2019 Recruiting - Football

Joe Fan said:
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There's a lot of top recruits from Bama, Penn St, LSU in the portal this year. Bill Snyder would kill if he was still around. 3 of the 4 teams in playoffs have transfer QB's the wouldn't be there without them.

We need to fill some CB, LB, DE spots with the portal.

Joe, any news on if we are targeting any of these?
 
SabreHorn said:
On the eve of signing day, it's fish or cut bait
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The conversation was probably less an ultimatum, and more like, "look, I've really got to know now, because I have some other families I have to call tonight to let them know whether I can give their son a scholarship."
 
VYFan said:
The conversation was probably less an ultimatum, and more like, "look, I've really got to know now, because I have some other families I have to call tonight to let them know whether I can give their son a scholarship."
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HC just has to get real and get a gut check on each guy before he executes a scholarship.
 
Just have to say after this season Kenyatta Watson and Chris Adimora do not look like filler pickups. Herman once again did a good job of evaluating and scouting them. They will be even more valuable players in the future.
 
BurntOrangeLH said:
Just have to say after this season Kenyatta Watson and Chris Adimora do not look like filler pickups. Herman once again did a good job of evaluating and scouting them. They will be even more valuable players in the future.
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Adimora looks like a stud!
 
So Peyton Powell who decommitted from Texas then signed with Baylor, then dumped them last fall then signed with Utah (?) is now at Rutgers. Getting around.
 
Here is what Tom Herman told Max Olson about the injuries last year

The obvious excuse Texas’ staff could point to on that run to 7-5 was the long list of key players who missed games or were banged up. And when they got a month to heal up and trounced the Pac-12 runner-up in a 38-10 Alamo Bowl victory, that was the resounding message: Look how good Texas is when they’re healthy. But if Herman really believed injuries were the only issue, he could’ve run it back in 2020 with the same staff and dismissed the 2019 campaign as an anomaly. He knew it wasn’t that simple.

Injuries put a program’s player development to the test. Herman didn’t like what he saw on defense. When six of Texas’ top defenders missed games last season, the head coach sensed their backups weren’t ready. “I look around the country and people are playing true freshmen on defense all the time,” he said. “That shouldn’t be an excuse with the way we recruit at Texas. Develop ’em or figure out what they can do and let ’em do it really fast.” Considering the Longhorns had just signed back-to-back top-three recruiting classes, he has a point. Maybe the defense was too complex for those young players. Maybe they needed to pivot to a much simpler attack, learning to play fast with just a few fronts and coverages. Whatever the reason, the results were concerning.

“We weren’t ready with the guys behind them,” he said. “And at Texas, you should be ready.” ​
 
I bet the DB Coaches never thought they would have to start 3rd and 4th stringers. That said, I think Adimora, Watson, Owens and the others gained valuable experience that will help greatly this year.
 
Joe Fan said:
Here is what Tom Herman told Max Olson about the injuries last year

The obvious excuse Texas’ staff could point to on that run to 7-5 was the long list of key players who missed games or were banged up. And when they got a month to heal up and trounced the Pac-12 runner-up in a 38-10 Alamo Bowl victory, that was the resounding message: Look how good Texas is when they’re healthy. But if Herman really believed injuries were the only issue, he could’ve run it back in 2020 with the same staff and dismissed the 2019 campaign as an anomaly. He knew it wasn’t that simple.

Injuries put a program’s player development to the test. Herman didn’t like what he saw on defense. When six of Texas’ top defenders missed games last season, the head coach sensed their backups weren’t ready. “I look around the country and people are playing true freshmen on defense all the time,” he said. “That shouldn’t be an excuse with the way we recruit at Texas. Develop ’em or figure out what they can do and let ’em do it really fast.” Considering the Longhorns had just signed back-to-back top-three recruiting classes, he has a point. Maybe the defense was too complex for those young players. Maybe they needed to pivot to a much simpler attack, learning to play fast with just a few fronts and coverages. Whatever the reason, the results were concerning.

“We weren’t ready with the guys behind them,” he said. “And at Texas, you should be ready.” ​
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He didn't talk about the elephant in the room. The brutal 2 a day training that destroyed the team before the season. Tom has a problem in that he tries to be this tough guy and he is putting the team through a savage regiment and that has a lot to do with our injuries. He doesn't go for peak performance he wants to prove how tough he is by wearing his team down and then they get injured and we lose games. He needs to realize he is not Bear Bryant and these guys aren't the Junction Boys.

Yea, we have serious development issues and I'm glad he attempted to fix them, but he better look in the mirror when it comes to last years injuries as well.
 
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