2024 Texas Football Coaching and Support Staff Thread

[HenryJames 66038]

5 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

For anyone cares, and I know most of you sickos do, the OTF thread has some videos linked of some of his interviews at Western Kentucky or somewhere, where you can see his personality.

https://ontexasfootball.com/forums/topic/145-dl-coach-update-has-texas-found-their-man-thurs-1102-am/#comment-1396

Some of yall came come back here and let me know what you think, because I'm not watching that shit. 

I hope he talks like Colin Powell.

[SydneyCarton 48069]

5 minutes ago, Helobious said:

This is 100% about getting an in with D-line recruits from the Atlanta area, which has a knack for producing some good ones. This guy is from there and recruited plenty of guys from there to WKU. And the NFL experience is an even bigger plus. Whole lot of stupid in this thread. I think it’s a great hire. 

@Ricky's one-hitter 

There's still time to pull back your rhetoric before it's too late. 

[closetohumping 17437]

Carrington waited on me at Olive Garden. I left a 25% tip

[BornAndRaised 12281]

1 minute ago, closetohumping said:

Carrington waited on me at Olive Garden. I left a 25% tip

gotta be katfid

[Huckleberry 32850]

8 minutes ago, Helobious said:

This is 100% about getting an in with D-line recruits from the Atlanta area, which has a knack for producing some good ones. This guy is from there and recruited plenty of guys from there to WKU. And the NFL experience is an even bigger plus. Whole lot of stupid in this thread. I think it’s a great hire. 

God dammit. 

[LateAughtsHorn 588]

3 hours ago, Vito Andolini said:

Burton DL Coach search update from the @immamac alternative universe site

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I spoke to a person close to the situation last night. And here's what I was told...

Texas is looking for a certain type of DL coach. Steve Sarkisian really wants to up the level of recruiting they have seen on the interior DL.

While Bo Davis was a terrific coach, he didn't exactly leave the cupboard full at his position. Perhaps it's the only position on the team right now that doesn't have an abundance of talent in the underclass ranks.

Texas sees this as an opportunity to improve the staff overall.

Given that, Sark is trying to find someone who can fill the void of not only being an elite developer of talent, but also an elite recruiter of said talent.

That's not necessarily an easy task; Davis is a good coach after all. But Sark wants to make sure he nails this hire, both on the field and in recruiting.

https://ontexasfootball.com/forums/topic/138-thursday-d-line-coach-pursuit/#comment-1334

Glad to hear Sark is really looking to take his time with this hire. I feel bad saying this, because I love Rod Wright; but after losing a guy seen by many as "the best in the biz",  his name just felt a little underwhelming to me outside of the obvious connection. 

[South Austin 52459]

10 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

Hahaha. I am excited by this hire, personally. It's pure fucking chaos and it's going to force people into positions that make everyone a little uncomfortable. None of us know shit about him and there isn't a lot of meat on the bone when it comes to his dossier. We're speculating, handwringing, sunshine pumping and fingerpointing already. Outstanding.

I hope this guy crushes it. I don't even dislike the hire, but that's mostly because I knew options had whithered away so some risk was going to be involved. Now we get a guy that presents board chaos? Fucking yes. 

This is silly noise. Qualified people rec'd him. The bottom line is that Sarkisian interviewed him and thought him a winner. No one needs to read the bowels of potential random connections that could have led to that interview. The simplest connection is that Nagy likes the guy and passed his name on to Sarkisian, but who really fucking cares?

Fine with me.  Sark has built up a fair amount of goodwill coming off a great season and a track record of coaching hires at Texas that I'd say have been for the most part solid to spectacular.  And I don't think this guy is going to make or break our defense in 2024 with the Nansen and Year 4 of Kwiatkowski at the helm.  

But the "who????" factor with this guy is particularly strong.  

Edited January 25 by South Austin

[Ricky's one-hitter 9084]

8 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

@Ricky's one-hitter 

There's still time to pull back your rhetoric before it's too late. 

Goddammit

6 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

God dammit. 

GODDAMMIT

Edited January 25 by Ricky's one-hitter

[LCHorn 2615]

1 minute ago, South Austin said:

Sark has built up a fair amount of good will coming off a great season and a track record of coaching hires at Texas that I'd say have been for the most part solid to spectacular.

Not to be an external skeptic but I recall feeling this way about post-Muschamp Mack hires.  
 

On the opposite side, I think Sarkisian (regardless of what he’s paid and did last year) has a lot less institutional leverage and if it ends up being a mediocre hire he’ll get pressure to upgrade.  
 

As @SydneyCarton mentioned, I do like the DL coach on the Dolphins and Fangio is a top tier coordinator.  If we’re hiring based on what they’ve done over the last 12 months then it’s comparable to a Wright hire without the legacy story.  

[SydneyCarton 48069]

@LateAughtsHorn Is either doing wonderful trolling or going to have a hell of a shock when he reads the last two pages.

 

If it's the latter, this is why you finish reading the thread before you respond. 

[Michael Knight 12977]

14 minutes ago, Helobious said:

This is 100% about getting an in with D-line recruits from the Atlanta area, which has a knack for producing some good ones. This guy is from there and recruited plenty of guys from there to WKU. And the NFL experience is an even bigger plus. Whole lot of stupid in this thread. I think it’s a great hire. 

[JesusSweatDuck 17781]

17 minutes ago, Helobious said:

This is 100% about getting an in with D-line recruits from the Atlanta area, which has a knack for producing some good ones. This guy is from there and recruited plenty of guys from there to WKU. And the NFL experience is an even bigger plus. Whole lot of stupid in this thread. I think it’s a great hire. 

Oh fuck

[SydneyCarton 48069]

2 minutes ago, LCHorn said:

Not to be an external skeptic but I recall feeling this way about post-Muschamp Mack hires.  
 

On the opposite side, I think Sarkisian (regardless of what he’s paid and did last year) has a lot less institutional leverage and if it ends up being a mediocre hire he’ll get pressure to upgrade.  
 

As @SydneyCarton mentioned, I do like the DL coach on the Dolphins and Fangio is a top tier coordinator.  If we’re hiring based on what they’ve done over the last 12 months then it’s comparable to a Wright hire without the legacy story.  

Or the track record/resume. Unless you want to compare western kentcuky and his stint at Vassar with coaching and recruiting at UTSA, Miami, and oh by the way playing college football at a major college football program, as opposed to Gardner Webb

Edited January 25 by SydneyCarton

[GreenspointTexas 9598]

41 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

This has stench of having all your chips on Rod Wright, only to have him turn you down, and the going "Oh fuuuuuuuck." This dude makes Rod Wright look like Dick LeBeau. 

Couldn't give Frank Okam a call? At least he's an alum, and did well at Baylor. Fuck. 

Beyond not being able to rationalize this, I have a hard time thinking this could be anything other than "Well, I liked him on the phone interview we had..."

This

 

no Rod?

ok lets go to Okam

 

no Okam? Fuck it, bring back Giles even

[Hank Kingsley 20908]

16 minutes ago, Helobious said:

This is 100% about getting an in with D-line recruits from the Atlanta area, which has a knack for producing some good ones. This guy is from there and recruited plenty of guys from there to WKU. And the NFL experience is an even bigger plus. Whole lot of stupid in this thread. I think it’s a great hire. 

[Junior Bonner 6242]

I've not seen the board this united on anything. At least he's brought us all together...

[austintx 82]

Fuck it I'm in. Could see myself regretting this whole fucking thing come the first game of the season.

Dude seems chill and articulate so I guess that's good??? Hopefully we don't need any Bo Davis get off the fucking bus speeches.

[SydneyCarton 48069]

1 minute ago, GreenspointTexas said:

This

 

no Rod?

ok lets go to Okam

 

no Okam? Fuck it, bring back Giles even

Fuck no. I like this hire 500 times better than Giles. 

[closetojumping 62570]

Saban fucked up hires. Urban Meyer screwed up hires. Kirby Smart hired Bobo back as OC. Even guys that win titles get hires wrong for one reason or another. I've hired flops before when I was in a spot where I knew what I was doing and the firm I was with or leading was kicking ass. I think questioning hires like this is merited and anti-groupthink. I find it comical that people here are driving by with comments about people being critical of the hire. What is this board supposed to be doing right now if not analyzing this? The aggiest shit ever is to immediately parrot that the coach, any coach, should be blindly trusted with this kind of move because ... reasons. 

[Reynolds Woodcock 4739]

18 minutes ago, Helobious said:

This is 100% about getting an in with D-line recruits from the Atlanta area, which has a knack for producing some good ones. This guy is from there and recruited plenty of guys from there to WKU. And the NFL experience is an even bigger plus. Whole lot of stupid in this thread. I think it’s a great hire. 

[South Austin 52459]

2 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Fuck it, bring back Giles even

No thanks.  I'd prefer the devil you don't know.

[Helobious 9451]

Yep you guys are all correct and I’m the stupid one. Adding a coach with NFL experience and Georgia recruiting ties is going to be a huge net negative to the program. Can’t believe I didn’t see it sooner.

[Reynolds Woodcock 4739]

Just now, Helobious said:

Yep you guys are all correct and I’m the stupid one. 

Put this MF in the Louvre 

[Funk Doctor Spock 12182]

On 1/23/2024 at 8:41 PM, South Austin said:

So it okay to suck it, but don’t eat it.

 

 

 

[Huckleberry 32850]

Just now, austintx said:

Fuck it I'm in. Could see myself regretting this whole fucking thing come the first game of the season.

Dude seems chill and articulate so I guess that's good??? Hopefully we don't need any Bo Davis get off the fucking bus speeches.

This is where most people should be at. Like said above, it's certainly possible he ends up being awesome but it's all based on hope, which is fine as a fan. The only thing getting mocked around here is people attempting to act like his résumé is great. 

On one hand, if A&M had hired this guy we would have laughed as their writers tried to fluff him as a great hire. On the other hand they fuck up everything so maybe the current trajectory of the Texas program helps this guy be what we hope he can be. Like I said, it's all fan hope. Now he has to prove himself. 

[Michael Knight 12977]

at least hes not 67 years old

[LCHorn 2615]

1 minute ago, closetojumping said:

I find it comical that people here are driving by with comments about people being critical of the hire.

I was going to bring up “trust the coaches” as up there with “Natty” on the list of things Longhorns* shouldn’t say but I didn’t want to pick on any recent offenders.  
 

*Aggies, by comparison, can’t help themselves.  

[Tex Pete 20339]

50 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

Indeed. This is a pit.

I'd like for you to take a seat over here...next to Senor Duh'Vonta Lumpkin.

[Mo Horn 8831]

The last couple of pages are the true definition of Surly gonna Surly

[closetojumping 62570]

Just now, Helobious said:

Yep you guys are all correct and I’m the stupid one. Adding a coach with NFL experience and Georgia recruiting ties is going to be a huge net negative to the program. Can’t believe I didn’t see it sooner.

Given all of the evidence on the history of this site, it is indeed highly likely that we are all correct and you are the stupid one. 

And no one is even arguing that the guy having grown up in the southeast is a problem. Taking the position that that's why he was hired is a level of rarified air when it comes to ignorant stupidity that only you and a handful of others can achieve on this site. You have no fucking clue what you're doing here and it is painfully obvious to the rest of us. 

[BornAndRaised 12281]

Sidebar, is Helobious just a Futureman jr. Need to know if I should add him to block.

[Horn Dog 9816]

I will reserve judgment until  Helobious provides his feedback on this hire.

[Redneck Mutha 7954]

All the good stuff Miami did was because of him.  All the bad stuff they did was because they didn't listen to him.  $9.95, motherfuckers.

[MonkeyDoughnut 10231]

Pulling a respected guy from the NFL and this place gets out the pitchforks. Guess expectations have changed in one year with old seven win Steve...

[Helobious 9451]

1 minute ago, closetojumping said:

Given all of the evidence on the history of this site, it is indeed highly likely that we are all correct and you are the stupid one. 

And no one is even arguing that the guy having grown up in the southeast is a problem. Taking the position that that's why he was hired is a level of rarified air when it comes to ignorant stupidity that only you and a handful of others can achieve on this site. You have no fucking clue what you're doing here and it is painfully obvious to the rest of us. 

Hired because he grew up there? No. 
 

Hired because he has a (small) but proven track record of recruiting the area? Yes. And it’s pretty ignorant to think that wasn’t a huge factor. He’s going to be fine and his time with the Dolphins will give him added credibility with players and recruits. The only negative I’m seeing is that he’s probably not going to land us Gustavo Cordova.

[elguapo 4586]

[Pato del Muerto 52487]

Based on the last day of this thread, I thought I had divined that the hire would be Cleave Bryant. 

[ClubWhatever 12120]

Congrats to K-Bake on getting a big raise and foot in the door at a blue blood CFB program.   Welcome to Texas!

[Bamboozled73 315]

29 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

Carrington waited on me at Olive Garden. I left a 25% tip

Nice humble brag

[BigBenBamboozle 1952]

Maybe Helobious is right.

[HenryJames 66038]

3 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said:

K-Bake

Negged.

[South Austin 52459]

3 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said:

Congrats to K-Bake 

[CTC2 2794]

This hire is perplexing and disappointing. 

[UncleSonny 6571]

11 minutes ago, BornAndRaised said:

Sidebar, is Helobious just a Futureman jr. Need to know if I should add him to block.

Futureman is worthless because everything he posts is a bit that seems to be for the entertainment of only himself. 

Helobious seems sincere in his posts, just with an incredible rate of being wrong almost 100% of the time. So I think there is some value in reading those posts to check yourself if your takes ever align. 

26 minutes ago, Ricky's one-hitter said:

Goddammit

GODDAMMIT

Case in point. 

[horny_gunman 137]

I take myself off the Surl this morning to go visit my aunt and her cancer-ridden kidney.  And this happens?   
 

Hook ‘em though!

[SydneyCarton 48069]

1 minute ago, CTC2 said:

This hire is perplexing and disappointing. 

I won’t call this hire disappointing until he has a track record to measure. But it sure AF is underwhelming. 

[FloridaHorn 4753]

21 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

Saban fucked up hires. Urban Meyer screwed up hires. Kirby Smart hired Bobo back as OC. Even guys that win titles get hires wrong for one reason or another. I've hired flops before when I was in a spot where I knew what I was doing and the firm I was with or leading was kicking ass. I think questioning hires like this is merited and anti-groupthink. I find it comical that people here are driving by with comments about people being critical of the hire. What is this board supposed to be doing right now if not analyzing this? The aggiest shit ever is to immediately parrot that the coach, any coach, should be blindly trusted with this kind of move because ... reasons. 

This is where I sit. I personally have never heard of the guy, and I find his resume to be a bit underwhelming. That said, I will reserve final judgement until I see the what Coach Baker does with his time here. 

[CTC2 2794]

21 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

This is where most people should be at. Like said above, it's certainly possible he ends up being awesome but it's all based on hope, which is fine as a fan. The only thing getting mocked around here is people attempting to act like his résumé is great. 

On one hand, if A&M had hired this guy we would have laughed as their writers tried to fluff him as a great hire. On the other hand they fuck up everything so maybe the current trajectory of the Texas program helps this guy be what we hope he can be. Like I said, it's all fan hope. Now he has to prove himself. 

Hope is not a winning strategy. 

[Enchubben 5510]

Tough times like these you just sit back and thank god your pedophile head coach didn't hire Bill O'Brien to run your offense. 

[Park Gothic 5017]

6 minutes ago, horny_gunman said:

I take myself off the Surl this morning to go visit my aunt and her cancer-ridden kidney.  And this happens?   
 

Hook ‘em though!

Coming here on days like today is its own kind of cancer visit.