Spring Game 24

We had an excellent Spring Game with PLENTY to work on.

 

I watched the game again and it appears that the Spring Game was really just a run game clinic for the conclusion of Spring ball.

Both units appeared to put a huge focus on what to do for run block scheming and defensive procedures for stopping it. People who were "upset" at the RBs for not having big runs need to understand that without Sweat/Murphy and the veterans we lost at LB and DL, we need to be able to step up and figure out who's going to do what on run plays.

The passing elements were just kind of thrown in there for fun. I think it's good to see that the otherworldly talent at WR can do big things. The DBs are going to continue to have growing pains, however. If we can overcome enough of those pains, we'll be in the same position as last season (CFP).

 

Mukuba had a solo goal line tackle, which was nice, but ultimately the O scored on the next run play anyway.

 

"Ladies and Gentleman...we might just have another legit Manning in the QB world"
Might??

 

There's been a lot of good players out of that school, and they've enjoyed much success as a team and program. Why is it that some people hate them, as you reference? Makes no sense to me.

 

They are easy targets, being seen as the privileged rich boyz.

 

May I suggest that you attend a Westlake game but sit with the opponent. In the end I’ve come to the conclusion that the human being has evolved very little and that in general we are just monkeys with car keys. We reflexively envy those other monkeys possessing more bananas. The USA is hated around the world. Texas is hated within the US. Austin is hated by many in the State. The University of Texas is hated nationwide. And Westlake is hated by the surrounding metropolitan area. All have been deemed rich, arrogant and privileged. Funny..I’m none of those things. I have lived all over Texas, United States and elsewhere. How that came about is a different story but it wasn’t due to being rich and privileged but instead wanderlust.

BTW in the beginning Westlake was poor and barely received State Accreditation in 1969. 25% of my classmates were living in Austin Lake Estates..a poor almost defunct subdivision back then. The rest of us were middle class. One could buy a house in Rollingwood for 25.000. There were a handful that lived on Lake Austin..they had money..maybe 5 in my class. But because of the location in beautiful Westlake Hills the searing hate..at least from the teams we played…was instantly there in the beginning.

 

They put 11 on the field at a time, just like the other team.

 

Gyl,

H. Wayne Morgan was one of the best professors I had at The University. I think he was the first to build up on "the mountain". Classes of 500, opinionated, ultra conservative and hated by what he referred to as "Love children". I distinctly remember one day he was talking about China and made a less than kind remark about the Chinese, which drew deafening boos, to which he responded, "Love children, love children, I have nothing against your little yellow brothern, but if one of them moves into my neighborhood, I'm moving out, but the same is true about any other minority. For that matter, if one of you moves into my neighborhood, I'm moving". He then closed his folder and moved out. At that time, it was Rollingwood, that little lakefront loop, and a couple of larger homes that I thought you needed a helicopter to get to.

His arrogancy was earned and left behind for today's Westlake residents. Dr Morgan would be proud of them. (My daughter-in-law grew up there and graduated from Westlake.) Nobody my grandson wants to beat in lacrosse more than Westlake.

 

How did the interior DTs perform?

 

Well Collins started the game with a pick six of Ewers. So that was impactful. I don’t recall any significant interior runs. So I would say overall very successful. But I think the emphasis was on passing.

 

A bunch of players that looked like us weren’t supposed to be good at sports. Sadly that was part of the hate. As Westlake became wealthy then the reasons for Westlake success touted were money and the system. While that explains some advantages..it doesn’t explain the very early success.

 

What year did she graduate? Some of my classmates stayed in Westlake and their children, all around 40 now, attended WHS.

 

We weren’t rich then but the location and new school indicated to an outsider otherwise.

 

I don't know. She left Austin for college and then to Houston. My granddaughter graduates from Memorial next month.

Westlake achieved success because of (1) parental involvement and support; (2) quality administration; (3) knowledgeable hires, which is a result of #2. They invest in their kids.

 

I agree on all points and add two more. There existed a magical aura about Westlake….with Lake Austin on one side, Barton Creek on the other and a bunch of hills..sparsely developed in between and overlooking the city. So it’s highly subjective and not really tangible…but there was something in the water..so to speak. The folks who found that area back then were either very intelligent, intuitive or lucky and not necessarily wealthy. Their children were as well.

Secondly, exactly like UT, we get everybody’s best shot. Even in the very beginning and continuing to this day.