
bad_teammate replied to Coach pop a bitch's topic in Football
Quinn had run for a 1st already, but yeah... that's fucking hilarious. -
General Gaming Thoughts That Don't Deserve Their Own Thread
bad_teammate replied to atomheartbevo's topic in Video Games
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet
bad_teammate replied to Coach pop a bitch's topic in Football
I agree completely with this. I expect a good Quinn game vs ASU. -
Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet
bad_teammate replied to Coach pop a bitch's topic in Football
A B- isn't a failing grade or even close to failing. It's doing what you need to do and making a few mistakes while doing absolutely nothing exceptional or impressive. That's what it is. Slightly better than bare-ass minimum. Good job. Polite golf clap. Great win and let's keep it moving. The INT wasn't really Quinn's fault, but a Clemson DB also dropped a ball that Quinn threw right into his hands on the softest, dumbest throw of the game. Regarding the bolded part, he wasn't going to light it up in the air regardless of our running game. Sell that shit to someone who hasn't watched all his games. It's fine, it is what it is. And what it is is thoroughly decent. -
Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet
bad_teammate replied to Coach pop a bitch's topic in Football
100% this We just watched a game where the guy on the other side, with way less talent against way harder competition, (often) looked absolutely brilliant and we're jumping with joy over a B- performance. It was fine. It was good enough to beat the #12 seed in the 12-team playoff. Anyone who looks at it and genuinely thinks Oregon, Georgia, and Ohio State should be scared are delusional. It's good enough, hopefully. And I do hope it continues and improves so my Longhorns win it all. And when they do, I'll be very appreciative of Quinn's efforts and play. We were sold Lando Norris but we got Gus the Bus Driver. I'm very happy Gus is driving the bus fairly well and I believe Gus can drive that bus to the NC. But don't try to make me think Gus is anything but Gus. Thanks, Gus. -
Not going to bother reading all of this thread and I'm sure this disingenuous horseshit has already responded to, but Quinn Ewers is already richer than basically everyone here and 22 isn't fucking 11 years old. If a grown up adult with a ton of money is going to publicly make political statements then he's going to face criticism for stupid, awful political statements. I don't fucking care that he plays football for my school, that's not some magical shield. He's making an intentional effort to inject himself into a larger, highly divisive political issue and he can potentially deal with the awful terror of a few people online calling him a dumb pussy for it. He can dry his tears with his endorsement money made off the back of a disappointing season where he torpedoed his own NFL dreams. Thanks for the championships, bud. Go win a few more games and then fuck off. Christian white nationalism driven by the most cowardly and idiotic of our citizenry isn't suddenly cool because you shakily captained a ship into harbor. "I just wanted to take a swing at people, I didn't want them to swing back!!" Pussies.
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This board is hilarious with the "NO CR!" shit. When someone expresses a right-wing opinion in the non-CR areas there is either no reaction or a fairly mild one compared to the reaction when someone says something even centrist, much less leftist. "Hey man take it somewhere else" vs. "FUCK YOU JIHAD NEGS!" Defensive, reactionary, terrified pussies. You know... like Trump himself and how Quinn usually plays against teams we don't clearly physically outmatch. Makes sense, I guess. Birds of a feather. I do enjoy Quinn's Trump advocacy paired with his perpetual "I'm scared you're going to be mean to me" facial expression. They compliment each other nicely.
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2024 CFP Playoffs Round 1: Texas vs. Clemson - 3:00pm on TNT
bad_teammate replied to Pancho's topic in Football
MANNING YOU DONKEY -
2024 CFP Playoffs Round 1: Texas vs. Clemson - 3:00pm on TNT
bad_teammate replied to Pancho's topic in Football
He will run, but a throw would be fucking epic.
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