This is who Steve Sarkisian is.

[royiv 9321]

5 hours ago, Beantown Express 2.0 said:

At least it’s an improvement right?  

Listen, Sark probably isnt the guy and will get fired after 2 more years if the W-L record still sucks but I don’t see another coach really doing much with this team as it is currently constructed either.  Sonny Dykes wouldn’t have this team playing any better.  That guy ain’t the next Nick Saban and based on what I have seen from TCU this year they barely won a bunch of games against a mediocre Big 12. I may be wrong but is TCU starting a freshmen QB, freshmen OL, Freshmen CB etc… TCU will get destroyed in the playoffs against OSU or UGA once the Big 12 refs aren’t calling their games.  Duggan was not that impressive last night but their WR is a total stud.  Better than anyone we had on the field last night. 

But Dykes's team won the game, no? And he has his team in position for the postseason? Looks to me like he's done more with less than Sark. 

[closetohumping 17442]

51 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

He’s not going to make it.

Which is a bummer because I like the guy.

I’m reminded of the words of Scipio from some post way back in the day: “Now we just wait”

Was he talking about sark?  I agree. I like sark

[DFW Horn 6124]

4 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

I like sark

Why?

I've often wondered how people can make these comments unless you know him personally.

[6th Street 6411]

I like how our entire game plan was based on trying to block punts and roughing said punter

[Nicole44 22060]

Wrong thread. Oops. 

Edited November 13, 2022 by Nicole44

[Jkwellborn 6702]

Hawkins at CU lost 3 in a row 2006 - 2008 and was 1-4 in his 5 years

Yeah, but Kansas was good then and Colorado was like Kansas the rest of the time.

[Brothahorn 10087]

Why?
I've often wondered how people can make these comments unless you know him personally.

He likes his sense of fashion.

[Helobious 9454]

57 minutes ago, immamac said:

Sark is too stupid to use Roschon and Bijan for 45 combined touches.

Harbaugh was a chronic underachiever at Michigan until he finally realized running the ball until you break your opponent’s will is a pretty great strategy for winning football games. Wish Sark would’ve done that this year considering our RB stable. I know our oline isn’t the best at it but I think they would’ve adjusted as the season went on.

[C-Man 27230]

Sark is too stupid to use Roschon and Bijan for 45 combined touches.

Until we show the slightest proficiency throwing the ball, defenses are going to continue to pack the box and date Ewers to beat them with his arm.

[Beantown Express 2.0 6559]

1 hour ago, royiv said:

But Dykes's team won the game, no? And he has his team in position for the postseason? Looks to me like he's done more with less than Sark. 

Are you sure about the more with less?  Is their O line better than our O Line?  Is their QB better than ours?  How bout the defensive players compared to ours?  Do they have more depth and experience?  Below is their starting offense.  Looks to me like a very experienced unit loaded with upper classmen.  Their O line is 4 RS seniors and 1 RS junior.  The Defense of theirs is similar but they do have one freshman starting at NT I believe.  Let’s see how great Dykes does with a less experienced roster.  Maybe he is the next great coach and they will go undefeated or lose a game here or there for the next decade.  I am guessing this is their “year that everything fell in place” and he goes back to being the 3-5 loss a year coach he was at Cal and SMU.  

Once again, I am not saying Sark is the answer and will be great here.  He probably flames out in another 2 years based on what we have seen, but we are starting and playing way too many true freshman or RS freshman which shows how shitty the roster was that was left to him.  In 2 years our OL will be mostly juniors with tons of experience and they will be dominant so whomever is coaching the team then will have the advantage of being able to pound the football with the run and get good pass protection which will lead to a really good offense.  It all starts in the trenches.

 

WR-X	1	Johnston, Quentin JR	00	Conwright, Blair RS JR	6	Jackson, Chase RS FR
WR-Z	18	Williams, Savion JR	87	Nowell, Blake RS SO	7	Hudson, Jordan FR
WR-Y	12	Spivey, Geor'Quarius RS SR/TR	80	Rogers, D'Andre RS FR	81	Curtis, Chase SR/TR
WR-H	4	Barber, Taye SR	11	Davis, Derius SR	27	Henderson, Gunnar SR/TR
LT	77	Coleman, Brandon RS JR/TR	71	Williams, Marcus RS JR	55	Rochester, Robby SO/TR
LG	79	Avila, Steve RS SR	76	Hayes, Garrett RS SO	58	Barlow, Altrique RS SO	75	Brown, Brannon RS JR
OC	56	Ali, Alan RS SR/TR	52	Dotson-Oyetade, Ezra RS FR/TR
RG	53	Lanz, John RS SR	78	Harris, Wes RS SR	66	Bolticoff, Noah RS FR
RT	74	Coker, Andrew RS JR	68	Nichols, Michael RS SO	72	Lott, Jasper RS FR
TE	19	Wiley, Jared SR/TR	84	DiNunzio, Dominic RS JR	47	Ware, Carter RS SR
QB	15	Duggan, Max SR	2	Morris, Chandler RS SO/TR	16	Jackson, Sam RS FR
RB	33	Miller, Kendre JR	3	Demercado, Emari RS SR/TR	17	Battle, Trent RS FR	9	Bailey, Emani JR/TR	21

 

 

[DFW Horn 6124]

35 minutes ago, Brothahorn said:

53 minutes ago, DFW Horn said:

Why?
I've often wondered how people can make these comments unless you know him personally.

He likes his sense of fashion.

I'd rather Sark be a raging asshole like Saban, Urban, and Kelly as long as he wins.

Who wouldn't trade Sark for any other Big 12 coach right now, except Venables?

[closetohumping 17442]

56 minutes ago, DFW Horn said:

Why?

I've often wondered how people can make these comments unless you know him personally.

I know people who have interacted with him.  Apparently a nice considerate guy

[troph 24808]

4 minutes ago, DFW Horn said:

I'd rather Sark be a raging asshole like Saban, Urban, and Kelly as long as he wins.

Who wouldn't trade Sark for any other Big 12 coach right now, except Venables?

If it means the clock starts all over with the new guy in this scenario then not many. 

[DFW Horn 6124]

1 minute ago, troph said:

If it means the clock starts all over with the new guy in this scenario then not many. 

Why not?

Who's done less with more than Sark?

[royiv 9321]

15 minutes ago, Beantown Express 2.0 said:

Are you sure about the more with less?  Is their O line better than our O Line?  Is their QB better than ours?  How bout the defensive players compared to ours?  Do they have more depth and experience?  Below is their starting offense.  Looks to me like a very experienced unit loaded with upper classmen.  Their O line is 4 RS seniors and 1 RS junior.  The Defense of theirs is similar but they do have one freshman starting at NT I believe.  Let’s see how great Dykes does with a less experienced roster.  Maybe he is the next great coach and they will go undefeated or lose a game here or there for the next decade.  I am guessing this is their “year that everything fell in place” and he goes back to being the 3-5 loss a year coach he was at Cal and SMU.  

Once again, I am not saying Sark is the answer and will be great here.  He probably flames out in another 2 years based on what we have seen, but we are starting and playing way too many true freshman or RS freshman which shows how shitty the roster was that was left to him.  In 2 years our OL will be mostly juniors with tons of experience and they will be dominant so whomever is coaching the team then will have the advantage of being able to pound the football with the run and get good pass protection which will lead to a really good offense.  It all starts in the trenches.

 

WR-X	1	Johnston, Quentin JR	00	Conwright, Blair RS JR	6	Jackson, Chase RS FR
WR-Z	18	Williams, Savion JR	87	Nowell, Blake RS SO	7	Hudson, Jordan FR
WR-Y	12	Spivey, Geor'Quarius RS SR/TR	80	Rogers, D'Andre RS FR	81	Curtis, Chase SR/TR
WR-H	4	Barber, Taye SR	11	Davis, Derius SR	27	Henderson, Gunnar SR/TR
LT	77	Coleman, Brandon RS JR/TR	71	Williams, Marcus RS JR	55	Rochester, Robby SO/TR
LG	79	Avila, Steve RS SR	76	Hayes, Garrett RS SO	58	Barlow, Altrique RS SO	75	Brown, Brannon RS JR
OC	56	Ali, Alan RS SR/TR	52	Dotson-Oyetade, Ezra RS FR/TR
RG	53	Lanz, John RS SR	78	Harris, Wes RS SR	66	Bolticoff, Noah RS FR
RT	74	Coker, Andrew RS JR	68	Nichols, Michael RS SO	72	Lott, Jasper RS FR
TE	19	Wiley, Jared SR/TR	84	DiNunzio, Dominic RS JR	47	Ware, Carter RS SR
QB	15	Duggan, Max SR	2	Morris, Chandler RS SO/TR	16	Jackson, Sam RS FR
RB	33	Miller, Kendre JR	3	Demercado, Emari RS SR/TR	17	Battle, Trent RS FR	9	Bailey, Emani JR/TR	21

 

 

That's a whole lot of words for a Sark stan.

[DFW Horn 6124]

Just now, longhornmatt said:

You know Mike Gundy, Matt Campbell, Sonny Dykes, Lincoln Riley, Dave Aranda, Lance Leipold, Neal Brown, and Joey McGuire?

Well, maybe not Neal fucking Brown either, but you get my point.

[Beantown Express 2.0 6559]

Just now, royiv said:

That's a whole lot of words for a Sark stan.

Yes I am a big sark Stan whatever that is.  Nothing I wrote was incorrect.  

[TwiceHorn 31483]

3 hours ago, LTtxfan said:

Oh it could have been worse... you have forgotten pick 6's thrown by Card in the past when under pressure...  😬😬😬😬😬

I tend to agree with you that Card likely would have been a disaster with more negative plays and actual turnovers.

Still, though, it seems to me we maybe ought to have tried him in the "piss on a spark plug" kind of thinking.

2 minutes ago, Beantown Express 2.0 said:

Yes I am a big sark Stan whatever that is.  Nothing I wrote was incorrect.  

"Stan" = psychotic fanboi, from an eminem joint.

[Beantown Express 2.0 6559]

1 minute ago, TwiceHorn said:

I tend to agree with you that Card likely would have been a disaster with more negative plays and actual turnovers.

Still, though, it seems to me we maybe ought to have tried him in the "piss on a spark plug" kind of thinking.

"Stan" = psychotic fanboi, from an eminem joint.

In that case, no I am not a sark fanboi.  I hope it works out and our team wins but I could give two shits who our coach is and if Sark loses enough games he will be shown the door and hopefully the next guy is better.  I still think the talent is too young on this team and that leads to mistakes which leads to close losses.

[closetohumping 17442]

21 minutes ago, longhornmatt said:

You know Mike Gundy, Matt Campbell, Sonny Dykes, Lincoln Riley, Dave Aranda, Lance Leipold, Neal Brown, and Joey McGuire?

I’m sleeping with his florist and dentist

[Beantown Express 2.0 6559]

6 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

I’m sleeping with his florist and dentist

Your boyfriend must be really talented to be both a florist and a dentist.

[tbone_ 14126]

Was he talking about sark?  I agree. I like sark

Mack Brown. Waaaay back in the day.

[tbone_ 14126]

Why?
I've often wondered how people can make these comments unless you know him personally.

He just seems like a good guy to me.

I didn’t know Herman personally either but he seemed like a dick.

I didn’t know Strong either. He just seemed clueless.

I did meet Mack personally a few times. Can confirm very thin skin.

[troph 24808]

50 minutes ago, DFW Horn said:

Why not?

Who's done less with more than Sark?

I don’t want more meadiokor. 

50 minutes ago, longhornmatt said:

You know Mike Gundy, Matt Campbell, Sonny Dykes, Lincoln Riley, Dave Aranda, Lance Leipold, Neal Brown, and Joey McGuire?

Gundy is consistent but shits the bed himself, don’t want. Campbell will break through once every 5-6 years for a NY6 bowl and will win 8-9 games a year with the occasional losing season. Dykes, yeah no. Riley isn’t a B12 coach. Aranda is 6-4, not our standard? Okay I’m done. Like I said, we are almost half way through this nightmare no do overs now with also rans giving them 5 year contracts.

Edited November 13, 2022 by troph

[Hank Chinaski 6315]

1 hour ago, DFW Horn said:

Why?

I've often wondered how people can make these comments unless you know him personally.

I mean, with Sark, a big part of it is that he’s an addict and has owned that and made changes in his life. That is admirable and isn’t easy, and many people can relate to what he’s gone through. He comes across as a humble, accountable, positive guy. That makes him likable (from afar).

None of that makes him a good coach or means he should be evaluated differently than his predecessors, of course.

[coachherman'sgrill 2105]

This time around, when Pete Kwiatkowski’s defense gave Texas every bit of a chance to take complete control of it’s destiny in the conference by overwhelming the No. 4 team throughout the better part of three quarters, Sark’s offense pissed the opportunity away, putting together one of the hardest-to-watch performances I can recall.

Burnt Orange Nation: Initial thoughts from No. 18 Texas’ 17-10 loss to No. 4 TCU.
https://www.burntorangenation.com/football/2022/11/12/23455483/initial-thoughts-from-no-18-texas-17-10-loss-to-no-4-tcu

[Wally Pryor 5261]

2 hours ago, DFW Horn said:

Why?

I've often wondered how people can make these comments unless you know him personally.

I didn't need to know Herman personally to hate him. His presented himself as-a-holier-than-thou asshole coupled with candy ass, sophomoric garbage both on and off the field.

Sarkisian conquered some serious personal demons in his life, really admirable. and comes off as a genuine, no-nonsense type of person.

It's not about knowing someone personally. You can see plenty of examples of how they present and carry themselves to know whether or not to like a person. But Sarkisian feels done in, twice now, not electing to bench a QB who was playing like garbage. And then exacerbating the issue with some nonsensical explanation last night that "it wasn't fair" to Card to give him a chance to win the game. What wasn't and isn't fair is Sarkisian sacrificing the good of a team when apparently he was too blind to see that Ewers needed to sit. 

[DFW Horn 6124]

59 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

He just seems like a good guy to me.

I didn’t know Herman personally either but he seemed like a dick.

I didn’t know Strong either. He just seemed clueless.

I did meet Mack personally a few times. Can confirm very thin skin.

Only HC I met in person, briefly, was Chuckles. Not PC, but I'm inclined to agree with Red McCombs assessment. /noracist

Agree that TFH does come off like a dick, but we'd overlook his juvenile antics if he won more. I still think he's a better coach than Sark. Not that it's a high bar.

[JMFP 1120]

My favorite Sark memory was when he hired Mike Stoops then had to call him back at the airport to tell him he was unhired. 

 

[UTEX_ME 4762]

Remember when losing to Kansas was a cause for termination at Texas? Our standard now will be keeping the coach with a losing streak to Kansas after Saturday.

[DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt 12301]

12 hours ago, JMFP said:

My favorite Sark memory was when he hired Mike Stoops then had to call him back at the airport to tell him he was unhired. 

 

What’s the backstory here?

[Red Five 40859]

Well, Cher was taking her driver's test, and bounced off another car. The instructor was not happy. 

[BrazilHorn 6609]

Sark's offense is the one that isn't playing his favorite buzzword "complementary football"

His continuous wasted second and short play of heaving the ball deep to double/triple covered Worthy who unless the ball is placed exactly in his hands (which happens never on these routes) won't make an effort to catch it just continuously wastes plays and sets team up for a predictable 3rd/short run play that teams just close all gaps and damn near tackle RB in back field.

Then punt and defense is back on field. Just crazy. Quit throwing deep to Worth on fly routes. It NEVER fucking works

[CurlyDumps 4471]

His post-game presser comment underscores how fucking lost he is. It went something like, "when the defense gives you deep shot looks, you have to take them" or something.

Right, because that's how great teams win - by chucking multiple deep shots per game with a QB who hasn't connected on one since September.

If he doesn't make significant changes to how he operates the offense, he'll get humiliated at least twice a year, and lose 2-3 more close games.

Edited November 14, 2022 by CurlyDumps

[Red Five 40859]

Worthy seems to track punts in the air just fine. Weird. 

[Thatguy 8700]

Just now, Red Five said:

Worthy seems to track punts in the air just fine. Weird. 

Yep

[bschoolprof 6255]

When TCU sold out its LBs (and safeties sometimes) to stop the run, Sark's answer was and is to throw deep, which is fine, except Ewers sucks at the deep ball.  This is a systemic problem that should have been anticipated in, I don't know, May.  

Seems like we could have attacked the middle more to punish the LBs keying on the run so much.  

Anyway, the simple blueprint on this offense is there for all opponents to see.  

 

[Tex Long 4400]

All due respect, my main concern about Sark here remains as it was through last season and thus far in this one: he is not able to carry out both HC and OC duties. Until he picks one and eschews the other, he's going  to continue to be shitty at both. 

[bschoolprof 6255]

16 minutes ago, Tex Long said:

All due respect, my main concern about Sark here remains as it was through last season and thus far in this one: he is not able to carry out both HC and OC duties. Until he picks one and eschews the other, he's going  to continue to be shitty at both. 

Can he just be the OC and hire himself a HC to be his boss?  

[Tex Long 4400]

5 minutes ago, bschoolprof said:

Can he just be the OC and hire himself a HC to be his boss?  

Sure he can. Worked with Saban, didn't it?

[CurlyDumps 4471]

9 minutes ago, bschoolprof said:

Can he just be the OC and hire himself a HC to be his boss?  

Yes! The "keep Charlie and hire a shadow head coach" strategy popularized on the recruiting board in 2016.

[mdmost 43002]

Well the beauty in all this complaining about not running the ball is we'll have even less options to run the ball next season when Bijan and Roschon are both gone. So more Ewers throwing deep to Worthy! I guess we can pray Jaydon Blue and Jonathon Brooks just kick ass next year in a way Bijan and Roschon weren't really allowed to. 

[6th Street 6411]

1 hour ago, Tex Long said:

All due respect, my main concern about Sark here remains as it was through last season and thus far in this one: he is not able to carry out both HC and OC duties. Until he picks one and eschews the other, he's going  to continue to be shitty at both. 

I don't think it's a time management issue. It's more a problem of coaching acumen problem, or lack thereof. Inability to adjust, stupid in game decisions such as roughing punter repeatedly, head scratching substitutions, etc.

[Nicole44 22060]

What’s changed? Well he’s 11-11 so there’s that. And Kansas is a chance to redeem ourselves…Okeedokee! 
The article is a pretty brutal read:

“In other words, TCU is everything Texas thinks it is, or should be, but hasn't been since Colt McCoy got knocked out of the 2010 BCS Championship Game in a 37-21 loss to Alabama. Steve Sarkisian is the third coach Texas has turned to since Mack Brown resigned in 2013, but 22 games into his tenure I've yet to see much evidence of it happening on the field.”

 

Edited November 14, 2022 by Nicole44

[lilMAC25 3794]

2 hours ago, DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt said:

What’s the backstory here?

He tried to hire Stoops and Texas fans said “FUCK ALL THAT NOISE” and then he hired Pete

[Tex Long 4400]

5 minutes ago, lilMAC25 said:

He tried to hire Stoops and Texas fans said “FUCK ALL THAT NOISE” and then he hired Pete

Reassign Milwee to recruiting, hire Riley Minor as OC. Then leave Riley to build the O based on talents instead of trying to hammer them into some predetermined system. If a new OC can make something happen, that's great, good, and wonderful; if he doesn't, it won't make a helluva lotta difference.

[DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt 12301]

1 hour ago, lilMAC25 said:

He tried to hire Stoops and Texas fans said “FUCK ALL THAT NOISE” and then he hired Pete

Texas fans are morons. Not sure I want y’all making hiring decisions.

[1leggedduck 443]

So at this point, we are fucked. Not aggy fucked, but fucked. Getting rid of a HC after his 2nd season would make the program even less likely to attrack top tier HC. So in the meantime we have to hope Sark figures it out, and/or it really is the roster, the number of freshmen and RS freshmen, attrition, etc. Maybe the team matures and deveolpes under the position coaches to the point they can win inspite of the HC. Worked once. That was a very special group. 

As for Ewers, someone needs to get hold of him quick and get him straightened out. That deer in headlights thing never works out for the deer. He is an elite arm talent who is starting to look like less than elite head talent. Sam got away with it as a freshman because Herman's offense valued him as a fullback and he could move the chains. A QB who can't throw accurately in this offense is just a wasted uniform.

[Hook1997 5355]

0 passes to Bijan, Roshon or K Robinson is really puzzling, it’s been successful all season and not one attempt to any of them.  

[Rip76 4928]

11 minutes ago, Hook1997 said:

0 passes to Bijan, Roshon or K Robinson is really puzzling, it’s been successful all season and not one attempt to any of them.  

And one would’ve been a wide open TD.