Tom "the turtle" Herman [Lame Duck or greatest 5d chess player ever?]

[MrPhlegm 3413]

DKR was also Athletic Director and remained the Athletic Director until 1980's.  How is that being fired?

Fired by promotion is still fired. You seem stupid.

[MrPhlegm 3413]

Normally they dont fire someone then make them the athletic director. 

Who said anything about normal. Would you quit with Earl Campbell in your pocket? You seem stupid too.

[Victorious1 184]

18 minutes ago, MrPhlegm said:

On 10/18/2018 at 12:19 PM, Victorious1 said:

DKR was also Athletic Director and remained the Athletic Director until 1980's.  How is that being fired?

Fired by promotion is still fired. You seem stupid.

Well, you seem very stupid too.  Retaining employment with your employer is not "fired", maybe "reassigned" even though he had been AD since 1962.  I'm sure he was encouraged to step down from the head coaching position.

[randygilman 643]

This dumb thread somehow took a dumber turn in re-litigating the end of a Texas coach's tenure (checks math) 42 fucking years ago. 

[Horn Under a Bad Sign 20922]

18 hours ago, randygilman said:

This dumb thread somehow took a dumber turn in re-litigating the end of a Texas coach's tenure (checks math) 42 fucking years ago. 

Never go full Phlegm. 

[Bill Lumbergh 7351]

On 10/18/2018 at 12:27 PM, sushihorn said:

Lincoln Riley just needs a catch phrase like "survive the surge" or "scares you to death" and the transformation will be complete.

He has his own version.  After the RRS, Riley made a comment about how OU comes in to games like this expecting to win.

In Herman's comments about the game, he made what I believe was a not so subtle slight by saying that he hates hearing that teams "expect" to win games because it breeds entitlement.  He wants his team to deserve to win games by earning it, not expect to win them because we're Texas.

If Riley is instilling entitlement, it's not the same as Brown instilling fear with his "scares you to death" nonsense, but it's just as destructive.  That attitude is why for a long time OU has dominated lesser teams but really struggled when punched in the mouth.

The 2008 OU team only faced two teams capable of going toe to toe with them, and they lost both games.  They expect winning to come easily and really struggle when it doesn't.  It has been that way around there for a while. 

[RomaVicta 30591]

19 hours ago, randygilman said:

This dumb thread somehow took a dumber turn in re-litigating the end of a Texas coach's tenure (checks math) 42 fucking years ago. 

Adding a lovely note of warmed over Mack bashing. 

This thread is a horse with two broken legs. Finish it. 

A new one can be created by the usual suspects next time we lose to Maryland.

[SilasCoade 2622]

On 10/23/2018 at 9:10 AM, RomaVicta said:

 

Ahem

[USNALonghorn 5186]

I like Tom Herman. Yeah I know we are looking shitty tonight, but this 6 game win streak during year 2 of undoing the hole Mack and Charlie put us in is something worth appreciating.

[Dbeasy 15596]

Is this what life under Herman is going to be like? Playing down or up to every opponent?

[MOODY 126]

I jumped into this fire Tom early.  I have since mellowed, this ass kicking tonight hurts but I just don't give a shit anymore.  

[Zavala 1384]

Tom hasn't even gotten chest bumped and 15 yard penalty yet. Is he even trying?

[jebusshuttlecock 201]

I guess this mother fucker went as Charlie Strong for Halloween

[Wally Pryor 5410]

You don't fucking onside there.   Jesus.

[Vic Mackey 47959]

Herman and this staff were fucking terrible tonight. You had 2 weeks to prepare and this is what you give us fans? Outcoached by fucking mullet bro. 

[staboner 5084]

terrible coaching. across teh board. everyone. just terrible. 

[Eastwood 4394]

That was a real bad look.

[Wally Pryor 5410]

Fucking smart ass

[Vic Mackey 47959]

Herman coming off the sideline screaming and wanting to fight was embarrassing. Where was that energy when your team was getting beat all night from the opening drive?

[alphahorn 1637]

wvu, iowa st and tech. this could get ugly

[Stunns38 3805]

Herman and this staff were fucking terrible tonight. You had 2 weeks to prepare and this is what you give us fans? Outcoached by fucking mullet bro. 

To be fair, Mullet is heads and shoulders better than Mensa on the field. He just can’t recruit consistently well.

[Newdoc 3511]

This is Texas Football for the foreseeable future. Maybe he will improve to win a couple more games in the next couple years over previous seasons but this game and Maryland are examples that Texas will hit a hard ceiling of 9-10 win seasons while TH is coach.

[Wally Pryor 5410]

Fucking stupid ass onside kick to begin with.  And there was zero chance to execute it given how it transpired. 

 

 

[Dbeasy 15596]

You have to be very concerned about this guy’s coaching results. He beats top teams in upsets but shits the bed against inferior opponents. There is something wrong.

[Clintonaldo 2618]

Ummm.... why is Tom trying to be Billy Badass??

[Lurch 5950]

In retrospect, this game was lost when several starters broke team rules and got benched for Q1. I don’t blame Herman for that.

[TexArcher 39072]

I was off the Mensa bus when he was 7-7.

But I would think that a 6-game winning streak with 3 over ranked opponents, including the god damned sooners, would have bought him some leeway here.

We have a young team that just doesn't play very well on the road.  And our star corner sucks.  It is what it is.

Edited October 28, 2018 by TexArcher

[NoRagrets 1141]

5 minutes ago, Newdoc said:

This is Texas Football for the foreseeable future. Maybe he will improve to win a couple more games in the next couple years over previous seasons but this game and Maryland are examples that Texas will hit a hard ceiling of 9-10 win seasons while TH is coach.

Oh shut the fuck up you gaping pussy

[Vic Mackey 47959]

6 minutes ago, Wally Pryor said:

Fucking stupid ass onside kick to begin with.  And there was zero chance to execute it given how it transpired. 

 

 

I hope he explains this. If we had less than 3 timeouts, then sure, that is the right call. Or a lot less time. But you kick it deep and get a stop. Even if we got a 3 and out after the onside, they pin us deep to where we have to drive the length of the field with 0 timeouts. Makes no sense. Onside kicks rarely are converted.

Edited October 28, 2018 by Vic Mackey

[NoRagrets 1141]

This loss is on our db’s getting suspended

[Stunns38 3805]

You have to be very concerned about this guy’s coaching results. He beats top teams in upsets but shits the bed against inferior opponents. There is something wrong.

Houston gave us great proof but the trigger happy BMDs wanted to outbid aggy and LSU.

[mdmost 44048]

7 minutes ago, Stunns38 said:

 

To be fair, Mullet is heads and shoulders better than Mensa on the field. He just can’t recruit consistently well.

 

He lost to KSU who is fucking terrible 

[Stunns38 3805]

He lost to KSU who is fucking terrible 

We almost did too

[taybo20 3038]

The young secondary got fucking torched early. I mean pokes did exactly what they should have done when they had freshmen corners start the game. It wasn't surprising that Boyce was getting fucking torched. What's worse is that Sterns and Jones were complete non-factors tonight. They played like shit. 

[mdmost 44048]

1 minute ago, Stunns38 said:

We almost did too

Yeah but he got destroyed by KSU. And that shithead mullet fuck is what 2-9 against OU?

[Stunns38 3805]

Post game presser on LHN now

[Eastwood 4394]

Still have a shot at the Big 12 title. Him throwing a temper tantrum is not a good look, but this season is the best season we've had, so far, in 6 years.

[victory88 5764]

We’re 6-2.  Half the board would have dreamed of that before the season.  This was a shitty fucking loss.  I’m fucking pissed.  However, we have 4 more games and we have a decent chance to get to 9 wins.  This team is not there but we’re sure as fuck heading in the right direction.  It’s as if some of y’all actually believed this team was #6 good.  We’re probably going to lose 1 more close one and I’ll still be happy to go 9-3.  This is way fucking better than the last 8 years.  This was winnable but with 3 suspended players, a road game in a hostile setting, and osu playing out of their minds, this is not a terrible loss.  Just stings right now.  

[Stunns38 3805]

Mensa looks like he wants to cry in the presser. He’s pissed AF.

[mdmost 44048]

The onside was a stupid call. Kick it deep with 3 timeouts. Terrible idea.

[Stunns38 3805]

We’re 6-2.  Half the board would have dreamed of that before the season.  This was a shitty fucking loss.  I’m fucking pissed.  However, we have 4 more games and we have a decent chance to get to 9 wins.  This team is not there but we’re sure as fuck heading in the right direction.  It’s as if some of y’all actually believed this team was #6 good.  We’re probably going to lose 1 more close one and I’ll still be happy to go 9-3.  This is way fucking better than the last 8 years.  This was winnable but with 3 suspended players, a road game in a hostile setting, and osu playing out of their minds, this is not a terrible loss.  Just stings right now.  

Agreed. We’ll lose to Tech and will win the rest. Hope for a good bowl. We’re 2 years away from being a real contender.

[taybo20 3038]

1 minute ago, mdmost said:

The onside was a stupid call. Kick it deep with 3 timeouts. Terrible idea.

Agreed. I mean, if it's 4th and short, you are just asking them to go for it because of their field position. If they are on their own side of the field, they are much less likely to gamble on 4th. 

[Goo Punch 4275]

15 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

You have to be very concerned about this guy’s coaching results. He beats top teams in upsets but shits the bed against inferior opponents. There is something wrong.

dudes...these types of losses happen with crazy frequency. every year, in every conference. going on the road, at night, in conference, on national tv is a well known recipe for a loss. this is our first loss in conference play. the officiating was pretty terrible, some of our best players got suspended and then played like ass, our defensive players made a million individual errors, and we lost by three. this is normal. this is not a reason to panic, or to start shitting on the coaches. i mean shit, we were always going to lose at least one of osu/wvu/tech. we ain't some national powerhouse team just yet. we've been winning ball games a little bit ahead of schedule and tonight we lost. big fuckin deal. we've been recruiting well, we have a coach who seriously gives a shit, and we are legitimately better than most any of us thought we'd be at this point. we are going to take this shit out on wvu in a week and i am going to enjoy the shit out of it. tonight suuuucked, but this is college football. this happens. we're going to move on and move forward. wvu is fucked.

 

Edited October 28, 2018 by Goo Punch

[Pig Bellmont 8886]

1 minute ago, Goo Punch said:

dudes...these types of losses happen with crazy frequency. every year, in every conference. going on the road, at night, in conference, on national tv is a well known recipe for a loss. this is our first loss in conference play. the officiating was pretty terrible, some of our best players got suspended and then played like ass, our defensive players made a million individual errors, and we lost by three. this is normal. this is not a reason to panic, or to start shitting on the coaches. i mean shit, we were always going to lose at least one of osu/wvu/tech. we ain't some national powerhouse team just yet. we've been winning bal games a little bit ahead of schedule and tonight we lost. big fuckin deal. we've been recruiting well, we have a coach who seriously gives a shit, and we are legitimately better than most any of us thought we'd be at this point. we are going to take this shit out on wvu in a week and i am going to enjoy the shit out of it. tonight suuuucked, but this is college football. this happens. we're going to move on and move forward. wvu is fucked.

 

Winning is hard?

[Dewey 3331]

How are they not prepared for Gundy? 2 weeks and they looked lost as fuck in the first half and had moments of confusion in the 2nd half. Gundy has been around for a while, nothing should be a surprise.

[clapclapclap 9000]

6 minutes ago, mdmost said:

The onside was a stupid call. Kick it deep with 3 timeouts. Terrible idea.

We didn't stop them from getting a first down. Thus it looks like the onside was the correct call, it just didn't work this time.

[chase25 2048]

Why the hell are people mad at the way Herman and Hager were pissed at the end, about damn time we showed some fire after a loss, no more of this smile and shake hands after the game bull shit

Edited October 28, 2018 by Texas25

[Wally Pryor 5410]

I'll go back to the onside, about as stupid a fucking call as you can make there.  We've got a MENSA in charge but he can't realize that play has about a 20% chance of success but way less when your kicker seems to have no clue what an onside kick is.  Above and beyond, you're putting the opposing team on its 25....and on.

Jesus Christ.

[DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt 12301]

5 minutes ago, Goo Punch said:

dudes...these types of losses happen with crazy frequency. every year, in every conference. going on the road, at night, in conference, on national tv is a well known recipe for a loss. this is our first loss in conference play. the officiating was pretty terrible, some of our best players got suspended and then played like ass, our defensive players made a million individual errors, and we lost by three. this is normal. this is not a reason to panic, or to start shitting on the coaches. i mean shit, we were always going to lose at least one of osu/wvu/tech. we ain't some national powerhouse team just yet. we've been winning ball games a little bit ahead of schedule and tonight we lost. big fuckin deal. we've been recruiting well, we have a coach who seriously gives a shit, and we are legitimately better than most any of us thought we'd be at this point. we are going to take this shit out on wvu in a week and i am going to enjoy the shit out of it. tonight suuuucked, but this is college football. this happens. we're going to move on and move forward. wvu is fucked.

 

Good post

[Vic Mackey 47959]

7 minutes ago, victory88 said:

We’re 6-2.  Half the board would have dreamed of that before the season.  This was a shitty fucking loss.  I’m fucking pissed.  However, we have 4 more games and we have a decent chance to get to 9 wins.  This team is not there but we’re sure as fuck heading in the right direction.  It’s as if some of y’all actually believed this team was #6 good.  We’re probably going to lose 1 more close one and I’ll still be happy to go 9-3.  This is way fucking better than the last 8 years.  This was winnable but with 3 suspended players, a road game in a hostile setting, and osu playing out of their minds, this is not a terrible loss.  Just stings right now.  

First off, seasons are fluid. This mentality of "well before the season we would have killed for this" is dumb. We aren't before the season any longer. We are in the second half of the season. Expectations change. This was a bad loss. We came off a bye and laid a fucking egg from top to bottom. This is one of the worst Okie State teams they have fielded maybe this decade and they pushed our shit in during the 1st half. OSU didn't really play out of their minds. We just played god awful on defense in the 1st half. Let so many guys wide open. Offense had zero rhythm after that first drive. You can spin it if you want but this was a not a good loss.