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Showing content with the highest reputation on 12/07/20 in Posts

  1. Boy, I got busy yesterday and ... wow. I skipped like 30 pages, so forgive me if I'm late on something, but I got to catch up offline in any event. Urban Meyer really is unpredictable and a bit of a flake. If it's really health, I guess it's a case of "you don't know until you have to say so" kind of thing. He still hasn't communicated directly, so nothing would shock me, but it seems obvious it's over. There is a push-pull right now in terms of direction. I've asked repeatedly about the viability of Herman staying and no one is hedging internally anywhere that he's staying. I still think they will really fuck this up and keep him with all kinds of rationalizations. The money was there last year for him. The money was there in the spring for Shaka Smart. Both were rationalized into being kept. Another direction is going to the "nobody ever got fired for hiring ..." premise, in which a shiny object of the P5 nature will be chased. To me, that could look a lot like the Perrin/Piece baseball debacle in which we wind up getting a whole bunch of HCs raises across the country. I'm betting that if Herman does get shitcanned, this is the circus we see and somehow wind up with a wet fart like PJ Fleck, who will crush an interview and get the admin's panties wet. Even worse, and I can't stomach this, Fat Patty gets moneywhipped with his 4 losing seasons in the last 5 years. Then there's the "get the guy that knows how to coach and develop" premise. This would be where Matt Campbell types come into the discussion more freely. Napier at Louisiana. You guys have all shit repeatedly on Traylor at UTSA, but he'd fall into this camp. He's 7-4 this year. He wins 10 or 11 games next year, suddenly everyone's ears perk up. He's connected deeply throughout the state HS ranks. He'd bring in one of the big name DCs that he knows or is friends with like a Muschamp or Odom. Guys like Samples and Maguire would be brought in as recruiting beasts. Carrington probably stays in role. I know no one wants to hear it and it would be deflating to me as well, but I can at least understand the approach. The NFL stuff that's been hinted at is cancer. It isn't Jeff Fisher. It also doesn't sound like it's happening, so whatever. As usual, it sounds like Texas is above the fray (in its own mind) and probably too good for a coordinator. Maybe an interested Venables would have a shot. Seems unlikely. I know this - the admin doesn't understand the dire state of the recruiting landscape if they get this wrong. They think they do, but they don't. They never have.
    42 points
  2. He's just a dumb fucking troll. He's insipid and voluminous and pathologically contrarian. Nothing more. For fuck's sake, I've been saying the entire time that the odds favored UT *not* landing Meyer because that's the obvious most likely outcome for all kinds of reasons. All he did was take what was obvious, couple it with what he knew would irritate you guys that don't have his dumb ass on ignore, and run wild with that take. Giving him any credit whatsoever is laughable. Outside of Mr Phlegm, who has been on auto-ignore for me on every board I've been on for over a decade, I think, futureman is easily the worst poster I've ever seen on the boards. He's somehow able to couple enormous volume with no wit and nothing engaging to say. He's merely here to do the one thing that all weak ass trolls can default to - say negative shit that spurs irritation from all or parts of those reading his nonsense on a perpetual basis. That's it.
    39 points
  3. 26 points
  4. Why does Mike Barnes need to remind everybody, potentially including Akers' grieving family, that Akers wasn't well liked? Just say everything you said after the comma in that sentence. Or maybe you're the asshole?
    23 points
  5. Just got home after flying back from a weekend in Austin and am catching up on the last several hours. Reading Caddox's post all I can say is BS. This doesn't sound like the response of Urban Meyer. The stress of the negotiations isn't going to shut him down. Perhaps I'm just way to hopeful, but this sounds like CDC has stressed to all the insiders that we need to give the appearance that for now at least discussions are off with Meyer while we still have another coach under contract. And I think the magnitude of this potential hire is finally enough to get all the insiders on board and unified. If we truly reached out to Meyer as much as a month ago and he expressed interest in the job as has been reported, then until we announce Herman is coming back or he's fired and another coach is under contract, I'm betting Urban is still our guy. Perhaps I'm going down with this ship, but I'm riding it to the finish
    18 points
  6. I'm of the opinion that anyone mentioning rehiring Mack Brown in this thread should be neg-bombed into the abyss or outright IP banned from this site.
    18 points
  7. Pundits at beginning of season: Texas is loaded this season they should compete for the big 12 CG and possibly a CFP game Pundits after we blow it again: What's wrong with Texas? Why can't Texas dominate their conference? Pundits when there are rumors Texas wants to replace it's coach: Texas fans are delusional they have unrealistic expectations.
    18 points
  8. I know things. One thing I know is you’re a piece of shit. Just a worthless, no good, piece of shit poster. I actually feel bad for you, this is part of your personal identity and life. You’ve invested time and effort in being this way. People can react to you, get upset, and you’ve certainly annoyed me a time or two, no doubt. But at the end of the day the only real response anyone should have to you is pity. This is a fundamental part of your life, and it’s fucking pathetic. You are pathetic. I’m sorry your life isnt better, man. Maybe you get out what you put in, and your should re-examine some things. It’s never too late to make positive changes. But let’s be sure to leave this post on the important keynote that you are just fucking trash. You are the shit people have to peel off their boot. It isn’t possible for me to look down on you any more than I already do.
    17 points
  9. I love how the program is ~ 2 weeks from being ruined for about a decade and all you care about is your ego because you said you would fist your own asshole if we hired one of the very few people that could actually right the ship at Texas.
    15 points
  10. I apologize for repeating myself. I was friends with Fred and Diane. Met him my freshman year when he came to my dorm to talk football, Fall 1978. I stayed behind and we struck up a quick friendship. Fred was smart, articulate, generous and kind. And he could coach. Sure, he had a predilection for putting his best athletes on defense, but he wasn't the offensive neanderthal that lesser minds would have you believe. He was shit upon from the beginning - sabotage from within - yet his teams won, and won big. It wasn't until the rest of the conference decided that utter chaotic cheating was the way to go did Fred encounter competitive issues. Even after the distasteful treatment he received, Fred remained around Austin, other than his time at Purdue. And he was never bitter. He remained better than his critics to the end. He was never given the benefit of the doubt that our current embattled coach was; otherwise he would have overcome the rampant cheating that was ultimately his undoing. RIP Coach. RIP friend.
    14 points
  11. Driving home to CP from Lakeway yesterday and see some folks trying to slow cars for two dogs wandering near the roadway on 620. Pulled ahead of them and called the dogs to me and they both let me grab them. Called the owner and handed them off (this was after the ridgeback decided to sit in front passenger seat for fun). I guess a neighbor kid left the gate open and they gtfo. Pretty pups and my daughter immediately asked when we could get one.
    14 points
  12. Smoked meatloaf w/ bacon basket weave wrapping: for those who don't want to die in a nursing home. Smoked whole head cauliflower, basted w/ butter, minced garlic, lemon juice--awesome.
    14 points
  13. I haven’t heard back from my thread, that lane may be closed to me for good. I hope not bc it’s become like crack to me. I spoke with two people on the phone. One works for a BMD that isn’t as active as he used to be, but has talked to a few people that are. He said he had no details except that it’s not happening and we are moving on. The other guy I talked to is a well connected guy and while he’s not at the level of our biggest donors, he gives enough money to co-own a suite with his brother. He’s an Austin guy and hosts an event every year where he helps CDC raise some money. He helped a lot with the new hall of fame in the NEZ. He said he was celebrating on Saturday too. As far as what happened, he was told Meyer started to get really stressed out about the whole process. We talked for a long time so I don’t want to write a novel here, but I don’t think Meyer ever believed we would actually pony up and give him just a stupidly good offer. He ended negotiations satisfied with what had been done, I’d guess that’s where the media started getting positive it would happen. Then a rumor went around on Saturday that things were being finalized this week. That’s when I got so pumped on Saturday and told a lot of curious people it was “done”. This guy doesn’t know what happened on Sunday. He’s still waiting to get the full word, but Meyer basically said he’s sorry but he’s out and cited the stress of the process and decision was an indicator he wasn’t ready to come back. It sounds like everyone involved on our side did a great job, so at least it’s not a Saban situation where our typical dumpster fire screws up the deal. He thinks there’s a big detail that he doesn’t know about that ended up hurting us. I’m sure it will come out later that will tie a lot of this together, because something just doesn’t add up.
    13 points
  14. You've done a good job reporting what you know. When UM is announced, we will fist you last.
    13 points
  15. 1. Cheer for OSU to lose so we can accelerate the possibility of CUM hiring but Aggy gets into the CFP 2. Cheer for OSU so Aggy doesn't get into CFP.....
    13 points
  16. This thread was far more entertaining than watching any Texas football game this year. And it ended with the same amount of dissatisfaction.
    13 points
  17. No hedging. Still confident. I'll admit, this weekend's timeline was wrong. Anticipated KU being called, effectively ending the season early, as well as the ESD timeline. Don't know how it shakes out from here, but I wouldn't put a lot of credence into $9.95 reporting.
    12 points
  18. In a text string with my buddies, including @SydneyCarton and @HenryJames , during & after the TCU game, we started talking seriously about getting Urban Meyer. Maybe more like fantasizing about it. Sydney says to us "fine, where exactly do you draw the line with who you'd take as HC at Texas, CTJ?" and my response was: "It turns out I draw the line just on the other side of Urban Meyer, Sydney." HJ and the others agreed. Since then, an exhausted and downtrodden SydneyCarton has also given up the ghost and would reluctantly welcome the hiring of the best coach we could get (apparently not get) in our near future lifetimes. All of that considered, I draw my line well short of being okay with Art Briles, Barry fucking Switzer or Penn State Sanduskying. So, no, fuck Art Briles and I'll see him and his whole lot in hell. I just hope they all get their first. I'd cease being a fan of UT with an Art Briles hire.
    12 points
  19. Shut the fuck up with this shit. Guy took a position that probably at worst had 50/50 shot of being wrong and bet nothing against it...unless you are a 15 year old and really believed some dude was going to fist himself and provide you proof. A lot of you need to grow the fuck up...if anything that is what Futureman is showing you. Oh and @Drew shut the fuck up. Your whole history with FM is him throwing you balls in the dirt and you continually swinging at them. What should be a walk fest is a strikeout every time becuase of your inability to lay off bait etc. In a way you are the Bee-sting face to his Jerry McGuire. You complete him.
    12 points
  20. Have fun having your grandkids' kids' money run out in 78 years, Urban.
    11 points
  21. G'day Mate, do you have time to talk about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ?
    11 points
  22. Current status of this thread
    10 points
  23. This is so dumb. There is one clear leading candidate. It would be worth doing everything possible to get him. Texas fans have whined for years that the program never throws its money around to try to get the best possible coaches. Then when it does just that now fans are whining that the program looks like shit because it looks like he's saying no. That's absurd. We went for it and it might not work out. Get over it.
    10 points
  24. I don't care that "all the networks" are reporting that Rudy Guiliani has the coronavirus. The media doesn't decide who has the virus -- doctors do.
    10 points
  25. This is gold Trump invites them so he can claim credit for vaccines they were already developing before Warp Speed was even announced. Told him to get fucked.
    9 points
  26. That's my cue! Y'all ready to get this party started again?! In today's news, the Kendra Scott plane is back to being the flight of mild intrigue. After it's flight from Sarasota, FL to Austin on Thursday, it sat until this afternoon. It's inaugural flight of the day out of Austin has it in route to Lajitas, TX which is located in BFE and not far from Big Bend National Park. The plane is set to return to Austin later this afternoon. Besides tumbleweeds and meth, from what I can surmise the most notable thing about the place is that it is home to Lajitas Golf Resort & Spa, which is owned by Kelcy Warren, renowned Dallas-based billionaire, UT Arlington alumnus and member of the UT System Board of Regents.
    9 points
  27. Can you mother fuckers use the report button. Make it easier to clean up than having to delete 12 more comments quoting the fucking politics telling them to fuck off to cloak room. But also, Fuck off to Cloak Room, keep that shit out of this board.
    8 points
  28. I think a few of us are still not waving the white flag...
    8 points
  29. After reading the last 100 pages, and crunching numbers through my rusty Cray-2 Supercomputer, it appears no one here knows shit about shit.
    8 points
  30. 8 points
  31. Boy, Jeff Traylor is no Burt Reynolds, that's for sure. This won't happen. In fact, Texas will land LJ Johnson ahead of SD1 and you'll actually hear some idiots show up to crow "see, recruiting is just fine. it's fine." without understanding how far things are falling in real time, especially for the 2022 class. Think about if Art Briles gets the Tech job because they suck it up and 86 the JAG they have there right now and realize that trading their soul for wins is the right Tech move and on brand. Briles has offered to take the Tech job for a few things: 1) $1 - literally, that's it. 2) Total control over football. 3) A big stack of money for his assistants and admins. He's told them they can negotiate a contract for him after 2 years when everyone sees where everything is at with the program. I'm reminded of the poet and erudite, Clark Griswold, at this moment and during these times: "Worse? How can things get any worse? Take a look around here, Ellen. We're at the threshold of hell!" Tech coming in to raid from the west, OU and Ohio State in the north, ATM, LSU, Bama and the rest of the SEC and Clemson to the east, and USC possibly hiring someone competent in the near term, we need to wake up every day and thank God there is no one to the south. We're Rome in 476 if we get this next move wrong. We need someone who will call the fucking banners and take back the empire.
    8 points
  32. 8 points
  33. you my friend are a dumb mother fucker...
    8 points
  34. When you find yourself spending time analyzing futureman posts it's probably time to step away from the keyboard.
    8 points
  35. There was actually some sort of unknown there. If 2000 was a tightrope walker juggling lit torches high above the ground, 2020 has been a group of performance artists smearing feces on themselves while singing God Bless America. 2000 was "what's going to happen next?" 2020 is "what the fuck is this?"
    8 points
  36. I cancelled my reservations at Urban Meyer’s restaurant. Good luck replacing that 4-top, asshole!
    8 points
  37. And about 3 plays from being 3-6.
    8 points
  38. Get your ass to the cloak room and take your L
    8 points
  39. You guys are putting stock into FCB who reported realignment as a forgone conclusion, and that Herman was going to LSU. The man throws shit at the wall to see if it sticks. and the AAS writes are even less out of the know then he is. Get the fuck ahold of yourselves. How many times did Urban decline the OSU job? Until you know for sure, don't act like the (burnt orange) world is falling apart.
    7 points
  40. I've really enjoyed the thread and was engaged a bit with the football program again. Much appreciated. I'm not a huge donor or anything, but I have done my part. I think I'm tuning out at this point, and using what little I gave to something else. This was a great ride/thread to read.
    7 points
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