Big 12 Coaches Talk Anonymously About Conference Foes for 2018

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https://athlonsports.com/college-football/big-12-coaches-talk-anonymously-about-conference-foes-2018

Avert your eyes, Kansas fans.

What they said about Texas:

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"That whole Texas isn’t tough thing is way overrated. It has nothing to do with tough, it’s a lack of winning — and losing every way possible. That eats away at a team’s confidence, at a program’s core. That’s why Texas has struggled since the last couple years under Mack (Brown) and through Charlie (Strong) and into (Tom) Herman’s first year. If you’ve lost like they have, anything bad snowballs quickly. That’s Herman’s biggest job there: Getting those kids to believe bad things aren’t the be-all, end-all. You can overcome it."

 

"Let’s be honest here, too. Texas has struggled because Texas has been average at best at quarterback. You can’t play in this conference and be average at quarterback and win big. The quarterback is everything at every school in college football, but even more so in this conference. It’s the lifeblood." 

 

"Sam Ehlinger is a tough kid, a battler. I could see him developing into a guy they can win with. But he has to be smarter. He made some really poor decisions last year that cost them games. Not field position or possession — I’m talking games. His ball security was a big issue. He’s young. He’ll learn."

 

"You want to talk about Texas tough? That team can’t run the ball. We were more concerned with Ehlinger running the ball than anyone else. When you can’t run the ball, a majority of the time it’s because you can’t get a push up front. I can’t remember the last time the Texas offensive line scared us. They’re not pushing anyone around. That’s where is has to start for them."

 

"They got better on defense as the year went on. They were nothing like the year before. They were in position, played smart and were aggressive under Todd Orlando. They’re replacing a lot of guys on that side of the ball, and that’s where Herman’s recruiting has to start kicking in. It’s time to develop those guys to really change that program."

 

[elnimo 55]

Not a single false statement.

[jinx 2635]

22 minutes ago, elnimo said:

Not a single false statement.

Truth.  The one about running the ball is the one that infuriates me.

[TKthunder2 5040]

Is the an intervention?

 

Please let this be an intervention.

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7 minutes ago, jinx said:

Truth.  The one about running the ball is the one that infuriates me.

Yep.  Nobody is saying we need another Ricky or Earl, but we need something.

[texifornia 57543]

13 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Yep.  Nobody is saying we need another Ricky or Earl, but we need something.

Young can bludgeon up big yardage with a line that is just competent. Watson should be able to get plenty of yards on designed passes/sweeps/all that. Can our line be competent and can our playcalling not be shit?

[Neonmoon 38130]

Gilbert, McCoy, Swoopes, Jerrod, Buchele, -  that’s years of shitty QB

Add Shawn Watson, Sterling Gilbert, and Tim Beck - that’s a,whole lot of shit. 

None of the other problems matter 

[Catdaddyhorn 3448]

13 minutes ago, Neonmoon said:

Gilbert, McCoy, Swoopes, Jerrod, Buchele, -  that’s years of shitty QB

Add Shawn Watson, Sterling Gilbert, and Tim Beck - that’s a,whole lot of shit. 

Shitty Olines None of the other problems matter 

FiFY

[T’Boo Ted Marshall 2759]

Those quotes are gross.
Gross I tell ya!

[Radical Larry 28685]

[SDG 3319]

Honestly, I only clicked here because I thought RL would have the pic as his avatar.  I’m now disappointed...

 

Edited August 4, 2018 by SDG

[kopp0e 1135]

If 2 out of 3 can be fixed:

In a more productive offensive running attack, or a better than average play at quarterback, or Orlando keeps improving the defense, I see a 9 or 10 win season for UT, at least...

[runthebone 8180]

Anonymous?  You can say all of that on the record.

[kopp0e 1135]

16 minutes ago, runthebone said:

Anonymous?  You can say all of that on the record.

Put the needle on the record..? Naw, it would then be used to "Pump up the volume", as motivation against the coaching staff that leaked the info...

 

[Vito Andolini 9220]

Quote #3 is Gundy.

Regarding the inability to run the ball, I also wonder how we are always so shitty in the run game... then I remember we had the f’ing Doak Walker Award winner just two years ago. It can be done, perhaps Coach Hand can get the line in shape and a couple of the backs can be effective. A passing threat would also help.

[Yesh 934]

None of those have a whiny, sweaty tone to them...guess Patterson was not available.

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8 hours ago, runthebone said:

Anonymous?  You can say all of that on the record.

They don’t want to give bulletin board material to the other teams.  If Baylor’s coach said we could run the ball or had a weak oline publicly our coaches would use that as motivation for the players the week we played them.

[ImissWallyPryor 9046]

That might make our OL cry.

['stache 21928]

Quote #3 is Gundy.
Regarding the inability to run the ball, I also wonder how we are always so shitty in the run game... then I remember we had the f’ing Doak Walker Award winner just two years ago. It can be done, perhaps Coach Hand can get the line in shape and a couple of the backs can be effective. A passing threat would also help.

There’s no way any Head Coach would respond to this survey.

[Vito Andolini 9220]

12 minutes ago, 'stache said:

There’s no way any Head Coach would respond to this survey.

Yeah, you may be right. The comment just seemed to fit how our game with the Pokes went.

(I’m glad a lot of us kept our old avatars from the old place. You oSu guys are some of the best posters, enemy of our enemy is our friend, and whatnot.)