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Texasrocks

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  1. 26 minutes ago, Texas Wahoo said:

    Major Applewhite is no longer available...

    Applewhite's Houston teams had great offenses. They couldn't play defense. This is good hire and hopefully gets him a head coach gig down the road.

  2. 1 hour ago, futureman said:

    I think you mean it aligns with my view. that uninformed midget pays $9.95 for his opinions.

    don’t ever forget that on this whole goddamn board—all of longhorn online media, even—I am the only one who was right from day one. because I am plugged in at the very top. seriously. 

    I thought you were plugged in the bottom.

  3. 45 minutes ago, LTtxfan said:

        SpaceX prototype Starship rocket SN8 explodes during test flight...

     

    Crazy 2020...

    I believe the phrase you're looking for is spontaneously disassembled. Sort of like our offense for much of the season.

  4. 1 hour ago, Jack Wilson said:

    No, in this case, I think we have to go all out. I think this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody's part.

    You just described the Tom Herman era.

  5. 11 minutes ago, Nueces River Rat said:

    I’ve never been to Horseshoe Bay so I don’t know outside of Texas or even neighboring states if it’s a destination point.   

    Hunting season is always pretty busy at the HSB airport and there is usually a bump in traffic on Fridays and Sundays. But I'd guess that's mostly Houston and Dallas traffic.

  6. 46 minutes ago, HillaryFan420 said:

    So where are we at on the "it's happening" scale this afternoon?  I think we were at a 9 on Saturday and a 2 by Monday.  Are we back up to 5 maybe?

    It's Surly, we're all 10's and only date 10's. Wait, what was the question?

  7. 24 minutes ago, RGBIII said:

    -Ian Boyd is touting Sonny fucking Dykes...thats worse than Kubiak IMO

    This coaching search carpet bombing. If he mentions every possible coach, he can later claim he knew who it would be and just couldn't say it directly.

  8. 4 minutes ago, derpyhorndog said:

    No disrespect to the sport and fans of it, but please GTFO of here with the soccer bullshit.

    This thread is limited to speculation and discussion of UM to UT, best condiments, worst TX towns, burgers, barbeque and butts. 

    Don't forget beaches.

  9. 8 minutes ago, Nuthn2CHere said:

    This is a real question, I'm not a troll, and I understand many will shit on me for even asking. 

     

    I'll start by saying that it's clear to me that Herman is not a *bad* coach.  He obviously does not perform up to our standards and seems like a pompous ass who rubs many fans, admin. and BMDs the wrong way, but he is an above average college coach.  My personal view of college football over the past 15 years, and even more so over the past decade, is that there are 1-5 truly elite college coaches who can predictably and systematically win at the highest levels.  Then there are a bunch of coaches who, whether because they don't have truly elite talent, or get outcoached sometimes but not most of the time, lose 2-5 games every year.  This is totally variable from year to year, but generally these are coaches that win more than they lose to varying degrees.  Herman is obviously one of those coaches.  

     

    Can someone who knows more about recruiting tell me why we should buy out Herman, pay another probably very comparable coach as much or more to come here, only to continue to lose a similar number of games year to year?  Having missed on Urban, why is it out of the question to simply ride with Herman, who is at least winning (more than we could say about Strong)?  I gather it's to save and re-invigorate recruiting, but I don't see evidence that there is someone out there who will keep Bama and Clemson and especially tOSU from taking the best recruits out of Texas for the foreseeable future.  It really seems like missing out on Urban means we are back at Herman being our best option, which at least means winning twice as many games as we lose until someone else emerges as a truly elite option.  Getting rid of him because we hate his personality and because he isn't one of the best 5 coaches in the country, when none of those dudes is available, seems like cutting your nose off to spite your face, but I honestly don't know enough about the damage to recruiting that this approach would do in the medium and long term.  Someone please enlighten me.

    I'd add a tier of coaches between Saban/Meyer/Dabo and Herman. There's the Mack Brown tier that consistently loses to the first tier coaches, but generally beats everyone else. Herman isn't in that group so why waste more time with him. If we're going to fail with a coach, it's best to do it quickly and move on as soon as possible to try and find one of the guys that is in that first or second tier.  

  10. 3 minutes ago, CHIEF said:

    Shit, go get Traylor, retain Yurcich and take the shackles off of him. Keep Ash, unless Muschamp would come back. Put together a World class group of recruiters and get this train back on the tracks. That is the easiest and cheapest way to salvage the program. I'm not sure Traylor could obtain as good of coordinators on his own.

    CHIEF

    Sherman for OL. Don't forget him.

  11. The last 15 years have clearly demonstrated that to win a championship, you need either a great coach (Saban, Meyer, Dabo) or a transcendent QB (Vince, Burrow, Jameis Winston). We don't have a transcendent QB so we need a great coach. Herman isn't that guy so there's no excuse for keeping him. I don't buy that the administration or athletic department are holding us back. USC was a shit show before Carroll arrived. Same with Clemson before Dabo, Florida before Spurrier, etc. Programs are great because of they have great coaches, not the other way around. It's extremely rare to have the opportunity to hire a can't miss coach. Saban at Alabama and Meyer at OSU are the only examples I can think of and they were both unusual situations. Royal, Stoops, and Carroll are "the norm" in that their respective schools essentially won the lottery.

  12. 3 minutes ago, troph said:

    What are the known facts - indisputable from legit sources? 
     

    Meyer or his people and Texas people met.

    Meyer was putting together a what if staff.

    Meyer has not confirmed or denied anything about Texas.

    Herman is still employed at Texas but is confirmed by everyone as being on the hot seat/will be fired.

    if you look only at credible journalism or verifiable facts this is what we know.  screw the 995 club and the obscure Twitter nonsense.  

    Who reported that Meyer met with Texas people or was putting together a staff?

  13. 17 minutes ago, BradInATX said:


    I mean I think the flight tracking and curtain matching and emotional swings from one hour to the next are as ridiculous as you and Sydney do, but it's harmless and they're having fun. I don't see why you and Sydney are bothered by it. Live and let live and all that. Maybe y'all should have a drink.

    Speaking of curtains... Nicole, if you post nudes, makes sure there are no curtains in the picture unless you want creepy Surly dudes in your yard within the hour.

  14. If it happens today, the schedule will need time built in to fire Herman, tell the players, get Herman off of campus, and make the announcement. I think CDC fires Herman before UM gets on a plane.

  15. 8 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

    Watching you monkeys lose your minds and devolve into a quivering mass of plane speculation, Babylon 5 garbage gifs, and internet female creep is only amusing for so many days.

    There may have been more of it lately, but Surly was founded on the basis of speculation, garbage gifs, and internet creeps. It's not like this is all new.

  16. 17 minutes ago, Vertigo said:

    The squid said three days. That would be Sunday

    Burton hinted at Sunday

    Other people have said Sunday

    but by all means, melt down on Saturday Surly

    Practice makes perfect. 

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