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  1. Foster and Coburn were overrated by the services and I firmly believe that, no copium, always have. As for development, yeah it's sucked by and large with some exceptions during Strong and Herman years. We've all known and accepted that yet plenty of chucklefucks think a new coaching staff is fraudulent if they don't take a team full of underdeveloped projects straight to a conference title in year one. Even as bad as the last two losses have felt, there's been notable coaching progress with regards to special teams and penalty accrual, ref fuckery notwithstanding. Hell even the fact we lead at any point over teams that would have us chasing them frantically in the 4th quarter under Herman is progress. As for Tyler Johnson vs Delance, the latter was a Charlie guy and he left when the regime cratered and he saw no future for himself at Texas, good for him. Stability is important, relationships are important, evaluation is important, development is important; let's give Sark a chance rather than be reactionary fucks after 7 games that think we're a proper hire or two away from the playoffs, because that's the easy rationale
  2. Tech, sadly for them, didn't even try to do any of the things this line struggles with. Their defensive gameplan was laughable and they got blown out accordingly
  3. I believe there are zero guys on the team now that remember Strong or any of his assistants. The roster, and all that comes with them, with the exception of the summer portal arrivals, are guys Herman recruited and coached. If you want to get into the weeds of team psychology or something, maybe there's something to be said about PK being up in the booth and to my knowledge, with Sark and Flood having their hands full on offense and generally being offensive minded, there's no strong sideline presence for the defense to feed off of. This would be less of a problem if we had senior guys who were firm stalwarts and had energy and leadership in spades, but we do not. I would like to see Sark, Flood, add another guy on offense to help them give proper attention to the distinct roles a head coach, offensive coordinator, and line coach, should have. Also would like some sideline accountability for the defensive coaching side until we can turn the roster over with recruiting and the portal.
  4. One of the more consistent trends I see from Herman era recruiting philosophy across all positions is getting guys that exhibit some aspect of their trade well but are glaringly lacking in something else. Because they were clearly god level coaches that would "corch em up!" So we have TEs that look good but spent their time in high school playing QB or receiver, WRs that played RB or can't catch the ball consistently, Safeties that can't tackle, LBs that are safeties but don't know what gap to hit, or in some instances, plain unathletic; QBs that run well but are painfully inaccurate, or not good decision makers, OL that played soccer and somehow that's a positive, mass but no mobility, mobility but no mass, zero fucking balance or desire to blow someone up and on and on... Strong deserves little praise but he stumbled onto some guys that were good at their role on the field. None of the senior leaders on the field right now are commanding presences
  5. If the immediate playing time (specify: in the SEC) pitch isn't front and center, then we're stuck in the driveway
  6. Not a guru by any means. It seems to me though Herman/Hand fucking sucked at recruiting good ready made OL. Not only that but their philosophy for what to develop the line into is very different, if not completely different, from Sark and Floods vision. So Flood has a bunch of fall back scrubs that aren't any good at doing what he's comfortable with. No one in charge seemed to get how much the new regime would have to rebuild from the ground up
  7. Half of your post is on the right track then the stupid shit ruins it.
  8. Speaking of Broughton, he's slouching back on the bench yawning literally seconds before kickoff. Passion for the game is not there for lots of the guys on defense, and very few well rounded players exist on offense
  9. I would've been pulling a Grinch as soon as I got off the plane, if I were Sark and PK
  10. This is exactly why. The entire room has no one you can count on, so the only choice is to play back
  11. He's never ever been a good quarterback. He's a backup tier player that's apparently pretty good at roster politics.
  12. Lol what a muppet, when the QB doesn't want to be on the field, take him out and give him what he wants
  13. Casey not throwing picks last few weeks has been nothing short of miraculous, he's been playing with fire
  14. Roach really is the most useless lame duck 9.95er this program has seen since I got interested in recruiting
  15. Mims made some of his own, and therefore, Williams' luck. In the end that's what football is. What's spectacular about Williams is his size, speed, and arm strength at his age. I'm one of those that would side with Rattler being the far better player when locked in and in the zone. Seems as though he's lost his own teammates though and being an entitled bitch makes it unlikely he can recover from this at OU. A net positive for anyone not a meth head
  16. I mean, why not? The obvious pro for Arch is his name and class bell-cow potential. Murphy needs experience and development, but that's expected and he is a year ahead of Arch. As for their on field talent they are very different types of player but probably a wash between the two.
  17. How much time does a new coaching staff spend in one off-season teaching their scheme and assignments vs shit like tackling fundamentals? I have to think that with limited time, you have to focus on assignments and practicing formations and concepts, and tackling fundamentals are things you hope a college player can stay disciplined enough to execute at a functional minimum once they get the scheme down. In practice, the defense has a lot of JAGs that should never be starting for a healthy blue blood program, and some decent players that are going against other decent or elite players more than capable of making them miss. We have not evaluated, recruited, or developed at an acceptable level over the past 4 years at least of Tom Herman / Orlando on defense (among other positions but that's a different thread) PK and Choate have done an OK job teaching concepts and my litmus for that is # of blown coverages or getting set by the time the offense snaps the ball. Orlando after 3 years and Ash in his one year all had more lost players and more guys running completely free. Ash had better players starting both at the DLine, LB and Safety in 2020 than the 2021 group.
  18. Even then context matters, yes Bowman is legit but he still got pancaked on the first play of the biggest rivalry game for a 75 yard TD. Playing as true freshman in big games is definitely the exception, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with Sanders being brought on slowly, regardless of position
  19. Sounds like you're describing one Keondre Coburn
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