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1 minute ago, HtownHorn said:

If you want to QB development look at Will Stein in Oregon. Will Stein has Texas ties, and was given his big break by Traylor. Stein has had Bo Nix, Dillon Gabriel, and has turned around the prospects for Dante Moore.

Well, Oregon honestly was where I hope Arch portals if he does and exactly who I was thinking of bringing to Texas.. great minds or something. Perfect world, instead of Arch portaling the change is made and we bring him in. That's a lot of wish casting but with PK on D and Will Stien having free reign of the Texas O with Sark doing PR type shit... money ball.

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5 hours ago, elguapo said:

How bout that play call though! Third and 3 on the road with an offense that has been struggling on your own side of the field, let's dial up a low percentage slow developing deep shot trick play???

It's Sark dying to show how much of an offensive guru he is.  LOOK AT ME! I can call creative plays too!

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12 minutes ago, Tex-19 said:

I mean, contrary to what anyone expected when hired, he's done everything damn well except the OC part. Recruiting, NIL, player development, defense, etc. There are lots of reasons why he would still be the coach.

Wine ‘em, dine ‘em, and 86 em when it comes to developing offensive talent 

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1 minute ago, immamac said:

Can you guys seriously stop putting that shit here. Next time it gets a ban. 

The completely unfounded rumors about Herman, right?

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I am hoping so so hard that Texas goes undefeated from here on out and makes the playoffs, so people have to come back on here and eat a serious amount of crow, me included. 

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Just now, Dbeasy said:

I am hoping so so hard that Texas goes undefeated from here on out and makes the playoffs, so people have to come back on here and eat a serious amount of crow, me included. 

That could happen. Texas could also lose to Vanderbilt, Georgia, and aggy.

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1 minute ago, Dbeasy said:

I am hoping so so hard that Texas goes undefeated from here on out and makes the playoffs, so people have to come back on here and eat a serious amount of crow, me included. 

Fuck yes. Make my well done, please

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4 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

I am hoping so so hard that Texas goes undefeated from here on out and makes the playoffs, so people have to come back on here and eat a serious amount of crow, me included. 

Even if this did happen the assholes would still be happy though, I still remember the Missouri 2004 meltdown like was yesterday, the overreaction was pathetic.

There are fundamentals that must be addressed, it seems it is all mental and it CAN be addressed this season, but back then that was a throw the baby out with the bathwater trash fire.

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29 minutes ago, linux said:

Even if this did happen the assholes would still be happy though, I still remember the Missouri 2004 meltdown like was yesterday, the overreaction was pathetic.

There are fundamentals that must be addressed, it seems it is all mental and it CAN be addressed this season, but back then that was a throw the baby out with the bathwater trash fire.

I don’t think the HC/OC even sees any issues. We won, right?

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4 minutes ago, William Bludworth said:

Vandy and Georgia, yes. Aggy? No lol. We aren't losing to those frauds, especially in Austin. 

Not after what we saw against Arky. We will be much better by then. Kentucky was a trap game with our line shuffled around. 

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7 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

not a good press conference today. very much gave off the wrong vibes, a coach in over his head. not giving vibes of being the HC at UT 

 

I donno I dug it at the beginning 

He said the offense sucked and it’s on him, then he said a bunch of football moves then next said nobody but him it’s all on him. 
 

Props to him for recognizing it

Now give Caldwell every other series and see what happens

1 hour ago, Dbeasy said:

I am hoping so so hard that Texas goes undefeated from here on out and makes the playoffs, so people have to come back on here and eat a serious amount of crow, me included. 

I’ll eat all the crow in the world for us to just make the playoff 

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It seems obvious to me Sark is out of circuit capacity. The job is too much for him to continue his play calling duties. Not to mention he just had a kid. I think the guy is drowning. The product hes putting out on offense is completely unacceptable and warrants intervention. I think the reason we are seeing him revert to "game plans" like against Kentucky is because he was completely swamped with other obligations and basically mailed it in and went with what he had previously prepared. There are many many time consuming elements of being the HC at a program like Texas that can pop up out of nowhere. 

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2 hours ago, Tex Pete said:

I don’t think the HC/OC even sees any issues. We won, right?

Oh they saw issues, see the picture of Sark unwinding in the corner. Press conference speak seems irrelevant to me.

The question is what is his solution, he seems to think complexity is still the answer when it clearly is not.

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9 hours ago, BlackCat said:

It seems obvious to me Sark is out of circuit capacity. The job is too much for him to continue his play calling duties. Not to mention he just had a kid. I think the guy is drowning. The product hes putting out on offense is completely unacceptable and warrants intervention. I think the reason we are seeing him revert to "game plans" like against Kentucky is because he was completely swamped with other obligations and basically mailed it in and went with what he had previously prepared. There are many many time consuming elements of being the HC at a program like Texas that can pop up out of nowhere. 

1. Find someone else to call plays

2. imo he’s here for the money.  He has that want to get away look on his face

3 thank God Banks recommended PK.  Saved Sarks job 

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Sark has a tendency to treat games he thinks we will win by default as scrimmages/extended practices. His play calling vs OU and then vs Kentucky were night and day. I’m not sure what we are in for against Miss St. I don’t think Sark’s play calling has been an issue in big games we have lost so he knows when to dial it in. My biggest issue with him is he doesn’t seem to understand the effects it has on the offense. I’m not sure why he can’t just stick to the things his offense can do well vs trying to make them execute things they aren’t capable of. I’m sure he tells himself if they just would have made that block, or if Arch makes the right read or better throw. He doesn’t understand the chances of those things happening at this point in the season are very low.

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11 minutes ago, SarkAfterDark said:

Sark has a tendency to treat games he thinks we will win by default as scrimmages/extended practices. 

Lotta truth to this.  I think it stems, again, from his overestimation of what our players can routinely execute on offense.  

The question then becomes what informs that overestimation.  And the answer to that question dictates Sark's fate as a coach.

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13 hours ago, lilMAC25 said:

Fuck yes. Make my well done, please

Don’t waste time firing up the grill, focus on the playoffs and I’ll eat mine raw.

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1 hour ago, SarkAfterDark said:

Sark has a tendency to treat games he thinks we will win by default as scrimmages/extended practices. His play calling vs OU and then vs Kentucky were night and day. I’m not sure what we are in for against Miss St. I don’t think Sark’s play calling has been an issue in big games we have lost so he knows when to dial it in. My biggest issue with him is he doesn’t seem to understand the effects it has on the offense. I’m not sure why he can’t just stick to the things his offense can do well vs trying to make them execute things they aren’t capable of. I’m sure he tells himself if they just would have made that block, or if Arch makes the right read or better throw. He doesn’t understand the chances of those things happening at this point in the season are very low.

I wonder if Sark has started to look at this season like Ewers' 2022 season for Arch. I remember Sark's playcalling against TCU and OSU almost felt punitive, like he was going to force Ewers to throw the deep ball until it finally clicked. The beatings will continue until morale improves sort of thing. We've been saying "Sark calls plays for the team he wants, not the team he has" for a long time, but I don't think he does that because he's ignorant. By the halfway point in the season, he knows what he has. I think it's because he believes we need to play those games his way so the team can learn how to be the team he wants, even if it means we lose. Which, as a fan, I hate. I think that's a dumb plan, especially in sport where next year and even next week is promised to no one. We need to play to win the games, don't worry about your 3 year plan or whatever. 

But maybe that's just me coping. I don't know. I just cannot make sense of his playcalling in a game like Kentucky. And before one of the confederacy of dunces claims its because Sark is a pussy or a moron - no, he's neither of those things. But like any coach, I think he has an ego and I think he believes that his way is the right way, and if we lose doing things his way, then it's on the players. 

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1 hour ago, SarkAfterDark said:

Sark has a tendency to treat games he thinks we will win by default as scrimmages/extended practices. His play calling vs OU and then vs Kentucky were night and day. I’m not sure what we are in for against Miss St. I don’t think Sark’s play calling has been an issue in big games we have lost so he knows when to dial it in. My biggest issue with him is he doesn’t seem to understand the effects it has on the offense. I’m not sure why he can’t just stick to the things his offense can do well vs trying to make them execute things they aren’t capable of. I’m sure he tells himself if they just would have made that block, or if Arch makes the right read or better throw. He doesn’t understand the chances of those things happening at this point in the season are very low.

i think its a tradeoff of time he has available. hire a real OC 

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4 minutes ago, Park Gothic said:

I wonder if Sark has started to look at this season like Ewers' 2022 season for Arch. I remember Sark's playcalling against TCU and OSU almost felt punitive, like he was going to force Ewers to throw the deep ball until it finally clicked. The beatings will continue until morale improves sort of thing. We've been saying "Sark calls plays for the team he wants, not the team he has" for a long time, but I don't think he does that because he's ignorant. By the halfway point in the season, he knows what he has. I think it's because he believes we need to play those games his way so the team can learn how to be the team he wants, even if it means we lose. Which, as a fan, I hate. I think that's a dumb plan, especially in sport where next year and even next week is promised to no one. We need to play to win the games, don't worry about your 3 year plan or whatever. 

But maybe that's just me coping. I don't know. I just cannot make sense of his playcalling in a game like Kentucky. And before one of the confederacy of dunces claims its because Sark is a pussy or a moron - no, he's neither of those things. But like any coach, I think he has an ego and I think he believes that his way is the right way, and if we lose doing things his way, then it's on the players. 

I think he believes in his team more than he should sometimes as a player's coach. When your players aren't making plays you gotta take over the game for them and get them plays they can make as the head coach. 

A lot of the more animated coaches we see are not of the same philosophy and control the team and take on the role of making them do what they need to or replacing them. I think the trust building sark does with players is somewhat unique, but it burns him when he's slow to give other guys a shot that maybe just can fucking ball on Saturdays but aren't as good culture guys during the week. 

There's a lot more what if plays with this team than any other save the 2019 longhorn team in recent memory for me. The 2020 team was completely dysfunctional as well and I think collapsed for similar reasons but didn't have the culture to really hold the locker room together. 

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Sark is a QB and I think he coaches and thinks like a QB. You dont ask a QB to change what hes doing because he makes a bad throw, and I think Sark looks at these games that way. Bad performance against UK? Its not the game plan, just gotta execute better next time. 

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1 minute ago, 6th Street said:

It's crazy but the Greg Davis offense comprised of 3 yard outs would be a godsend right now

Man, do you just wake up and try to think of the dumbest shit to type on this board? 

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14 hours ago, Zeus said:

I donno I dug it at the beginning 

He said the offense sucked and it’s on him, then he said a bunch of football moves then next said nobody but him it’s all on him. 
 

Props to him for recognizing it

Now give Caldwell every other series and see what happens

I’ll eat all the crow in the world for us to just make the playoff 

Would you fuck this thing? Because this might be the only way. That's CTJ in real life, btw. Yes, it's true, he's really just a Discord mod. 

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 that’s also how I feel about playing “complementary” offense

 put up 14 unanswered points on O and see how complementary that is for the defense

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There are coaches who guess the amount of points it will take to win a game and then set their gameplan to do just that. I think Mack or GD admitted to that at one point. I believe that is part of what plagues Sarkisian. It’s why our games against big teams are one score games. 

Some OCs also install a gameplan based on what they believe will work, and if that gameplan fails, they are unable to (or refuse to) change. John Mackovic was one of those. Sarkisian is definitely guilty of that.  

It is maddening. 

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2 hours ago, BlackCat said:

Sark is a QB and I think he coaches and thinks like a QB. You dont ask a QB to change what hes doing because he makes a bad throw, and I think Sark looks at these games that way. Bad performance against UK? Its not the game plan, just gotta execute better next time. 

This is giving me flashbacks of Charlie Strong constantly saying “we just gotta go out there and execute.” 

Sark’s game management is that of a hairstylist who knows they’ve given you a terrible haircut but they keep chopping off more to try and fix it. Before you know it your head is shaved bald and you’re being told that’s the hottest look right now. 

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1 hour ago, immamac said:

I think he believes in his team more than he should sometimes as a player's coach. When your players aren't making plays you gotta take over the game for them and get them plays they can make as the head coach. 

A lot of the more animated coaches we see are not of the same philosophy and control the team and take on the role of making them do what they need to or replacing them. I think the trust building sark does with players is somewhat unique, but it burns him when he's slow to give other guys a shot that maybe just can fucking ball on Saturdays but aren't as good culture guys during the week. 

There's a lot more what if plays with this team than any other save the 2019 longhorn team in recent memory for me. The 2020 team was completely dysfunctional as well and I think collapsed for similar reasons but didn't have the culture to really hold the locker room together. 

I agree with a lot of this. I think you're 100% on point about the trust building/culture vs balling out on Saturday comment. People on this board think Sark is some kind of mystery, but he's really just stubborn for the sake of pulling a Herman and the I'm the smartest person in the building bullshit. But I really think you nailed it. 
 

So I keep beating this drum, but it also has to do with what I agree with above. The issue with Sark and his "trust tree" is it doesn't work in real time. In practice, sure. It's practice and it's zero sum. In real time  he's missing the forest for the trees that he needs to make is play calls more in layman's terms for the younger players. 

Example A: McCutcheon has 4 catches for 52 yards for 13 ypc and a long of 26. He has yet to drop a pass. If the plays were simplified, we can see that this kid has juice and is extremely valuable. He's caught a pass in every game but two (UTEP and Kentucky). He's a perfect complimentary piece to Moore, and he can use them both at the same time, or give one a rest. 

Example B: Kaliq Lockett has 3 catches for 12 yards. He had 2 for 22 in game 1, was on the field for game 2 but recorded zero catches, and then had 1 catch for -11 yds, but that's not on him, that's on Arch, and then Sark just stopped playing him. I went back and looked at his catches against SJSU and he has extremely good hands and works for the ball. Same with Ffrench against SHSU with his lone catch of the season. But, of course, Sark doesnt want to use them for whatever reason (I assume RS year, and that's shit even Napier groans at), but I assume it's because the playbook might as well be written in Sumerian. If he would just use simplistic language (even tell Arch the play to tell who to go where) he could sit Wingo when he does his stupid shit like drop easy passes, and put in Lockett (same "X" position), while Ffrench can line up in the "Z" or next to the "Z" position, which gives Texas an ultimate mismatch. You can rotate Wingo, Livingstone, and Lockett (Lockett is the best WR with easily the best hands and isn't lazy and will fight for the ball, much like Smith, Wesco, Jr, and Ryan Williams, who all also play the "X"). Throw in Townsend or Washington in the "Y" and receiving has fixed itself (but Washington has to learn to block, and not "chip" block, and that's on Banks).

Every person who has caught a pass more than 5 times has been in the program for at least a year (excluding Endries), so they know the playbook. Knowing and understanding are two different things, since we have all seen fucked up routes this season, and Endries is hit or miss (I don't know if he's just hit his ceiling as a player or what) If he would just dumb it down he would get more out of his #1 class offensively, which includes freak of nature Nick Townsend, who can do everything from catch, be a RB, blocker, whatever, and same with Michael Terry III (they might as well be one in the same, except I believe Townsend is faster, and Terry is quicker). Both are big mf'ers who have played RB, which if you're an intelligent human, we need in the worst way, and I believe would fix our RZ issues. We simply cannot keep punishing Wisner. Clark isn't getting yac if we're 8-10 yds away from the RZ, and Simon can't help but run into his own linemen (but man I love that kid. He's super quick but extremely uncoordinated atm). I don't know if Baxter is coming back this season, but we're only in game 7, but I use "only" lightly.  

Sark is so focused on his extremely dumb "trust tree" that he's holding himself and his offense back by using a wrench to fix Porsche, rather than all of the tools he has at his disposal. He's backing himself into a corner for no reason. He's essentially driving a Honda when he has a Rolls Royce or Lamborghini just sitting there. It's maddening. 

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19 minutes ago, Tex Pete said:

There are coaches who guess the amount of points it will take to win a game and then set their gameplan to do just that. I think Mack or GD admitted to that at one point. I believe that is part of what plagues Sarkisian. It’s why our games against big teams are one score games. 

Some OCs also install a gameplan based on what they believe will work, and if that gameplan fails, they are unable to (or refuse to) change. John Mackovic was one of those. Sarkisian is definitely guilty of that.  

It is maddening. 

He's scared to admit he's wrong and refuses to use layman's terms for plays to get our talented freshmen real playing time instead of waiting until next year, which is basically their "welcome to CFB" year. It's stupid. Go back and look at Lockett against SJSU and you'll see what Ryan Wingo "should" be. He's coordinated, has strong, great hands, and fight for the ball. I don't care about competition, his two catches showed me he can play. 

The easiest thing to do is when telling Arch the play in his hwlmet, have Arch relay the play in layman's terms to the younger guys so they know where to line up and go. It's not rocket science. This would automatically create mismatches with our WR's, and if Wingo's lazy ass drops a pass, sit him and put in Lockett. They both play the "X" so it's not like it's foreign to him. Or, as I said to Imma, McCutcheon already has 4/26 so he or Ffrench can line up next to Moore and run 11 personnel. I know Sark looooves 12 personnel, but God damnit, he makes it so easy to scheme against. If he would routinely go from 12 personel, to 11, and even 21 throughout the game (Wisner and Terry/Simon/Clark, whomever), we can mudhole teams. Yes, I know our oline issues, as I've written at least three thesis papers on them on this very site, but with Brooks, we at least have someone who can bend, move, and doesn't try and actively tear up his own linemens knees and ligaments. 

Brooks has unfortunately been put in a tight spot as he learns on the go, but I would take him over Stroh every single game. And honestly, I don't know what the deal is with Neto, since LG is his natural position, but he can't be worse than Stroh. Shit, since Flood (apparently) moves his linemen around to get the best 5, why not try Kibble? He's a RS, and RG by trade, but he's talented and I don't see why we didn't try him. I believe Brooks (True FR) was a panic move, nothing more, and now he's stuck there. We have 3 true tackles playing in 5 spots - Goosby Brooks Baker; Hutson (natural shit G) who is dog shit dipped in Asswater playing C, and now we have Robertson (who is a natural G, but I believe was recruited as a C), rather than using Cruz (RS-FR), a guy who is a natural C just sitting there. Flood has fucked up so badly that I will bet CTJ sucks off Sydney if he's not shown the door by the end of the season. He's a goner. No more 3* Flood. CDC ain't putting up with that shut. He doesn't like losers, and right now, Sark is losing, and whether that be because of both play calling and O-line issues, it doesn't matter. Someone has to take the fall, and that will be Flood, and I hope to Xenu Milwee follows, but doubtful on that one. 

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31 minutes ago, RoyalBevo21 said:

We all know how this is gonna end unfortunately. Wild we keep hiring these ego-tards.Screenshot_20251021_125544_Chrome.thumb.jpg.ae8822ade333bbf9a8943200744fbdee.jpg

Even Joey Freshwater has an OC at Ole Miss. Stevie Asswater is going to learn about this the hard way even though we’re stuck with him for a few more years. 

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Evidently, Sark makes his offense as complicated as possible to try and prove he’s smarter than everyone. If you have guys that are talented and you know your complicated bullshit is the barrier to getting them on the field, maybe simplify it.

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1 hour ago, William Bludworth said:

Sark is so focused on his extremely dumb "trust tree" that he's holding himself and his offense back by using a wrench to fix Porsche, rather than all of the tools he has at his disposal. He's backing himself into a corner for no reason. He's essentially driving a Honda when he has a Rolls Royce or Lamborghini just sitting there. It's maddening. 

Pos rep for the critique.  I agree, Sark seems to impose a strict throttle on the freshmen offensive positions.

There are plenty of 2nd and 3rd year players habitually falling for the banana in the tailpipe, so why not develop an on-ramp for some of these true freshmen?  The T-Birds (Townsend and Terry) ought to be taken for a test drive.  What's under the hood?  Is Ffrench a Bugatti or a Citroen?  McCutcheon could be clutch, but we need to see more.

 

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