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  • Quite a bit of gold from Page 1. Here's Steve's rebuttal:

  • I won’t have to. He’ll be forced out in 3-5 years.

  • Y'all are fucking pussies, and crying and blaming the coach because you're fucking idiot fuckfaces that have cognitive capacities similar to a fucking amoeba.  The fact is that Sark took a team w

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19 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said:

This roster blow up is a massive red flag

Is it? Lots of folks faulting Sark for not being aggressive enough in the portal last year. If they are going more aggressive in the portal this year, that means shedding some good players that are being replaced. Players like Wisner/Lafeu/Livingstone aren't going to hang around when they are being pushed down the depth chart and aren't making starter $'s.

27 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Hes Akers at best. This roster blow up is a massive red flag

Christ, you really are an idiot, aren't you?

41 minutes ago, TreatyOak said:

Watching Cignetti's team currently tearing Alabama a new one. Compare how they play full-throttle all game to how Sark's teams played in year five.

Indiana is ahead 38-3 and Cignetti looks pissed at his defense.

It took Cignetti less than two seasons to build this team. Sark is finished with year five and it's a mess with excuses about babysitting coaches, no featured running backs, and wide receivers who can't catch. But it's the defenive coach's fault. Glad we got that cleared up.

But trust in the process with Sark.

We need to give him another five-to-seven years so he can really implement his program and come up with a new slogan.

Every fan base wants Cignetti right now, one has him. Is what it is.

2 minutes ago, Hank_Hill said:

There’s a roster blow up?

Our fans simultaneously expect us to upgrade nearly every position but somehow retain everyone or it’s “a red flag” for “blowing up the roster”

3 minutes ago, Hank_Hill said:

There’s a roster blow up?

No one does sniveling Texas fan quite like Greenspoint.

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We going to have to get erbody in the portal if this keeps up.

1 minute ago, NBHorn7 said:

We going to have to get erbody in the portal if this keeps up.

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1 minute ago, NBHorn7 said:

We going to have to get erbody in the portal if this keeps up.

Isn't that what everybody wants us to do anyway?

Just now, David Dennison said:

Isn't that what everybody wants us to do anyway?

So, win win.

21 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

So you want to start over?

That is actually a great question and I thank you for asking it.

What I want is a coach that can motivate a player to say what Fernando Mendoza said after beating Ohio State. I highlighted the parts that are most instructional:

"We were never supposed to be in this position, but by the glory of God, great teammates and great coaches around us, we were able to pull this off, and now the Hoosiers are flipping' champs. Let's go!

IT'S THE RIGHT PLACE CAUSE WE'RE PROCESS-ORIENTED. We're going day-by-day. The offensive line, the defense, the coaches, the special teams. WE'RE ALL PROCESS-ORIENTED TO ONE GOAL. We're brothers, cause we know we're going to stick together to make the strongest glue ever."

(ABOUT WR CHARLIE BECKER) "Charlie is incredible cause EVERY DAY THIS SUMMER AND EVERY DAY BEFORE PRACTICE WE THROW. AT 7AM ON SUNDAYS. DOING ROUTES. And now it's all coming to fruition. As well as our defense playing light's out, along with everybody. What an incredible moment."

IMHO, that's what it takes to be exceptional in anything. I think Sark is capable of fielding a good team, but not an exceptional one with the attitude Mendoza illustrated for us. His teams are a reflection of him — they are, for various culture reasons, dispassionate. So yes, sadly, I want a new coach. ☹️

3 minutes ago, TreatyOak said:

That is actually a great question and I thank you for asking it.

What I want is a coach that can motivate a player to say what Fernando Mendoza said after beating Ohio State. I highlighted the parts that are most instructional:

"We were never supposed to be in this position, but by the glory of God, great teammates and great coaches around us, we were able to pull this off, and now the Hoosiers are flipping' champs. Let's go!

IT'S THE RIGHT PLACE CAUSE WE'RE PROCESS-ORIENTED. We're going day-by-day. The offensive line, the defense, the coaches, the special teams. WE'RE ALL PROCESS-ORIENTED TO ONE GOAL. We're brothers, cause we know we're going to stick together to make the strongest glue ever."

(ABOUT WR CHARLIE BECKER) "Charlie is incredible cause EVERY DAY THIS SUMMER AND EVERY DAY BEFORE PRACTICE WE THROW. AT 7AM ON SUNDAYS. DOING ROUTES. And now it's all coming to fruition. As well as our defense playing light's out, along with everybody. What an incredible moment."

IMHO, that's what it takes to be exceptional in anything. I think Sark is capable of fielding a good team, but not an exceptional one with the attitude Mendoza illustrated for us. His teams are a reflection of him — they are, for various culture reasons, dispassionate. So yes, sadly, I want a new coach. ☹️

Who?

Just now, David Dennison said:

Who?

You won't get an answer from him. He would rather bitch and covet what Indiana has. So I guess the answer is he wants a guy that literally no one thought would be where he is now. But we're Texas and we should be able to see the future. I guess we can consult his AI slop for the next head coach.

1 minute ago, mdmost said:

You won't get an answer from him. He would rather bitch and covet what Indiana has. So I guess the answer is he wants a guy that literally no one thought would be where he is now. But we're Texas and we should be able to see the future. I guess we can consult his AI slop for the next head coach.

Is there any indication whatsoever that the University of Texas is unhappy with Steve Sarkisian?

Just now, David Dennison said:

Is there any indication whatsoever that the University of Texas is unhappy with Steve Sarkisian?

Of course not. Only the a portion of the fans are unhappy. Maybe some donors that paid a lot but here's the dirty truth, you want to win anything going forward? You're going to have to pay until this stupid wild wild West gets settled by Congress or some other authority. Pay up or shut the fuck up.

I think Sark had to reach out and tell Treaty to stop being the selfie weirdo around the players or something

2 minutes ago, Hank_Hill said:

I think Sark had to reach out and tell Treaty to stop being the selfie weirdo around the players or something

But then Sark would just be met with unfunny AI slop that's repeatedly posted again and again for minimal Surly rep points that ultimately do not matter for pretty much anything.

7 hours ago, bborange said:

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image.gifWould have loved to see king cheez or whatever catch some.

1 minute ago, Daichee Bell said:

image.gifWould have loved to see king cheez or whatever catch some.

DON'T YOU FUCKING TELL ME I DIDN'T WAKE UP FEELING THE CHEESIEST!

12 minutes ago, TreatyOak said:

I think Sark is capable of fielding a good team, but not an exceptional one with the attitude Mendoza illustrated for us. His teams are a reflection of him — they are, for various culture reasons, dispassionate. So yes, sadly, I want a new coach. ☹️

I think the frustrating thing about Sark is he could field an exceptional team. Just not while being the OC and primary play caller. He needs to decide whether he wants to be a head coach or a coordinator. He can do either at an elite level, but he can't do both.

5 hours ago, TreatyOak said:

Amazing that so many people are just fine with mediocre results. It’s very TexAgs, honestly.

I love mediocre apparently. Cause I’ve read everyone one of your mediocre posts in this thread . Holy moly. Let it go.

30 minutes ago, mdmost said:

But then Sark would just be met with unfunny AI slop that's repeatedly posted again and again for minimal Surly rep points that ultimately do not matter for pretty much anything.

None of this matters.

54 minutes ago, TreatyOak said:

That is actually a great question and I thank you for asking it.

What I want is a coach that can motivate a player to say what Fernando Mendoza said after beating Ohio State. I highlighted the parts that are most instructional:

"We were never supposed to be in this position, but by the glory of God, great teammates and great coaches around us, we were able to pull this off, and now the Hoosiers are flipping' champs. Let's go!

IT'S THE RIGHT PLACE CAUSE WE'RE PROCESS-ORIENTED. We're going day-by-day. The offensive line, the defense, the coaches, the special teams. WE'RE ALL PROCESS-ORIENTED TO ONE GOAL. We're brothers, cause we know we're going to stick together to make the strongest glue ever."

(ABOUT WR CHARLIE BECKER) "Charlie is incredible cause EVERY DAY THIS SUMMER AND EVERY DAY BEFORE PRACTICE WE THROW. AT 7AM ON SUNDAYS. DOING ROUTES. And now it's all coming to fruition. As well as our defense playing light's out, along with everybody. What an incredible moment."

IMHO, that's what it takes to be exceptional in anything. I think Sark is capable of fielding a good team, but not an exceptional one with the attitude Mendoza illustrated for us. His teams are a reflection of him — they are, for various culture reasons, dispassionate. So yes, sadly, I want a new coach. ☹️

who?

6 minutes ago, TreatyOak said:

None of this matters.

Oh we know it matters to you otherwise you wouldn't be so bitter about all this. Everyone else woke up feeling the cheesiest this morning but you can't just put this season into the done and dusted pile and move on.

Edited by mdmost

Just now, Hank_Hill said:

Every fan base wants Cignetti right now, one has him. Is what it is.

theres going to be some overreactive ADs firing playoff coaches chasing the Cignetti dragon that Nebraska themselves into not having a job

dude is just lightning in a bottle, and someone everyone missing on the Saban tree they should feel bad about

you can keep shaking that tree for more coaches, but need to realize this is unlikely to be a remotely common outcome

10 minutes ago, BigHornedLurker said:

theres going to be some overreactive ADs firing playoff coaches chasing the Cignetti dragon that Nebraska themselves into not having a job

dude is just lightning in a bottle, and someone everyone missing on the Saban tree they should feel bad about

you can keep shaking that tree for more coaches, but need to realize this is unlikely to be a remotely common outcome

He’s lightning in a bottle. I think it’s not just that he’s process oriented, or that his teams practice hard and they work hard, he’s exceptional at spotting talent. Plenty of good to great HC’s have been around Saban. Coached under him, they know he ate and breathed and slept football. Spent hours watching film, looking at this recruit and that recruit. Plenty of them have gone on to build good to great teams. But I submit that most on Saban’s tree don’t have Cig’s eye for talent, some don’t have the same work ethic and some try things that are not process oriented that don’t work. At the end of the day, plenty of teams work hard, have regular practices, have a great staff. And so on. Some have access to more money and talent and years of top recruiting classes to build on that Cig did not.

So in terms of his being a unicorn 🦄 I’d say yeah he is: he is exceptional at finding talent. That’s his super power. Everyone can learn to be process oriented, practice hard, have good S&C coaches and so on…they can do this. But I don’t think anyone I’ve seen in my life has the innate ability or gift to spot the talent.

one thing I’d like to see is less penalties. That would be nice. And go back to regular practices. And hope we strike gold in the portal I guess. What do I do with my fucking Parker Livingstone jersey that was such a sweet gift from someone I love? Damn.

Tonite’s Indiana beatdown of Bama was like watching a game that was nearly flag free and that was a treat. I wanna watch Cig out coach Kirby Smart. Because then and only then will this have amazing meaning. Especially this picture. I kinda want that fat visor wearing punk destroyed. One that has had year over year prestige and top recruiting classes. Cig takes that fat fuck Kirby Smart down and I will help Indiana build Cig a statue. IMG_9455.jpeg

I don't think Indiana is insanely talented. They are smart kids who were willing to buy into Cignetti's system and they play with incredible discipline. Mistakes are half the battle (ahem, Texas offensive line). Limit penalties and turnovers, keep the ball in front of you on defense w/o sagging off too much (ahem, PK), and oh yeah land a super smart pretty talented QB and his system works.

I have a couple other coaches in mind that we need instead of Sark. I'm being very serious and thoughtful about this, gimme say...another 45-60 minutes to present one to you.

Time will tell with cignetti. But the ball licking needs to stop. It’s fucking disgraceful on this site. Go to the Hoosier site if there is one and go suck dick over there please. Sark ain’t perfect but he reps and coaches the greatest university out there. And it happens to be my favorite team. So get on the train or get ran the fuck over WGAS. HOOKEM BABY.

Genius Kirby Smart just made one of the dumbest decisions I've ever seen. FIRE SARK!

1 hour ago, Hank Kingsley said:

I have a couple other coaches in mind that we need instead of Sark. I'm being very serious and thoughtful about this, gimme say...another 45-60 minutes to present one to you.

So after being very deliberate and meditating on this for a while.

Why didn't we fire Sark and hire Pete Golding? Gimme someone who knows how to beat UGA. He's defensive minded but has a fun offense. WTF are we doing here?

4 hours ago, Hank Kingsley said:

We won the bowl game, Arch played well, young guys got significant minutes, finished the season on a high note. Check.

He hired Muschamp as DC to completely take over that side of the ball. Check.

He hired a new RB coach. Check.

Needs to retain some key players. Pending.

Portal opens tomorrow. Pending.

Other staff moves to come. Pending.

We are in the process of locking in. Let's see what the next couple of weeks bring us.

This is the glass half full side, and I appreciate it. This is the way for the Texas fan that wants to be optimistic. We are clearly primed for a big campaign next year.

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4 hours ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Hes Akers at best. This roster blow up is a massive red flag


I don't remember Akers having a massive roster blow up.

1 minute ago, BlackCat said:

This is the glass half full side, and I appreciate it. This is clearly the way for the Texas fan that wants to be optimistic. We are clearly primed for a big campaign next year.

To me, the season was officially fucked after the Florida game. All I needed to see to realize this team didn't have it. That was almost 3 months ago. We ended up going 7-1 after that, some ugly games but we basically maxed out our W/L record with this squad.

We have Arch and seem primed to make major moves in the portal. Right now is an exciting time.

Weren't players indentured servants back then?

54 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Genius Kirby Smart just made one of the dumbest decisions I've ever seen. FIRE SARK!

He was making those same dumb decisions (rolling dice) early in his career in big games. He had bought and paid for rosters where he had the most talent in the country and lost.

He still has the most loaded roster.

He rolled the dice on us and won. He rolled the dice tonight and lost. That's not a coach who thinks he can beat you straight up, hence, he gambles.

Texas wasn't playing that cash game to the absurd degrees of the SEC, but things are leveling out.

DeBoar opened the floodgates on himself too, today.

Fire Sark! Hire Golding!

31 minutes ago, Hank Kingsley said:

To me, the season was officially fucked after the Florida game. All I needed to see to realize this team didn't have it. That was almost 3 months ago. We ended up going 7-1 after that, some ugly games but we basically maxed out our W/L record with this squad.

We have Arch and seem primed to make major moves in the portal. Right now is an exciting time.

Teams get better over the course of the season. We lost to Fla on Oct.4

Miami lost to Louisville Oct 17, then SMU Nov. 1. Miami is not he same team today.

19 minutes ago, SaucyJack said:

Teams get better over the course of the season. We lost to Fla on Oct.4

Miami lost to Louisville Oct 17, then SMU Nov. 1. Miami is not he same team today.

Miami goes how Carson Beck goes. Beck goes through weird stretches of playing bad and there is no football reason for it. I think off the field shit is the reason because he has a lot of female drama. When he is focused though Miami is very good.

6 hours ago, David Dennison said:

So you want to start over?

Start over maybe not, pressure Sark into getting a real OC yes.

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