Sark after dark COACHING STAFF thread

[BurntOrangeBlooded15 1566]

4 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Banks allegedly sold PK on the job. To borrow a OB'ism, Banks could talk a dog off a meat truck. 

I mean the man is a million dollar a year TE coach at the biggest brand in college sports, dating a stripper that has a pet monkey.  Based off those facts alone, I’d hear a pitch from him on just about anything. 

[closetojumping 62568]

10 hours ago, Zeus said:

Where is the FIRE whatever the DCs name is thread?

It’s trapped on the Island of Tired Memes and Overused Shitty Dad Jokes. You and Yukon Cornelius should go there and try to save it. Send smoke signals back to us in order to keep us informed. 

7 hours ago, CHIEF said:

I dunno, he has a reputation as a hard worker, and Ash probably wouldn't have accepted a demotion to a position coach. Maybe Raymond was always a pipe dream. Joseph did coach a CFP backfield, and Sark sees something in him apparently. Maybe he was Muschamp pick before Muschamp bailed. There are quite a few reasons.

CHIEF

Okay, guys. Raymond allegedly didn’t make the trip because there’s compliance shit out there on him. Either what’s coming down the pipe at LSU is nasty and on him in part, or that could be the case and it isn’t worth it. 

If we can move on from that one and maybe see him down the line, great. 

1 hour ago, gmr548 said:

You can find ND sources that will tell you he’s a plus recruiter and coach. We won’t know for sure until a year from now. Agreed that secondary is the weak link in this staff. Joseph paired with Gideon leaves a good bit to be desired.

I talked to a guy that works nationally and he’s confused by the consternation over the hire. He mocked the concept that Joseph can’t recruit. Both ATM and ND tenures had hamstrings around maximizing performance. 

If Joseph flounders under Kwiatkowski, I’m guessing Sarkisian will fire him as soon as the 2021 season is over. He doesn’t seem to be fucking around. 

There’s far more hair on the Coleman re-hire than Joseph, to me. 

[Burt Macklin 19020]

9 hours ago, Longhornlove said:

I question Ash's ability to coach DB honestly simply for being dumb enough to hire guy at a school like Texas with virtually no experience. Makes me question his entire thought process. Just because Urban fondled his nuts means he was right. The DB improvement from year prior wasn't significant coverage wise. They did tackle better.

You’re really conflating the issue here. He’s a bad manager of people and bad at hiring as we saw at Rutgers, but he absolutely knows how to coach DBs.

7 hours ago, Rickylovesweed said:

You should probably do a little bit of research. Joseph recruited and coached Kyle Hamilton who has been on several All-American lists. 

Also, Joseph "wasn't fortunate". Multiple schools wanted him. 

 

Elko was the primary recruiter for Hamilton and did all the leg work in that one, not Joseph. 

 

4 hours ago, D3zii said:

I’ll put it like this, I don’t know Terry but I do know his cousin Mickey personally (WR coach at LSU) hell of a coach and even better recruiter, don’t believe me go look at his 247....

If Terry is anything like his cousin which I’m pretty sure they talk and probably give each other Tips..We’ll be just fine. Just give the guy a chance. If Sark has done anything it’s lead me to trust his decisions with these hires. 

his cousin’s a good coach, so he must be a good coach? Seriously? That’s what you came up with? Holy shit that’s dumb. 

1 hour ago, gmr548 said:

You can find ND sources that will tell you he’s a plus recruiter and coach. We won’t know for sure until a year from now. Agreed that secondary is the weak link in this staff. Joseph paired with Gideon leaves a good bit to be desired.

Where? I’ve never seen a single source say that about him from any of the schools he’s coached at. 

36 minutes ago, NoName said:

i mean, wasn't Jimmy Lake one of the say top 10? DB coaches in the country before he was bumped to the head corch?

Right. I’m not saying we had to get someone as good as Lake, but the downgrade from Lake to Joseph at CB is certainly something to monitor. 

 

[Droopy 2626]

Re: Joseph or any other position coach... 

If you’ve ever been in a position of hiring a team of people (3 or more), then you realize that you hire the best people that you can work well with. Not just the best resume with the highest achievements. If someone is a high performer but is an asshat to work with you have to weigh the importance of that position on your team. Sark seems to have a great core, with coaches that develop talent and, that I’ll bet, can make those around them better. Not all “great on paper” hires work out, even for the most thorough. Time will tell, but I finally feel comfortable with the head coach and his talent evaluations. 
 

 

[allrightallrightallright 67]

20 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Seattle radio interview with PK on why he took the Texas DC job. Link: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/139-softy-and-dick-interviews-27882152/episode/former-uw-defensive-coordinator-pete-kwiatkowski-76502248/#

Really interesting, between this interview and the Athletic article it looks like this all happened quickly over last weekend.  Clearly Sark had other plans, had to be waiting on someone else that fell through last week and they went to plan B.  Wonder if Quinn was Plan A

[Bodacious Bevo 3584]

1 hour ago, texifornia said:

One note about Milwee - even by MAC standards Akron is pretty much bereft of talent. No one's going there over Northern Illinois, Western Michigan, or even Toledo. Anytime they or Kent State even make a bowl it's a huge deal.

Another thing on Milwee--saw some Bama guys saying that he was bumped up to the 10 on-field assistants for two weeks last year when the coaching staff was down due to COVID. That's a very positive data point considering all the guys that Bama has as analysts. 

Sark is playcaller and coaching QBs, so he just needs a guy that he can trust to see the field during games and coach QBs the way he wants while he attends to other things during practice. If Milwee is that guy then he's a good hire. He's not the OC so there's no sense in judging him by his performance as OC.

Edited January 21, 2021 by Bodacious Bevo

[BurntOrange&White 39930]

8 minutes ago, Droopy said:

Re: Joseph or any other position coach... 

If you’ve ever been in a position of hiring a team of people (3 or more), then you realize that you hire the best people that you can work well with. Not just the best resume with the highest achievements. If someone is a high performer but is an asshat to work with you have to weigh the importance of that position on your team. Sark seems to have a great core, with coaches that develop talent and, that I’ll bet, can make those around them better. Not all “great on paper” hires work out, even for the most thorough. Time will tell, but I finally feel comfortable with the head coach and his talent evaluations. 
 

 

So Tom was right in bringing over his UH staff? 

 

[JBJ 3654]

If we wanted an upgrade from Ash as a secondary coach, it wasn't going to happen.  There a handfuls of guys more proven at the position, and they all have HC gigs.

[UncleBuck 6453]

3 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

So Tom was right in bringing over his UH staff? 

 

He said hire "the best people you can work well with." Not "the most average to below average people that you've worked with before."

Edited January 21, 2021 by UncleBuck

[BurntOrange&White 39930]

Just now, UncleBuck said:

He said hire "the best people you can work well with." Not "the most average to below average people that I've worked with before."

Those are the same for Tom

[Hiphopopotamos 20869]

5 hours ago, TheFlyingBoat said:

QBs: AJ Milwee (previously: analyst at Alabama, Akron OC/QB coach) - C

He was pretty terrible at Akron. His highest FEI offensive rating was in the 80s and every other year is below 100. That's out of like 125 teams. In 2018, he was third from last. Maybe he's a decent QB coach without having to deal with the difficulties of being an OC. Maybe he just sucks. He is described as Sark's right hand which sound like code for comfort hire to me. Maybe he got better through osmosis and Sark thinks he learned well during his time as an analyst at Bama. Maybe the dude still sucks. Sark apparently plans to call plays and be heavily involved with day to day offensive duties, so it is possible he could mitigate this by virtue of being a great QB coach himself, but man, I really think we could have done better.

 

This is just fucking stupid.

Regardless of what you think of Milwee's time at Akron - he isn't being hired to coordinate the offense, he is being hired to game-plan and assist Sark with coaching the QB's. He was promoted to on-field coach when Saban was out with COVID and clearly had the trust of the Alabama staff (he was hired by Jones to be OC at Arkansas ST).  I'm not even sure how anyone could begin to grade this hire considering how little of his job was available for public consumption.  All we really have to go off of is the Alabama game plans that he (allegedly) had a hand in drawing up.  Does anyone think Sark doesn't have a good idea of Milwee's strengths and weaknesses?

I'd love to see Boat's ranking of QB coaches that Sark should have gone with.  

Its also hilarious that you're fine with the GIdeon hire (an A-minus?) - despite not having a real position on this staff and his hire likely preventing us from hiring a dedicated CB coach.  Hell, the one area (ST's) Gideon excelled in he isn't even going to be in charge of.  Sark at least has two years of experience working with MIlwee - GIdeon was seemingly hired based off of an anticipated Muschamp hire that never happened. 

[UncleBuck 6453]

Just now, BurntOrange&White said:

Those are the same for Tom

I don't think Tom can work well with anyone. 

[Jebus 1305]

1 hour ago, Huckleberry said:

 Studies have shown that on 100% of completed passes the ball and the receiver end up at the same spot.

You got a source for this?

[stork642 4498]

1 hour ago, RollLeft said:

I think, at least for me, its less about Joseph not being the best hire Sark could have made vs not being a good hire.  Its as someone posted.  The others are so good by comparison he pales.  Others includes the other staff and other coaches fans wanted such as Raymond.  Also, in my mind, the timing of the hiring seemed odd especially with the Gideon hire being so close and there being no chance for DC to bring his guy.  Sark hired him for a reason and, not that it matters, i'm cool with it.  That said of the entire bunch he was the hire i question most.  Lastly, i'm pretty awesome and my cousin sucks.  I'd hate for people to make decisions about me based on that regard.

Sark said several times that putting together a coaching staff is like putting a jigsaw puzzle together.  The pieces need to fit to the others.  Who knows how good Joseph will be but based on the overall staff he’s put in place Sark definitely gets the benefit of the doubt from me.  This all reminds me of some dork complaining that Cindy Crawford would be hot if it weren’t for that mole.  

[Fondren & Main 6703]

Can you sorry bastards just be happy that we haven't completely fucked a goat with this hire?

Some of y'all need to put the keyboards down and go get laid or drunk.  Whichever is easier.

[Burt Macklin 19020]

23 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

 

I talked to a guy that works nationally and he’s confused by the consternation over the hire. He mocked the concept that Joseph can’t recruit. Both ATM and ND tenures had hamstrings around maximizing performance. 

If Joseph flounders under Kwiatkowski, I’m guessing Sarkisian will fire him as soon as the 2021 season is over. He doesn’t seem to be fucking around. 

There’s far more hair on the Coleman re-hire than Joseph, to me. 

Glad to hear a good data point on him. I’m not really worried about his recruiting. His evals and coaching/development are the issues IMO. For evals, hopefully our personnel department will take care of that for him. I also liked him significantly better as a hire when I thought he would be coaching Safeties.  Historically, when he was a DB coach, his safeties performed better than corners. There are concerns about his technical coaching at CB. 

[Beef 128]

Really interesting, between this interview and the Athletic article it looks like this all happened quickly over last weekend.  Clearly Sark had other plans, had to be waiting on someone else that fell through last week and they went to plan B.  Wonder if Quinn was Plan A

Plan A was Muschamp. Once he accepted and then later backed out (hence coaches hired before New DC) he had to find another DC.

After that, they took a step back and casted a wide net to look at what was out there.

[HenryJames 66038]

40 minutes ago, RollLeft said:

Sounds like he and Banks are closer than most realize.  Interdasting.

Eskimo brothers.

[Tex Pete 20339]

53 minutes ago, Doc Reeves said:

Fun note, I went to school with former OL coach Chris Morgan. He’s a Killeen HS grad

Good dude and good coach. Hate that he lost his job, but he’ll land on his feet. 

[USMCHorn 1369]

Even when great things happen we find shit to bitch about. Our fan base is completely insufferable.

[LTtxfan 49148]

Cross-posting for those who like interviews... Seattle radio guy "Softy" on HornFM Jan 20, 2021 -- beginning of the hour below.

 

What is TEXAS getting in their new DC nicknamed "PK"

 

[Lou_Sassle 2874]

47 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Banks allegedly sold PK on the job. To borrow a OB'ism, Banks could talk a dog off a meat truck. 

[texifornia 56870]

1 minute ago, USMCHorn said:

Even when great things happen we find shit to bitch about. Our fan base is completely insufferable.

Unless you've got a brainwashed cult like TexAgs, every fanbase is going to be like this.

And even the most pessimistic posters here like the staff as a whole, but have some nits to pick.

[SimkinsMan 4386]

Sark making all the right moves so far. Impressing donors, getting buy-in from the players, and hiring a kick-ass staff. The future seems brighter than it's been in a while!

Sorry, is that too optimistic for Surly?

[Mitch Cumsteen 18547]

20 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

Eskimo brothers.

Snow monkey brothers. 

[Burt Macklin 19020]

9 minutes ago, texifornia said:

Unless you've got a brainwashed cult like TexAgs, every fanbase is going to be like this.

And even the most pessimistic posters here like the staff as a whole, but have some nits to pick.

It’s hilarious to see how many people get triggered when I clearly said our staff is great, but this guy is the most questionable. People really struggle to hold multiples ideas in their mind. We either have to have a great staff picked by a head coach who never makes mistakes or Tom is terrible and everyone on his staff sucked, including Coleman...who our new coach who can’t make mistakes just retained. 
 

2 minutes ago, SimkinsMan said:

Sark making all the right moves so far. Impressing donors, getting buy-in from the players, and hiring a kick-ass staff. The future seems brighter than it's been in a while!

Sorry, is that too optimistic for Surly?

Nope. I wasn’t a fan of the Sark hire at first, but I agree with everything you said and I’m very optimistic about Sark and our coaching staff.  
 

Hiring PK put me over the top. He’s such a solid defensive coach, if that’s who Sark nabs as his Plan B/Plan C at DC, then we’re in damn good shape. 

[Voluminous Banality 1032]

22 minutes ago, texifornia said:

Unless you've got a brainwashed cult like TexAgs, every fanbase is going to be like this.

And even the most pessimistic posters here like the staff as a whole, but have some nits to pick.

It took satyanash .3 milliseconds to like this post.

[KYHorn 17017]

1 hour ago, closetojumping said:

There’s far more hair on the Coleman re-hire than Joseph, to me. 

It was interesting that Sark said he has tried to hire Coleman multiple times, including at Bama. Seems like we're in the dark on some aspects of his ability, and our sample size is only 1 (unimpressive) year

[victory88 5663]

With regards to Milwee, I'm guessing he's basically Sarks 2nd set of eyes and ears.  He's probably going to be the one in the press box relaying what he sees on the field to Sark.  He was a record setting QB wasn't he?  Also called plays and did very well right?  From the sounds of it, he's probably extremely bright, understands Sark's system very well, and probably gets shit done.  I think I read a report elsewhere that he's probably going to be the one running the meetings when Sark isn't there.  

Sark probably trusts him and it's probably why he was the first coach that was confirmed by the reporters when Sark took the job.  If I were to guess...

Sark will call the plays.

Milwee will be in the press box relaying formations, personnel, tendencies.

Flood will handle the blocking schemes.

[RollLeft 5040]

37 minutes ago, USMCHorn said:

Even when great things happen we find shit to bitch about. Our fan base is completely insufferable.

[ousux 5597]

Banks allegedly sold PK on the job. To borrow a OB'ism, Banks could talk a dog off a meat truck. 

Can he talk a stripper off a pole?

[WinningIsHard 4028]

1 hour ago, closetojumping said:

It’s trapped on the Island of Tired Memes and Overused Shitty Dad Jokes. You and Yukon Cornelius should go there and try to save it. Send smoke signals back to us in order to keep us informed. 

Okay, guys. Raymond allegedly didn’t make the trip because there’s compliance shit out there on him. Either what’s coming down the pipe at LSU is nasty and on him in part, or that could be the case and it isn’t worth it. 

If we can move on from that one and maybe see him down the line, great. 

I talked to a guy that works nationally and he’s confused by the consternation over the hire. He mocked the concept that Joseph can’t recruit. Both ATM and ND tenures had hamstrings around maximizing performance. 

If Joseph flounders under Kwiatkowski, I’m guessing Sarkisian will fire him as soon as the 2021 season is over. He doesn’t seem to be fucking around. 

There’s far more hair on the Coleman re-hire than Joseph, to me. 

How do you like that? Even among misfits, you're a misfit. No better quote for surly lulz 

[billfromlaketravis 11448]

8 minutes ago, ousux said:

1 hour ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Banks allegedly sold PK on the job. To borrow a OB'ism, Banks could talk a dog off a meat truck. 

Can he talk a stripper off a pole?

No. Obviously not. 

[Teryor 4450]

36 minutes ago, texifornia said:

Unless you've got a brainwashed cult like TexAgs, every fanbase is going to be like this.

And even the most pessimistic posters here like the staff as a whole, but have some nits to pick.

I'm totally with you, but a lot of the nits being picked are just hilariously ignorant. Joseph being fortunate to end up at Notre Dame which is the only reason he looked good and AJ Milwee's Akron OC performance preventing us from hiring one of the "great QB coaches in the country" are just stupid takes without basis in reality.

[Machinator 32099]

The Milwee comments are odd in that I'm not sure how many great non-playcalling OC/QB coaches are out there and willing to be hired at a place where you're not going to get much of the credit for your work. I suppose Ohio State has done it, but they're in a different place as a program than we are right now.

[closetohumping 17437]

Holy shit.  I guess there was too much positivity in this thread.  Look I know “we’re Texas “ but not every assistant wants to uproot their lives and family to be in Austin.  Look what happened to guys like Hagen and hutzler.   
 

and Joseph sucks, according to who? A friend of Kevin Dunn’s?   As for Coleman, he’s had one year working with a guy who apparently is a meddler.  I’m ok with giving him another year.  Any chance Colbert and Wiggins just didn’t want to come. 
 
and fuck off with the herm comparisons.  He brought 7 dudes from Houston and one of his best buddies.   Seems like sark barely knew Joseph,Gideon, Pete, And Bo.  
 

also everyone is taking about Ash bring a great db coach. I wasn’t that impressed with our defensive backs last year
 

 

Relax and let it play out

[closetohumping 17437]

1 hour ago, Fondren & Main said:

Can you sorry bastards just be happy that we haven't completely fucked a goat with this hire?

Some of y'all need to put the keyboards down and go get laid or drunk.  Whichever is easier.

Getting drunk makes getting laid easier

[Teryor 4450]

2 minutes ago, Machinator said:

The Milwee comments are odd in that I'm not sure how many great non-playcalling OC/QB coaches are out there and willing to be hired at a place where you're not going to get much of the credit for your work. I suppose Ohio State has done it, but they're in a different place as a program than we are right now.

The only reason we know Corey Dennis's name is because of Ewers/Urban. Every good/great QB coach goes up the ladder to OC/HC quickly.

[Machinator 32099]

1 minute ago, Teryor said:

The only reason we know Corey Dennis's name is because of Ewers/Urban. Every good/great QB coach goes up the ladder to OC/HC quickly.

I was actually referring to Kevin Wilson and Mike Yurcich.

Edit: although it appears that Wilson now shares playcalling duties with Day.

Edited January 21, 2021 by Machinator

[RaysBoomBoomRoom 5742]

8 minutes ago, Machinator said:

The Milwee comments are odd in that I'm not sure how many great non-playcalling OC/QB coaches are out there and willing to be hired at a place where you're not going to get much of the credit for your work. I suppose Ohio State has done it, but they're in a different place as a program than we are right now.

Both sides have valid points. I mean Ohio State had Mike Yurcich as their QB coach and he was a sitting OC of a top 15 offense the year before. However the role of a QB coach isn't to recruit, its to help the OC with game planning and be an aid in the technical development of QB's. Milwee played college FB and knows this offense and will help with the transition. if he can actually aid in play calling that's a bonus, but as an analyst his job was to break down opposing defenses, he is familiar with what sark wants and the lingo he speaks so when we play tcu he can say "hey remember what we did last year against Auburn.." that's a big deal imo. So while we probably couldve hired a more qualified guy we probably ended up with the right guy. So excited to kick peoples ass.

Edited January 21, 2021 by RaysBoomBoomRoom

[RollLeft 5040]

8 minutes ago, Machinator said:

The Milwee comments are odd in that I'm not sure how many great non-playcalling OC/QB coaches are out there and willing to be hired at a place where you're not going to get much of the credit for your work. I suppose Ohio State has done it, but they're in a different place as a program than we are right now.

You know what else is odd, when people confuse the gordita with the puffy taco.  One is Mexican and the other Tex-Mex.   

Edited January 21, 2021 by RollLeft

[derpyhorndog 2557]

For fear of stating the obvious, even without our collective PTSD from Charlie’s and Tom’s initial staffs, every surly poster save trolls and and the Pope of Pessimism would have been happy with this slate of assistant hires if presented at the onset of the search as a hypothetical.

It’s not perfect and there are a few that deserve scrutiny, and I don’t mind the scrutiny because that kind of discussion is kind of the life blood of CFB message boards. But I, like many others, have renewed optimism for success of the program given who has been assembled and Sark’s calculated actions only a couple weeks out of the gate - and that’s after being down on the hire when it first happened.

Absent an abysmal hire with the last defensive hire, this is easily a Top 10 staff in college football and has the potential to be even higher. We beat UGA and had stretches of success and what at the time appeared to be positive trajectory with a JV coaching staff led by a psychiatrist’s dream heading the charge.

If you trust Sark’s coaching and program-leading abilities, there is every reason to believe we have the pieces to move from mirage to actual sustained success and, if we do that, you’re looking at a Bama-lite situation (at least early on) where any “B-range” staffers will be much more easily upgraded. You need a new HC regime jump out the gate on a path to sustained success and stability to be in a position to do that, and we avoided a three-peat nightmare scenario where initial hires delivered the silent kill shot before a single game was played and a year or two later you’re taking late-night trips to Tulsa to beg a G5 coordinator to accept your money whip. Be happy and optimistic my friends, you surly fucks. 

[closetohumping 17437]

8 hours ago, cafe society said:

Small sample size and grow the fuck up.

He also coached Notre  dame the entire year.  Looks like their defense wasn’t awful.  Is it because they had an elite front 7?  Maybe.  Maybe not.  I’m too lazy to look it up on a mobile

Edited January 21, 2021 by closetohumping

[FloridaHorn 4753]

5 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

Getting HER drunk makes getting laid easier

FIFY

[General Specific 3254]

Getting drunk makes getting laid easier

Bullshit! Getting her drunk, makes getting laid easier!

[texifornia 56870]

4 minutes ago, derpyhorndog said:

For fear of stating the obvious, even without our collective PTSD from Charlie’s and Tom’s initial staffs, every surly poster save trolls and and the Pope of Pessimism would have been happy with this slate of assistant hires if presented at the onset of the search as a hypothetical.

It’s not perfect and there are a few that deserve scrutiny, and I don’t mind the scrutiny because that kind of discussion is kind of the life blood of CFB message boards. But I, like many others, have renewed optimism for success of the program given who has been assembled and Sark’s calculated actions only a couple weeks out of the gate - and that’s after being down on the hire when it first happened.

Absent an abysmal hire with the last defensive hire, this is easily a Top 10 staff in college football and has the potential to be even higher. We beat UGA and had stretches of success and what at the time appeared to be positive trajectory with a JV coaching staff led by a psychiatrist’s dream heading the charge.

If you trust Sark’s coaching and program-leading abilities, there is every reason to believe we have the pieces to move from mirage to actual sustained success and, if we do that, you’re looking at a Bama-lite situation (at least early on) where any “B-range” staffers will be much more easily upgraded. You need a new HC regime jump out the gate on a path to sustained success and stability to be in a position to do that, and we avoided a three-peat nightmare scenario where initial hires delivered the silent kill shot before a single game was played and a year or two later you’re taking late-night trips to Tulsa to beg a G5 coordinator to accept your money whip. Be happy and optimistic my friends, you surly fucks. 

All caveated with: as long as Sark stays way the fuck away from Sixth Street.

[satyanash 14478]

9 hours ago, Teryor said:

Ya the guy who coached the secondary that held Alabama to its worst performance of the season must have just been in the right place cause he really sucked ass but keep talking about BDE I'm sure that'll help bring in Urban to replace him

A statement this hilariously wrong getting so much rep is classic Surly. Mac Jones tore ND's secondary apart and had 182 yards in just the 1st half. Alabama's first three drives ended with scoring passes of 26 yards, 12 yards, and 24 yards. Bama's only punt that half came after DeVonta Smith was tackled behind the LOS on that trick play and it ended the drive.

Gormlessly staring at the final score doesn't tell you anything; the reason Bama only scored 31 is because ND strung together longer drives on offense than Bama usually allows and didn't go three-and-out so the offense had fewer possessions. If any secondary did the best against Bama, it was maybe Arky (their offense compensated for it with four turnovers) or Kentucky (who doesn't have a front 7 like NDs and got ran over by the Bama rushing attack)

Edited January 21, 2021 by satyanash

[Wulaw Horn 19068]

13 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

Getting drunk makes getting laid easier

I did both last night. With my wife though, not South Austin’s mom, so I might have been doing it wrong. 

[victory88 5663]

4 minutes ago, derpyhorndog said:

For fear of stating the obvious, even without our collective PTSD from Charlie’s and Tom’s initial staffs, every surly poster save trolls and and the Pope of Pessimism would have been happy with this slate of assistant hires if presented at the onset of the search as a hypothetical.

It’s not perfect and there are a few that deserve scrutiny, and I don’t mind the scrutiny because that kind of discussion is kind of the life blood of CFB message boards. But I, like many others, have renewed optimism for success of the program given who has been assembled and Sark’s calculated actions only a couple weeks out of the gate - and that’s after being down on the hire when it first happened.

Absent an abysmal hire with the last defensive hire, this is easily a Top 10 staff in college football and has the potential to be even higher. We beat UGA and had stretches of success and what at the time appeared to be positive trajectory with a JV coaching staff led by a psychiatrist’s dream heading the charge.

If you trust Sark’s coaching and program-leading abilities, there is every reason to believe we have the pieces to move from mirage to actual sustained success and, if we do that, you’re looking at a Bama-lite situation (at least early on) where any “B-range” staffers will be much more easily upgraded. You need a new HC regime jump out the gate on a path to sustained success and stability to be in a position to do that, and we avoided a three-peat nightmare scenario where initial hires delivered the silent kill shot before a single game was played and a year or two later you’re taking late-night trips to Tulsa to beg a G5 coordinator to accept your money whip. Be happy and optimistic my friends, you surly fucks. 

I 100% agree.  It’s exciting to see where this can go.  I’ve followed college football my whole life and I’ve come to learn that most college coaches are idiots.  Most of these guys would probably never get into a school like Texas.  The reason I’m making this point is that these coaches sometimes make this job harder than it is.  In today’s college football, you need to 100% do the following.  Only a few programs can offer you the opportunity to do this and Texas is one of them.  You do the following and you will compete for the CFP.  Kirby Smart, who is an idiot, has proven this.

 

1.  Hire a team of good coaches and recruiters.  Sark has done this.

2.  Don’t be a dick to your team and recruits.  Sark seems to be very likeable. 
 

3.  Let the coaches you hire do their jobs without meddling.  Herman struggled with this, Strong seemed oblivious to anything and everything on this end.  Sark stated in his interview that the biggest thing he learned from Saban was to let the coaches do their jobs and not to try to do everything yourself.

4.  The most important aspect.  Recruit the biggest and fastest guys.  You will win 90% of your games in college football by simply just having better athletes.  Put your best players in space and give them the damn ball.  Herman couldn’t do this.  He stuck to his stupid system and played favorites.  Strong didn’t have the players.  That roster he inherited may have been the worst in the history of Texas football.

 

Just do those things above Sark and you will be a legend here, I promise you.

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As sad as Husky fans were with PK leaving, they are thrilled with the possibility that Bob Gregory may leave as well. They apparently think he really sucks.