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  1. I think this staff's established strengths would be OL development, offensive playcalling and QB development.

    I think this is a reasonable starting foundation.

    Not a finished product though.

    Much will need to be done in other areas obviously.

    I think any optimism for this staff starts with these three areas.

    EDIT :  I think I would add Special Teams as well.

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  2. How do we feel about this staff as a developmental staff?  Their backgrounds seem to say they can develop.  Per CTJ, A&M thought this staff was good enough to go full bag game.

    Recruiting is super important.  Yet I don't think it's been the key issue in our mediocrity.

    I'd like to hear more on that side of things if anyone has anything to offer.

    FWIW, I thought the OL improved from putrid to tolerable over the course of the year.  Tope Imade's comments on Flood also give me some hope.

    I just feel like recruiting is super visible to everyone and it's important but not our main area of weakness.

  3. I think we should expect growing pains with Ewers next year, especially early in the year.

    I think the OL might be marginally better.

    We still need more than one consistent WR to appear.

    Also, Bama is game No. 2 on the schedule.

    We should have pretty modest expectations for the QB position next year.

  4. 3 minutes ago, ztejas said:

    It could be a knock on the players but being bad on the road was a knock on Sark coming in iirc. Hope they figure it out. 

    Not like we were that good at home, either. 

    I just know we had some of the lowest returning production in D1 football last year.  Raw QBs, shaky OL, WR , etc.

    We weren't a fully baked cake for sure.

    Also, Sark was a drunk in his prior head coaching incarnations.

    I just think it's hard to read a lot into it except that it is a concern and it needs to improve.

  5. 3 minutes ago, ztejas said:

    Meant to quote @burdine

    I'd also like to see us play better on the road. This isn't brought up a lot but it was a serious cause for concern. @Arky we got fucking smoked. @ISU we got fucking smoked. We dicked around in FW and struggled to put a shitty TCU team away. We let a bad WVU team control the entire game in Morgantown. Baylor was maybe the best we did on the road and we still fell apart and pissed the game away. 

    Show me a convincing road win. 

    I agree with you ztejas.  We did play poorly on the road.

    Maybe that is mostly on the coaches or maybe on our lack of player leadership.  I guess we will find out over the next few years.

    But I definitely agree, it's a source of real concern.

    Frankly, many things were a source of concern this year. I'll add it to the list.

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  6. 1 minute ago, closetojumping said:

    Pay zero deference to things like HWH when taking me to task, please. The tenets of our positions should stand on their own merit. 

    That considered, I don't know if you have noticed or not, and it doesn't appear that you have, burdine, but trying to edit my posting behaviors with advice about how to frame my thoughts usually seems like it doesn't work out. I also don't think that's "doom posting". It's petty, but I enjoy mocking shitty coaches with absurd names, mostly because various other posters can't handle it. 

    I'll reference Sarkisian with niceties like "Coach Sarkisian" or "Sark" when he does something like post a winning record. I'll probably stop calling him dis-honorifics like Seven Win Steve/Seven Loss Steve/September Wins Steve and whatever other silly shit I like when he does something outrageous like compete for a conference title.

    Fair enough.  This can be the post where I say thanks for a job well done on HWH then.  Just really well done.  

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  7. 1 hour ago, closetojumping said:

    I'm legitimately interested in hearing about what you're defining as "gray" here for Sarkisian.

    Texas signed a top 5 class. Credit to Sarkisian and staff, but they had a ton of help. Frankly, a confluence of events from late November to now turned this class into what it is, versus just good ol'earnest hard work from the staff. You know, just rollin' up the sleeves and really getting their grind on, the way it ought to be, right, Roma? 

    Sarkisian chose to keep Coleman on staff. It impacted the WR play on the field and recruiting. Does Sarkisian only get credit for attempting to fix the problem? Or should that be tempered with the premise that he created the problem for himself in the first place?

    Sarkisian's team went 5-7. They lost to Kansas, choked big leagues in 3 key games, got blown out and quit against Iowa State, and failed to make a bowl game. Is none of that on Sarkisian? Should we give him all of the credit for the first halves against OU, OSU, and Baylor, and blame the players and Tom Herman for the second halves? 

    This seems to be the outlook from an emerging herd of fans. I get it. They want the HC at Texas to get the benefit of the doubt. Have at it. That isn't "gray" though. That's lily white Pollyanna hope at this point. Don't smear those of us who are from Missouri with regard to the guy, though. We're far darker than "gray" on this one until he can show us that the sun rises again on this program, but that's based on the history of his performance, which makes more sense to us than using hope as a strategy.

    I think a lot of that can be on Steve Sarkisian and it still be the right thing to do support him and this staff in Year One.

    I'm not talking about giving him the benefit of the doubt but also maybe not doom post about our "loser" coach and "7 win Steve".  I'm guessing there is a practical middle ground between naive pollyanna and angry cynic that most fans might be lining up behind.

    Not trying to smear you.  You did a great thing with HWH and rightfully deserve a ton of praise.  Just maybe don't smear the folks that have a view that coaches and staffs are multi year bets and year one is too soon to call it.

     

     

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  8. 15 minutes ago, 40acredropout said:

    Serious and likely dumb question:  are there examples of small receivers who played small school competition who have gone on to ball out / ball out early on big stage? 

    I really like the kid but it's also not reassuring to know that my ass would have been good enough (i.e. a barely athletic warm body) to play for most of the teams he's owning in his tape.  Did he dominate 7 on 7 circuit against better competition?

    James Washington from Stamford, TX.  Formerly of Oklahoma State and now the Pittsburgh Steelers.

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  9. 1 minute ago, RaysBoomBoomRoom said:

    Obviously I can’t speak for everyone but I remember the majority of this fanbase being excited for the recruiting abilities of this staff. I don’t recall their being much skepticism on any of the hires outside of Coleman, Joseph, and Stoops/Choate. This was the “best initial staff on paper since Mack.” I acknowledge that can be wrong about that though. 

    I think many thought it was the best "developmental" staff on paper.  Solid recruiters in Davis and Banks, the rest less proven in that respect.

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  10. 5 minutes ago, Creasy Bear said:

    I mean the season was bad and our recruiting has been meh.  What makes you think that our portal efforts will be anything remotely close to killing it?

    We might not be all that this year however, there is an exceptionally high amount of coaching turnover at high end programs and the free portal transfer is pretty new.

    It's just seems like there should be more opportunity than most years and we should have a decent chance to benefit from that.

    Also, Sark and staff did not have much time to work on the portal last year.  This year they will have quite a bit of time.  Might help.

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  11. I work with a pretty connected LSU alum.  They are seeing what coaching transitions in the portal age look like.  Very concerned with the outflow of talent.

    I do think the potential costs of coaching transitions may be higher now, with the portal, than in the past and is another consideration in trying to tweak a staff to work versus wholesale changes.

    We are the beneficiary of "relative" stability this year.  

    I think changes absolutely need to happen.  Many things didn't work right this year.  But I am glad we have some level of continuity this year.

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