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derpyhorndog

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  1. Appreciate the response. Staggering Naivete would be a solid band name.
  2. If rumors are true, supposedly one of the driving forces for Kelly leaving was that Notre Dame was unwilling to pony up the cash for an assistant coach budget that was comparable to the pool that other elites had to work with. Result being frequent poaching (money whipping) of promising ND assistants for what would otherwise be lateral moves, hamstringing the program's potential. Believe it was also a rumored issue even before Kelly regime. ND being a private makes it difficult to verify.
  3. @closetojumping, I agree with the sentiment in that I certainly want the best players on the field no matter what, but your last couple posts teeter on the edge of the type of program micromanaging that has often been the subject of ridicule in the past. It's often cited as a lingering issue holding the program back and dissuading potential coaching hires. Outsider expectations (by that I mean really anyone outside the locker room, boosters included) on personnel decisions and timing for them being made. General entitlement to being appeased stemming from outsiders' status as a donor or having some other position of influence. IMO, a guy was hired to lead the program in the locker and film rooms and on the field. His and the outsiders' interests are fully aligned in maximizing the program's potential, ultimate goals being wins on the field - in turn, he keeps his job. Give him all the ancillary tools needed to excel (facilities, NIL, etc.), but ultimately trust your CEO to execute his plan to achieve that ultimate goal, or, if you don't, push him out the plane with his golden chute. What you're describing seems like one where trust in the CEO is lacking but he is kept around and micromanaged/influenced to fill the void. Losing formula. Just my opinion. Fully expecting to be insulted using some words I'll have to Google.
  4. I, for one, welcome likeminded USC posters who enjoy uncensored board content and a good ol' fashioned OU hatebang (written, of course) from time to time.
  5. Hasn’t won a state title, doubt he knew Bear Bryant (not even sure he was born by the time Bear died).
  6. While we're starting from a false premise (that the aggy poster is not talking out of his ass), Davie doesn't check the "coached HS football" or "Chicago Bears" boxes.
  7. I am going to guess that this is the Brian DeSpain in question. A&M grad, football ops and recruiting assistant under Sherman, hired as Director of Football Operations at Arizona during the Sumlin regime.
  8. Best guess is Mike Malham Jr. He played during the 70s (and was a two-time Academic All American) at Arkansas State, and went on to be drafted and play a couple years for the Chicago Bears. He then coached high school football in Arkansas for 38 years (starting in 1978) and won two state championships before retiring in 2019. His father (Mike Malham Sr.) also coached football in Arkansas from 1949 to 1989 -- 22 years at the high school ranks, and 19 seasons at Arkansas State. Father and son are both in the Arkansas High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame and Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame. Malham Sr. is described by one person as "a self-styled Bear Bryant type." Bear was from Arkansas and had a coaching tenure that overlapped with both of the Malham's. Bryant's Alabama team played against Arkansas State in 1982 while Malham Sr. was on staff. Stands to reason that Bear probably also knew the Malham's through recruiting their high school teams, and that the Malham's, with their ~80 years of combined coaching and prominence in that world, would know many other significant coaches over the decades (and Jr., who is still alive, would have a pulse on things in the SEC footprint). So yeah, he's my shot-in-the-dark guess assuming this DeSpain guy isn't full of shit in the first place (probably is).
  9. Think I can answer on behalf of @JFKFC here.
  10. NTTAWWI, but Richard Kimball is straight up mainlining the Kool-Aid: "Prediction: 10-2 (7-2) 1st in Big 12. Don’t get me wrong, I’m tired of the “Texas is Back” claims but 2022 will show that there is a new era of football forming in Austin, one that is highlighted by high-scoring, all-around offense that is paired with a hard-nosed defense. And with the SEC on the horizon, the timing for Texas football could not be any better. It may be tough to say now, but you will be saying it after this season."
  11. The personal accounts of pain and suffering afflicted by chants of "poooorrr agggiieess" that haunts them (some, for decades) to this day.
  12. It would be fair if they gave credit/recognition to other teams that have similar situations dragging down their averages. For example, our 2022 class that had a K and LS. But of course, they don't.
  13. @Elmer_Fudd posted about this a couple days ago:
  14. It's from the 1994 classic, The Mask. Liar Liar was 1997. So, spot on.
  15. All of those weigh towards QE starting Week 1, IMO, though point taken/understood.
  16. What "balancing act" are you referring to? Keeping Card in the boat? I fail to see how throwing him the bone of starting the first two games keeps him onboard for the 2023 season. Is riding the bench for ~8 games supposed to give him the confidence to he can compete for 2023 starter, while riding it for ~10 games wouldn't? If the "balancing act" is throwing him that bone so he remains engaged enough to be a competent backup if called upon, I suppose that's more understandable (even if I wouldn't think the bone is worth the marrow). Though if he truly wants to be the 2023 starter for a P5 program post-transfer, personal interests alone should motivate that.
  17. Won't even go into the Card side of the ledger because it's a known quantity. As for Ewers: competed and exceled at highest level of TX HSFB as an underclassman, generational arm talent, one of three QBs with perfect composite rating, exudes confidence, "gunslinger" reputation (see point re confidence), strong pocket presence. By first kickoff, will have 3 camps at the NCAA level under his belt, plus hands-on coaching by Sark, et. al. this summer to help further accelerate his familiarity with our system. Even if he's slightly behind Card on playbook/system, it shouldn't be by much. Ewers is the textbook "high ceiling" play in all other categories. This year is pivotal for Sark and has to know he has to swing for the fences beginning the starting pitch (i.e., Week 1) in general, and on the offensive side specifically given known deficiencies on the other. And haven't even mentioned the backdrop of how Quinn got to UT in the first place. If there's even a modicum of truth to the Double Eagle NIL war and resulting package, given that and all of the above, I don't see any way Card starts a game this year (absent colossal QE faceplant, or injury).
  18. No, he’s already trademarked #SweatTheSmallStuff
  19. The laughter was directed at the fact that A&M had scheduled OVs (and publicly announced them as such) during the window where they were not allowed. They then became aware of the rule (that had been on the books for three years), their 9.95’ers were scrambling for intel on WTF was going on, and they had to go to recruits they tried to schedule OVs for with egg on their face. Their recruiting department had a public, inexcusable misstep, and we laughed. In contrast, notice that UT never announced OVs for the Thursday bash THAT is what the mockery was about. Few if any posters approached it from the view that it would blow up the recruiting weekend or there was a material difference between any given player taking an OV vs. UOV. You’re warping the situation for your own soap box, as someone who throws shade at A&M for things that happened (or didn’t happen) in the early 20th century, it’s kind of rich that you cast stones at people that justifiably made fun of aggy for this. Please stick to the Football board, with respect to both location and topic of conversation.
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