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Hank Chinaski

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  1. We are all be about the same age (I was 9 in ‘86). That Mets series was absolutely my first (and still the worst) sports heartbreak. That season was awesome. I went to the game where Deshaies struck out the first 8 Dodgers and Lasorda pinch hit for his pitcher in the 3rd haha. But yeah, that Craig Reynolds call, Dykstra HR, extra inning game 6 with Scott ready to go for game 7…it was brutal. Really hoping the boys can pull this one off.
  2. Yeah, they struggled during the season; should have said that they were good in the brief spurts I watched during the NLCS, haha.
  3. Yeah, I don’t see a cakewalk either. Philly’s got two great starters and a nasty bullpen. And they can hit, obviously. Short series in baseball, no outcome would be particularly surprising. Go Stros.
  4. Altuve actually had the highest wRC+ of his career (164) in 2022 at age 32, topping his 2017 MVP season. But yes, he did slump for the first 5 games of the playoffs. Glad he appears to have pulled out of that.
  5. I don’t know anything about the “culture” of the team, or what that really even means. I do know that Texas has always (for as long as I can recall) been said to have “culture” issues, even when we were good. I mean hell, in Mack’s best era there was still a perception that Texas had a “soft” and “entitled” culture while winning 90% of its games. So, culture, intangibles, whatever - mostly seems like bullshit to me, and less important than the QB making fucking accurate throws.
  6. Ok, fair point…I guess that’s the “serendipity” I’m talking about. If one of those guys indicates he’d like to go to Texas, via his agent or back channels or whatever, do it. Until it’s a sure thing, don’t fire Sark because you hope that another unproven guy can become one of the 5 best coaches in the sport.
  7. Agree, and coaches who have accomplished elsewhere what we hope they accomplish here are extremely rare. Like, who would that even be? Saban, Dabo, Day, Smart…maybe Riley? We’re not getting any of those guys. anyone else you get is as much of an unknown as Sark. So fuck it, let’s keep Sark for a while, assuming there is some amount of improvement year over year and the bottom doesn’t completely fall out. If/when serendipity strikes and we’re positioned to clearly make an upgrade, do it.
  8. I don’t know. It feels like beating TCU and losing to Kansas is just about as likely as beating Kansas and losing to TCU. I don’t think any of these teams are that good or that bad. Including Texas.
  9. Granted, I’m getting old and I pay less and less attention to the details (recruiting, in-game decisions, etc) every year, and am pretty resigned to the idea that Texas is just a middling, mediocre program at this point…but I think I am in favor of just keeping Sark for a while and seeing what happens. He seems to be upgrading the talent, the team seems a little better than last year, I like his offense when the qb throws passes with a modicum of accuracy, he seems willing to bring in good coaches, etc. Unless there is a slam dunk situation, just let him keep going. Maybe there’s something to be said for continuity. Maybe Sark fine tunes his approach (I don’t think he’s that far off, he’s not Charlie Strong bad). Maybe I just want to try something different and give the guy more time and not start over again with a relative unknown. It is our instinct to fire guys quickly, but it’s not like this approach has been working, and maybe it’s worth a try to give him time. Basically it seems like the Texas boosters/decision-makers/athletic department is Costanza, and I want to see this approach:
  10. Yeah, I have no clue either way, but it doesn’t really make sense. It says that they’re worried about concussions and the future implications of sustaining concussions, but they draw the line at “one more”? There’s a pretty decent likelihood of sustaining that next concussion while playing major college football, so why wouldn’t they just pull the plug now?
  11. Haha yes. We are, what, in year 13 of being absolutely mediocre in every imaginable way? Nobody needs some sort of intangible, righteous “culture” to beat fucking Texas in a football game. It’s all narrative bullshit that helps them get their rocks off for a week every fall. Another way of summarizing the game is “a senior QB, with a million career starts, outplayed the freshman who’s played about 12 quarters of college football, and led his higher-ranked team to a home win.” I know that doesn’t have quite the dramatic flair that “winning culture” has, but is quite a bit more grounded in reality.
  12. I think every team in the B12 is within a standard deviation of being as good as each other. It’s kinda like the NFL. So, 3-2 or 2-3 are probably the safest bets. (Though I guess now it’s 2-2 as the safest bet.)
  13. Hey I was at that game. Visited my USC buddy that weekend. I told him after the game that Texas would beat USC because VY was going to absolutely gash that SC defense that I just watched, and that the Texas defense would be good enough to slow SC down a little. 38-35, I told him. He said “no, you just have to keep VY in the pocket and he’s not that great.” I told him he didn’t get it. Turns out, I was right for once.
  14. 3-2. I thought we’d be 8-4 before the season started and the team seems about as good as I expected/hoped. Still a young team with a young QB and some soft spots on D, but certainly seems better than the ‘21 team. And though a 3-2 finish seems maybe a little disappointing right now, and I wouldn’t be shocked if Texas goes 4-1 or 5-0 (because they could obviously beat anyone on the schedule), or 2-3, overall 8-4 would be a good season and a nice step from last year’s clusterfuck. (Then I’ll be sort of expecting a “next step” / 10-win season in ‘23.)
  15. Hmmm…what year was that? Simms, VY, Gilbert, and Ewers (though he was a transfer) are the only 5* QBs I can recall signing with Texas. That’s 4 in a 20+ years span. For 20 years it seems like everyone feels the need to exaggerate/pretend that every player Texas signs is a 5* recruit.
  16. Well here’s the thing. He’s listed at 5’10” and 178 lbs. the average American adult male is 5’9” and 200 lbs (!), so he’s actually taller than average. He’s a reasonably fit pro athlete; the average American male is considerably less fit. I’d estimate that he’d fare pretty well in a fist fight against the majority of Surly posters. Agree? I don’t know what that number is, but let’s say it’s 75%. Now, you may be in that 25% minority. But, if I had to bet, having never seen you in real life, I’d bet on Straw, because I have to play the odds. No offense. (Typing out an explanation as to why it’s reasonable for Surly posters to assume that Helo couldn’t “beat up” Myles Straw in a fistfight was certainly an unexpected use of 5 minutes that I’ll never get back.)
  17. Hank Chinaski

    Bro!

    I could be wrong, but he strikes me as a better NFL coach than college coach. Maybe @slorch or someone can correct me, but seems like recruiting and/or talent evaluation wasn’t his strong suit while at Tech. That’s most of what makes college coaches successful. Seems like he’s at his best when he can outsource the defense to a capable DC and let a GM build the roster. I do find it funny that Kliff is light years better as an NFL coach than Urban was. And honestly, not that surprising.
  18. Yup, great season for the Ms. I thought they’d be tough but not quite as good as they turned out to be in ‘22. Julio is a legit star and DiPoto knows what he’s doing.
  19. Yeah that’s Tom Herman level immaturity/insecurity.
  20. Hey hey hey take it easy, I’m from the NW Houston suburbs. (Of course, I couldn’t wait to get the fuck out of there and get to Austin as fast as I could, as opposed to the crew that wants to keep the Nw Houston suburbs party going in CS.)
  21. I’m not sure what the author of this is supposed to be outraged by. What am I missing?
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