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  1. 2 hours ago, msucolt45 said:


    Shame on you!!! Britt Hager was my “idol” growing up in HS!!! Shame on you! He wasn’t surrounded by like minded individuals- IMO!

    Hook’em!!!

    Yeah, Britt Hager was great, no doubt.  Breckyn?  Not so much.  Didn't have the body for an end, and didn't have the tools to be a LB.    Burke and Vasek both have the right tools to continue to excel.  That Breckyn got so much playing time at UT says enough about that era. 

  2. Another longtime Westlake follower here.  Burke and Vasek were obviously monsters at Westlake - tenacious, smart, and long.   I was pretty excited to see them both flip to Texas.   Conversely, I couldn't tell what the hell the Longhorns were going to do with Breckyn Hager - he was absolutely a one trick pony in high school.  All he ever did was blindly try to run around the tackle to get to the quarterback.   Never a fan there.

    Really happy to see Burke coming through at the next level - he always played hard and clean and was a lot of fun to watch.

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  3. 2 hours ago, TheMailBox357 said:

    So now that y'all have come to the conclusion that UT probably needs some talent infusion at WR... Those of y'all who were on the fence of Jaden Greathouse as slot WR take, have y'all come around on that thought?

    I've probably seen 50 games Greathouse has played in and I don't see him as a typical slot due to lack of elite quickness off the line, but he could certainly play the role the way that Whittington has been playing this year.  Strong hands, good size, great body control and strength to break tackles.  He's also a willing blocker, though he has had is share of holding penalties (not so much this season).   He's got good enough open field vision to have returned multiple punts for TDs this season (4, maybe) despite the lack of elite speed.  I have trouble seeing him bulking up to play TE, which is how he had been projected at times.

  4. Westlake season ticket holder here.  Greathouse has taken advantage of size mismatches for most of his time at Westlake.  He's definitely not a burner, though he has very good hands which is why I can see him as a reliable possession receiver, and I think that he could excel at finding soft spots in zones.  I have a little trouble seeing him in the slot because he also does not seem to burst off the line with quickness.  He gets more than his fair share of holding penalties and I've never seen him do anything which reads like tight end material, though he definitely gives blocking effort.   I'm not sure at all that he's going to excel at the next level due to the lack of high-end speed or exceptional quickness.  He does seem like a good kid (never seen him do anything stupid on the field in 4 years, something I definitely cannot say about Shanahan), so I hope things work out for him wherever he goes. 

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  5. 1 minute ago, gmr548 said:


    Hah, that’s an impossible task this time of year. If they’re trading Jones for Burke, that’s a different story.

    I mean, of course a Westlake fan is going to like the take. I’m not saying he’s a bad player, just seemed like a weird allocation of resources. But again if Jones is out and it’s a net zero numbers wise that’s different. Also, what I really want to know is, do you really have to buy season tickets to HS teams now a days?

    As I mentioned, I disliked the Hager take when it happened, fwiw.   As for season tickets to HS, Westlake didn't even sell single-game tickets this year on the home side.  It's not a huge stadium and I had kids and friends' kids involved (not players) so I wanted to be there, so season tickets.  

  6. 3 minutes ago, gmr548 said:


    Given the depth of the existing DL/Edge class and needs elsewhere, this doesn’t feel like a great use of a scholarship. Feel free to tell me why I’m wrong.

    Westlake season-ticket holder here.  Burke is long, quick, agile, and plays smart  He swats a lot of passes away and once he gets his hands on a runner, it's usually over.   He's clearly a project due to his leanness, but I thought that Michigan was making a good gamble when they offered.  My concern at UT is position, as I see him more as a 4-3 DE.  For Westlake DE comparison, I thought at the time that Breckyn Hager was a bad take, since he had exactly one move in HS (speed move outside the tackle).  Burke is much more athletic, versatile, and disruptive. 

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  7. On 12/8/2019 at 7:00 PM, Hpara759 said:

    So (Austin) Westlake is going to play (Katy) Taylor

    And your making the decision on where to play this game....so you get a map of Texas out and look at it......and you decide on McLane Stadium in (Waco)

    WTF??

    There's just not an obvious intermediate neutral choice.  Kyle Field is just a bit over an  hour from  Katy (advantage Taylor), and the San Antonio stadiums are just over an hour from Westlake (advantage Westlake, especially with Westlake having just played two playoff games in San Antonio).  My guess is that they each decided that Waco would give neither team that much of an advantage.   It's an hour closer to Westlake, but still enough of a pain to slog through Austin and Williamson County to keep the just mildly curious from the fan base from making the trip.   Also, the drive from Katy to Waco is pretty straightforward heading up to 290 over to  Hempstead and then to Waco on 6.

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  8. 45 minutes ago, RGBIII said:

    Shocker...Fucking tree

    Watched Higgins v Westlake in 2018.  Clearly best athlete on field and strong runner, but I don’t recall him being targeted even once as a receiver, which I found very strange for such a highly touted recruit.  Did damage out of wildcat, but I was left wondering if he could run a route.  Will be interesting to see how he eventually fits at tree.  

  9. 5 hours ago, Scholz said:

    As long as he doesn't grow his hair out.  Apparently that makes Westlake kids suck at sports.

    I was stunned when UT offered Hager as a LB.  All he ever did at Westlake was run around the tackle and crash the QB and he wasn't big enough to be a college DL.   That Westlake team had two decent high school LBers, and he wasn't one of them.

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  10. On 10/12/2018 at 8:45 PM, Machinator said:

    Anybody at LT-Westlake tonight watching Card?

    I was there.  Card definitely struggled.  His numbers would have looked even worse if he hadn't had two interceptions overturned on penalties.  He threw one nice long ball to Garrett Wilson early, but struggled with accuracy and decision making for most of the game.  He is better as a runner than passer at this point - definitely a work in progress.  Also handled punting duties, for what that's worth.  Definitely a nice athlete, but needs more reps as QB.

    I was even more surprised by Wilson.  He looked to me like he was bored.  Had one spectacular one-handed catch out of bounds, one easy long catch from Card early, and a kickoff return for TD (through traffic then easing past the kicker) when they were already down 34-7.  He played some cornerback and went off with an injury late in first half, but came back in early in the third and played the rest of the game.  I had really expected him to be more dangerous against a Westlake team that will be unlikely to receive any major college offers.,

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