Jump to content

victory88

Burnt Ends
  • Posts

    3399
  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    1

Posts posted by victory88

  1. 12 hours ago, Red Five said:

    Just a guess, but I'm thinking it was relayed to him that we won't be paying whatever ridiculous sum of money he was asking for. 

    They’ve stated before he wants a quicker path to playing time and he’s unlikely to see snaps too many snaps his first year or two behind Baxter, Wisner, Gibson, Clark.  I imagine that had more to do with it.

  2. 1 hour ago, closetojumping said:

    I am calm as a bomb. I don’t need to relax. 

    Your attempt at moving the goalposts here is coming up short. 

    You stated that Texas was a player or two away from making a run this year. That implies:

    1) you don’t think they’ll be making a run

    2) there are better suited teams who will be doing so in UT’s stead. 

    If you don’t understand how context clues work and want us to believe that that isn’t what you meant, okay, I guess. 

    After that, you’d mentioned multiple guys that you claimed Texas got beat on due to money. I responded, debunking the ignorance of that statement. Then you return and posture that you were merely talking about the Williams situation. That’s weak rhetorical shit. 

    I don’t have temper tantrums and I don’t respond to NIL commentary that is legitimate. I absolutely have made it a habit of helping people understand where NIL is whether due to their requests or due to a post like yours, which is was misleading and unhelpful. 

    No one is moving goalposts and I didn’t imply anything other than the fact that we have a clear need at DT and that we walked away with 2 guys that look like depth players and struck out on 3 other guys that we seriously pursued in Alexander, Toila, and Williams.  Nothing wrong with what I said.  But yeah, you didn’t respond with your usual passive aggressive bullshit like you always do.   This is also an open forum to discuss Longhorn recruiting and news.  Feel free to chime in but I don't see any posters here asking you to educate us or help us understand NiL so stop policing this board as if we’re here for your hot takes.  

    • Hook 'Em 2
  3. 5 minutes ago, DixonHur said:

    I don't understand the difference maker concept for Williams...in two years at TCU he only registered 0.5 tackle against us.

    I would have loved him for depth, but I'm not sure he starts over Broughton if he'd came to UT.

    According to Gerry, he thinks he’s a 2nd- 3rd found type of guy.  I’ve seen enough of Broughton to know that he’s nothing more than a rotational guy that still doesn’t have the strength or lower body to hold up on the interior after 4 years in college.  I don’t expect Williams to be a Murphy/Sweat type of difference maker but a lot of coaches went after him hard.   Either way, doesn’t matter because Devon Campbell is going to pancake him come October.

    • Hook 'Em 1
  4. 2 hours ago, closetojumping said:

    Texas will make a run this year. That initial part of your post is just fucking dumb. The roster is as solid as any in the country. Do you think there’s a flawless roster somewhere in which every spot is manned by veteran 4 and 5 stars? If so, point me to it. If not, get the fuck out with that ignorant take. Tired of seeing it on this board. Ohio State has a shit OL and Will fucking Howard at QB. Georgia has inexperienced offensive skill players and across the secondary. Oregon just lost a ton to the draft on the skill side. Are those not teams that you think could “make a run for a title”?

    As to the rest, Toia and Alexander had their home schools match big offers. One of those was fucked by a Texas $9.95er. Are you making an argument that Texas should have gone in with something ridiculous for either of those anyway? The original numbers are ridiculous in the first place.

    Texas wanted no part of Nolen, for reasons noted here repeatedly, and money played no part in that evaluation or non-offer. Honestly, from here forward, when someone laments Nolen, they’re getting auto-negged. I don’t give a fuck if he wins national defensive player of the year at Ole Miss, the Texas staff had excellent reasons to avoid the guy. 

    “It’s not my money” and then ignorantly touting the false notion that Texas was beaten due to money with the names you reference is a solid surly move. 

    No one has an endless spigot. If you want Texas to year in and year out get the top classes and the top guys in the portal, discipline matters. Paying $1M for a good but not great guy at one spot not called QB is the kind of stupidity we should be gleeful about witnessing from our enemy.

     

    Bro, you need to chill out.  Where did I say that other teams don’t have holes in the roster? Where did I say that Texas isn’t going to make a run?   You’re making a lot of assumptions.  I was making the observation that we fell short of getting a difference maker at DT, after months of Bobby and Gerry both hinting that Texas would be prepared and you’ve had a history of posts also implying Texas has a “war chest” as well.  Bobby just said, they came in and asked for more money and Texas didn’t budge and ou may have.  If that is true, how is that not losing a player due to money?  It’s the fucking definition of losing a guy to money.  I get some players are not a fit for Texas or Texas doesn’t think spending the bucks is worth it… whichever way you want to paint it, our additions were very “meh”.  Quit acting like a little bitch and having a temper tantrum on here.  Sorry my post and others rile you up so much.  Maybe take a day off the boards, you sound more pissed about Williams not ending up at Texas than anything I wrote.  Geez, this board has fucking gone downhill with the stupid cheese posts and ctj and select others having their little bitchfest anytime someone makes an observation about our NIL or criticizes it.  

  5. I think Texas clearly has a strategy and has success in the portal and how they distribute NIL.  With that said, this year is a year where we are 1-2 players away from making a run for a title.  I would think it would be the time to over spend to make the run if that’s is what’s needed but it’s not my money they are giving away.  After all the talk about having a war chest and the snippets about waiting for big names to enter and that Texas wouldn’t be beat out… seems we were beat out on all the big name DTs and all of it came down to money.   Market value is what the market sets and clearly other schools are spending more setting the price for players like Toila, Williams, Nolen, Alexander, etc.  Perhaps the coaches feel good about developing the young guys, but I hope we don’t look back in a few months and regret not spending dollars on a good NT which is a clear weakness on an otherwise stout roster.  

    • Hook 'Em 3
    • Like 1
  6. 6 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

    If it helps, here's a little color.

    The $2M number being tossed out there is total bullshit. Someone on Twitter is making that shit up.

    The handler is asking for more money than one school wants to pay, more than two other schools probably can pay without a bunch of pain, and what another school would pay if the guy was serious about going there. 

    Last, best offers being rounded up now.

    I remain of the opinion that this one doesn't go UT's way, and discipline requires that. If it does go UT's way, all of those schools are poor and full of shit.

    My bet remains on OU.

     So he wants to go to ou and is using Texas to drive his price up with ou it seems like?  Good for Texas for not budging.  At best he ends up at Texas at a price Texas is comfortable at.  At worst, ou over extends themselves and has less NIL for recruits and other transfers.  It's pretty obvious this has been ou from the start as they were the ones to get him into the portal and it's his last visit the day of his commitment.  Hopefully that's not the case.

  7. lol the NFL can be idiotic at times.  There is no shortage of hot heads in the NFL.  The dude fucking makes plays and has for years against tough competition and does it in clutch moments.   Hell, Tyreek Hill beats women and teams don’t care.  Not saying it’s right, but the Colts got a damn steal at 52.  Dude is a physical mismatch and has elite hands.  

    • Hook 'Em 5
  8. 8 minutes ago, SuperSport said:

    Seriously great day for IBRX. Now if it can just double from here, I'll return to breakeven...

    Double, I need this bitch to go to $32 to break even lmao

    • Hook 'Em 1
    • Like 2
    • Rage+1 2
  9. 45 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

    Let's be careful about lauding Sarkisian towards rare air when it comes to all of this. He's not alone and he's not supplying the cash. The fact that Texas decided it was important to give a mediocre former walk-on who comes from money and was happy to play for free a big fat stack in this cycle should cause everyone to pause in a big way before going in this direction.

    Yes, I get it.  He's not perfect.  What I meant was that it's refreshing to see a coach actually do his best to win a championship and run this program based on meritocracy.  

     

    And, maybe this was their way of rewarding him in getting Arch on campus.... kidding obviously.

    • Hook 'Em 1
  10. Charlie went tried this tactic and we had about 15 players leave that season.  I remember reading and celebrating the purge at the time.  Aggy is in for a rude awakening.  Luckily with NIL, it's easier to turn over a roster with talent.  But they are bringing in bread.  They are going to SUUUUUUCK and this will be a 4-5 year rebuild for them to get this program competitive.  They will never see it though because they will fire Elko after 3 years and the next coach will repeat the process.  

  11. 38 minutes ago, Codaxx said:

    According to Bobby this sounds like a decent player wanted star NIL money and Sark said no. Perhaps Sark said "No, that money is slotted for Tacario Davis". Welcome to the new world of college football

    I'm fucking happy Sark is our coach.  If a player is going to demand high dollar, well you better play like it or it'll get spent on someone that is worth the money.  Under Mack, I imagine NIL would be handed out like orange slices to seniors.  The more you've bled for the program, the more NIL.

     

    • Hook 'Em 8
  12. Brooks has gotten burned repeatedly and busting coverages even in the spring game.  Ohio State thought he was safety and it's making sense now.  If we are getting the Arizona CB, that should be an upgrade.

     

    CB-  Manny

    CB-  Davis (potential transfer)

    S-  Mukuba

    S-  Williams

    Nickel-  Barron/Gillbeau

    Rotational players-  Holmes, McDonald, Taafe.

    Mukuba can play star and Barron can play CB.  This should be a solid DB group with good cover skills if the coaches can fucking do their job and teach them proper technique.  Rod Babers almost loses his shit when he talks about the poor technique that is being taught.  He talks about how our DBs don't play inside/outside leverage properly and these are simple things that should be taught.  

    • Hook 'Em 8
  13. 11 minutes ago, VirginiaLonghorn said:

    Sark is getting the QB ducks lined up perfectly.  RS, then backup, then compete/start for at least 2 seasons.

    Right this moment, I’d be concerned what going on in the head of the commit from Alabama …


    Gerry and Bobby have stated before that Arch wants to start 2 years at Texas and even 3 years isn’t out of the question.  I personally highly doubt he stays in college 5 years but they have mentioned plenty of times that his family is in no rush for him to get to the NFL and want him to enjoy college and develop.

    • Hook 'Em 3
    • Like 1
  14. You’re seeing the difference between a guy that has nfl level footwork and mechanics that has been coached up by his hall of fame uncles versus a guy that relied on his elite arm talent and never really developed his footwork and pocket presence.  Quinn’s experience has given him an edge this year which hold a lot of weight, but you’re not the only one wondering why our starting QB still looks uncomfortable in the pocket 3 years in. 

    • Hook 'Em 8
  15. Recap from video content this week.  So I imagine we’re going to see our TE commit get processed like the previous LB.  Gerry keeps mentioning Nick Townsend as freak athlete and #1 on the Texas TE board right now and then taking Armstrong as a big body inline TE.  
     

    Also sounds like staff is pushing or the RB out of Louisiana, Simmons?, and he may shut it down this weekend.  LSU just took their 2nd RB so I imagine he is trying to lock a spot up at Texas before we fill up. 
     

    OL board realistically we would take consists of Fasusi, Rogers, Coleman twins, Jackson, and the John Mills kid.  
     

    Not sure if Dakorian Moore gave a silent but since his visit, all the 9.95ers have predicted Texas.  His mom went to high school in Austin and apparently he has lots of family on ATX.  This one makes too much sense considering he also has a lot of friends on the Texas team.

    • Hook 'Em 5
×
×
  • Create New...