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18 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

If only Micheal Dell gave a shit about football.

He's not oblivious to football, athletics, or NIL. I don't have anything beyond that to offer, but he's going to wind up contributing in some form, per those who are closer to it. 

That considered, Texas, being Texas, has multiple billionaires who fucking played at Texas. They have more than a handful of guys worth $100M+ that played at Texas. I'm not even talking about the guys that made millions going pro. The school has at least 10 billionaire families and over 100 worth $100M+. How many of those are interested or will help? No clue yet. Some of these guys could fund the entire setting of the floor for all of athletics with a yearly contribution that would be a small part of their yearly charitable giving. Those guys are going to be key and they're talking to folks. 

Funny thing about the former athletes, btw. Excluding a few like Durant and Clemens, there's a whole bunch of very wealthy former players who do not give to the LHF and to this day believe they got shorted versus what they gave. Texas takes care of its own and that is still a sentiment. It's at every school. Some folks are hoping that NIL helps turn the tables. These aren't a bunch of cheap bastards - their interests just need to feel aligned for them to route charitable giving from some other direction. 

It's all in its infancy everywhere still, so folks have to be methodical, tenacious, and patient on all of this, depending upon roles, including fans. 

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Posted
7 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

So apparently you don't know what "heads and tails" means.  Cool, cool.

Did you mean "head and shoulders"? not sure I've heard heads and tails above something before.

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Posted
Just now, Viper said:

Did you mean "head and shoulders"? not sure I've heard heads and tails above something before.

Good lord.  Sure.  "Head and shoulders".  "Far and away".

Did you go to UT?  Do you read, beyond surly?  Crack a book sometime.  

Posted
4 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

Uh, that's my point.  We avoided the explicit bag money demands, and were relieved of that burden by NIL.

No school will be able to compete with us when we combine NIL + regional recruiting base.  It's a new era.

USC says hi. 

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Urban is a fucking idiot if he walked over that nonsense like control over some  back office choads. Instead he went to Jax and flamed out terribly and his team hated him.  Hope he has been humbled enough to accept the job in 2024 when it is offered.

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Posted
3 hours ago, closetojumping said:

I think it's a mixed bag, if you want a serious answer. 

On the positive side, Texas NIL is organized about as well as any school's program can be, setting aside Oregon*. In addition, non-football programs are funded or getting funded in ways that will be difficult for more than 1-3 other programs to match or beat, per sport. That includes men's basketball (Kentucky and a few others will be who UT competes for players from an NIL perspective at UT's level - not saying UT is on UK's level in performance or tradition, just talking NIL) and baseball (LSU is emphasizing baseball this go-round and has built a super team with it, but there is doubt that they can sustain the absurd shit they've been doing, and Texas' foundation will be able to ascend towards matching even theirs over time). 

On the positive side for football specifically, it's already given birth to significant fruit from last cycle to now. There's a baseline for positions that aren't established at other programs and Texas One Fund is just getting going. Programs like Burnt Ends, whatever shit anyone wants to talk, are significant. As an adder to the TE baseline, there may not be another program like it nationally and, last I heard, it was growing daily. 

Also on the positive side, UT athletes are already getting tapped for corporate NIL opportunities that few other programs are seeing, and that will only grow, especially if UT gets back to being a top 10 yearly program. 

Also also on the positive side, CDC and the LHF have embraced NIL as the way of the future based on feedback from their own coaches. Every coach on campus has reinforced what we've been saying for almost 2 years - NIL has become the single biggest factor for athletes. In many cases, it's just a leveling of the playing field so then coaches have to compete for a recruit based on crazy old school shit like development, tradition, starting opportunity, how many people are being put into the pros, etc. In other cases, it's the only thing someone cares about and they're looking to get paid as much as they can from the place they've either grown up liking or the place they enjoyed most on a visit. 

Negative side is pretty basic. One negative is that the big, big money is still moving at a snail's pace in many instances and for various reasons. For one, suddenly paying players when they've been beaten up about never, ever doing so has been a jolt. For others, they're just careful with what they commit to with their millions, which folks should understand. Still others are trying to understand what's in it for them. That can be criticized, but altruism is more often a fantasy than reality. I've seen what is as close to altruism as one can get in something like this and it's not easy, and it's hard to expect others to feel the same. Also, some folks don't actually care about winning if they're getting names on buildings and access to celebrities and athletes for pictures and bragging rights. 

Also negative is that people have the misconception that Texas NIL is dripping in money. That's not the case. It's a work-in-progress and nothing is even close to being at a level of endowed yet. Donors of all levels are needed, and in some cases, urgently.

Another negative is that NIL has enabled big game hunting for even little programs. Stacking a ton of chips and then pushing them in for one difference maker is a way that many schools are going to approach this thing. That makes this harder for the bigger programs who will always be net winners, but not always on a case by case basis. 

Final negative is that it is early in all of this. It's been hard to organize everything and Texas NIL has been a leader on that. Beyond that, building sustainability and understanding what is transitory and what is here to say puts risk on all decisions for people involved on both the NIL and the program level for each school. Having some real imbeciles sprint out there and do some stupid shit already makes building something long term harder at this stage. 

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*Regarding Oregon, Knight carved off Nike talent like 18 months ahead of 7/1/21. He gave them a giant budget and told them to figure it all out, asap. They have endless resources and brain power with access to massive corporate NIL. No one is going to beat Oregon. The only things that can beat Oregon are rain, travel to Eugene, OR, and the PacWhatever disaster. Fuck us all if they wind up in the Big 10. 

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Posted
5 minutes ago, 6th Street said:

Urban is a fucking idiot if he walked over that nonsense like control over some  back office choads. Instead he went to Jax and flamed out terribly and his team hated him.  Hope he has been humbled enough to accept the job in 2024 when it is offered.

We are going to steal deon from cu

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Posted
4 hours ago, Thatguy said:

  Count me in with @jimmyjazz. I don't want him here. I struggled with the way Nick Saban conducted business with grey-shirting, but this guy is a little much for me. This is "Bayloresque" in my eyes. I wanna win the right way. 

Count me with @jimmyjazz as well.

Posted
On 11/27/2022 at 6:44 AM, Armybrat said:

I believe Texas is going to wreck shop in the SEC whenever we get there.

Fuck those putos.

JW seal of approval. 

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Posted
12 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

Good lord.  Sure.  "Head and shoulders".  "Far and away".

Did you go to UT?  Do you read, beyond surly?  Crack a book sometime.  

Balls and buttholes!

what, you’ve never heard that expression?

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Posted
14 hours ago, closetojumping said:

He's not oblivious to football, athletics, or NIL. I don't have anything beyond that to offer, but he's going to wind up contributing in some form, per those who are closer to it. 

That considered, Texas, being Texas, has multiple billionaires who fucking played at Texas. They have more than a handful of guys worth $100M+ that played at Texas. I'm not even talking about the guys that made millions going pro. The school has at least 10 billionaire families and over 100 worth $100M+. How many of those are interested or will help? No clue yet. Some of these guys could fund the entire setting of the floor for all of athletics with a yearly contribution that would be a small part of their yearly charitable giving. Those guys are going to be key and they're talking to folks. 

Funny thing about the former athletes, btw. Excluding a few like Durant and Clemens, there's a whole bunch of very wealthy former players who do not give to the LHF and to this day believe they got shorted versus what they gave. Texas takes care of its own and that is still a sentiment. It's at every school. Some folks are hoping that NIL helps turn the tables. These aren't a bunch of cheap bastards - their interests just need to feel aligned for them to route charitable giving from some other direction. 

It's all in its infancy everywhere still, so folks have to be methodical, tenacious, and patient on all of this, depending upon roles, including fans. 

Calling NIL charitable giving is a stretch.

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Posted
16 minutes ago, royiv said:

Calling NIL charitable giving is a stretch.

Except it isn’t, when done with the established NIL 501(c)3 that works with other charities so the athletes get paid  to do good works. Maybe educate yourself at least a fucking little before stepping on your dick with a comment like this. 

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Posted (edited)
6 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

Except it isn’t, when done with the established NIL 501(c)3 that works with other charities so the athletes get paid  to do good works. Maybe educate yourself at least a fucking little before stepping on your dick with a comment like this. 

Fuck off, shithead. Sorry I don't subscribe to your newsletter that athletes driving Lambos is charitable giving. Please inform me what good works athletes are doing for the cash they're getting paid. I have no problem with athletes getting paid, but to call it charitable is bullshit. I don't see Quinn Ewers curing cancer.

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Posted
25 minutes ago, royiv said:

Calling NIL charitable giving is a stretch.

 

7 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

Except it isn’t, when done with the established NIL 501(c)3 that works with other charities so the athletes get paid  to do good works. Maybe educate yourself at least a fucking little before stepping on your dick with a comment like this. 

 

1 minute ago, royiv said:

Fuck off, shithead. Sorry I don't subscribe to your newsletter that athletes driving Lambos is charitable giving. Please inform me what good works athletes are doing for the cash they're getting paid. I have no problem with athletes getting paid, but to call it charitable is bullshit. I don't see Quinn Ewers curing cancer.

Nice. A good "NIL is/is not charitable giving" debate featuring philosophy, personal ethics, and accounting regulations. This is going to be fun.

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7 minutes ago, royiv said:

Fuck off, shithead. Sorry I don't subscribe to your newsletter that athletes driving Lambos is charitable giving. Please inform me what good works athletes are doing for the cash they're getting paid. I have no problem with athletes getting paid, but to call it charitable is bullshit. I don't see Quinn Ewers curing cancer.

Well for one - Bijan's corporate sponsorships have nothing to do with TexasOne or HornsWithHeart, but if we are talking about Bijan specifically:
https://www.kxan.com/sports/texas-running-back-bijan-robinson-helps-raise-money-and-discusses-the-direction-of-the-football-program/

https://austin.culturemap.com/news/city-life/ut-running-back-bijan-robinson-den-foundation-community-first-village/

https://arizonasports.com/story/3279711/texas-rb-tucson-native-bijan-robinson-donates-3k-worth-backpacks/

https://den5for5.com/ -> https://mlf.org/community-first/

There are more examples, but of course you are too fucking stupid to understand that NIL and charity mix extremely well.

Quinn Ewers hasn't done much outside of corporate NIL and has never claimed to.

 

TexasOne is specifically putting together charity and NIL as it's SOLE mission and every single time the player gets paid their quid pro quo is actually tied to charitable giving, work or promotion. 

 

If you keep talking shit or nonsense about players getting paid being impossible to be charitable I will fucking ban you.

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Posted
15 minutes ago, MuellerHorn said:

 

 

Nice. A good "NIL is/is not charitable giving" debate featuring philosophy, personal ethics, and accounting regulations. This is going to be fun.

Not really. It's one of those two hit fights - the dipshit poster gets hit and then he hits the floor. The guy is conflating multiple issues without being informed and isn't worth the bullet.

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1 minute ago, immamac said:

Well for one - Bijan's corporate sponsorships have nothing to do with TexasOne or HornsWithHeart, but if we are talking about Bijan specifically:
https://www.kxan.com/sports/texas-running-back-bijan-robinson-helps-raise-money-and-discusses-the-direction-of-the-football-program/

https://austin.culturemap.com/news/city-life/ut-running-back-bijan-robinson-den-foundation-community-first-village/

https://arizonasports.com/story/3279711/texas-rb-tucson-native-bijan-robinson-donates-3k-worth-backpacks/

https://den5for5.com/ -> https://mlf.org/community-first/

There are more examples, but of course you are too fucking stupid to understand that NIL and charity mix extremely well.

Quinn Ewers hasn't done much outside of corporate NIL and has never claimed to.

 

TexasOne is specifically putting together charity and NIL as it's SOLE mission and every single time the player gets paid their quid pro quo is actually tied to charitable giving, work or promotion. 

 

If you keep talking shit or nonsense about players getting paid being impossible to be charitable I will fucking ban you.

You are such a thin skinned little bitch. You immediately resort to threats anytime someone has an opinion that you disagree with. I have zero problems with athletes getting paid. Should have happened a long time ago. Paying players under the guise of charitable giving is dumb in my opinion. People volunteer their time for good causes, not get paid for it. 

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Just now, royiv said:

You are such a thin skinned little bitch. You immediately resort to threats anytime someone has an opinion that you disagree with. I have zero problems with athletes getting paid. Should have happened a long time ago. Paying players under the guise of charitable giving is dumb in my opinion. People volunteer their time for good causes, not get paid for it. 

Solid goalpost move. 

Look, the reality is that what you posted is factually incorrect. People can give to a non-profit to pay players to work with charities. You can have your dipshitted opinions about it, but quite literally, it is not a "stretch". We all get to have our own opinions, but this isn't a safe space for conjuring your own "facts". 

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2 minutes ago, immamac said:

Well for one - Bijan's corporate sponsorships have nothing to do with TexasOne or HornsWithHeart, but if we are talking about Bijan specifically:
https://www.kxan.com/sports/texas-running-back-bijan-robinson-helps-raise-money-and-discusses-the-direction-of-the-football-program/

https://austin.culturemap.com/news/city-life/ut-running-back-bijan-robinson-den-foundation-community-first-village/

https://arizonasports.com/story/3279711/texas-rb-tucson-native-bijan-robinson-donates-3k-worth-backpacks/

https://den5for5.com/ -> https://mlf.org/community-first/

There are more examples, but of course you are too fucking stupid to understand that NIL and charity mix extremely well.

Quinn Ewers hasn't done much outside of corporate NIL and has never claimed to.

 

TexasOne is specifically putting together charity and NIL as it's SOLE mission and every single time the player gets paid their quid pro quo is actually tied to charitable giving, work or promotion. 

 

If you keep talking shit or nonsense about players getting paid being impossible to be charitable I will fucking ban you.

Serious question: Couldn't he have done that stuff before NIL though? I mean as long as they weren't taking money or gifts couldn't athletes sponsor or spokesmen for legit charities before NIL was a thing? I'm sure NIL makes it easier for them to get hooked up with programs at a larger scale but promoting charities was a thing before, right?

Not tying to downgrade Bijan's community service at all. 

Posted
2 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

Solid goalpost move. 

Look, the reality is that what you posted is factually incorrect. People can give to a non-profit to pay players to work with charities. You can have your dipshitted opinions about it, but quite literally, it is not a "stretch". We all get to have our own opinions, but this isn't a safe space for conjuring your own "facts". 

When did I claim my opinion was a fact? You can dislike my opinion and that's fair. It seems quite silly to me that you and immamac have gotten so triggered by a one sentence opinion. 

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Posted
7 minutes ago, royiv said:

You are such a thin skinned little bitch. You immediately resort to threats anytime someone has an opinion that you disagree with. I have zero problems with athletes getting paid. Should have happened a long time ago. Paying players under the guise of charitable giving is dumb in my opinion. People volunteer their time for good causes, not get paid for it. 

DON'T YOU EVER QUESTION THE CHARITABLE WORK OUR ATHLETES DO THAT THEY ARE COMPENSATED FOR YOU STUPID MISERABLE FUCK STAIN.

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Posted
Just now, royiv said:

When did I claim my opinion was a fact? You can dislike my opinion and that's fair. It seems quite silly to me that you and immamac have gotten so triggered by a one sentence opinion. 

Your one sentence opinion shits on a lot of legitimate work that A LOT of people have done. Legitimately thousands of hours. You are in the wrong here, and your comments are toxic and I don't want them on my website that I own. I don't give a shit if you think that's thin skinned or not.

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1 minute ago, royiv said:

When did I claim my opinion was a fact? You can dislike my opinion and that's fair. It seems quite silly to me that you and immamac have gotten so triggered by a one sentence opinion. 

I'm not triggered by much. Weak-willed men. Hypocrisy. Ignorance. You just happen to be displaying all 3 of those right now. You took a factually incorrect position, then started calling names and changing your position when challenged, and now can't just take the L and shut the fuck up.

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8 minutes ago, JMFP said:

Serious question: Couldn't he have done that stuff before NIL though? I mean as long as they weren't taking money or gifts couldn't athletes sponsor or spokesmen for legit charities before NIL was a thing? I'm sure NIL makes it easier for them to get hooked up with programs at a larger scale but promoting charities was a thing before, right?

Not tying to downgrade Bijan's community service at all. 

Yeah, the impact is just significantly less. It's the if it's free is it really valuable paradox. 

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14 minutes ago, immamac said:

Your one sentence opinion shits on a lot of legitimate work that A LOT of people have done. Legitimately thousands of hours. You are in the wrong here, and your comments are toxic and I don't want them on my website that I own. I don't give a shit if you think that's thin skinned or not.

Don't ban that guy. This website was built on assholes. 

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Posted
36 minutes ago, Thatguy said:

Don't ban that guy. 

User name checks out.

45 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

It's a free country, so folks have the right to freely spend their time however they'd like, sure. Not much of that was happening though. At least now you have guys motivated to go out do things like working with Habitat For Humanity and children's hospitals and refurbishing schools and libraries. Those charities are happy to have the help and not be paying for it. Normally, if a charity wants celebrity support, unless it is a pet cause of said celeb, they're paying for the appearance. That kind of NIL program is legitimately helping charities. You can see that by the way charities are starting to line up with local NILs for help.

Separately, which folks are conflating, are sponsorships from the corporate world. No one is claiming that Bryce Young doing Dr. Pepper commercials or Bijan Robinson driving a Lambo is a charitable act. Those guys are being paid for their name, image, and likeness, no differently than Jennifer Aniston is by Smart Water. 

This.  Nobody said the value these guys provide to the charities has to equal what they are receiving under NIL.

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1 hour ago, royiv said:

You are such a thin skinned little bitch. You immediately resort to threats anytime someone has an opinion that you disagree with. I have zero problems with athletes getting paid. Should have happened a long time ago. Paying players under the guise of charitable giving is dumb in my opinion. People volunteer their time for good causes, not get paid for it. 

Who the fuck let this guy in?

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1 hour ago, royiv said:

Fuck off, shithead. Sorry I don't subscribe to your newsletter that athletes driving Lambos is charitable giving. Please inform me what good works athletes are doing for the cash they're getting paid. I have no problem with athletes getting paid, but to call it charitable is bullshit. I don't see Quinn Ewers curing cancer.

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1 hour ago, royiv said:

You are such a thin skinned little bitch. You immediately resort to threats anytime someone has an opinion that you disagree with. I have zero problems with athletes getting paid. Should have happened a long time ago. Paying players under the guise of charitable giving is dumb in my opinion. People volunteer their time for good causes, not get paid for it. 

You can think of it this way, the donors are literally buying the players' NIL (and potentially time) and then giving it to the charities for their mission.

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23 hours ago, closetojumping said:

CDC was talking up Dykes and Franklin. It was discussed contemporaneously on this board in the Urban Meyer thread and the later confirmed by $9.95ers long after the fact when the dust had settled. CDC wasn't taken seriously during the process because of shit like that. He also balked at letting Meyer have his own AD for football, understandably but critically. 

The BOR and BMDs wanted Meyer, then Kelly, and then jumped on the rebound girl, Seven Win Steve. Love it or hate it, but that's always been the word on it all went down.

Credit to Sonny Dykes for what he's done at TCU in year 1. It's pretty stunning, but it's also very reminiscent of the run Mel Tucker and MSU had last year, in which they won a lot of very close games in the fourth quarter. That shit is very hard to replicate or repeat.

Maybe Sonny Dykes runs the table this year. Good for him and TCU if so. I'd trade a title run for a future repeat of the last 13 years, personally, so I have zero shit to talk about something crazy like that happening. 

Maybe Dykes and TCU get run over in the playoffs as many here are predicting. I don't know if that would shock me, but I view that as less likely than TCU continuing to play at a high enough level to play with and even beat any of the other teams left in the CFP. People just handing the trophy to Georgia again are being presumptuous. 

Regardless, I don't see him or TCU sniffing an opportunity again like this any time in the vaguely near future. They're going to lose a ton of talent, including Duggan, and Dykes doing it all again with a new cast recruited by his staff seems far-fetched given his history. I wasn't a fan of the Sarkisian hire, or the Herman hire for that matter, but I would have straight up vomited had Dykes been the guy. If given the choice right now for who is coaching Texas in 2023 between Sonny Dykes and Steve Sarkisian, I guess I would flip a fucking coin and kick my neighbor's dog. 

This discussion made me go back and read some PM's to refresh my memory of events. I'd heard Sark was a real possibility around the time you did from a good buddy, who knows some folks who would know. After Sark was announced, he said he was told that after Urban walked away we were all set to roll with Herman for 2021 until Sark absolutely crushed his interview. Didn't sound like Sark was a very serious candidate before that.

FTR, I'd love to be winning more games but I like the trajectory Sark has us on and cannot argue he's recruiting better than Herman was/would be. I hope he pans out because he's much more likable than Herman.

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Posted

 

I thought this week's press conference had some good stuff.

Sark was pretty reflective and voiced many of the concerns we have all had on here.  I can't remember Herman or Mack approaching things that way.

He took the blame for not running the ball better late in games.  Also said more development of the passing game would be the focus of bowl workouts.

Saying it doesn't mean it will get fixed but it does seem like he recognizes most  of the same issues we worry about here and isn't afraid to voice them as needing to be fixed.

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2 minutes ago, burdine said:

 

I thought this week's press conference had some good stuff.

Sark was pretty reflective and voiced many of the concerns we have all had on here.  I can't remember Herman or Mack approaching things that way.

He took the blame for not running the ball better late in games.  Also said more development of the passing game would be the focus of bowl workouts.

Saying it doesn't mean it will get fixed but it does seem like he recognizes most  of the same issues we worry about here and isn't afraid to voice them as needing to be fixed.

So Sark reads surly confirmed. lol

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5 minutes ago, burdine said:

 

I thought this week's press conference had some good stuff.

Sark was pretty reflective and voiced many of the concerns we have all had on here.  I can't remember Herman or Mack approaching things that way.

He took the blame for not running the ball better late in games.  Also said more development of the passing game would be the focus of bowl workouts.

Saying it doesn't mean it will get fixed but it does seem like he recognizes most  of the same issues we worry about here and isn't afraid to voice them as needing to be fixed.

Seemed like he took a not so thinly veiled jab at the folks in maroon.

Posted
4 minutes ago, immamac said:

So Sark reads surly confirmed. lol

That would be funny.  But seriously, what this indicates to me is that Sark has a level of introspection and humility that Tom never had, or at least never showed.  This alone bodes well for his growth as a coach, and will hopefully manifest itself in more consistent ass kickings of opponents on the football field in the very near future.

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Posted
On 11/26/2022 at 10:23 PM, MirrOlure said:


Maybe you should redirect your concerto figuring out how to fuck yourself

I've been fucking myself for quite some time now...

What else?

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29 minutes ago, 83Horn said:

That would be funny.  But seriously, what this indicates to me is that Sark has a level of introspection and humility that Tom never had, or at least never showed.  This alone bodes well for his growth as a coach, and will hopefully manifest itself in more consistent ass kickings of opponents on the football field in the very near future.

It's hard to be successful in recovery without developing a fair amount of introspection and humility.  

Identifying the problems is the first step.  Mission accomplished.

Fixing problems can be harder.  He has to get it done.

If we play Utah in the bowl game, they have a pretty good  D.  It will be interesting to see if anything seems different in a good way.

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On 11/27/2022 at 7:11 AM, Doc Daneeka said:

I believe he’s on the record as saying he recruits passers to pass and runners to run. 
 

I disagree strongly with that premise. Making the defense play 11 on 11 opens up many more opportunities. The QB doesn’t have to be VY, he just needs to be able to take yardage available and slide instead of being a statue who throws the ball away if there’s no open man. It’s fair to say that doing this doesn’t require a dual threat QB, per se, but this doesn’t seem like something he actively promotes. Or maybe he just doesn’t promote it as much as I’d like. Don’t know. 

I've heard him say the same and I know that is where he came from and how he views the world... 

I agree with your view. I don't say we need a run first guy, but CFB is won with a "run away when you need to, and occasionally when you don't need to buy the opportunity presents itself."

The threat of 15 yd QB runs create 40 yd wide open QB passes.

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52 minutes ago, immamac said:

So Sark reads surly confirmed. lol

My exact thought at the time.

Caveat: Sounded like he's planning on getting better as an OC, as opposed to handing the keys and phone to a real OC and attending to the whole team. 

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I like Sark's vision for our program quite a bit.

Physical team.  Running the ball well and stopping the run.  Play action passes off the successful running game.

I like what he calls our "brand" of football.

It seems like it all starts with a dominant offensive line.

This is a lot like Georgia is built but maybe with a higher end passing game.

It's a good strategy and a good goal for a place like Texas.

I think Ohio State shows some of the weaknesses with being too pass happy.

I just need to see better execution.

Does anybody really dislike Sark's goal or vision of how the team should be constructed?

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5 minutes ago, burdine said:

I like Sark's vision for our program quite a bit.

Physical team.  Running the ball well and stopping the run.  Play action passes off the successful running game.

I like what he calls our "brand" of football.

It seems like it all starts with a dominant offensive line.

This is a lot like Georgia is built but maybe with a higher end passing game.

It's a good strategy and a good goal for a place like Texas.

I think Ohio State shows some of the weaknesses with being too pass happy.

I just need to see better execution.

Does anybody really dislike Sark's goal or vision of how the team should be constructed?

I like it a lot other than perhaps the lack of enthusiasm for a QB who will make a defense play 11 on 11. It’s a lot harder to have an off day when your OL is beating people’s asses. 

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I don’t think there’s ever really been a question that he seems to be smart and thoughtful and understands something about coaching.
His issue entirely has been his game day coaching. It’s great that he has recognized those problems that were obvious and I hope he fixes them.

He says the right things, now he needs to do the right things.

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