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12 hours ago, William Bludworth said:

This feels two ways:

1. Sark was told that if he doesn't fix shit ASAP, he should start getting his resume together. 

2. Sark himself is tired of this shit, and when you can upgrade, do it every time. Akina had to go, but I'm surprised about PK. I read he wanted to go back to the PNW, and that's cool., but why not just put in your resignation and leave rather than be fired? Akina had to fucking go. Good riddance. 

I like Mischamp a lot, and he has produced some of the best and most physical defenses we've had in a long, long time (Sergio meet Taylor Potts). We had a lot of talent then too, just like now. I'm really surprised he came out of retirement, but it's Texas and he's had a house here since..,.almost 20 years, and he and his wife vacation here. He's been on campus a few times to converse with Sark. There's a video somewhere on YouTube with Muschamp talking to Baxter, Sweat, Murphy, Barron, and some other guys before heading to take on Washington in the CFP 2 years ago. I'm totally happy with the hire.

12 hours ago, scramblyn said:

Sark isn’t a guy I like on a character or personal level anymore. I suspect a lot worse happened but his defensiveness this year pissed me the fuck off. It also appeared as though he went on autopilot a bit and assumed his team was gonna roll. That pissed me off too. 

it’s very possible he had his shit pushed in and had some folks get in his face, I think he deserved it tbqh. Fuck him. 

now does that mean he’s going to be shit canned, doesn’t look like it but he’s now saying shit and doing shit that is good for the program, good. I still don’t like him, but fix your RB/OL, stop with the non-stop pro style shit that gets our QB killed, run a mix of pro and college offense and, stop the god damned penalties, stop talking about culture and demand attention to detail at every level and win fucking games. That’s it. 

2 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Gerry Hamilton 

Posted 3 minutes ago

Will Muschamp thoughts, Jadan Baugh and recruiting

What a day on the Forty Acres Thursday. One of the very best pure coaches on a side of the ball that has ever donned the burnt orange and white has returned to Austin. Make no mistake, this was a very good day for Texas football. 

My thoughts this morning will start there. And I'll also hit on Jadan Baugh and a couple of recruiting thoughts. 

Thoughts on Will Muschamp ...
First off, I met Will Muschamp in 2008 shortly after he was hired at Texas. To say I'm a fan of his as a defensive coach would be an understatement. And pure coach in general. 

As the son of a Texas high school football coach of 40 years, being around coaches on the high school and college level in football and basketball my entire life, Will Muschamp has the characteristics I'm drawn to. Of course Muschamp is an excellent X's and O's coach. He's got multiple National Championship rings, and was the DC of Nick Saban's first NC at LSU. Saban was such a fan, Muschamp went to the Miami Dolphins as the associate head coach and DC. He's been very successful as a DC at every stop. And in recent years he return to Athens to help get Kirby Smart's Georgia Bulldogs over the top with his former college roommate Smart. For those that don't know, Muchamp, Smart and Mike Bobo were all college roommates at Georgia. 

What I absolutely love about Muschamp as a coach and person begins before an install, video breakdown, play call or scheme. It's the intensity, the passionate communication, the non-stop motor, a fire that burns constantly, the way he challenges his defensive players to bring the best out of them, the demand for physicality, the demand to be detail oriented of his players which creates discipline. Does that mean Texas will be No. 1 in defense next year and never commit a penalty? Of course not, this is a sport in which chasing perfection is extremely difficult to attain. But the Texas defense will bring what is needed from a mentality and physicality stand point to have the possibility to take the next step. 

Colin Simmons final season on the Forty Acres will be maximized. Always health related in sports, Texas may well have the best pass rush team in my years covering Texas or being in this business. 

Can't wait to see how Texas puts the pieces together in the portal to give Muschamp the best parts possible for 2026. 

 

You had me at Intensity.

2 hours ago, William Bludworth said:

What's the deal? He got to Georgia in 2021 and helped them win the NC in 2021-2022, and they have only missed the CFP once since he got there. The spending time with family I believe was so he could go see his kid(s) play at Vandy instead of traveling back and forth. 

I saw the tag line on phone last night... "PK Fired" ...WT holy Fuck??????

"Muschamp ..." Oh, Ok. Sorry about PK, but ...

"... when you can upgrade, do it every time.

he has produced some of the best and most physical defenses we've had in a long, long time

stop the god damned penalties, stop talking about culture and demand attention to detail at every level and win fucking games.

One of the very best pure coaches on a side of the ball that has ever donned the burnt orange and white has returned to Austin. Make no mistake, this was a very good day for Texas football. 

What I absolutely love about Muschamp as a coach and person begins before an install, video breakdown, play call or scheme. It's the intensity, the passionate communication, the non-stop motor, a fire that burns constantly, the way he challenges his defensive players to bring the best out of them, the demand for physicality, the demand to be detail oriented of his players which creates discipline.

The spending time with family..."

I'm 100% behind this.

I liked PK, but his late game defense was the equivalent of Herman's turtling offense.  Those late game collapses hurt us, even if we won the games. The scoreboard made easy wins look like close games. 

Boom was Sark's 1st choice. I think that's where the list ended. Muschamp had a kid at Georgia; that was an easy decision for him.

When my company was acquired, I asked my new boss for a job description. He took his feet off my desk, grabbed a sticky note, and handed it to me; "MAKE MONEY!"

"Now, which word do you not understand?"

Boom doesn't send mixed signals. His style of communication is more direct.

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His personality and style of play resonates with players. I think he will get Texas over the top and on recruiting a lot of star players that we almost get, but finish 2nd.

Coach Boom brings a passion and intensity that has been in short supply for a very long time. Somebody has to energize the team.

We have a lot of great players that are good people, culture guys, but they are all of the "walk softly and carry a big stick" kind of guys. Somebody has to charge up the team emotionally. Muschamp will find it, bring it out, and cultivate it. And equally important, that passion and intensity will bleed over to the offense. 

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After years of making money for others, I started my own company so I could watch my boy's grow up, did it for 10 years. A+ for Coach Boom. The man knows whats important in life. 

Early on, someone alluded to the notion that prospective new offensive coaches were in the playoffs.

I thinking there's more to come.

"The oxen are slow, but the earth is patient."

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1 hour ago, RomaVicta said:

I will note my problem with PK was our defense protecting a lead and wanting to run the clock out. Too many games suddenly became close because we changed what we were doing. It's the whole stupid victory defense rigamorole. 

If this is your main issue, then your problem is with the head coach.

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there's an hour plus interview of muschamp out there that's very recent like right before this season started. It's clear he wanted to enjoy his family this year, his head is screwed on so straight it's a breath of fresh air. He seems to be the quintessential family man and loves his wife like for real not just out of duty.  it's also clear that he loves Austin, he said as much, said working for Mack was a highlight of his career, loves Saban and Kirby too. but he did talk about the friends they have in Austin and how much his wife loves Austin and they loved coaching at Texas. My guess is taking the Texas job is certainly a raise but UGA would match, but more than that it's a couple moving to where they want to be together. 

I think given he's done the HC gig and failed, I'm hopeful he wants to ride out as a DC for the remainder of his career so he may be here for a while.

He's hands down the best in the business. this is a fucking massive hire.

yeah we need offensive improvement, but there is no doubt improving the D can only help us.

LFG.

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1 hour ago, Nivek said:

I seem to recall K-State just running the same play over and over against WM's defense and only bothered to throw the ball 3 times that game.   This feels like penny wise pound foolish.

In 2010? When KSU Knew that all they had to do was wait for the Texas QB to throw it back to them?

 

 

Gilbert threw 5 INTs that game for fucks sake.

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1 hour ago, Daichee Bell said:

I’m deaf, so I’ve spent most of my life lip reading. I’ve worked with government agencies on this sort of thing.. Will says, “I love you and I want you to succeed. After the game, I want to hear your truth about what happened.“

 

I mean you can tell that just from the body language 

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31 minutes ago, PTINS said:

You had me at Intensity.

I saw the tag line on phone last night... PK Fired ...WT holy Fuck??????

Muschamp ... Oh, Ok. Sorry about PK, but ...

"... when you can upgrade, do it every time.

he has produced some of the best and most physical defenses we've had in a long, long time

stop the god damned penalties, stop talking about culture and demand attention to detail at every level and win fucking games.

One of the very best pure coaches on a side of the ball that has ever donned the burnt orange and white has returned to Austin. Make no mistake, this was a very good day for Texas football. 

What I absolutely love about Muschamp as a coach and person begins before an install, video breakdown, play call or scheme. It's the intensity, the passionate communication, the non-stop motor, a fire that burns constantly, the way he challenges his defensive players to bring the best out of them, the demand for physicality, the demand to be detail oriented of his players which creates discipline.

The spending time with family..."

I'm 100% behind this.

I liked PK, but his late game defense was the equivalent of Herman's turtling offense.  Those late game collapses hurt us, even if we won the games. The scoreboard made easy wins look like close games. 

Boom was Sark's 1st choice. I think that's where the list ended. Muschamp had a kid at Georgia; that was an easy decision for him.

When my company was acquired, I asked my new boss for a job description. He took his feet off my desk, grabbed a sticky note, and handed it to me; "MAKE MONEY!"

"Now, which word do you not understand?"

Boom doesn't send mixed signals. His style of communication is more direct.

image.png.4e67758835c2eeb63e2bfa6c672af3d6.png 

His personality and style of play resonates with players. I think he will get Texas over the top and on recruiting a lot of star players that we almost get, but finish 2nd.

Coach Boom brings a passion and intensity that has been in short supply for a very long time. Somebody has to energize the team.

We have a lot of great players that are good people, culture guys, but they are all of the "walk softly and carry a big stick" kind of guys. Somebody has to charge up the team emotionally. Muschamp will find it, bring it out, and cultivate it. And equally important, that passion and intensity will bleed over to the offense. 

image.png.981e63a0090c88eff6936626c120e113.png

Early on, someone alluded to the notion that prospective new offensive coaches were in the playoffs.

I thinking there's more to come.

Who do you think that we are looking at

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54 minutes ago, BigHornedLurker said:

It takes some serious lack of awareness to blame that season on the defense

Ever played a team sport or a team project where half the team just didn't do jack shit ? Eventually it wears on you, and you quit. No one is immune. 

The reason that happened was because Mack Brown panicked after the Bama game, learned all the wrong fucking lessons, and destroyed the offensive side on the ball. 

It takes some serious lack of awareness and reading comprehension to make that statement.     Actually this response and that of @Dahobbs @lilMAC25 @USNALonghorn @texasdago represents the inability of our fans to be thoughtful at times.   I stated I recall a game where Muschamp's failure to adapt in a game was jarring for me, and I am not certain that he will be an upgrade over PK.   Now some of you are in a feedback loop projection and have decided that I said the problem with the 2010 team was not Mack and the offensive scheme that didn't fit the people on campus and the failure in GG's evaluation to fit the team.    When all I said was that defense giving up on the same play over and over was bad.      

Someone tried to excuse it as it was OK for the defense to quit because the offense was terrible, and I countered with that is part of the fucking job to not let that happen.  

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Georgia buddy thinks this was a fantastic move for us. He thinks this was in response to Kiffin at LSU and that Muschamp has Kiffin's number. He thinks there's a chance UGA lost a bit of their edge this year (outside of playing us) because Muschamp was less involved. He also thinks Atkinson is a super star and that Muschamp is a great fit to get the most out of him. 

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13 minutes ago, Nivek said:

It takes some serious lack of awareness and reading comprehension to make that statement.     Actually this response and that of @Dahobbs @lilMAC25 @USNALonghorn represents the inability of our fans to be thoughtful at times.   I stated I recall a game where Muschamp's failure to adapt in a game was jarring for me, and I am not certain that he will be an upgrade over PK.   Now some of you are in a feedback loop projection and have decided that I said the problem with the 2010 team was not Mack and the offensive scheme that didn't fit the people on campus and the failure in GG's evaluation to fit the team.    When all I said was that defense giving up on the same play over and over was bad.      

Someone tried to excuse it as it was OK for the defense to quit because the offense was terrible, and I countered with that is part of the fucking job to not let that happen.  

One of us is not being thoughtful. And it isn't anyone you mentioned. 

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offense needs major help but thinking that means the defense is fine and needs no improvement is dumb. the last hurdle - winning the SEC championship and winning a NC takes improvement across the board. this is a MASSIVE get for us. don't assume it means no more changes on the offense side of things. that's just a dumb take.

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i am am wait and see mode, but i really hope the "cult of Muschamp" can be tempered this go around.

It was ridiculous 17 years ago on hornfans/shaggy/whatever.

 

(wait, what? 17 years.. holy shit. what have i been doing with myself?!!)

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3 minutes ago, scramblyn said:

offense needs major help but thinking that means the defense is fine and needs no improvement is dumb. the last hurdle - winning the SEC championship and winning a NC takes improvement across the board. this is a MASSIVE get for us. don't assume it means no more changes on the offense side of things. that's just a dumb take.

Yes but Im not as confident anymore that Flood is getting replaced. I dont know this, but just based on other things Ive heard about Sark and the offense, I think Sark is very involved with the OL and some of our woes are due to Sark overruling Flood at times. Again, thats speculation on my part and Ive been waiting to hear if thats the case or not. I think to really know it would take someone on the staff leaking out dirty laundry and it seems like that doesnt happen much surrounding football stuff with this staff. 

I still think theres a good shot Flood is gone, I just dont think its the slam dunk some others do. Imagine if Sark and Flood were disagreeing on stuff and Sark overruled him and its obvious that was a big part of our dysfunction. Would make it a little tough for Sark to cut his head off when the rest of the staff and probably the players knew it was Sark who caused the issue. 

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29 minutes ago, Nivek said:

 I stated I recall a game where Muschamp's failure to adapt in a game was jarring for me

Any chance the D might have been tired?  Nah!

Once again...

Texas offensive possessions before we scored garbage time TDs...

UT - Downs

UT - INT

UT - Punt

UT - Punt

UT - Downs

UT - INT

UT - INT

UT - INT

UT - INT

UT - Punt 

UT - Punt

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he wants a head coach for defense, sark saying he doesn't really want to be involved on defense and he's talking about eliminating free access throws so he's intimating he's done with the bend-don't break defense.

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34 minutes ago, salonghorn said:

Who do you think that we are looking at

Not sure who.

I don't remember if is was Bobby or Gerry or some other $9.95er, or a poster here, but i read it early in the process.

Time to push all the chips in the pile.

 

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5 minutes ago, BlackCat said:

Yes but Im not as confident anymore that Flood is getting replaced. I dont know this, but just based on other things Ive heard about Sark and the offense, I think Sark is very involved with the OL and some of our woes are due to Sark overruling Flood at times. Again, thats speculation on my part and Ive been waiting to hear if thats the case or not. I think to really know it would take someone on the staff leaking out dirty laundry and it seems like that doesnt happen much surrounding football stuff with this staff. 

I still think theres a good shot Flood is gone, I just dont think its the slam dunk some others do. Imagine if Sark and Flood were disagreeing on stuff and Sark overruled him and its obvious that was a big part of our dysfunction. Would make it a little tough for Sark to cut his head off when the rest of the staff and probably the players knew it was Sark who caused the issue. 

his press conference would not indicate flood is leaving. but he's not directly talking about it. he mentioned he thought the offense was getting better every game and that he thought it would take time. no indication that the OL was a systemic issue. 

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Made the change now for recruiting rather than wait until Jan 2nd.  BOOM already recruiting, hopefully with a truckload of whiteboards.

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2 minutes ago, scramblyn said:

his press conference would not indicate flood is leaving. but he's not directly talking about it. he mentioned he thought the offense was getting better every game and that he thought it would take time. no indication that the OL was a systemic issue. 

Yea I think that tracks with the OL problems at least partially being his fault. I'd heard back in the first part of the season he and Flood were butting heads a bit but it was just a vague statement along thiose lines. For all I know they were arguing about the best bbq spot in town. 

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Now we know that Sark's offense wasn't running as good as it was because he had to help coach the defense.  So this move is a positive.

 

LOL

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Just now, BlackCat said:

Yea I think that tracks with the OL problems at least partially being his fault. I'd heard back in the first part of the season he and Flood were butting heads a bit but it was just a vague statement along thiose lines. For all I know they were arguing about the best bbq spot in town. 

to be fair, if you are making the change, no reason to get within 10 yards of the discussion right now. so it's all TBD imo.

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2 hours ago, Cajun said:

 

“When Muschamp came aboard he immediately had Smart’s trust. Analysts are often charged with self scouting the team they work for. When Muschamp arrived he told Smart that Georgia needed to simplify its scheme. 

Will looked across the roster and saw blue-chip talent at every position. He recognized that Smart’s machine had recruited superior talent across the board, but felt like those athletes weren’t always being put into positions where they could just go play.”

^^THAT is what we need^^

same thing Patterson recommended... same thing Greg Robinson did... let dudes hit the ball. don't get cute on defense.

As a buddy of mine says, "D-Line, just go forward. Safeties, don't get beat deep. LBs and CBs just make plays. You've all been doing this since you were little."

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he keeps talking about wanting more time to focus on the offense and WM can run the D like it's his team, like a HC. he keeps talking about that. says we can't see how WM will help the offense - talking about how much more time Sark will have with the offense.  interesting line of discussion, I didn't think he was really involved at all in the defense with PK. apparently he was or at least he thinks he was.

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1 minute ago, scramblyn said:

to be fair, if you are making the change, no reason to get within 10 yards of the discussion right now. so it's all TBD imo.

A younger guy who coaches at another school but went to Texas heard Flood and Akina were done. He's also very excited about Muschamp. 

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2 minutes ago, TOR said:

Ritalin maybe.

He looks like Cedar Fever is bugging him.

That was one hell of a rant on the NCAA without any teeth.

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28 minutes ago, yoladu said:

i am am wait and see mode, but i really hope the "cult of Muschamp" can be tempered this go around.

It was ridiculous 17 years ago on hornfans/shaggy/whatever.

 

(wait, what? 17 years.. holy shit. what have i been doing with myself?!!)

This is where I am at. My memory is a bit fuzzy (perhaps intentionally) from the late Mack era but I seem to call us being frustrated with the defense. Yes, Muschamp was a fan favorite back then because he always carried himself like one should expect a DC to do but we were not playing well.

PK + Fatterson was a great combo for us. PK was bad here before Fatterson and was mediocre this year without him. Maybe he had to go.

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