Seriously dilutes the advantage of having NINETEEN returning starters this year. Teaching old dogs new tricks. Idiotic.
shhhhhhhhhh!imo, brown has been overrated his entire coaching career. He did a good job at unc and has had some success at ut, but i believe he is in the twilight of his career and needs to be replaced. Texas would do well to clean house to include dodds the ad as well. A program with the potential that texas has, has to expect much better than what they have been getting.
Seven:But how many coaches have been in two of the past ten NC games?
Agree with all and, as I've said on the recruiting board, TX talent may be a little suspect because of the incestuous nature of their competition and the fact that the entire HS field, border to border, runs the spread. The skill positions would be somewhat easier to evaluate than the others. However, it appears Mack can't even do that...Going back a bit, for Texas the transition to a power running game never made any sense. Given that (1) Texas recruits solely in-state, and (2) the Texas prep ranks are so unanimously infatuated with the spread, it was always a terrible match between on-field scheme and recruiting pipeline. It's as terrible of an idea in terms of fit as was Callahan trying to install the spread at Nebraska, and the results have been just as bad.
Truth is Texas needs to run the spread, just run it better and most importantly do a far better job of player evaluation on the recruiting trails. When you tell back-to-back Heisman Trophy winning quarterbacks that they aren't good enough to play in your scheme and that they will have to fight for playing time at safety, you'll never do much on offense regardless of what scheme you run.
I think you nailed it.Buys more time....."We are adjusting to this new style...., same as the old style." Major didn't do so well calling spread plays for us now, did he?
Doesn't everything?HAHA..Yup..This all goes back to Colt getting hurt..
I think you are certainly right when it comes to line talent. For the most part, though, I think the talent as a whole may be a tad overrated -- sometimes I think people make too much of the quality of competition gambit -- but even so a lot of programs have had success with TX prep talent, including ourselves. I think it's just very bad evaluation on the part of Mack's staff.Agree with all and, as I've said on the recruiting board, TX talent may be a little suspect because of the incestuous nature of their competition and the fact that the entire HS field, border to border, runs the spread. The skill positions would be somewhat easier to evaluate than the others. However, it appears Mack can't even do that...
THIS^^^^^. Unlike us and most very good programs, they do not have an indentity. When you are always changing something you are not perfecting what you you should be doing.Texas has transformed a lot on offense under Mack Brown. They were more of a singleback/i-form team when they had guys like Ricky Williams, Cedric Bensnon, etc. They began moving towards the shotgun more when Vince Young became the quarterback. They were still a pretty balanced team with solid tailbacks to compliment Young out of the shotgun. The McCoy-Shipley era is where they crossed the rubicon into pass-centric spread mostly by necessity. McCoy could run pretty well but he was injury prone early in his career and their best offensive talent skewed towards the perimeter. They also seemed to start running dry on the consistent feature back they had most of his early tenure. Post-McCoy they went back towards a formation multiple pro-set that was truly more in the vein of what Boise State does on offense.
Texas under Brown has always been a malleable philosophy on offense. They just do whatever their talent dictates. I think the last few years that has bit them in the rear pretty well. There is nothing wrong with using your talent at hand but it has probably affected their recruiting a bit. Athletes don't know if they're going to be throwing or passing...don't know what role they will take in the offense.
I agree 100% with ya..He solely brings in Texas instate talent no matter if they fit in the system he wants to run..That's why it's so important to recruit to one system & develop that talent..If that means passing over Blue Chip Texas recruits..So be it..Bring in recruits that will develop to your system..And it's obvious he's not the best developer of talent in coaching..Agree with all and, as I've said on the recruiting board, TX talent may be a little suspect because of the incestuous nature of their competition and the fact that the entire HS field, border to border, runs the spread. The skill positions would be somewhat easier to evaluate than the others. However, it appears Mack can't even do that...
I guess it's easy to get lazy in recruiting there, particularly the evaluation part...I agree 100% with ya..He solely brings in Texas instate talent no matter if they fit in the system he wants to run..That's why it's so important to recruit to one system & develop that talent..If that means passing over Blue Chip Texas recruits..So be it..Bring in recruits that will develop to your system..And it's obvious he's not the best developer of talent in coaching..
Mack would indeed be a candidate for 'The Bowden Bum Rush'.Agreed that this sounds like the move of a desperate man. I do think if Texas doesn't win and win big this year, Mack will be given the option of "retiring" or being fired.
I think one reason Texas talent is sometimes overrated is due to the incorrect assumption of a direct correlation between student population and football excellence. While size does matter and that's why high schools are broken up into classifications once you get past a certain size the law of diminishing returns takes over. There are only 22 starting spots that result in significant playing time and if you don't play you don't get better. Many more very athletic students might be available in a bigger high school but due to the hard work required and the lower chance of playing time they either go to other sports or just don't play at all.Agree with all and, as I've said on the recruiting board, TX talent may be a little suspect because of the incestuous nature of their competition and the fact that the entire HS field, border to border, runs the spread. The skill positions would be somewhat easier to evaluate than the others. However, it appears Mack can't even do that...