Texas Recruiting Notes 2020

[Lhorn 4885]

2 hours ago, Walden Ponderer said:

Sir, yes sir.

Cam looks like the young guy from all the gold mining shows on Discovery channel

[mr. sunshine 2824]

1 hour ago, CHEF RIBS W/ THE HAMM YALL said:

Carrington scouting in Brazil

Scouting dat booty

[Bodacious Bevo 3576]

I haven't yet listened to it, but BC went on a podcast with an NFL draft guy who is also a Texas fan. 

[satyanash 14281]

2 hours ago, Machinator said:

I don't know what WR @Fud is referring to, but Omeire is clearly trending away from us, and this might be a case of external circumstances saving the coaches from themselves.

I get why he has issues as a prospect, but are we really that comfortable dismissing the coaches' scouting/recruiting in favour of the opinions of a messageboard based mostly on some HUDL clips and camp times?

(no offense 😛)

[HenryJames 65890]

13 minutes ago, satyanash said:

I get why he has issues as a prospect, but are we really that comfortable dismissing the coaches' scouting/recruiting in favour of the opinions of a messageboard based mostly on some HUDL clips and camp times?

(no offense 😛)

Can’t you just be happy that a recruit isn’t choosing Texas?

[Fud 9546]

1 hour ago, Machinator said:

SIAP

TFB Open Post is up: https://texas.thefootballbrainiacs.com/2019/05/open-post-weekend-may-31st-june-2nd/

Some of it is old, dead horse stuff about Bru and Zach Evans. Not so subtle hints that JQJ lives in a burnt orange house. One segment includes @golfclap ghostwriting as Super K on RB recruiting. A short interview with Jake Majors and some uninteresting bits on Joshua Eaton (I don't think he's a take).

I agree with most  of the Drayton complaints, but that RB recruiting section has some stupid shit in it 

[Bevo 13527]

If I’m buzzed and hungry does that make me bungrey?

[Bevo14 8274]

2 hours ago, satyanash said:

I get why he has issues as a prospect, but are we really that comfortable dismissing the coaches' scouting/recruiting in favour of the opinions of a messageboard based mostly on some HUDL clips and camp times?

(no offense 😛)

Hey, we watched the tape!!!!!!

[CfRhTxStBobcats 600]

8 hours ago, Bigpoppapump said:

https://247sports.com/college/miami/LongFormArticle/Miami-Hurricanes-Football-Why-Larry-Fedora-Would-Be-A-Good-Offensive-Coordinator-Hire-127159146/#127159146_7

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New Miami Head Coach Manny Diaz is searching for an offensive coordinator and Larry Fedora has emerged as a candidate to know. 

 

Diaz has been clear with what he wants from his offensive coordinator at Miami: he wants an aggressive, simplistic system that will get the most of the South Florida speed that the local football scene produces. 

 

“If you think about what we created on defense and what we are on defense, it would only stand to reason to create the same thing on offense,” Diaz said on ESPN’s Championship Drive on Tuesday morning.

 

 

“You want a defense that is aggressive and attacking and that causes problems for the other team. A defense that is simple enough that allows the players to play fast. Well, philosophically then you should want your offense to be the same way. We want something that is aggressive and attacking and that creates mental stress for the defense we are playing.”

 

Fedora, 56, has a 79-62 record as a head coach. His peak season for the Tar Heels came in 2015 when UNC went 11-3 while winning the Coastal Division. In the following years, however, Fedora failed to maintain that success. In 2016, UNC went 8-5. In 2017, the Tar Heels went 3-9. The 2018 season was his last and he posted a 2-9 season before being received of his duties.

 

That 2015 North Carolina offense finished the season ranked 18th nationally in total offense at 486 yards per game while averaging 40.7 points per game, which ranked ninth best in the country. That season, Fedora had a quarterback in Marquise Williams that threw for 3,072 yards and 28 touchdowns while also having a running back in Elijah Hood that rushed for 1,463 yards and 17 touchdowns.

 

Read on as we take a closer look at Fedora and why he would be a good fit for what Diaz wants in his future coordinator. 

FEDORA IS AN INNOVATOR AND IS ANALYTIC DRIVEN

Fedora is a football nerd that is always interested in statistics and coming up with new ideas.

 

Fedora has built a play-by-play database over his coaching career that dates back nearly 25 years. In standard down-and-distance plays – 1st-and-10, 2nd-and-6, etc. – there’s a variety of play calls available, albeit determined by the opposing defensive scheme. When building a game plan, Fedora leans on that database to put his calls together.

 

The goal is simplicity. Carry two or three concepts into a game that can be run out of multiple formations and that can answer multi-coverage looks, and that’s often enough to keep defenses off guard when paired with tempo.

 

In situational down-and-distance plays, however, there’s an expectation of snaps for every occasion. At a coaching clinic in Charlotte, N.C. in 2013, Fedora detailed how his offenses can expect to encounter 15 third downs per game – three 3rd-and-shorts (1-2 yards), six 3rd-and-mediums (3-7) and six 3rd-and-longs (8+). The goal is to convert 75 percent of 3rd-and-shorts, 45 percent of 3rd-and-mediums and 25 percent of 3rd-and-longs. Those data points shape UNC’s game prep as well.

 

During Fedora’s first stint as an offensive assistant at Baylor in the early 1990s, he began tracking nearly every statistic he could get his hands on. As the years passed by and he eventually moved on to Air Force in 1997, that database grew and began to highlight trends in the college game. At the same time, Fedora watched as opponents stacked the box to counter Fisher DeBerry’s triple option. Despite Air Force’s success – the Falcons were 22-4 during his two-year stint in Colorado Springs – Fedora pushed his Hall of Fame head coach to add a forward pass to take advantage of defensive schemes designed to stop the run.

 

While coaching wide receivers primarily to block at the Air Force Academy, Fedora was constructing a new offensive scheme in his downtime. He paid particular attention to Tulane, where offensive coordinator Rich Rodriguez had installed a no-huddle, up-tempo system for head coach Tommy Bowden. It was the first of its kind in the college ranks, and it captivated Fedora, who was about to get his first opportunity to run his own offense at Middle Tennessee State in 1999.

 

Fedora followed Rodriguez’s lead in emphasizing tempo in a no-huddle setting, and he also continued tracking every play of every game to provide insight into what worked and what didn’t. It was an entry into advanced metrics that wouldn’t become mainstream until more than a decade later.

 

Fedora’s first head coaching job came at Southern Miss in 2008 and his first offensive coordinator was Darrell Wyatt, who had primarily worked in the Big 12 during the previous decade. After years of relying on his fellow offensive assistants for suggestions and feedback, Fedora kept that process in place, brainstorming in the offensive meeting room throughout the week to set up a detailed plan for game day. Wyatt wasn’t so much the offensive coordinator as he was the bullhorn of the coaching staff, signaling in predetermined play calls that were discussed in between series. 

 

Fedora is willing to listen to new ideas with offensive football and will ask for plenty of input from his staff.

 

A LOOK AT FEDORA’S PHILOSOPHY

Fedora’s offensive philosophy is built upon a foundation of core principles.

 

A Fedora offense will primarily utilize 11 personnel - consisting of one running back, one tight end and three wide receivers – due to his belief that an A-back type running back can be more productive than a traditional fullback.

 

It is an attack that will rely on verbal cues and hand motions from the quarterback to eliminate the need for a huddle, which takes away the ability of a defense to regroup. It will also be multi-tempo, pushing the pace to tire out the defense at certain times, while in others, hurrying to the line and forcing the defense to set its position, only then to back off and check the sideline for an alternative play, if necessary. The intent is to keep the defense uncomfortable and force the defensive coordinator to stay basic to prevent breakdowns, which then allows Fedora’s offense to operate against a simpler look. And the final objective is an effort to spread the field laterally to create vertical seams.

 

In order to execute the no-huddle approach and click on tempo, the players must be able to process their directives quickly without sacrificing methods of attack. Fedora addressed that aspect by leaning heavily on run-pass options (RPO), which are plays in which runs are paired with passing concepts to give the quarterback a choice to make during his pre-snap read. If a defense stacks the box to stop the run, the quarterback will choose the passing concept to either the play side or back side. If the defense takes a man out of the box, the quarterback will choose the run play, which is aided by an offensive line already run blocking. This schematic wrinkle helps Fedora maximize his offensive balance without overburdening his players with concepts.

 

Ultimately, Fedora’s offense is built on a simple philosophy that will take advantage of whatever look a defense gives.

 

”It's just trying to take advantage of what the defense gives you,” Fedora told InsideCarolina.com. “I've always believed if a team says we're going to stop you from running the football, they can commit enough people to stop you from running the football. If they decide they're going to commit enough people to stopping the pass, they can commit enough people to stop the pass. Very seldom can they do both at the same time. There are things to take advantage of. You just have to be willing to take advantage of what they're giving you."

 

BUILDING AN OFFENSE TO THE STRENGTH OF HIS PERSONNEL

Fedora won’t put his players in positions where they don’t have the ability to execute what is being asked. Fedora builds his system and game plan around the strengths of his quarterbacks.

 

When he was the offensive coordinator at Middle Tennessee, Fedora coached a quarterback by the name of Wes Counts that led the NCAA in pass completion percentage (72.6) in 2001. According to InsideCarolina.com, Fedora detailed in a coaching clinic in Charlotte, North Carolina how 88 percent of Counts’s passes were completed into the boundary because he didn’t have the arm strength to consistently make throws down or even across the field. Defenses, however, never adjusted, insisting on defending decoys to the field side which thereby allowed Counts to exploit his preferred area of attack.

 

In 2015, Fedora built an offense around his big, physical quarterback, Marquise Williams, who could run the ball at 6-feet-2 and 225 pounds totaled 938 rushing yards and 13 rushing touchdowns that year.

 

“Quise was a physical guy,” Fedora said of that style of quarterback. “When he ran the ball, he was like a big running back back there. You didn’t have to worry about Quise getting hurt. He never got hurt. He took some dang licks, and he delivered some licks. That was his running style. That’s who he was. And so once I learned that about him, I quit worrying about him. I didn’t need to worry about him. He’s going to take care of himself.”

 

THE ABILITY TO ADJUST WITHIN A GAME

 

(Photo: Jim Hawkins/Inside Carolina)

Fedora’s approach of keeping his play-calling simple and taking what a defense gives him allows for his offenses to make easy in-game adjustments.

 

“I’m not going to just bang my head against the wall,” Fedora has said in the past. “If a team says we’re going to stop the run, then I’m going to throw it. And if a team says we’re going to stop the pass, then I’m going to run it.”

 

If a game plan doesn’t work or has to be thrown out the window, Fedora’s system can easily adapt to what a defense will allow. Miami has the balanced talent at the skill positions to execute this philosophy at a high level. From receiver, to running back, to tight end, the Hurricanes have plenty of options to feed at the skill positions.

 

The inability to adjust a game plan during a game was a big issue for the Mark Richt led attack in 2018. Once defenses had an understanding on his scheme, they didn’t have much trouble containing it.

 

BALANCED PRODUCTION IS THE GOAL

Fedora’s offenses are balanced with their ability to produce in both the run and passing game.

 

Fedora’s offense has averaged 235 or more passing yards and 180 or more rushing yards per game six times in his 10 years as a head coach. His system has averaged more than 425 yards of total offense and more than 30 points per game in six seasons at Chapel Hill.

 

“To me, that's always been the premise of this offense: take advantage of what the defense gives you and be balanced. Balance is not throwing for 200, rushing for 200. That's not what I'm talking about. It's just take advantage of what they give you. You've got to be balanced.”

 

In 2016, Fedora showed what he can do with a first round NFL Draft pick type of talent at quarterback. Mitch Trubisky threw for 3,748 yards with 30 touchdowns and six interceptions while completing 68 percent of his passes. Trubisky also rushed for 308 yards and five touchdowns that year.

 

Fedora also firmly believes in running the ball, which is an important principle for the Miami Hurricanes’ tradition of churning out quality backs to the NFL level since the 1970s. Fedora’s offense won’t just be appealing for pass catchers, it will also be highly attractive for talented running back prospects as well.

 

In 2012 former UNC running back Gio Bernard flourished in Fedora’s system, totaling 1,228 yards and 12 touchdowns and in 2015, Elijah Hood ran for over 1,400 yards and 17 touchdowns.

 

FEDORA HAS PROVEN PRODUCTION WHEN THE TALENT IS THERE

 

(Photo: Jim Hawkins/Inside Carolina)

Wherever Fedora has had a significant hand in the offense, that offense has produced in big ways.

 

His first offensive coordinator stint at Middle Tennessee from 1999-2001 yielded 43 school records. His 2004 offense at Florida led the SEC in six statistical categories before his 2006 Oklahoma State offense finished as one of two teams nationally to average more than 200 yards both on the ground and through the air.

 

After setting 35 school records at Southern Miss in 2010, Fedora’s first UNC squad set 40 new records while tying eight others.

 

Fedora’s 2015 offense, which carried the Tar Heels to an 11-1 regular season record and their first ACC Championship appearance, broke school records for yards gained (6,817), yards per play (7.28) and points scored (570) in a season.

 

CONCLUSION

 

(Photo: Andrew Ivins, 247Sports)

It does seem like Fedora would be a strong personality and culture fit with Manny Diaz.

 

29COMMENTS

Both coaches are aggressive and both coaches are very analytically driven. That combination means that they will take their chances and be aggressive, but they will also take those chances with the right opportunity calls for it.

 

Diaz has said he wants to bring in an offensive coordinator that will be a reflection of his defensive philosophy: fast, physical, and aggressive. Fedora would fit that billing and he has the experience as a play-caller to get the most out of UM’s skill talent on the offensive side of the ball.

 

On paper, the hiring of Fedora would be a near perfect fit.

 

Damn, I felt like I was playing a drinking game reading that article. It seemed like every other word was Fedora.

[irishtexan 11445]

https://247sports.com/college/miami/LongFormArticle/Miami-Hurricanes-Football-Why-Larry-Fedora-Would-Be-A-Good-Offensive-Coordinator-Hire-127159146/#127159146_7
Spoiler

New Miami Head Coach Manny Diaz is searching for an offensive coordinator and Larry Fedora has emerged as a candidate to know. 

 

Diaz has been clear with what he wants from his offensive coordinator at Miami: he wants an aggressive, simplistic system that will get the most of the South Florida speed that the local football scene produces. 

 

“If you think about what we created on defense and what we are on defense, it would only stand to reason to create the same thing on offense,” Diaz said on ESPN’s Championship Drive on Tuesday morning.

 

 

“You want a defense that is aggressive and attacking and that causes problems for the other team. A defense that is simple enough that allows the players to play fast. Well, philosophically then you should want your offense to be the same way. We want something that is aggressive and attacking and that creates mental stress for the defense we are playing.”

 

Fedora, 56, has a 79-62 record as a head coach. His peak season for the Tar Heels came in 2015 when UNC went 11-3 while winning the Coastal Division. In the following years, however, Fedora failed to maintain that success. In 2016, UNC went 8-5. In 2017, the Tar Heels went 3-9. The 2018 season was his last and he posted a 2-9 season before being received of his duties.

 

That 2015 North Carolina offense finished the season ranked 18th nationally in total offense at 486 yards per game while averaging 40.7 points per game, which ranked ninth best in the country. That season, Fedora had a quarterback in Marquise Williams that threw for 3,072 yards and 28 touchdowns while also having a running back in Elijah Hood that rushed for 1,463 yards and 17 touchdowns.

 

Read on as we take a closer look at Fedora and why he would be a good fit for what Diaz wants in his future coordinator. 

FEDORA IS AN INNOVATOR AND IS ANALYTIC DRIVEN

Fedora is a football nerd that is always interested in statistics and coming up with new ideas.

 

Fedora has built a play-by-play database over his coaching career that dates back nearly 25 years. In standard down-and-distance plays – 1st-and-10, 2nd-and-6, etc. – there’s a variety of play calls available, albeit determined by the opposing defensive scheme. When building a game plan, Fedora leans on that database to put his calls together.

 

The goal is simplicity. Carry two or three concepts into a game that can be run out of multiple formations and that can answer multi-coverage looks, and that’s often enough to keep defenses off guard when paired with tempo.

 

In situational down-and-distance plays, however, there’s an expectation of snaps for every occasion. At a coaching clinic in Charlotte, N.C. in 2013, Fedora detailed how his offenses can expect to encounter 15 third downs per game – three 3rd-and-shorts (1-2 yards), six 3rd-and-mediums (3-7) and six 3rd-and-longs (8+). The goal is to convert 75 percent of 3rd-and-shorts, 45 percent of 3rd-and-mediums and 25 percent of 3rd-and-longs. Those data points shape UNC’s game prep as well.

 

During Fedora’s first stint as an offensive assistant at Baylor in the early 1990s, he began tracking nearly every statistic he could get his hands on. As the years passed by and he eventually moved on to Air Force in 1997, that database grew and began to highlight trends in the college game. At the same time, Fedora watched as opponents stacked the box to counter Fisher DeBerry’s triple option. Despite Air Force’s success – the Falcons were 22-4 during his two-year stint in Colorado Springs – Fedora pushed his Hall of Fame head coach to add a forward pass to take advantage of defensive schemes designed to stop the run.

 

While coaching wide receivers primarily to block at the Air Force Academy, Fedora was constructing a new offensive scheme in his downtime. He paid particular attention to Tulane, where offensive coordinator Rich Rodriguez had installed a no-huddle, up-tempo system for head coach Tommy Bowden. It was the first of its kind in the college ranks, and it captivated Fedora, who was about to get his first opportunity to run his own offense at Middle Tennessee State in 1999.

 

Fedora followed Rodriguez’s lead in emphasizing tempo in a no-huddle setting, and he also continued tracking every play of every game to provide insight into what worked and what didn’t. It was an entry into advanced metrics that wouldn’t become mainstream until more than a decade later.

 

Fedora’s first head coaching job came at Southern Miss in 2008 and his first offensive coordinator was Darrell Wyatt, who had primarily worked in the Big 12 during the previous decade. After years of relying on his fellow offensive assistants for suggestions and feedback, Fedora kept that process in place, brainstorming in the offensive meeting room throughout the week to set up a detailed plan for game day. Wyatt wasn’t so much the offensive coordinator as he was the bullhorn of the coaching staff, signaling in predetermined play calls that were discussed in between series. 

 

Fedora is willing to listen to new ideas with offensive football and will ask for plenty of input from his staff.

 

A LOOK AT FEDORA’S PHILOSOPHY

Fedora’s offensive philosophy is built upon a foundation of core principles.

 

A Fedora offense will primarily utilize 11 personnel - consisting of one running back, one tight end and three wide receivers – due to his belief that an A-back type running back can be more productive than a traditional fullback.

 

It is an attack that will rely on verbal cues and hand motions from the quarterback to eliminate the need for a huddle, which takes away the ability of a defense to regroup. It will also be multi-tempo, pushing the pace to tire out the defense at certain times, while in others, hurrying to the line and forcing the defense to set its position, only then to back off and check the sideline for an alternative play, if necessary. The intent is to keep the defense uncomfortable and force the defensive coordinator to stay basic to prevent breakdowns, which then allows Fedora’s offense to operate against a simpler look. And the final objective is an effort to spread the field laterally to create vertical seams.

 

In order to execute the no-huddle approach and click on tempo, the players must be able to process their directives quickly without sacrificing methods of attack. Fedora addressed that aspect by leaning heavily on run-pass options (RPO), which are plays in which runs are paired with passing concepts to give the quarterback a choice to make during his pre-snap read. If a defense stacks the box to stop the run, the quarterback will choose the passing concept to either the play side or back side. If the defense takes a man out of the box, the quarterback will choose the run play, which is aided by an offensive line already run blocking. This schematic wrinkle helps Fedora maximize his offensive balance without overburdening his players with concepts.

 

Ultimately, Fedora’s offense is built on a simple philosophy that will take advantage of whatever look a defense gives.

 

”It's just trying to take advantage of what the defense gives you,” Fedora told InsideCarolina.com. “I've always believed if a team says we're going to stop you from running the football, they can commit enough people to stop you from running the football. If they decide they're going to commit enough people to stopping the pass, they can commit enough people to stop the pass. Very seldom can they do both at the same time. There are things to take advantage of. You just have to be willing to take advantage of what they're giving you."

 

BUILDING AN OFFENSE TO THE STRENGTH OF HIS PERSONNEL

Fedora won’t put his players in positions where they don’t have the ability to execute what is being asked. Fedora builds his system and game plan around the strengths of his quarterbacks.

 

When he was the offensive coordinator at Middle Tennessee, Fedora coached a quarterback by the name of Wes Counts that led the NCAA in pass completion percentage (72.6) in 2001. According to InsideCarolina.com, Fedora detailed in a coaching clinic in Charlotte, North Carolina how 88 percent of Counts’s passes were completed into the boundary because he didn’t have the arm strength to consistently make throws down or even across the field. Defenses, however, never adjusted, insisting on defending decoys to the field side which thereby allowed Counts to exploit his preferred area of attack.

 

In 2015, Fedora built an offense around his big, physical quarterback, Marquise Williams, who could run the ball at 6-feet-2 and 225 pounds totaled 938 rushing yards and 13 rushing touchdowns that year.

 

“Quise was a physical guy,” Fedora said of that style of quarterback. “When he ran the ball, he was like a big running back back there. You didn’t have to worry about Quise getting hurt. He never got hurt. He took some dang licks, and he delivered some licks. That was his running style. That’s who he was. And so once I learned that about him, I quit worrying about him. I didn’t need to worry about him. He’s going to take care of himself.”

 

THE ABILITY TO ADJUST WITHIN A GAME

  (Photo: Jim Hawkins/Inside Carolina)

Fedora’s approach of keeping his play-calling simple and taking what a defense gives him allows for his offenses to make easy in-game adjustments.

 

“I’m not going to just bang my head against the wall,” Fedora has said in the past. “If a team says we’re going to stop the run, then I’m going to throw it. And if a team says we’re going to stop the pass, then I’m going to run it.”

 

If a game plan doesn’t work or has to be thrown out the window, Fedora’s system can easily adapt to what a defense will allow. Miami has the balanced talent at the skill positions to execute this philosophy at a high level. From receiver, to running back, to tight end, the Hurricanes have plenty of options to feed at the skill positions.

 

The inability to adjust a game plan during a game was a big issue for the Mark Richt led attack in 2018. Once defenses had an understanding on his scheme, they didn’t have much trouble containing it.

 

BALANCED PRODUCTION IS THE GOAL

Fedora’s offenses are balanced with their ability to produce in both the run and passing game.

 

Fedora’s offense has averaged 235 or more passing yards and 180 or more rushing yards per game six times in his 10 years as a head coach. His system has averaged more than 425 yards of total offense and more than 30 points per game in six seasons at Chapel Hill.

 

“To me, that's always been the premise of this offense: take advantage of what the defense gives you and be balanced. Balance is not throwing for 200, rushing for 200. That's not what I'm talking about. It's just take advantage of what they give you. You've got to be balanced.”

 

In 2016, Fedora showed what he can do with a first round NFL Draft pick type of talent at quarterback. Mitch Trubisky threw for 3,748 yards with 30 touchdowns and six interceptions while completing 68 percent of his passes. Trubisky also rushed for 308 yards and five touchdowns that year.

 

Fedora also firmly believes in running the ball, which is an important principle for the Miami Hurricanes’ tradition of churning out quality backs to the NFL level since the 1970s. Fedora’s offense won’t just be appealing for pass catchers, it will also be highly attractive for talented running back prospects as well.

 

In 2012 former UNC running back Gio Bernard flourished in Fedora’s system, totaling 1,228 yards and 12 touchdowns and in 2015, Elijah Hood ran for over 1,400 yards and 17 touchdowns.

 

FEDORA HAS PROVEN PRODUCTION WHEN THE TALENT IS THERE

  (Photo: Jim Hawkins/Inside Carolina)

Wherever Fedora has had a significant hand in the offense, that offense has produced in big ways.

 

His first offensive coordinator stint at Middle Tennessee from 1999-2001 yielded 43 school records. His 2004 offense at Florida led the SEC in six statistical categories before his 2006 Oklahoma State offense finished as one of two teams nationally to average more than 200 yards both on the ground and through the air.

 

After setting 35 school records at Southern Miss in 2010, Fedora’s first UNC squad set 40 new records while tying eight others.

 

Fedora’s 2015 offense, which carried the Tar Heels to an 11-1 regular season record and their first ACC Championship appearance, broke school records for yards gained (6,817), yards per play (7.28) and points scored (570) in a season.

 

CONCLUSION

  (Photo: Andrew Ivins, 247Sports)

It does seem like Fedora would be a strong personality and culture fit with Manny Diaz.

 

29COMMENTS

Both coaches are aggressive and both coaches are very analytically driven. That combination means that they will take their chances and be aggressive, but they will also take those chances with the right opportunity calls for it.

 

Diaz has said he wants to bring in an offensive coordinator that will be a reflection of his defensive philosophy: fast, physical, and aggressive. Fedora would fit that billing and he has the experience as a play-caller to get the most out of UM’s skill talent on the offensive side of the ball.

 

On paper, the hiring of Fedora would be a near perfect fit.

 

El oh fucking el at Manny Diaz implementing a defense that is easy to understand.

[Sock Monkey 718]

On 5/30/2019 at 1:28 PM, Fud said:

"Deepbarot" managed to get everything wrong 

The moment you tweet anything negative about high schoolers, you are wrong.

[Gut Wagon 8052]

15 hours ago, Lhorn said:

Cam looks like the young guy from all the gold mining shows on Discovery channel

Yep. Just not as much of a team player. 

[texaslong 678]

16 hours ago, Machinator said:

SIAP

TFB Open Post is up: https://texas.thefootballbrainiacs.com/2019/05/open-post-weekend-may-31st-june-2nd/

Some of it is old, dead horse stuff about Bru and Zach Evans. Not so subtle hints that JQJ lives in a burnt orange house. One segment includes @golfclap ghostwriting as Super K on RB recruiting. A short interview with Jake Majors and some uninteresting bits on Joshua Eaton (I don't think he's a take).

Zach Evans quote maybe the dumbest one I've heard from a recruit. "You beat Georgia, but you barely beat Georgia. What about when it comes to a Bama or go to a Clemson? For that reason I'm including OU and Georgia in my top 5. Sorry Texas." Just lulz.

Edited June 1, 2019 by texaslong

[texaslong 678]

If you're a running back why would you go the SEC? The wear and tear that conference puts on running backs shows when they get to the NFL. Just look at the Bama backs. They aren't shit when they get the league. The Georgia and LSU backs come in injury riddled. Go ahead and wear your self out in college. 

[Vertigo 20267]

21 hours ago, Goodman said:

How Coach manages Mehringer and Warehime will show us a lot in his development as a leader, these two are proteges and he made big bets bringing them along then not being able to dump them after year 1 then decided not to dump them after year 2. 

You guys are nuts if you think Mehringer is going anywhere. Fair or not, Meh was credited as being a top 5 recruiter last year even before McCoy. He also had 2 thousand yard receivers. How would it look to jettison him after that? The wheels are going to have to fall off for him to get fired. Warehime should have been gone before last season and there is really no excuse as to why he is here. Drayton should have the second hottest seat on staff.

Edited June 1, 2019 by Vertigo

[Yesh 904]

You think Herman cares that 247 or Rivals said Mehringer was a top 5 recruiter?

[Vertigo 20267]

3 minutes ago, Yesh said:

You think Herman cares that 247 or Rivals said Mehringer was a top 5 recruiter?

Yes actually. He has made several comments about it during signing day press conferences.

Edited June 1, 2019 by Vertigo

[destroya 367]

On 5/31/2019 at 8:16 AM, lonestar3 said:

It was a joke at the very last part of his post. Pull your tampon out.

Jokes are supposed to be funny. 

[Machinator 32097]

Satellite camps start today. First up is Lindenwood in Missouri.

[lonestar3 274]

Jokes are supposed to be funny. 

OK, it was a light-hearted commentary on an Internet message board poster’s recruiting priorities.

But I do appreciate your timely reply. I’ll be sure to vet all my future comments through you to make sure I get your seal of approval.

[destroya 367]

1 minute ago, lonestar3 said:

OK, it was a light-hearted commentary on an Internet message board poster’s recruiting priorities.

But I do appreciate your timely reply. I’ll be sure to vet all my future comments through you to make sure I get your seal of approval.

You might also want to alert the coaches. 

[nycHorn 2967]

Yes actually. He has made several comments about it during signing day press conferences.

He’s probably trying to get him job offers.

[TommyGufano 6021]

54 minutes ago, texaslong said:

If you're a running back why would you go the SEC? The wear and tear that conference puts on running backs shows when they get to the NFL. Just look at the Bama backs. They aren't shit when they get the league. The Georgia and LSU backs come in injury riddled. Go ahead and wear your self out in college. 

Bama just put a rb in the first round with fewer career carries than Ehlinger has right now. You go there precisely because you aren't going to be overused. There's gonna be four other 5* RBs on campus who will split the workload. And you get to run behind an OL that makes your look good.

That Bama backs haven't looked great (I'd somewhat dispute that, but whatever) should only serve as a credit to what they are doing. Bama gets them paid in the draft despite this shortcomings as players.

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1 hour ago, texaslong said:

If you're a running back why would you go the SEC? The wear and tear that conference puts on running backs shows when they get to the NFL. Just look at the Bama backs. They aren't shit when they get the league. The Georgia and LSU backs come in injury riddled. Go ahead and wear your self out in college. 

Alvin Kamara is crushing it though

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6 minutes ago, 6th Street said:

Alvin Kamara is crushing it though

Not a Bama back.

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13 minutes ago, UDontKnow said:

Not a Bama back.

Is Tennessee no longer part of the SEC?

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5 minutes ago, 6th Street said:

Is Tennessee no longer part of the SEC?

Gotcha. Thought you were addressing Bama backs.

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Has Wilson made it in yet?

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43 minutes ago, TommyGufano said:

Bama just put a rb in the first round with fewer career carries than Ehlinger has right now. You go there precisely because you aren't going to be overused. There's gonna be four other 5* RBs on campus who will split the workload. And you get to run behind an OL that makes your look good.

That Bama backs haven't looked great (I'd somewhat dispute that, but whatever) should only serve as a credit to what they are doing. Bama gets them paid in the draft despite this shortcomings as players.

Which isn't Saban's preferred mo. Go look at the other backs from Alabama under Saban. Ingram, Richardson, Lacy, Yeldon, and Henry. All had multiple years of 170+ carries, all struggled with injuries in the NFL.

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15 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

Which isn't Saban's preferred mo. Go look at the other backs from Alabama under Saban. Ingram, Richardson, Lacy, Yeldon, and Henry. All had multiple years of 170+ carries, all struggled with injuries in the NFL.

If 170 carries is the threshold for overuse, then you're going to find a tough time finding any schools that aren't serial offenders of RB abuse.

I guess in the past 3 years, Saban has somehow denied himself his preferred offense. Because there are 0 RBs with over 150 carries in that time period. That's really weird. But I guess I'll need to look at what Bama was doing 10 years ago to get an understanding of what direction that offense is moving.

Running backs in the NFL get hurt a lot. Go look at Jamaal Charles, Fozzy Whitaker, Malcolm Brown and D'Onta Foreman (ugh, i wish this list was longer). All struggle(d) with injuries in the NFL.

edit: let's get back to Texas recruiting. Fuck Bama (just make better cases against them)

Edited June 1, 2019 by TommyGufano
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There are definitely some good SEC RBs in the NFL. Alvin Kamara, Derrick Henry, Kerryon Johnson, Nick Chubb, Sony Michel, Fournette...all are pretty productive NFL guys. That said, talented RBs come from all conferences in that league. Texas really needs Keontay Ingram to be elite this season to change our own narrative. We really need to start sending guys to the league (at all positions). It's that simple. And it should start happening in the next 2 years, and build from there.

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1 hour ago, UDontKnow said:

Not a Bama back.

Technically, he was for a minute. He transferred from Bama to Tenn.

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1 hour ago, UDontKnow said:

Not a Bama back.

He signed at Bama then transferred to Tennessee via juco

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Wow, kid must have killed it at the Missouri camp

https://247sports.com/Player/Noah-Arinze-46078883/

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6'6 240

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2 hours ago, Vertigo said:

Yes actually. He has made several comments about it during signing day press conferences.

He also lauded them last off-season when trying to sell the Mehringer/Warehime package to UH or any G5 school that would consider them for OC/OL. The lack of response made it clear to him that they are not what he hoped they would be. You're never going to hear Coach say a negative thing about Mehringer, who has been with him since Rice.

Jake was Beck, Lewis was Herman, Washington was BC, Bru was Mehringer. 

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1 hour ago, TommyGufano said:

But I guess I'll need to look at what Bama was doing 10 years ago to get an understanding of what direction that offense is moving.

I'll give you a hint. The offensive philosophy that Saban and the rest of the secX3 have been implementing over the last 10 years rhymes with "red." 

Coincidentally, it was around the same time aggy took their talents to south beach in '11. I wonder why?

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37 minutes ago, texifornia said:

Wow, kid must have killed it at the Missouri camp

https://247sports.com/Player/Noah-Arinze-46078883/

Battling the Gooners for recruits across the nation!

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12 minutes ago, UDontKnow said:

Battling the Gooners for recruits across the nation!

Clearly a Big XII ready lineman 

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Arinze attends Courtney Ramey's high school.

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6'6 240

Yes have some.

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Damon Sayles and Jeff Howe with crystal balls for Ja'Quinden Jackson to Texas.

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So it looks like all these guys are committing before the season starts ( add anybody I miss ).

Jackson, Robinson, Omeire, Wilson, Broughton, Dorbah, Crawford, Rogers, Thompson, Washington, and Ransom.

I got Lindberg at TBD as he may take fall OV's??

Collins and Umanmielen look like fall decisions.

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40 minutes ago, Machinator said:

Arinze attends Courtney Ramey's high school.

We should have brought Courtney Ramey for the satellite camp.

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42 minutes ago, Machinator said:

Damon Sayles and Jeff Howe with crystal balls for Ja'Quinden Jackson to Texas.

Obligatory 

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54 minutes ago, Machinator said:

Damon Sayles and Jeff Howe with crystal balls for Ja'Quinden Jackson to Texas.

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Damon Sayles and Jeff Howe with crystal balls for Ja'Quinden Jackson to Texas.

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https://247sports.com/player/jameson-wang-46053286/

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40 minutes ago, Machinator said:

https://247sports.com/player/jameson-wang-46053286/

Oaks Christian QB? The SoCal attempted dominance continues