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I've been pretty critical of Guilbeau, but watching some of the all-22 I'm now starting to see that the problem is bigger than him. Derek Williams cannot QB the secondary like Taaffe and he seems to have lost some of his situational awareness. Manny is awesome, but he also seems to thrive on an island. Littleton is a true freshman and is doing great with that context in mind, but he can't lead the DBs. I think Guilbeau is the veteran DB most likely to be tapped as leader when Taaffe and McDonald are out, and he is not fit for that job. He both tries to do too much and also doesn't do enough. Filsaime is kind of in the same boat when he's in. But Guilbeau is not as big of a liability as he seems. With Taaffe back to run the secondary, I think we see improved play across the board. If he still sucks, then I think you have to pivot to someone like Phillips and hope for the best.
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I assume this guy was an inexpensive lottery ticket that you take and hope he pays out. Plus Minnesota knows how to scout TEs and this guy was a multisport athlete. Seems like a decent take. Could be bread, but I understand the logic of taking recruits like this.
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Seems like a questionable decision to pick the AD for a bubble team who definitely has an axe to grind with another bubble team (BYU). Plus isn't this the dude that embarrassed himself pitching a fit after Utah lost to BYU last season?
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lol, I could honestly see them grabbing Slocum. But I doubt he gives a shit about Texas.
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Tex, you gotta think about the demographics of this board before you start calling a dude "old" at 63. 60 is the new 40 and Mora is obviously in his prime.
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SIAP From Parker Fleming:
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Yeah, but it's fun to pretend. I was just listening to Cover 3 and they went over his stats. Absolutely eye-popping. Plus you know the kid grew up tough with a last name like that. Lastly, here is Parker Fleming's advanced stats preview of the game against UGA:
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I'm making a joke about @Helobious's habit of predicting the exact opposite of what will happen.
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I get your point, but I'm ambivalent about how to feel about it. On the one hand, I would like to have a coach who wants to settle down at Texas for the long haul. I think someone like that tends to make long term investments that will better for the program over all. But on the other hand, I don't want a coach who lacks ambition or feels he's already "won" just by getting hired at Texas. I want a coach who feels like he has to prove something every year. In the immortal words of Peter Gibbons, I don't want a coach who's "only real motivation is not to be hassled; that, and the fear of losing [his] job" because "that will only make someone work just hard enough not to get fired." So I like that Sark is ambitious and the only place "up" he can go from here is the NFL. I get it. But I do hope he's still making long term plans for Texas and will maintain that mentality at least until the NFL comes calling with the right job.
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I (unfortunately) agree with a lot of your thoughts. Two quibbles, though. First, our WRs, most notably Mosley and Moore, are excellent blockers. I would rather them be excellent ball catchers and route runners, but it is something they do very well and credit where it's due. Second, I think the game in Austin last season looms large in everyone's mind. The CCG last year was an even match in terms of Sark vs. Smart coaching, and that game was essentially lost by a terrible kicker and the defense having a late game collapse. Those late game collapses are an unfortunate characteristic of PK's defense when he drops into prevent, however the defense would not have been in that position if the kicker had been worth a shit. But it seems like people disregard the CCG and focus on the loss in Austin, where we got our ass kicked. What people forget about that game, however, is how badly Ewers handled the pressure that UGA brought. Our OL struggled, but Ewers compounded that struggle. He self sacked and lacked mobility in the pocket. I like Ewers and am not blaming everything on him, but I don't know if that game will be reproducible. Especially when we now have a QB who is good at avoiding pressure. The OL has gotten worse, but the QB has gotten better (in terms of managing pressure), and I think it will be wash. For those reasons, I think this game will look more like the CCG and less like the first contest in Austin. I agree that the odds still favor us losing, but not getting destroyed or being noncompetitive. I think our path to victor is slim, but not nearly as slim as people are making it out to be. Better kicking and punt returns may be the difference. He might literally be retarded. I'm not using that world as an insult or jibe - he appears to have some serious intellectual and emotional developmental issues. I can't help being angry and snapping at him when he posts stupid shit, so I'm putting him on ignore on the off chance that he can't help himself. At this point, I'm worried that I am bullying someone with the mind of a child.
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You are projecting your silly bullshit onto Sark. Get fucked.
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I respectfully disagree. NIL has helped Sark, but Sark has also adroitly used NIL. And I will point out that many people on this board and within the community helped the AD (and therefore the staff) navigate NIL, but credit to Sark for being willing to engage with that help and partner with it effectively. Do you think Herman would have done as good a job as Sark with NIL? I don't. Not with the transfer portal making it easier than ever for players to get away from a toxic coach. There are also many counterfactuals - cases where a coach had plenty of money and could use NIL to recruit, but still fucked things up. You don't have to look any farther than Jimbo at A&M. All the money in the world, but he's dumb as fuck so they screwed things up. Then they bring an a coach who is at a minimum competent and suddenly things are looking up. Sark is getting a boost from NIL, no doubt. But you can't assume a coach won't fuck up playing even a good hand dealt, and someone else could be much worse. Also, Sark won the Big 12 and a NY6. It's not a national championship, but it's more than we had done in quite a while and certainly more than "ain't shit."
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