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  1. 5 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

    He’s had the coaching duties previously. Been under Drayton for several years. He’s stepping into a role in which Carrington was among the best in the country and Harris had no experience doing that role, so it’s not surprising he’s swimming upstream.

    This was discussed when this move was first made but replacing both Bryan Carrington and JW Walsh with only Brandon Harris, Harris who is not as good as either of those guys in either role, much less trying to tackle both. It was a terrible decision in an attempt to save a little bit of money by reducing head count and keep Harris from taking the QB QA role with the Rams. Harris is failing at the recruiting director role because he doesn't have the discipline it requires to do all of the little things that Carrington did that he doesn't get credit for, it's not only cultivating and maintaining the player and family relationships (which he's known for) but also being well organized and having clear achievable goals for his staff, so that they are constantly moving and creating momentum and fostering and nurturing recruit and familial relationships. He will undoubtedly fail in the QB QA role because he's already playing from behind at the RC role and that will likely burn MANY hours of his day.  And before anyone mentions Milwee - know that on a staff with Herman and Yurcich (2 guys well known for QB coaching) they still had Walsh and he was still immensely important in his role. 

    This isn't a surprise outcome. 

     

     

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    Because it was already discussed that Texas was considering not filling Carrington's role at all. Because Texas hasn't interviewed any of the prospective external candidates for the role. Because when any org combines two different job roles under a single person, what they are really doing is eliminating one of those jobs long term. Giving Harris the title is good for his resume and a way to increase his salary over the standard analyst. The director of recruiting role at Bama (and most other schools) requires a lot of work/available hours. If Harris is also an offensive analyst and covets not only an eventual on-field job but learning the ins and outs of QB coaching from both Sarkisian and Milwee, then I will assume that he will be spending a ton of hours doing that. 

    Nothing that has happened so far with any of the staff hires or personnel moves has spoken to Texas doing anything "the Bama way". At all. Expecting this move to be different, instead of viewing it as more of the same (and via Occam's Razor) as a way to do away with a role while helping a rising assistant boost both his resume and pay scale, seems pretty illogical to me. 

     

     

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  2. Just now, LCHorn said:

    Do you mind expanding on what you perceive as a failure here?  IMO, too early to tell. 

    The biggest problem in my opinion is the inability to message. The entire staff has proven incapable of messaging any inherent advantages that Texas has, and there are MANY. If it was simply the lack of detail, a lack of preparedness, a dearth of exciting ideas - those are failures that can be overcome simply by enabling the inherent advantages that UT possesses, while the systemic inability to message to recruits and their families at every level isn't. 

  3. If you are arguing against the Southern California media market you are wrong and should stop. 

    Los Angeles ingests things differently - it's not just sheer numbers or "passion for the sport" or  TV ratings nonsense. Since the 40s, celebrities (even C and D-listers) have been paid to be at certain places or to wear certain things. Paid simply to do shit they were already going to do. This isn't a new or burgeoning thing in LA. Every single tiktok/yt/ig star gets their ass to LA as soon as possible so that they can monetize their trip get a matcha latte in the morning. No one gives a fuck where in Opelousas Addison Rae goes for lunch but in LA? That shit is a paycheck. You think it was an accident that Charli D'Amelio moved to LA from fucking Connecticut? 

    That media market is a different animal from ATX and even if you looped in the other Texas markets - it's still different.  When USC is good the Trojans players are as big as any current TV star around town. 

    You can point out Alabama, OU, or Clemson and say that guys just want to win and don't care about the media market and you'd be right - esp for the average college football player - but if you are already a brand (a la Evan Stewart) 4 years at USC will be worth FAR more dollars (esp long term) than 4 years at Alabama. Texas is in a niche below USC but FAR above the rest. 

    Del Conte, Harris and his staff, and Sarkisian and his staff have all been abject failures to this point with NIL. Made worse by the fact that they had a 2 year head start on everyone and still stumblefucked out of the gate. It's not a good sign for them long term, imo. 

     

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  4. 3 minutes ago, Newy25 said:

    Is SMU going with the frosh QB Stone this year? They may struggle early on in the season if that’s the case. 

    Seems more likely that they'd bring him along slowly since they have Tanner Mordecai as a xfer but I didn't watch them in the spring or anything so I don't know. 

  5. 16 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

    I doubt this board could raise $10,000 to start anything, so the hurdles seem insurmountable. 200 people throwing $50 each into a pot gets you there. Short of a few of us throwing in $1000, I doubt it would happen. So, honestly, hold your breath and bide your time and some of these idiotic stories like the Miami gym guy will blow past. $10000 barely pays 85 guys $117 one time. Hey, it would be our small part, I guess. 

    I have no idea how all of this works, from the legal perspective but one thing that is clear is that if you can raise money for a particular branded position group (ie - Tope Imade's goal of making the Texas OL brand a constant source of income for each incoming class) - then a small amount, like 10-20k spread among that small(ish) group of players yearly which includes walk-ons and non-scholarship guys, could have a pretty decent impact and help the brand longterm. It's not dropping bags but if you could create 5-6 position groups - each branded, each with an LLC or whatever, then instead of trying to nickel and dime shirts and hats of particular players (which will always happen anyway) you can support the team year-over-year. 

    I know much smarter (and wealthier) people than me have made similar overtures to our athletic department and it's fallen on deaf ears. 

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  6. 11 minutes ago, Don Hornleone said:

    Just skimmed over the 247 list of OT’s. Aside from the fact that the pickings are razor thin now for uncommitteds, the fact that Kentucky has 2 Top30 OT and we’re struggling like fuck to land one (rank obsolete) is a real kick to the dick. 

    Kentucky has an elite S&C program with 2 of the best young guys in the business in Edmond and Hill. Schlarman’s death appears to have not slowed them at all with OL recruiting — players are bought into the development at UK. 

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  7. 3 hours ago, texifornia said:

    I'm sure they'll take a hard look at themselves and not express this in increasingly bitchy writeups over the course of this cycle.

    Nahlin will always have Heffernan and Williams…

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  8. 8 minutes ago, Burt Macklin said:

    No doubt. It's not surprising at all Brooks would pick tOSU, and it's probably the better decision for him to get to the league, but the posts on here acting like our coaches can't point to their own histories of developing guys or only had success under Saban are simply absurd.

    I think Texas has a much better DC in Kwiatkowski than tOSU has in Coombs and I think they've done an excellent job in this recruitment. 

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  9. 2 minutes ago, Ricky's one-hitter said:

    However, to say choosing fOSU is a "no brainer" in comparison is lazy and disingenuous. Coaching is what develops players and our defensive coaches results are comparable to fOSU's. 

    Coombs is a far better and far more respected coach than Terry Joseph. If we're talking position specific coaches - Coombs as a CB coach is one of the best in college football. Joseph is not. 

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