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pigmeat markham

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  1. You don't have the slightest clue what you're talking about. Brady and Kingsbury are close friends and know each other very well. Belichick and the Pats drafted KK in 2003 and he worked with them for over a year before going to the Saints. As he has maintained a relationship through the years, the organization knows him very well and vice versa.
  2. I can relate from a business context. Its a no win for the employer. Don't let the employee go and you've got a prisoner working for you. Go ahead and let him him take off and you're without the employee. Can't win for losing. True or not, beats me, but I've heard it's possible to get around this in the NFL by being able demonstrate you, the employee, contacted the team as opposed to vice versa. Maybe we'll find out.
  3. I certainly agree, but IMO the leadership skills required at the pro and college level vary significantly.
  4. Not exactly accurate to suggest KK has "zero" NFL experience. Though his playing career was less than awe inspiring, he had a five year pro career with 3 in the NFL, one in NFL Europe, and a year in the CFL. As a Tech fan, I've been saying here for over a year, that his next stop upon being canned would be in the NFL. It was just generally considered common knowledge. He has extensive pro contacts and summer pick his brain sessions with with a variety of NFL coaches who sought them out were very common. Tight with Belichick, Brady and the Pats front office as they're the ones who drafted him but numerous others as well. The numbers of QBs and WRs alone, that he's put in the NFL is a testament to his understanding about what it takes in that aspect of the game on the pro level.
  5. Could be a tougher than average get for Herman and staff. Officially visiting TT on Jan 25 after having made other unofficials there. Committed to TT during the summer. Said he wanted to look around after staff change. Still in very close contact however. Other than TT, hearing from KU, UH and UT the most. Former TT staffer, Emmett Jones, is now at KU so that's the connection there. Former TT DC, David Gibbs, will be Holgersen's DC at UH, so I wouldn't be surprised to see him visit there also. As I mentioned, he committed to TT this past summer so his relationships with those ex TT coaches go back quite a while. Has a teammate committed to Tech as well.
  6. I've don't think I've ever seen a college coach seem as genuinely depressed as Huggins appeared in his post game press conference. Worth watching a little of just because it's so unusual.
  7. Fwiw, former Tech commit and current target North Shore DB, Keeyon Stewart, quoted today as saying he's hearing from UT among others.
  8. My post re Kliff and the NFL in the "Kingsbury is out" thread below........ My take on that is the head coaching skills that are both so incredibly important in the college game and his Achilles heel, aren't present to any great degree in the NFL.  Those being primarily interpersonal types of skills that are so critical in college in order to recruit, schmooz boosters, woo the local media, kiss up to donors, be a just regular local community guy around town, etc. aren't that vital to success in the NFL. The guy was an extreme introvert, so much more so than most realize. He's clearly a great offensive mind and easily owns the technical skills needed to be a successful head coach in the NFL IMO.
  9. My take on that is the head coaching skills that are both so incredibly important in the college game and his Achilles heel, aren't present to any great degree in the NFL. Those being primarily interpersonal types of skills that are so critical in college in order to recruit, schmooz boosters, woo the local media, kiss up to donors, be a just regular local community guy around town, etc. aren't that vital to success in the NFL. The guy was an extreme introvert, so much more so than most realize. He's clearly a great offensive mind and easily owns the technical skills needed to be a successful head coach in the NFL IMO.
  10. Kingsbury to get NFL head coaching interviews. https://sports.yahoo.com/sources-kliff-kingsbury-get-head-coaching-interviews-jets-cardinals-232458625.html
  11. USC OC/former Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury has declined “a lucrative offer” to become coach at Houston, source told @WatchStadium. WVU’s Dana Holgorsen is UH’s next target, source said. This according to Bret McMurphy tonight.
  12. Former TT asst. and newly hired Emmett Jones offering TT recruits right and left. Extensive South Oak Cliff and area connections.
  13. Have no idea if accurate or not, but Tech gets a commitment today from what 247 lists as the top punter in the country, Austin McNamara from Gilbert, Ariz. Full offers from ASU, Ariz, Nebraska, Missouri, and Utah State. Numerous pwo offers. Tech fans would hope he doesn't have to make too many appearances.
  14. Tech gets what appears to be a better than decent inside receiver transfer. Freshman All-American in 2017, caught 50 passes for 875 yards and seven touchdowns as a sophomore in 2018. All Conference in MW.
  15. From Coach K: https://mobile.twitter.com/CollieronTV/status/1075994065483771904?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1075994065483771904&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftexastech.forums.rivals.com%2Fthreads%2Fsiap-coach-k-had-some-high-praise-for-our-guys-post-game.117948%2F
  16. 24 Tech turnovers--Duke 18 2nd half foul shots Tech 7--overall, not very bright play by techsters. Game, set, match Duke. As is often the case, Tech guard play not very good tonight.
  17. Fwiw, I believe it was Red Raider Sports that said about 2000 TT fans will be there.
  18. Not that unusual really. Just off the top of my head, TCU currently has a WR commit from Lubbock Coronado who never sniffed a TT offer. Amarillo Tascosa Purdue RB commit King Doerue, who showed some early Tech interest and had offers from a number of the big boys was never recruited hard, New Deal WR, DK Blaylock, Rivals Top Texas 100 kid who up to recently was committed to Iowa State (decommitted a week ago) never offered. Being from West Texas alone I suppose, doesn't get one an offer.
  19. While I realize PP is rated a 4 star, I have to question at this point if that's actually the case. Every one of the TT pay for info guys that I'm aware of, as well as his high school teammate and the grapevine too, seem to indicate his lack of an offer. The old staff would have taken him as he visited TT twice after his UT commitment, but as I mentioned, he wasn't going to play QB (Bowman, Duffey, McIvor, Long) for the new staff and it's not even clear if they take another WR. Multiple DB's they like better regardless of number of stars.
  20. I think there's value in being mindful that Powell was a transfer to Permian. There are those who would suggest he earned his rep and recruiting evaluation his previous high school years at a private high school in Midland against very questionable competition.
  21. Won't go to Tech. It now appears the new staff at TT didn't even offer. His high school teammate and current TT commit sent out a tweet today indicating his displeasure with that fact. Wasnt going to play QB and there are multiple DBs and WRs they like better.
  22. TT got commitment today from what appears to be a decent JC tight end, Travis Koontz. Yost's offense employs a TE 96% of snaps. Profile shows offers from Michigan State, Pitt, TCU, LSU, Louisville among others.
  23. Regarding Hookfin, as the fan of a school who was recruiting him before he became much higher profile, the kid is, uh, unusual shall we say. You can pretty much expect anything. Likewise, as it relates to your West Coast player chances and Kliff Kingsbury, FOX football show today was saying NFL teams are looking at his buyout with USC because they are desperate to find a pass-first OC. Fwiw.
  24. Visited TCU this past week end. Visiting TT this week end.
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