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  On 5/29/2019 at 2:22 PM, victory88 said:

Yeah, had a brain fart there.  But you know what I mean man.  That 2018 class is an outlier.  We made up for it last year with some out of state recruits but if Bru bolts, it does but a cloud over that class.  The 2018 class was based heavily out of Houston where Tom had built those relationships while coaching there.  I hope we see those same results.  My point is that over the last 5-6 years, we've lost the majority of high profile recruits.  2018 should be closer to the norm considering our history and what we have to offer.  But I don't expect us to clean up the state like we did that year for a while unless things change.  Also keep in mind we weren't competing with Jimbo's cheating ass that year.  Sumlin was a dead man walking which made it easier for us to clean up the state.  It's different now. 

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Over the last 6 years, Texas has won 8 (fired Brown), 6, 5, 5 (fired Strong), 7, 10 games

it is almost like losing games, completely changing coaching staffs (3x) and offensive philosophy (multiple times) in 5-6 years is a bad thing and elite recruits from Texas and everywhere else see that.

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  On 5/29/2019 at 3:10 PM, Machinator said:

For what it's worth I think the "win and all our problems go away" is an oversimplication and a halcyon view on things.

But OU has won the Big 12 six times this decade, has made the playoffs thrice, and also has the other ancillary stuff in their favor as well (individual awards, draft picks, etc.). The idea that we're just as close as OU in the eyes of recruits isn't going to fly yet.

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And that's precisely why beating ou and winning the big 12 is step 1. All the other shit is noise. That may seem like an oversimplification but it's the truth as I see it. 

Beat ou=win conference=possible playoff berth=program exposure=change in perception=draft picks=high profile recruits coming here

These things are all correlated and to me the answer lies nowhere other than beating ou and winning the conference. Everything else falls into place after that. 

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  On 5/29/2019 at 3:35 PM, BigHorn'13 said:

And that's precisely why beating ou and winning the big 12 is step 1. All the other shit is noise. That may seem like an oversimplification but it's the truth as I see it. 

Beat ou=win conference=possible playoff berth=program exposure=change in perception=draft picks=high profile recruits coming here

These things are all correlated and to me the answer lies nowhere other than beating ou and winning the conference. Everything else falls into place after that. 

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Yah, word. 

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  On 5/29/2019 at 3:54 PM, TexasFan21 said:

Anyone got this? 

 

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There's a thread in the Football forum titled "GEORGIA CAN SUCK MY DICK."  The thread title is in all-caps, so you know it's especially credible.  Do you think it would help for Herman to use some of the well-articulated arguments in that thread when talking to Evans and Ringo? 

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  On 5/29/2019 at 4:07 PM, South Austin said:

There's a thread in the Football forum titled "GEORGIA CAN SUCK MY DICK."  The thread title is in all-caps, so you know it's especially credible.  Do you think it would help for Herman to use some of the well-articulated arguments in that thread when talking to Evans and Ringo? 

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Depends, is your mom's name Georgia?

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“It’s just … you don’t know how to put it,” Evans told 247Sports’ Chris Hummer of his decision to exclude the Longhorns from his top list. “I don’t want to be disrespectful. I ain’t saying (Texas) can’t win a natty. It’s just at the moment [Texas is] not quite there. You beat Georgia but you barely beat Georgia. What about when it comes to a Bama or go to a Clemson?

”Texas is a good school, they coming up,” Evans added. “It’s just ... I don’t know.”

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If we try to find a silver lining is that Adrian Peterson said something very similar and went on to play for Oklahoma. He won nothing and Vince and Company won it all.

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“It’s just … you don’t know how to put it,” Evans told 247Sports’ Chris Hummer of his decision to exclude the Longhorns from his top list. “I don’t want to be disrespectful. I ain’t saying (Texas) can’t win a natty. It’s just at the moment [Texas is] not quite there. You beat Georgia but you barely beat Georgia. What about when it comes to a Bama or go to a Clemson? 

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So because Georgia can't beat Bama, Evans has cut Georgia from his list, right? 

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When we make the playoff and several of these top recruits looking from the outside want in, we will have a solid class in place and room for maybe two or three of them. Fight it out for the slots, you non-believing bitches.

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  On 5/29/2019 at 2:46 PM, SydneyCarton said:

but we can't willingly keep shooting ourselves in the dick over and over again. And that means having weak links on the recruiting trail, it means losing talented kids once we fucking HAVE them on campus, and it means Herman being less of a stubborn, smartest guy in the room prick all the time. 

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Some of the 1yr assistant contracts shouldn't get renewed in March 2020.  Agree that Herman does need to learn from his mistakes, continue improving his staff and be careful that his ego doesn't keep writing checks that his body can't cash!!

 

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those here who seem to want to scrutinize his "critical thinking skills" with this announcement are ignoring the blatant fact that the reason Texas is not in this "Top 5" is clearly NOT the for the reasons he awkwardly tried to politely advance toward whomever he was speaking.

Other things are at work here

1. Either the "Top 5" is bullshit and he is fucking with Twitter again for whatever personal gratification he receives by stirring up fan bases, and Texas may still very much be the team he picks after a successful season, which is what he is really waiting to see.

2. Negative recruiting re: our performance at the draft has been devastating, even though the players here NOT being drafted were all recruited by someone else.

3. "Extra visits and handouts"....whatever nefarious goings-on that he can not disclose in an interview that he knows will be quoted and printed.

 

Either way, the answer he attempted to give between "uhh.....ummmm...uh...." was bullshit and the veracity of that should not even be examined because it has nothing to do with why we are not in the "current top 5"

 

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  On 5/29/2019 at 1:56 PM, crash_davis said:

meh.  texas had a chance to prove everyone wrong by beating ou in the big 12 championship game and then beating georgia.  that would've shut everyone the fuck up.  some people are just looking for reasons not to choose texas.  evans never said anything flattering about any of texas' wins.  fuck him.  he was a hater from the start.

we take care of business this year, mudstomp lsu at home, and beat the living shit out of ou twice and the narrative fucking changes.  

 

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Evans dobbins, all these home grown 5 stars that bolt are the exact reason why i support and continue to hope texas keeps going out of state and saying fuck you to these traitors    ok melt down over

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  On 5/29/2019 at 4:20 PM, DanTheHorn said:

If we try to find a silver lining is that Adrian Peterson said something very similar and went on to play for Oklahoma. He won nothing and Vince and Company won it all.

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"AD said the same thing as Evans and we won a natty" is going to be the "McCoy's and Shipley's dads were roommates" of this thread

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  On 5/29/2019 at 5:55 PM, 6th Street said:

Time for our bagmen to step up their game. We've fallen too far behind for these elite recruits 

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You think Evans was being really on the nose with this when he said Texas just isn’t there yet?  And ringo with the follow up?  We aren’t paying enough to be in consideration after they hear the offers from Georgia the others?  Or am I giving him to much credit?

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  On 5/29/2019 at 5:55 PM, 6th Street said:

Time for our bagmen to step up their game. We've fallen too far behind for these elite recruits 

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I don’t know what the deal is with Evans or Ringo except if they go to Georgia, it’s because they got paid. Georgia is very openly buying recruits right now. 

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  On 5/29/2019 at 6:10 PM, Tex Pete said:

I don’t know what the deal is with Evans or Ringo except if they go to Georgia, it’s because they got paid. Georgia is very openly buying recruits right now. 

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Two coaches on the staff have told me that Georgia is taking it to a whole new level beyond what Alabama does. They also said Aggy is trying to do the same. I asked about Clemson and they both said that Clemson is not as bad as the SEC and used it as an example of hope that a team can win without buying every player.

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  On 5/29/2019 at 5:58 PM, Pato del Muerto said:

You think Evans was being really on the nose with this when he said Texas just isn’t there yet?  And ringo with the follow up?  We aren’t paying enough to be in consideration after they hear the offers from Georgia the others?  Or am I giving him to much credit?

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Comment wasn't specific to Evans, but it's pretty clear we are being outbid by UGA and others for the elite recruits. During the Mack Brown heyday circa 2000-2008 this wasn't an issue.

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  On 5/29/2019 at 6:21 PM, Longhorn94 said:

Two coaches on the staff have told me that Georgia is taking it to a whole new level beyond what Alabama does. They also said Aggy is trying to do the same. I asked about Clemson and they both said that Clemson is not as bad as the SEC and used it as an example of hope that a team can win without buying every player.

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not to worry, i am sure the rest of the SEC will crack down on them like they did on Ole Miss...

and there is zero chance that A&M can successfully do this and keep it on the DL. zip. zero. nada. 

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