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  On 7/18/2018 at 2:57 PM, Machinator said:

TFB Open Post: https://texas.thefootballbrainiacs.com/2018/07/open-post-wednesday-july-18th/

 

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Do we only have one spot between Washington, Higgins, and Wright? I assume we would take Tongue and McCoy as athletes.

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  On 7/18/2018 at 2:58 PM, ousux said:
  On 7/18/2018 at 3:59 AM, ckhorn said:
To much aggie opinions posted on this thread.
As Super Bill Bradley once said. "It don't make a shit"
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And both aggy and froggy are ignoring the fact Jamison wanted to go both ways from the very beginning. It was discussed even when he was uncommitted...

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That's the same discussion I had with your mom. I was cool with her going both ways from the very beginning.

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Eric Nahlin: Wednesday Recruiting Notes and Thoughts

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  On 7/18/2018 at 4:18 PM, texifornia said:

Deshon Elliot just dumped all over Herman on Twitter (it's on the football board). Come on, dude, keep your dirty laundry off social media...

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Starter on a team that lost to KU and twice went 5-7 but has zero accountability and airs dirty laundry on social media... this is the kind of guy who NFL execs LOVE.

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  On 7/18/2018 at 3:59 PM, Machinator said:

Brown: He was liking Bama but not much anymore. I'd imagine they backed off but don't know for sure. He is supposed to take an official visit for the Texas/USC game in mid-September, though I'm not sure it's quite set in stone just yet. He's known for being fast but I couldn't find any speed times on him. According to my guy, "he is a low 4.5 type kid and extremely quick." I asked about his personality, would he be a fit in Austin? "Would be a perfect fit." A potential ace up the sleeve for Texas is the commitment of Kenyatta Watson who is working on Brown. Watson will be in attendance for the USC game, so assuming Brown decides to use his official visit for that game, he would have a familiar face to chaperon. This thing has legs.

I'm admittedly not in love with Brown, but I'll wait to see senior film before opining further. Last year he ran for 844 yards on only 94 carries.

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This is kind of dumb. He doesn't know much about Brown but isn't in love with him. Okay.

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  On 7/18/2018 at 4:18 PM, texifornia said:

Deshon Elliot just dumped all over Herman on Twitter (it's on the football board). Come on, dude, keep your dirty laundry off social media...

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Yup. Dick for airing it on social media. Probably not near as severe as Deshon makes it out to be as well. Likely something around, he should have stayed one more year etc, not necessarily a dig but maybe Elliott is butt hurt about his draft result or something.

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  On 7/18/2018 at 5:14 PM, Enchubben said:

Yup. Dick for airing it on social media. Probably not near as severe as Deshon makes it out to be as well. Likely something around, he should have stayed one more year etc, not necessarily a dig but maybe Elliott is butt hurt about his draft result or something.

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apparently Anwar said Elliot and the other juniors who declared early were bad mouthed by Herman to NFL Scouts

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  On 7/18/2018 at 5:25 PM, Skipper said:

From what we know of Herman I think it's safe to assume he's a pretty big asshole if you don't buy in.   I don't see him being shy about his expectations with recruits so really don't see this being an issue.

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I think this is definitely true. I think Herman has also adjusted his approach somewhat since then, but of course Elliott left the program before he saw that change materialize.

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Newsflash to Malik, DeShon, Connor, Holton, and Warren: it's not badmouthing if Herman, Orlando, McKnight or any other member of the staff tells the NFL that you weren't ready mentally or physically for the NFL. You weren't. There wasn't a single one of them that couldn't have helped himself with another season. 

 

 

Dicko is the exception and I'd bet "behind closed doors" the Texas staff didn't "talk shit" about them. 

 

 

 

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  On 7/18/2018 at 5:26 PM, golfclap said:

Newsflash to Malik, DeShon, Connor, Holton, and Warren: it's not badmouthing if Herman, Orlando, McKnight or any other member of the staff tells the NFL that you weren't ready mentally or physically for the NFL. You weren't. There wasn't a single one of them that couldn't have helped himself with another season. 

 

 

Dicko is the exception and I'd bet "behind closed doors" the Texas staff didn't "talk shit" about them. 

 

 

 

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So true. Perhaps UT got a stigma in the NFL because Mack told NFL teams that all our players were something they weren't.

 

I only have a problem with Herman if he was being petty or went out of his way to sabotage someone.

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  On 7/18/2018 at 5:25 PM, Skipper said:

From what we know of Herman I think it's safe to assume he's a pretty big asshole if you don't buy in.   I don't see him being shy about his expectations with recruits so really don't see this being an issue.

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This. Breckyn basically said as much at media day. If you don't buy in, you probably are gonna hate the guy. You could see some players go through that very openly last season and even this spring (Omenihu, Nelson) but they seemed to eventually buy in finally. That's why having team leaders like Breckyn is so damn important. We unloaded some of the final Charlie soft guys and I think we improve without them on our team. 

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  On 7/18/2018 at 5:26 PM, golfclap said:
Newsflash to Malik, DeShon, Connor, Holton, and Warren: it's not badmouthing if Herman, Orlando, McKnight or any other member of the staff tells the NFL that you weren't ready mentally or physically for the NFL. You weren't. There wasn't a single one of them that couldn't have helped himself with another season. 
 
 
Dicko is the exception and I'd bet "behind closed doors" the Texas staff didn't "talk shit" about them. 
 
 
 
This is important. Herman owes it to future Texas draft prospects not to oversell current draft prospects.
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  On 7/18/2018 at 5:32 PM, Machinator said:

Bringing this back to prospects for a second - TFB is interestingly optimistic on Marcus Washington. They don't think he was completely wowed on his Ohio State OV, and that there is a good chance he pushes his decision back and gives Texas an official visit.

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Speaking of tOSU WRs: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-state-football/2018/07/94446/zach-smith-arrested-for-criminal-trespassing-set-to-appear-in-court-wednesday

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The term "bad mouth" is subjective. Even Hager came around and apologized to Herman for not fully buying in last year. My guess is that Tom Herman might have been honest with NFL scouts regarding work ethic, etc. and DeShon took Herman's assessment as "bad mouthing." Also, DeShon may or may not have been interested in "playing school."

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  On 7/18/2018 at 5:17 PM, Thiefery said:

apparently Anwar said Elliot and the other juniors who declared early were bad mouthed by Herman to NFL Scouts

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It sounds bad at first blush, but remember that Herman has to think of the future. If he heaps undue praise on Elliott/Williams/Dickson/etc. and they underperform, NFL scouts will take note and trust Texas kids less. This hurts the prospects of his players in future classes. Herman has to honestly describe his kids' shortcomings to gain the trust of NFL teams.

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  On 7/18/2018 at 6:11 PM, satyanash said:

It sounds bad at first blush, but remember that Herman has to think of the future. If he heaps undue praise on Elliott/Williams/Dickson/etc. and they underperform, NFL scouts will take note and trust Texas kids less. This hurts the prospects of his players in future classes. Herman has to honestly describe his kids' shortcomings to gain the trust of NFL teams.

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He also has to deal with the actual repercussions of his chosen words from everyone else besides the scouts.

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Yea let's act like Herman isn't sometimes an asshole and attack the sources. Based on Herman's past Mack-like tendencies to act like an insecure woman, there may be an ounce of truth in this. Yea dirty laundry shouldn't have been aired but I'm sure the guys who left early didn't appreciate being bad mouthed. Truth is prob somewhere in the middle.

 

In any case it's out there now and will be used against this staff.

 

If this were Jimbo we'd be having a field day.  

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  On 7/18/2018 at 6:34 PM, crash_davis said:

Yea let's act like Herman isn't sometimes an asshole and attack the sources. Based on Herman's past Mack-like tendencies to act like an insecure woman, there may be an ounce of truth in this. Yea dirty laundry shouldn't have been aired but I'm sure the guys who left early didn't appreciate being bad mouthed. Truth is prob somewhere in the middle.

 

In any case it's out there now and will be used against this staff.

 

If this were Jimbo we'd be having a field day.  

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This is where I'm at. I think DeShon is being incredibly dumb and short-sighted about it, but let's not pretend that there were some attitude and cultural adjustments required not only on the players' part but the coaches', particularly certain position coaches who saw their jobs reduced or roles reassigned.

Win and this all more or less goes away.

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  On 7/18/2018 at 6:53 PM, Michael Knight said:

Fucking Jimbo told teams not to draft EJ Manuel, didn't hurt him none

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Jimbo won games at FSU (until his abortion of a final season). Likewise, if Herman starts winning this season, nobody will remember this crap, especially as the program becomes increasingly saturated with "his" players.

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