Urban Meyer or bust

[ztejas 43385]

Just now, UncleBuck said:

Who the fuck would satisfy some of you?

Moose out front.

[UncleBuck 6448]

Just now, Rip76 said:

This mention of John Harbaugh is interesting.

Harbaugh is the opposite of Gary Kubiak when it comes to completely managing a football operation. Dude is a solid evaluator across the board of all of this coaches. Recruiting is the question, because I don't have many others on the guy. Sure as shit won't be any turtle-ing, dude goes for the throat. 

[clapclapclap 9000]

19 minutes ago, RGBIII said:

“Hell, Campbell thinks it’s a major rebuild.”

Hell, Lumbergh thinks it's a major rebuild.

[closetohumping 17416]

2 minutes ago, Rip76 said:

This mention of John Harbaugh is interesting.

CFB runs in his blood.  Maybe he wants to head back?  His brother and dad were both very successful.  At his age, maybe he's tired of the primadonnas at the NFL level?

[Caddox 952]

3 minutes ago, victory88 said:

I'm fully convinced when people say "Texas is not committed to winning", they are referencing bagman and how recruiting has changed.  

I say it and am referring to the overall culture of the school and its administration. Im very much hoping that changes with Hartzell, people claim it has, but they also claimed CDC was one of the best hires in the school's history. 

[Bevo14 8291]

How much does Brian Kelly make anyway? The internet is telling me 1.8 mil but I'm assuming that's only part of his compensation.

Edited December 14, 2020 by Bevo14

[UncleBuck 6448]

Just now, Caddox said:

I say it and am referring to the overall culture of the school and its administration. Im very much hoping that changes with Hartzell, people claim it has, but they also claimed CDC was one of the best hires in the school's history. 

I get that. But it's one thing for us fans to say it, and another for a guy like -hypothetically- Urban Meyer. In what ways is the university "not committed to winning" that would affect an Urban Meyer? How would it hold him back?

[victory88 5663]

This looks like a weight room in a basement.

Compare this to....
 

Spoiler

 

 

 

[Caddox 952]

John Harbaugh has been brought up for a long time here and other schools. I would love that hire but would be curious to see what kind of recruiting staff he puts together. 

[dcar00 14085]

13 minutes ago, victory88 said:

Just google Clemson, Alabama, Texas A&M, UGA, Ohio State, Oregon football facilities.  Then google Texas longhorn football facilities.  Up until 3 years ago, our locker room looked like something out of the 80s.  Our weight room had some fresh paint and mats added to it.  There are high schools with better weight rooms than Texas.  Ask any recruit that takes an official visit to aggy and then Texas.  They are light years ahead of us with it comes to facilities for the players to train, lounge, watch film, hang out in.  Clemson has a damn private basketball court just for their players to hoop at.  

This has been a problem for a long time.  I'll give Herman credit, he got the ball rolling on getting the process started.  But the Texas athletic department should be ashamed of themselves for letting our facilities fall this far behind.  The fucking bubble is barely holding up together.  Look at the indoor fields of the schools mentioned above.  With all the money they have, they've been sitting on it doing jack shit.  

well to be fair we have to save up for our buyouts...

[David Dennison 18770]

12 minutes ago, victory88 said:

Just google Clemson, Alabama, Texas A&M, UGA, Ohio State, Oregon football facilities.  Then google Texas longhorn football facilities.  Up until 3 years ago, our locker room looked like something out of the 80s.  Our weight room had some fresh paint and mats added to it.  There are high schools with better weight rooms than Texas.  Ask any recruit that takes an official visit to aggy and then Texas.  They are light years ahead of us with it comes to facilities for the players to train, lounge, watch film, hang out in.  Clemson has a damn private basketball court just for their players to hoop at.  

This has been a problem for a long time.  I'll give Herman credit, he got the ball rolling on getting the process started.  But the Texas athletic department should be ashamed of themselves for letting our facilities fall this far behind.  The fucking bubble is barely holding up together.  Look at the indoor fields of the schools mentioned above.  With all the money they have, they've been sitting on it doing jack shit.  

It's not just athletics, the fountain on the east mall hasn't worked for years. The Speedway upgrade is nice but if you walk around campus you will notice that a lot of stuff is getting a tad worn out.

[Rip76 4919]

Dude has been on all sides of the ball

• Western Michigan (1984–1987)
  Running backs coach & outside linebackers
• Pittsburgh (1987)
  Tight ends coach
• Morehead State (1988)
  Special teams coach & secondary coach
• Cincinnati (1989–1996)
  Special teams coordinator
• Indiana (1997)
  Special teams coordinator & defensive backs
• Philadelphia Eagles (1998–2006)
  Special teams coordinator
• Philadelphia Eagles (2007)
  Special teams coordinator & defensive backs
• Baltimore Ravens (2008–present)
  Head coach

[PassiveAggressiveCoach 118]

3 minutes ago, victory88 said:

This looks like a weight room in a basement.

Compare this to....
 

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We can spend $ on a nice weight room or buyouts. You choose. 

[BradInATX 9208]

LOL at Matt Campbell who is playing for a Big XII title this weekend with far less talent than we have thinking Texas is a rebuild. His best recruiting class in his entire stint at Iowa State is going to be 20 spots lower than Texas' worst class under Herman. The "journalist" that wrote that is completely full of shit.

One of the stupidest things said on this thread, and that's saying something.

Edited December 14, 2020 by BradInATX

[FloridaHorn 4735]

live look at Texas weightroom

[DaysOff 7920]

 

 

 

 
 

Since we have fake grass why not just practice on the fucking field?

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I'm still going back to Campbell's alleged rebuild comment.  It took several coaching blunders for his team to squeak by us twice.  Are you sure it's a total rebuild?  We have talent.

[Reese Bennett 3606]

We do need to upgrade. Mack went from The Bubble to this:

 

Every SEC team except Georgia has a better indoor facility. 

Here's what Virginia Tech is building:

Here's the Ohio State setup:

Colorado:

Washington:

We have a bubble with shitty lighting.

It was cutting edge back in the day but that day is long gone.

[closetohumping 17416]

6 minutes ago, victory88 said:

This looks like a weight room in a basement.

Compare this to....
 

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Have you seen Rocky 4? 

[victory88 5663]

not to keep shitting on facilities.  Our biggest rival and recruiting competitor has fucking boat raced us while our athletic department cared more about how many taco bell commercials they could fit in a single game.

What our little brother offers recruits...

Spoiler

 

 

[Caddox 952]

3 minutes ago, UncleBuck said:

I get that. But it's one thing for us fans to say it, and another for a guy like -hypothetically- Urban Meyer. In what ways is the university "not committed to winning" that would affect an Urban Meyer? How would it hold him back?

If we hire UM, we could no longer claim the school isnt committed to winning. 

[TwiceHorn 31372]

13 minutes ago, Caddox said:

I say it and am referring to the overall culture of the school and its administration. Im very much hoping that changes with Hartzell, people claim it has, but they also claimed CDC was one of the best hires in the school's history. 

CDC is a much better hire than his two predecessors and hardly anyone alive remembers any AD before that.

[David Dennison 18770]

2 minutes ago, victory88 said:

not to keep shitting on facilities.  Our biggest rival and recruiting competitor has fucking boat raced us while our athletic department cared more about how many taco bell commercials they could fit in a single game.

What our little brother offers recruits...

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Again, all of this is keeping in line with what we know about the importance of football to the University of Texas. 

[Nicole44 22030]

Oregon to replace Huskies as PAC 12 CCG opponent for USC.

Yikes. More of this keeps happening. 

[Wulaw Horn 19040]

12 minutes ago, Rip76 said:

This mention of John Harbaugh is interesting.

4 years ago (before they drafted Lamar Jackson and got back to relevance) I was pounding the table and saying offer him 10 year and 100 million.  I maintain the same idea here- if Urban says no- I'm going to Baltimore and seeing if he can stand the idea of recruiting, and if he can tell him to pull off the college football equivalent of what he's done at Baltimore and I will pay him $10,000,000 a year, he will have a job for life, and it will be pretty easy as long as he can maintain staff and organizational focus.

And as a former special teams coach that's not an innovator that's his strong suit.  You know- Mack Brown if he was also a competent football coach.  The ceiling for him is enormous, and the only way I could see his hire being fucked up is if he can't get coordinators and assistants that can recruit.  I think CDC- even if he has to sit at the kids table wearing a dunce cap- should be able to help with that. 

If I can figure this all out its a beyond obvious play.  Get it done big money boosters. 

[UncleBuck 6448]

Just now, Caddox said:

If we hire UM, we could no longer claim the school isnt committed to winning. 

Yes, to me and you. I'm specifically wondering what that agent is talking about, that's what I'm asking. Why would a coach think that?

[Gigglebush 107]

Guys. 

Let it go. Herman is our coach next year. This is just sad.

[utee94 15752]

5 minutes ago, Reese Bennett said:

We do need to upgrade. Mack went from The Bubble to this:

 

Every SEC team except Georgia has a better indoor facility. 

Here's what Virginia Tech is building:

Here's the Ohio State setup:

Colorado:

Washington:

We have a bubble with shitty lighting.

It was cutting edge back in the day but that day is long gone.

I don't think it was ever cutting edge, but it was certainly serviceable.  Now it looks... really bad.  Personally I don't care how it looks, but if player recruits, and coaching recruits do care, then perception becomes reality.

[UncleBuck 6448]

1 minute ago, Gigglebush said:

Guys. 

Let it go. Herman is our coach next year. This is just sad.

[lemonandaturd 4285]

Little brother might have fine facilities, but you still have to live in the armpit that is Bryan/College Station.  

[Caddox 952]

2 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

CDC is a much better hire than his two predecessors and hardly anyone alive remembers any AD before that.

Hes better than Patterson. I dont know how you can claim more than that. 

[FloridaHorn 4735]

Bijan going hard

 

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[IDIOTsavant 8467]

6 minutes ago, victory88 said:

not to keep shitting on facilities.  Our biggest rival and recruiting competitor has fucking boat raced us while our athletic department cared more about how many taco bell commercials they could fit in a single game.

What our little brother offers recruits...

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I can't see any trophies. Which one of these is the hall of champions?

[Hiphopopotamos 20867]

3 minutes ago, Caddox said:

Hes better than Patterson. I dont know how you can claim more than that. 

Perrin?

[DFW Horn 6119]

31 minutes ago, ztejas said:

ND under Kelly may be ND's ceiling at this point. I get we have been shit for a decade now but the ceiling at Texas is a step above the ceiling at ND simply due to geography (and maybe some academic shit).

While Kelly > Turtle, I can't get too damn excited about him as our new HC

[TriStone 1724]

6 minutes ago, Gigglebush said:

Guys. 

Let it go. Herman is our coach next year.  This is just sad.

Then get the fuck out of the thread and don't come back.  We've already met our quota of miserable fucksticks telling the rest of us how things really are.

[lemonandaturd 4285]

4 minutes ago, IDIOTsavant said:

I can't see any trophies. Which one of these is the hall of champions?

I think it is the one they are using as a big mess hall.  

[Caddox 952]

1 minute ago, Hiphopopotamos said:

Perrin?

I think Perrin did a good job.

[Hurtlocker 2208]

3 hours ago, Zeus said:

Independant

Ohio State and whoever else takes defensive players from Texas because they don't want to play on shitty defenses in a league where all the defenses are shitty. The style of play in the big 12 is like a 7 on 7 scrimmage, holding is allowed and normal hits get you thrown out of the game. Not a fun place to play DL. 

You can fire the coach an infinite amount of times and the league isn't going to change. It's been this way for 12+ years.

As of last weekend:

[nnm 36246]

9 minutes ago, Reese Bennett said:

We do need to upgrade. Mack went from The Bubble to this:

 

Every SEC team except Georgia has a better indoor facility. 

Here's what Virginia Tech is building:

Here's the Ohio State setup:

Colorado:

Washington:

We have a bubble with shitty lighting.

It was cutting edge back in the day but that day is long gone.

TCU:

 

 

CDC knows how to do this. 

[cdain3 3454]

2 hours ago, C-Man said:

Just realizing that this is the same motherfucker that almost fucked my Houston Rockets by not paying Hakeem. 

[General Specific 3243]

The dead man walking press conference announcing the haul should be a hoot.

Can Surly schedule a Zoom with TH on NSD and we shoot double birds at him?

[freyguy 4252]

7 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

 

We need more of this

[Hiphopopotamos 20867]

Someone on IT posted a screenshot of FCB thread - FCBis already hedging on the 'Tom Herman is back for 2021' report.  Mentions Patterson telling recruits Mack would be back and then two hours later telling the same recruits that he had just fired Mack.

[UncleBuck 6448]

A lot of schools with these nice facilities that don't have near as much $$$ available to them, I don't care how many buyouts Texas is having to pay. It doesn't have to be a $100M facility. Just needs to be a lot better. Not a lot of room to deal with around there anyway. 

[C-Man 27129]

 

40 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

If they lose to Clemson, they will not drop out of the top four.

If Clemson boat-races them ND could easily fall out of the Top 4. Of course that might mean aggy gets in.

 

11 minutes ago, victory88 said:

 

 

 

So that's what it looks like when it's not just John Travolta taking a private tour of aggy's Hall of Champions!

[victory88 5663]

Alright last pic.  This is just for the Clemson football players to hang around and have fun.  Someone had mentioned previously that Charlie Strong had to jump through hurdles to get ping pong tables for the team a few years back.

 

[closetohumping 17416]

1 minute ago, freyguy said:

We need more of this

[washparkhorn 9937]

Just a side note on money - Goldman is raising $100 million Rihanna' clothing line.  

 

If they can get $100 million for modified Fruit of the Loom offerings, getting the money to land the coach at Texas is child's play.

Make it happen, dammit.