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  1. Man, CDC has put us in a hell of a position to build a dynasty in the Big 12 or whatever remains after conference realignment.  If we can't win with this staff, then all the haters saying that say Texas is systemically broken and toxic will be proven right.  I really hope that they're wrong and it was just about finding the right coach at the right time.    

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  2. 1 minute ago, RichUT said:

    If it's not that, then what is it? I don't know the particulars in intimate detail, but I think it has to do with justifying what we want to pay a coach relative to the broader market of people employed with the same title. It's stupid, but I could see where a state run institution could come under fire for paying a LB coach $1MM/year when the industry average is $350k. That sort of delta might be deemed unnecessarily excessive, hence the addition of titles to justify the higher pay.

    Plus it's a way to structure deals to get around contract buyouts that specify a higher buyout if the position is equivalent and not a promotion, and to prevent other schools from poaching your high dollar coaches without paying the higher buyout.  Basically, if a school wants to poach our TE coach without paying the buyout, they have to make him their offensive coordinator.  

  3. 1 minute ago, touchthemonolith said:

    I think I know the answer to this question, but do titles like "Running Game Coordinator", "Defensive Passing Game Coordinator", or "Assistant Head Coach" have any real substance to them whatsoever?

    It's a way to justify higher salary.  

  4. 5 minutes ago, gmr548 said:


    He’s never coached inside LBs. He’s primarily coached DL and coached OLBs at Bama, which was pretty much a DE coach.

    If it ends up this way, I think between Tosh Lupoi, Bo Davis, and Pete Kwiatkowski, we've got defensive position coaching for the front seven sewn up just fine.  If you can find a trio of better DL/LB position coaches in CFB, I'd be interested in seeing it.  

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  5. Just now, Hiphopopotamos said:

    Coleman was impressive enough at Youngstown St that Bill Snyder decided to hire him as WR coach at Kansas St.  Then he was impressive enough at that role that Snyder kept him for 5 seasons and then promoted him to Offensive Coordinator.  Then after Bill retired Coleman came to Texas as an analyst and was impressive enough that Herman promoted him to the WR coach.  Then Herman is fired and a new HC is brought in.  That Head Coach is given a blank check for assistant coaches and he decides to keep Coleman as the WR coach.  I mean, he must be doing something right to earn the trust of those three different coaches.

    The WRs last year raved about how much better Coleman was than Mehringer.  No reason to nitpick.  Nothing negative has ever been said about Coleman that wasn't also attributed to Tom Herman.  I'll trust Sark on this one.  

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  6. 7 minutes ago, NoName said:

    just in case you think he is understating the situation here, the top 8 players in the current case are all defensive players

    8 of the next 9 are all offensive players. the bottom 7 players in the class are all offensive players (excluding the Aussie punter) - basically we are going to sign the lowest rated offensive recruits we have offered at all offensive positions except WR

    our class includes 2 guys outside the top 150 in the State of Texas, 1 guy ranked #138 in Florida and a guy ranked #143 in LA

    this class is really not great on offense.

    Hopefully those three stars can play well enough to get minutes over David Gbenda and Kai Money.  

  7. I feel like folks are putting the cart before the horse on recruiting and NSD.  We're getting beat by teams that don't have a single top 10 recruiting class on their rosters.  String together multiple CCG appearances with the recruits we have and the rest will take care of itself.   

  8. 53 minutes ago, Hiphopopotamos said:

    Instead - Texas said 'yes' to the 12 million a year, and the 3yr contracts for assistants, and the 3 new practice fields, and the total autonomy over all things football - and they bought him the tennis bracelet - so now Urban has everything he wants and he just needs to decide if its really what he wants to do.

     

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  9. 26 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

    You've got this backwards - bourbon whiskey does have standards, and Jack Daniels and Dickel both meet them. However, those style themselves as "Tennessee Whiskey" because they are made in Tennessee and use a charcoal steeping step called the Lincoln County Process.

    This is my understanding as well.  "Tennessee Whiskey" is an attempt by its makers to distinguish themselves from bourbon (and in part, Kentucky), not the other way around.  

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  10. He sure seems to be lagging behind in an offense that can make walk-ons and grad transfers with a week of practice look like superstars.  I think it may be a similar issue to the issue with BJ Foster: his role was more important under his old coordinator than it is under the new one and he's struggling to adjust.  

  11. The stuff about Steve McNair was really interesting.  You can see the love for McNair is very deep.  VY didn't just tell us that he called him Pops and that he was a father figure, he told us wny he called him Pops, why McNair was a good man.  

  12. 6 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

    I've been waiting for this stupid take to show up. You just compared a CB coach to a guy who overhauled an entire offensive scheme, in one season, to fit the talent at hand and call plays with almost perfect execution to a guy who's coaching CBs. It's impossible for him to be Joe Brady because ti's impossible for a CB coach to have that kind of impact on a program, period. 

    If it's impossible for a CB coach to have such an impact on a program, why is everyone freaking out so much without knowing what the rest of the staff looks like?  Can you name 5 current CFB CB coaches not named Akina without looking it up?  I know I can't.   

    They're taking a flyer on a young guy that the DC has a hunch about.  If the rest of the defensive staff looks like that, we have a problem.  Otherwise, it's like a hardway bet in craps.  If it hits, we're golden.  If it doesn't, well hopefully we've properly hedged our bets elsewhere.  If we really can't afford to take a flyer on a friggin' CB coach, Herman's fucked no matter what happens.  

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  13. 1 minute ago, kevwun said:

    Tom Herman is going to end up getting fired because he couldn't stop hiring coaches who weren't good enough for fucking Rutgers.

    Then so be it.  He'll either get results or he won't.  Jay Valai could be next season's Joe Brady for all we know.  We won't know if Herman is repeating the same mistakes he did last year until November at the earliest.    

  14. 23 hours ago, Burt Macklin said:

    It's also just how Herman's offenses operate. Almost every single year, the H receiver will lead in targets/receptions, with X being next and then a pretty big drop off. The Z and the TE will usually be 3rd and 4th but significantly below the other two and then you'll have 1 or 2 RBs with a solid number of catches.  I'm curious to see if Yurcich's influence can cause us to be less reliant on specific positions/players and better at attacking each defense's weaknesses from week to week.

    It will be interesting.  At least from the analysis in Boyd's article, Yurcich really seems to favor outside receivers more, but still rely heavily on the slot.  I'm curious to see how things shake out as well.  

  15. 22 minutes ago, OnAComputer said:

    They were mad he picked Texas over Utah

    Maybe, or maybe they just thought he gave a poor interview.  He just started covering Longhorn Football this season. I've heard him before on podcasts and was not impressed.  He's writes decent copy but doesn't seem to have much insight to offer as a sportswriter.  It's a drag, I'm pleased with the quality of The Athletic otherwise.      

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  16. 26 minutes ago, Leanderman said:

    Rumor has a it from a friend of a friend with inside information gleamed from the cousin of a mailman that the new Offense Coordinator will be none other than Mr. Bill. Yes that Mr. Bill. Consequently if we ever lose, no only can we laugh about it, we shall also be able to point our bony fingers at Sluggo.  Expect long offensive drives in the future to end in disastrous results as we all scream in harmony  "Oh No Mr. Bill". 

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  17. 15 minutes ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

    how would that work for eligibility going forward? Would playing in the bowl game count as this year, or next?  Seems like it would be pretty dumb to burn eligibility for a shitty bowl game. 

    He redshirted in 2018 when he was at Texas.  You have 5 years to play 4 seasons, so he burned a year by transferring and not being granted a waiver.  He'll have 3 years left whether he plays in the bowl or not. 

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