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Richard Kimball

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  1. Nah, he'd react more like this...
  2. The two biggest openings are Oklahoma and Notre Dame. Gundy to Oklahoma could actually trigger the apocalypse. I think Gundy's settled into that unique group of coaches who like where they are and don't want to move. A school like Oklahoma State doesn't get the blinding, annoying spotlight, but their name is good enough to make the playoffs with a successful campaign. It may be my "poors" attitude, but after you're making $5 million a year or so, the extra money is often for bragging rights. If you can't prepare for retirement with that salary, it's a money management problem, not a salary problem. Course, you never say never, cause anytime rumors come up, it's a possibility of a contract extension or salary bump for you, and if somebody legit approaches you with an offer, you have to listen. However, most of these coaching rumors don't spring up out of thin air, although some do. The only thing stupider than a journalist is a sports journalist. The "out of thin air" projections are from people who see a hot coach and say, "Hey! He once fucked a girl from South Bend. Notre Dame's going after him for sure." A lot of these rumors, though, are planted by agents to try and build impetus. Max Engel pitching Sonny Dykes for Oklahoma HAD to have been planted by his agent. Final note: Lincoln Riley's handling of the situation shows exactly why you should never believe a coach. They can come up with 99 ways to lie without actually lying.
  3. Rhule's good at getting the most out of players. His recruiting at Baylor was suspect, but he had also started writing his number on NFL bathroom walls the day he signed his first Baylor contract, so he never looked at Baylor as a long term home. If you want a recruiter, not your guy. If you want someone to change a culture, he can do it. The turn around at Baylor was pretty impressive, considering he jettisoned about a third of the players, and the 2016 recruiting class completely disappeared. BUT, he never beat a ranked team while at Baylor, and in the ten win 2019 season, over half those wins were one score games. For Baylor, he was a home run hire, cause he got rid of a lot of guys who could play, but couldn't keep from breaking the law. They went 1-11 the first year, and got their asses beat cause they started something like 14 freshmen, including on the line, at various times that year. There were a lot of injuries, cause linemen usually need some time to develop. He never made a big deal about kicking someone out, but he wouldn't blink, no matter how good they were on the field. The joke around Baylor was someone was encouraged to be successful somewhere else. Been meaning to write this, but it's a consideration with Sark. He may have to clear the building before the culture changes. Rhule had to at Baylor, and that first year was brutal.
  4. Bears repeating.
  5. I used to have a truck like that.
  6. No idea what to make of the next OU hire. It's been over twenty years since they've done a coaching search. Stoops can do the bowl game, but he's gained 30+ pounds and has been enjoying the good life. He's made his money, & can't imagine him wanting to jump back into the grind, long term. There's not a slam dunk hire out there. It's a dangerous time for the Sooners.
  7. Don Knotts nailed more pussy than John Holmes ever thought about.
  8. Oh really? vs
  9. Wouldn't surprise me to see Thompson portal out. He's been busting his ass with an injured throwing hand, and Sark hasn't defended him at all in any of his pressers, and it looks like he's looking for ANYONE to replace him. Dude's leading the B12 in touchdown passes, and he's been running for his life and wearing 275 pound defensive end necklaces all season. He's got Worthy and the butterfingers squad for receivers. Worthy's good, but you've got to have more than one guy who's a threat.
  10. Added to that, Dillon Doyle is a starting linebacker, and came from Iowa when his dad got fired there. Drew Estrada has gotten extensive playing time at inside receiver. Siaki Ika came from LSU. The first red flag for me was when Sark didn't hit for offensive linemen in the portal, deciding to stand pat. Also, if the UT strength and conditioning program was worth a shit, they'd have three more wins this year. The Horns need to portal in a S&C coach.
  11. When Herman was at Houston, he got an upset win over Oklahoma, and a lot of people got stars in their eyes, not just big money donors.
  12. posrep for knowing how to spell "eke."
  13. Overtime would be magic. I don't want this game to end.
  14. Oklahoma sleeps with the fishes...
  15. Coaching 4 and 5 stars is different. At a P5 college level, one of the toughest things is teaching players how to be teammates. Every one of them, when they were in high school, they were the team, and everyone else had to get along with them. A three star is fighting his butt off to get a P5 offer. Four and five stars can choose between twenty solid schools. After they get to their college, you don't have a star rating, anymore. You have a player. Additionally, a lot of them made it on pure talent, and didn't have to correct their weaknesses. Saban's big strength is getting four and five stars to play like they're thrilled to make the team and may get benched if they don't excel. Read an interview with a Saban player, and he talked about when he got to his dorm he hung up his all state plaque, put his trophies on display, etc. He said Saban walked in and said, "Take that shit down. Everyone here has that." Saban knows how to motivate these guys without alienating them. Recruiting IS important, but there's a reason schools like Iowa State, Baylor and TCU have frequently placed higher than their recruiting rankings say they should. SOME three stars are a lot hungrier than SOME four stars, and some coaching staffs spend all their time coaching them up. A coached up three star will put an unmotivated four star on his ass. And yeah, if a guy gets offered by Alabama, LSU, Ohio State and Notre Dame, his star rating will go up over the same player if he gets offers from Purdue, Rutgers and Mississippi State.
  16. I'm up for a truce. Always like your posts.
  17. OK, cool. Hook 'Em
  18. I forget the year, but it was at TCU when Ahmad Dixon laid out the TCU receiver and got ejected. After the game, I watched Patterson come running up to Briles. He stopped about five yards away, started shouting, then turned around and ran away shouting over his shoulder. Briles grinned and hollered, "Shake it off, coach." Patterson was physically scared of Briles, and he should have been. Briles was a workout beast, even in his fifties, and had just enough crazy in him to throw down in the middle of a game.
  19. I responded with a laugh cause you know how butt hurt Patterson always gets? He HATED Art Briles more than he hated any other coach. He was also physically scared of him. Nothing would make him crazier than being replaced by Briles. Briles would take the job, too.
  20. About the Texas tackling technique...
  21. Rogers looks like he wants to murder a hooker right now. He any relation to Craig James?
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