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1 hour ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Since we lost to Georgia again, I’ll say that sark is our mark richt. It took them a while to decide to ditch him and try again but they did it and it was the right move that also worked out with their choice of replacement. 
 

we aren’t getting there with this coach.  Probably not remotely ready to give up on him though, and I’m sure the expectation is that next year we are good again with manning and others’ improvement this year. But I hope if we underperform next season again they think seriously about making a change. 
 

maybe aggy doing something of substance this year would light a fire under the collective that funds and runs this thing. 

You forgot tech and OU doing more than Texas like say... beating Alabama at home or blowing out a top ranked BYU. 

It's not just aggie that's blowing by us, its every single historical rival type team.. accept pig, and I wont be shocked if they, like Florida, MSU, and Kentucky keep it close or possibly win.

Let that sink in, because its truth. 

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I chalk this season up to failure in the portal. The last two seasons Texas made the semis because of the players they got in the portal, Golden, Bolden, and Mitchell.

This season that didn't happen and the holes weren't filled in, and the results speak for themselves. This team needed help at running back, O-line for certain and another experienced wide receiver and defensive back would have helped also.

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29 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:

You forgot tech and OU doing more than Texas like say... beating Alabama at home or blowing out a top ranked BYU. 

It's not just aggie that's blowing by us, its every single historical rival type team.. accept pig, and I wont be shocked if they, like Florida, MSU, and Kentucky keep it close or possibly win.

Let that sink in, because its truth. 

And they both thought we had blown by them less than a year ago.

It can change on a dime.

That's the truth.

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2 hours ago, mdmost said:

Vince Young isn't walking through that door, David. We're not in the Big 12 any more where you can pull a comeback against Oklahoma State. I know you love to play devil's advocate here but maybe take a second and look at the reality of this. He's a mediocre coach who can get us 7-9 wins and maybe he'll pull a rare 10 win season if things fall right. But he's not going to convert games against the better teams in the SEC. He has a ceiling. If you're fine with that then cool. I'm not but I get that unless he leaves the powers that be are fine with how things are. 

How many coaches over the last 40 to 50 years have consistently gotten over the equivalent of today's 9-10 wins a year?  You have dudes like Saban, Bear Bryant, Pedo Paterno, Bobby Bowden, Tom Osborne; keep going.  Tally them all up and compare that number to the number of big hire big money "this is the next greatest dude ever" (ala Tom Herman, Charlie Strong, etc.).

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25 minutes ago, NBHorn7 said:

I chalk this season up to failure in the portal. The last two seasons Texas made the semis because of the players they got in the portal, Golden, Bolden, and Mitchell.

This season that didn't happen and the holes weren't filled in, and the results speak for themselves. This team needed help at running back, O-line for certain and another experienced wide receiver and defensive back would have helped also.

What was it two or three seasons ago where we bragged about spending $1.5 million on the offensive line alone?  And the two years after we absolutely kicked ass.

We should do that again.  I liked that.

I don't care about depth on the offensive line.

I want All-Americans on the offensive line.

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1 minute ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

What was it two or three seasons ago where we bragged about spending $1.5 million on the offensive line alone?  And the two years after we absolutely kicked ass.

We should do that again.  I liked that.

I don't care about depth on the offensive line.

I want All-Americans on the offensive line.

You need depth, too, because All-Americans sometimes get hurt.

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1 hour ago, TexanStuckInNebraska said:

The kids call it Belt to A$$. 

Cannot be a head coach and coordinator for a side of the ball.  Too much is happening in the game.  Either you are not helping your side of the ball when they are off the field or you are not involved in the other two phases during the game.

Hence why so very few HC/OCs have won it all and so few do it now they are like an endangered species. Sark’s post game presser he said “we stunk in all three phases.” How can you watch defense and also offense and special teams and call plays? He is pacing the vast majority of the time the defense is on the field and squatting in his playbook the other half. Our team cannot play all three phases together as he said in his presser tonite. What he didn’t say was they stunk in all three phases bc he cannot oversee all three. Truth. It’s a huge issue. And his stubbornness about the booth and putting people up there is a killer as well. He doesn’t see it. 
 Post game presser below: 

https://247sports.com/college/texas/longformarticle/everything-texas-head-coach-steve-sarkisian-said-after-35-10-loss-to-georgia-261752985/#2748658

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I think I saw this on here somewhere but, getting outscored 42-0 in the 4th quarter of our last two games is pretty much a fireable offense IMO.  The University of Texas, with the QB whisperer, and a Manning at QB, and all the NIL/Top 5 recruiting classes, etal just got outscored 42-0 in the last two 4th quarters.  Fuck that.

/edit No blame on Manning.  Just making a point that we've got just about everything any program could ask for.

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Manning was not the prob
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Just now, Fudge Nuggets said:

It can't be that hard.  Find the best junior offensive linemen in all of Amercian football today.  Offer them a shit load of money and let's go kick some fucking ass.

It's really hard. That's why most teams lose.

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1 minute ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

It can't be that hard.  Find the best junior offensive linemen in all of Amercian football today.  Offer them a shit load of money and let's go kick some fucking ass.

You can have the best players at every position but if you don't develop them, develop a game plan that aligns to the their strengths, develop their skill set and align your scheme to the game plan of the defense it won't fucking matter. You will get the same results.

This isn't a player issue. It isn't a talent issue.

It's a coaching issue. 

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This game went pretty much how ai thought that it would. I didn’t think that we had much of a prayer to win, but hoped that I was wrong. 

Spoiler Alert: I wasn’t.

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1 minute ago, BurntEyes said:

You can have the best players at every position but if you don't develop them, develop a game plan that aligns to the their strengths, develop their skill set and align your scheme to the game plan of the defense it won't fucking matter. You will get the same results.

This isn't a player issue. It isn't a talent issue.

It's a coaching issue. 

Who do you want to be head coach and how long do they get before you turn on them?

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14 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

It's really hard. That's why most teams lose.

Not most teams have made the last two playoffs and have all the resources in the world available to them.

Do you honestly think it's really hard for the University of Texas to money whip their way into a top 12 ranking? I don't.

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13 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

Who do you want to be head coach and how long do they get before you turn on them?

I want a guy that will put focus 1 on defensive line.  Focus 2 on offensive line.  focus 3 on depth for both DL and OL.  Focus 4 on a smart QB or two.

How many times did we win recruiting national championships by signing a bunch of overrated WR, RB, LB and a few DBs?  Only to get our shit kicked in by OU because they actually recruited some good linemen on both sides of the ball?

Two years ago we went all in on paying for linemen.  It worked.  Do it again.

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4 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

Not most teams have made the last two playoffs and have all the resources in the world available to them.

Do you honestly think it's really hard for the University of Texas to money whip their way into a top 12 ranking? I don't.

No. I think it's hard to win a national championship.

Just now, Fudge Nuggets said:

I want a guy that will put focus 1 on defensive line.  Focus 2 on offensive line.  focus 3 on depth for both DL and OL.  Focus 4 on a smart QB or two.

Who?

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4 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

No. I think it's hard to win a national championship.

Who?

The guys that did it at the University of Texas three seasons ago.  I think most of them are still here but they might need to get readjusted.

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7 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

Sark or someone in the NIL group nailed it three years ago when they spent millions on linemen.  Do that again.  

What exactly did that get us?

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Undercoached, Underpracticed. The team wasn't ready for this game. Some of the blockers looked like they'd never played football. If the rusher wasn't right where he was supposed to be, the blocker looked lost. Terribly dissapointed for the players. Heartbreaking, really.

Arch - needed more reps - maybe a little more practice time would have been helpful. How bout running the first team D against the offense in practice. Throw in some wrinkles. Walk them thru their mistakes.

Receivers - pretty pathetic. Looked like they were hearing footsteps... like they weren't ready for prime time... nervous.

Mistakes - all over the place. Coaching...

Coaching - Sark may be in over his head. He regressed. Maybe he's lost interest in being the best.

Special teams. How hard is it to practice some onside kick coverage? ST should be easy to coach. Very straightforward goals and very few variants. 

Penalties - Weak minds ferment unnecessary penalties. 

Secondary - A disgrace.

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1 minute ago, Irish Wrist Watch said:

Undercoached, Underpracticed. The team wasn't ready for this game. Some of the blockers looked like they'd never played football. If the rusher wasn't right where he was supposed to be, the blocker looked lost. Terribly dissapointed for the players. Heartbreaking, really.

Arch - needed more reps - maybe a little more practice time would have been helpful. How bout running the first team D against the offense in practice. Throw in some wrinkles. Walk them thru their mistakes.

Receivers - pretty pathetic. Looked like they were hearing footsteps... like they weren't ready for prime time... nervous.

Mistakes - all over the place. Coaching...

Coaching - Sark may be in over his head. He regressed. Maybe he's lost interest in being the best.

Special teams. How hard is it to practice some onside kick coverage? ST should be easy to coach. Very straightforward goals and very few variants. 

Penalties - Weak minds ferment unnecessary penalties. 

Secondary - A disgrace.

In order to lose interest in being the best, by logic one must have at some point been the best.

Sark is and always has been mid. 

His teams lack discipline and fundamental football skills. 

He doesn't seem to mind, doesn't notice, doesn't know what those are, or is actually just trolling all of us. I dunno, but he can't fix what he doesn't know, admit or see is broken. 

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losing due to being overmatched is one thing

losing due to unforced mistakes and crappy preparation is another. this is why sark is so frustrating.

for example, how many times this season have they given up TDs because of busted coverages and poor alignment? ok, that happens occasionally, even with elite teams. but this isn't an occasional thing, it's basically every single game. why are these players not figuring it out? at what point does sark take accountability?

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5 hours ago, Minute Bull said:

so Sark, how much criticism and embarrassment will it take for you to crack some skulls on your staff and the program?  Or is it going to be another "we gotta stick together and trust our culture" do-nothing pussy fest?

Easy answer— It's about the culture and improving eaxh day. Every game is a learning experience, working as a team is the goal. 

Translation– I'm deflecting away from the actual problem, and I don't think there is anything wrong with the coaching. It's the players not executing what is being told, even if it's the same repetitive play call every defensive coach, regardless of how shitty they are, or the talent gap we have, knows is coming. 

Earlier in the year we wanted to try out a new lineup, and there were some bumps and bruises along the way, but we decided it was necessary to make a change in the lineup during the Florida game because we needed more speed and want to run IZ, but lack the proper upperclassmen to do so, so we're having to run outside zone, which leaves my hands tied behind my back. No, I don't believe it's a recruiting issue, and I don't believe we need to find guys in the portal to help out. I believe we just need to keep doing what we're doing by using homegrown players, even if in year 5 we are still having a little issues, but I will get with my staff and go to the think tank and figure something out. 

Kirby and I are good friends, and he dd a tremendous job. We had several plays if they went our way we could have won, but they have great defensive backs and had has over 8 PBU's on the night. Arch is still our guy and he'll continue to learn. We are not replacing any coaches. That block against Warren Roberson that killed Niblett's return is just part of the game. Everyone does it. Yes,.I understand the frustration that we rank 122 out of 136 teams in penalties per game, and we work on fixing those every practice. We're getting better. 

We decided to use Jack (Endries) over Jordan (Washington) because we felt like he would be more ready, even though Washington is averaging 15.6 ypc, and Endries is 8.4, but he's older, and games like these we gotta get older players out there, no necessarily the most talented. 

- Steve 'I'm about to be fired in 2027 or bolt to the NFL to save face' Sarkisian 

Aka: do nothing pussy-fest to fix the glaring issues because he knows best, and his staff does a wonderful job of recruiting and developing talent, even though the last two CFP appearances were mostly Herman recruits outside of portal players and 3 of the 5 OL. 

Even the most die on the hill Sark apologists have to look in the mirror and realize when you are 0-5 against your supposed peers in recruiting the last 5 years, he isn't taking us to or winning us a NC. He's Mack Brown 2.0, and it's all about the kids, while it took literally Jesus to win Mack a NC. Maybe Arch comes back like VY the next year and he starts throwing darts because it has finally 'clicked,' but as of right now we are drowning in a creek of sewage and Sark is lost. We need a HC, not a coordinator masquerading as a HC. 

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4 hours ago, BurntEyes said:

You forgot tech and OU doing more than Texas like say... beating Alabama at home or blowing out a top ranked BYU. 

 

Let that sink in, because its truth. 

We beat OU THIS year. We’ve beat them handily 3 of the past 4 years. They’ve been sitting at home watching us in the playoffs the past 2 years. They haven’t “blown by” us in the slightest. Down years happen.  Tech will finally make their first playoff after Texas and OU left them alone ,playing nobody, and hasn’t won shit yet. Also, Tech isn’t a rival and never has been. Get ahold of yourself.

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6 hours ago, UTEX_ME said:

Or hire away Elko he got Concepcion and craver 

Why? We got just as good of a WR in Mosley, and we didn't need two WR portals because we weren't bereft of talent at the position like they were, who is third behind two bad asses in Wingo, even for all his faults, and DeAndre Moore in receiving. The only thing he fucked uo on was Endries. He didn't even try for Tanner Haziol (transfer from Wisconsin to Houston? Who is 56/570/5 TD's for the season, Jamari Johnson (Oregon), Terrance Carter Jr (tech 31/419/5). Out of 7 TE transfers, Endries was 4th, and if we remove him from the equation, 4 out of 6 have so far panned out, and we settled, because of course we did. 

Washington didn't even get a shot last night, because God forbid we have a TE out there who can catch, but Sarkisian has to follow his inner Mack Brown and play older players, regardless if they're less talented, over younger players because... Well, that's the mystery. And exactly why we aren't winning shit. He refuses to play the best on offense or even give younger players a chance because they haven't sweat enough blood for the program.

He's a loser coach who gets pantsed on national TV any time he has to play a fellow blue blood or a new blue blood. He's a hand me down Mack Brown 2.0. Great recruiter, can't win it all without divine intervention, which so far we haven't seen in 5 years. 

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6 hours ago, naija said:

Brooks getting injured was easily the biggest, most impactful thing that happened to Texas in the last 5 years in terms of winning a championship 

We weren't beating that Michigan team that man handled the same Washington team that made us look special needs. That Michigan team would have pushed our defense around and bodied our offense. It would have been nice to at least make the NC game, tho. But the notion we could have won is silly message board moronity. 

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With Akina coming in, I'd hoped to see tight man coverage in the secondary this year, despite the loss of two monster talents to the draft. The mistakes too often made back there have disappointed me more than our OL play or anything else out on the field. Guilbeau isn't fast enough and clearly has been targeted, but Muhammad also has given up some big plays I don't feel a top CB should. And sadly, in some cases we've had such poor coverage I can't even tell you which DB was at fault for not covering well. 

Listen, losing to Georgia is easy to do. They're trouble for anyone not named Bama, and Sanford is a mighty tough venue for opponents. But a blueblood accustomed to playing in front of a lot of rival fans can't waltz out there and drop passes and draw flags, several of them huge in terms of possession and/or field position. We might have lost anyway, given how both teams typically play in the second half, but those early mistakes put us in a much deeper hole than we faced in the SEC title game.

Anyone who thinks Arch should have been able to save us from all our glitches wasn't watching closely. He delivered some phenomenal balls to guys who were well covered. Still, I'm puzzled why we aren't moving the pocket more to take advantage of his legs. If you're going to have him drop back and read while being a sitting duck for a great D, you're basically reliving the Quinn days we all looked forward to moving past. Georgia won in part because it used Stockton closer to the way in which we should Arch.  

 

 

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