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  1. He improved because his coaching improved. Conner has had same coaching that Jones had to improve. conner hasn't improved. Campbell is a better run blocker than pass blocker at this point in his career. I don't see Campbell whiff as much as Conner. Also Campbell was in his 1st year as starter where has Conner wasn't. 
     
    but continue to defend the worst starting OL from 2023.

    Jones improved for a number of reasons. First, he was never a LT. Second, continuity of scheme and staff. Third, maturity/repetitions. When evaluating his ability, you should have allowed for that. Some of his whiffs in 2021 were most likely confusion. That’s a bit where Campbell is. Maybe not confusion but confidence that causes him to be a tick slow.

    I’m merely highlighting the positives a player brings to the table.

    You don’t see Campbell whiff as much? Well that solves it. Must be fact.

    Since Marlin guys used to make you cry, where you reside? Teague, Fairfield, Crockett.
  2. Do you understand the differences in the situations when addressing this topic with me here?
    1) You can't find a post of mine on this site where I was telling the board that Jones or Majors would be replaced. I'm sure, like damned near everyone here paying attention, I bitched about their play at times. I don't think I did, but it wouldn't surprise me. I know I never said either would be replaced. 
    2) Umeozulu is already getting the starter reps at LG. You don't have to believe my "sources", just believe Bobby and Gerry and what they are telling they are seeing with their own eyes and being told by staff. This isn't some "time honored tradition" of wishcasting. This shit is happening in real time, whereas nothing came of any movement in your prior two cases. Past performance is not indicative of future returns and shit.
    3) Even if a younger player is coming on in practice, the act of replacing a starter, late in a successful season, as part of a high functioning unit, would be disruptive in ways that jeopardize team chemistry. I am not sure how this is an elusive concept. 
    Rooting for a player over another player is goofy shit unless they're a friend or family member. Best guy wins. If the staff deems Umeozulu to be the best fit at LG, I'm rooting for him to kickass. If it winds up being Conner somehow, I'll cross my fingers that a light has clicked on in his head and hope for the best but will be grounding expectations in the reality of what I have seen for consecutive seasons. 
    If I didn't value you your opinion in some form, and your outlook, I wouldn't bother to interact with you on a regular basis.

    Sorry, I tend to include different components of the overall discussion on the board that may not be specific to a posters specific quote.

    I never singularly referenced you about the Neto/Conner situation, but there were several posters that referenced it. Some even questioning Conner playing in the first place. But based your post, one could infer that Neto wasn’t playing well to start 2023 and that’s why Conner started then he got to finish because he started and wanted to maintain continuity. I absolutely understand sticking with continuity in the Oline if it’s working. And that an off-season can change that dynamic too.


    For two years running, there was discussion on this board about Majors being replaced. I never said you specifically made that reference. We (or I) will never know about Angilau getting reps at C and whether that was a legit threat. Seems like we’ve flipped Gs in the past during the spring. Had different 1st and 2nd teams. I’ve read people jump to conclusions previously based on that (again not necessarily you). I interpreted that as cross training and seeing who pairs up well. All smart and positive coaching decisions. Is it cross training? Is it saying Neto take over? Is it I need 3 Gs and Neto needs the reps? No idea, but that’s where I am. I’ll know when the season rolls around.

    Come on. We all have favorite players for whatever reason. Sorry if I pull a little extra for some to give BO&W the middle finger. I’m good with best man wins but believe in depth and keeping all engaged too. I won’t lie I prefer seeing a guy grow within the program versus the one-year transfer too. If preferring Worthy over Mitchell for that reason makes me small, so be it.

    I’m also to the point of “we’ve got enough talent that we just need to play great at the right time” no matter of who is in the game.

    It’s still if Texas wins, I win.
  3. You can't use Jones as an excuse considering the coaching staff over the 1st half of his time at Texas vs the last half. Poor example. 
     
    Conner has 3 years with this staff and he still whiffs his fucking blocks, can't move defenders in short yardage situations, and gets stonewalled when he pulls. 

    You bitched about Jones often. Pretty certain people stated he shouldn’t play or should be gone. He improved as an old guy. Oddly enough, the things you reference on Conner were things that Jones did show the ability to do in 2021 ( I’m not sure how much pulling he did).

    Why do those things mean something different to you now? And you complain little about Campbell with those similar struggles in pass protection at an easier position?




  4. I don’t limit any players upside or timeline for when they achieve their peak. You’ll likely never see me write a dude off so sorry that bothers some. And I’ll sure as shit stick up for some.

    What I do know is the parties that make the decisions on playing time didn’t give Neto much time in 2023 whether he was outpracticing Conner or not. Truth is I’m a proponent of giving guys opportunities and would have been perfectly fine with Neto getting more reps. My post wasn’t even about next year but last year anyway.

    It is a time honored tradition here to bitch and moan about replacing our least favorite olineman. And that was wrong for Jones. It was wrong for Majors. Not based on my hope but based on the decisions of those granting playing time. Do I hope Conner wins the job? Yeah, cause those here wrote him off. I hope for a great season for Conner, Neto gets some run too then whips ass before he goes to the NFL. Since my previously stated guess was whatever gives us the best chance to win, then that’s my 2024 prediction too.

    It is difficult for me to give credence to your sources when I don’t know specifically who they are. Yeah, I gather you have some amount of power, influence and connections. I do give some credence to your comments (note I said Neto may be better above, but I have no way of knowing). I’ve certainly seen enough dumbassery in coaching at various levels to know that simply missing isn’t out of the realm of possibility.

    But you don’t value my opinion. That’s fine. I will just to continue to annoy you with them although that’s within your power of control.
  5. Correct, Old school Mike is not very useful for many games today. There are always exceptions. Multiple comments about Blackshire being too slow. If people dont think he is a useful addition to the LB room vs power Run-centric programs, than what value does he bring on the field? That also puts a serious question to his value on coverage teams. All I have seen is posters saying what he can not do on the field and pumping up the leadership angle. Perhaps my reading of comments would change, if anyone posted what they thought he could add to the field.  

    If he can plug a hole in short yardage like no other, there’s your value. Particularly since Sweat was a true ass kicker in that department.

    If not, oh well, it’s a short term deal and not everyone hits.
  6. Thing about Flood is that he's got skins on the wall for development, too, not just recruiting. Though it did still take some NIL help to jump start that, after a decade and a half of mediocrity. We've had guys who were good at one or the other (or neither) but not both since... I don't even remember when.
    But I figure nobody's perfect, and chalk this up to that. I can't see practices, so I don't know what's going on with the other players, if there's a blind spot here or what.
    Truth is, we haven't had the depth to do much if an OL was underperforming; the guys behind the guys were invariably worse. We should have depth now, but OL still have to develop. It's the second-hardest position on the field to learn other than QB.
    tldr: I don't think we've got anyone better, yet. But we should, soon, though maybe not this year.

    I’d lean towards the group is selected based on “gives us the best chance to win.”

    I’d be interested to see what others are seeing that shows Neto is better (and maybe he is) since he played a whopping 62 snaps on the season.

    I’d wager that if Campbell were better then you might potentially see something different on the left side. Campbell gave up the most hurries (by 40%), tied most QB hits, more than twice as many sacks, tied for 2nd most hurries. All with the lowest pass pro reps. And just as a frame of reference he allowed more combined sacks/QB hits than Jones allowed as LT in 2021. As a G. Against weaker pass rush competition.

    You can’t have both Gs struggle in pass pro and Conner is certainly better there than in the run game. Additional protection of your QB over greater movement in the run game is likely to play a part.
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    Remember when this was one of the most contentious subjects on the board just a year ago?
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    Interestingly enough the highest completion to Worthy on deep throws (20+ yards) was in 2021 at 33%. This year was 26%. And 20% in 2022.

    But I certainly ‘member as you do.
  8. I wonder if Conner has made any strides working at center. He was pretty bad the last time he had to step in for Majors.
    Savea being the best anchor isn't really surprising, but a little disappointing. Would be nice to see some of the younger guys come along in that regard. Hopefully, we can snag another portal prospect or two.

    When did he step in for Majors previously?
  9. Grover Cleveland is the only President to serve non-consecutive terms so it was just a silly nerdy reference.
    I do hope he also hit non-consecutive home runs at some point as well.

    I like it.

    Admittedly at first I was thinking Grover Cleveland Alexander and wondering if I missed some famous quote. If I knew your little fact, I’d forgotten it. So you made at least one person smarter.
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  10. Well then your question is an even stranger one. He will still be playing safety in 4/5 wr sets just like he would in base. If we bring a safety down to cover, he’s good at playing the slot for a safety. He’s not as good full time as a nickel CB. Those are two very different things. 
     

    Ok. For all I know, he sucks at coverage as a slot guy and kicks ass in the run game. I was simply curious if in a specific scenario he’d be an upgrade or not so much. Damn near every team will have issues if a S is isolated 1v1 with a WR. Good for a safety isn’t a solution to that.

    We will see how it plays out. It wouldn’t surprise me if he had his best year in whatever capacity that is.
  11. Are you under the impression we don’t play safeties in dime sets? He’ll still be playing safety.  PK very rarely runs true man. He’s almost all quarters/matching, which is perfectly fine for Mukuba at Safety. 

    I’m under the impression we don’t run dime. The biggest drawback/benefit of slower/faster guy is man coverage. If he’s not great at playing the slot, then his upside is limited even if only slightly.

    Last year, we had a problem, particularly with Houston, when they spread us out and got the safety down and into man, they fared well. I’d assumed this was a reason we brought Mukuba on board. Stay with base personnel and have more flexibility against offensive personnel in dropping a safety into the slot.
  12. While I understand what you're saying, we better hope Mukuba is more successful - because that means Texas is impacted more positively at the safety position.
    Mukuba has more upside than Taafe in probably every trait. So, I want his potential realized. If it is, that realized potential will generate very impactful production and Texas Football will be better for it.
    That being said, Taafe provides very good depth and leadership in the safety room.

    There are many variables to this. I understand your view but don’t necessarily agree. I won’t bore/annoy you with 40 times for S that I’ve thrown out in the past several months, but it’s clear that even the NFL doesn’t hold athletic traits as the end all be all. For a S processing speed is critical. I don’t know how you measure that.

    As fud referenced, if Mukuba had been fulfilling his potential, maybe he’s off to the NFL already. I do believe everyone matures differently so that’s not a knock on him. It’s very possible that he takes it to another level. Taafe logged significant snaps on a solid defense and top 5 team. You don’t do that particularly as an undersized, walk on without some traits albeit not measured with a stopwatch or measuring tape.

    From reading others, it sounds as though Mukuba has some versatility. There’s probably some merit to getting Barron some run at CB. So drop Mukuba to the slot. For me an equal consideration is that Brooks needs to elevate his game or he logs more bench time. I’d bet if the opponent runs 4/5 wide then Mukuba is in.

    My guess is we’ll rotate the back end quite a bit with different personnel groupings. Hell, I’d like to see a 6th DB on the field occasionally too.
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  13. It’ll be interesting the next two weeks. I’m not one to chase midweek victories like some of you, but that Texas State double dipper forces some decisions.

    I’d probably lean towards consistency of roles and agree on Hurley as starter and let the others work in a fairly defined roles. I’d bet DP goes a little analytics in the midweek though.

    We’re to a point that conference is probably more important than it’s been in several years for post season positioning so I’d make decisions with that in mind.

  14. Would Taafe even sniff the 3-deep at UGA or Bama? 

    Well, Bama has 4 dudes at the last two NFL combined that ran some S. The fastest was 4.55 and slowest was 4.60. Georgia had a S last year that ran 4.62. Now Georgia did have mid-4.4 guys this year. Demani Richardson was 4.6.

    And this year, the two fastest S were from the Big 12. Neither was Tyler Owens either.

    To answer your question, hell if I know. There aren’t a ton of 220 pounders running 4.4s however.
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