Coach Stephen Ambrose Sarkisian.......Staff

bystander said:
It all sounds good BUT... I recall how the Cowboys offense took a major leap forward when the egomaniac was talked into drafting O-linemen at #1 instead of some off the wall high ceiling, high risk injured player in the first round. Once they had Frederickson, Martin, Smith et al, they could do what they wanted.
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Right. Once you actually have 5 All-Americans lined up on the OL, the play calling starts to feel brilliant. Otherwise, this “waiting for the block to develop” becomes a slow developing loss of 3 and a second and 13.
Was Demarco Murray really the best back in the wide world, as he appeared? Was Ezekiel Elliott? Having the best OL is at least 50% personnel, compared to coaching. Coaching can take a B- line to an A- line, but these A+ lines start with recruiting, not just genius.
 
VYFan said:
Right. Once you actually have 5 All-Americans lined up on the OL, the play calling starts to feel brilliant. Otherwise, this “waiting for the block to develop” becomes a slow developing loss of 3 and a second and 13.
Was Demarco Murray really the best back in the wide world, as he appeared? Was Ezekiel Elliott? Having the best OL is at least 50% personnel, compared to coaching. Coaching can take a B- line to an A- line, but these A+ lines start with recruiting, not just genius.
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Good point on Murray. He had talent for sure but as you say, he might have been the top back in the league for a couple of years. I haven't researched it but he was amazing. And the line was the best in the league. Everybody said it.
 
Joe Fan said:
AAS with a good long article about Sark (one thing for sure, we will need improved play from our OL)

" ..... The Longhorns should watch Monday night's game if they don't have plans to already. Watch to see when quarterback Mac Jones signals to his receivers to change their routes if the safeties creep toward the line of scrimmage. Watch how the running backs wait for blocks to develop. Keep tabs on how the Crimson Tide use their tight ends and how they disguise things through formation wrinkles.

“Clearly, we’re playing in the national championship Monday night, that whole football team will get to watch my work, right?” Sarkisian said. “And they’re going to be able to know, hey, this guy knows what he’s doing. So I get a little instant validation that way. But the personal side, that’s going to take work. You can’t just come in and drop the hammer on these guys from day one.”

Just so there’s no confusion, Sarkisian will call the offensive plays at Texas, too.

“I definitely want to be the play caller. I will be the play caller,” he said. “I made that mistake one year of my career (in 2015 at USC). It won't happen again, not in the near future. But the reality of it is, part of the reason Chris and the people at Texas liked me is because of the job I was doing as a play-caller. All of a sudden, why would I relinquish one of the best traits that I have?

“Hopefully I got a few other ones up there once you get to know me.”
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“Well, I think we definitely believe in the physical brand of football. And our offense really starts with the running back,” Sarkisian said. “We are not a quarterback-driven run football team. We run the running back. And it’s about them understanding the concept of our runs, where runs should hit, understanding defense of where the ball should hit based on the defenses we’re getting.

“And then in the passing game, (the running backs) have the best matchup on the field,” he added. “You can create matchups with those guys to get them the ball in a variety of ways, whether it’s in the screen game, wheel routes, option routes, there’s a bunch of ways to get them the ball. So the touches for the running back are really important to me, because I do think it sets an identity for your team.”

The importance of power running ties back to Sarkisian as play-caller. When the entire team knows who’s calling the shots, the offense has confidence. When the running back runs hard, the offensive line will block even harder. Strong line play helps everything. The end result is winning football.

“When that guy has the mental and physical toughness to persevere, that the players know, there’s almost a sense of confidence the way we run the football, the way we line up behind next to the quarterback, that we’re in good shape,” Sarkisian said.​

Texas football: Coach Steve Sarkisian talks offense, addiction
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And a very astute QB, will help.
Smith got alot of credit last night, and deservedly so, but that QB had quite the command of what to do in virtually every situation on a level I haven't frankly seen in awhile.
As for the overall offense...
Seems like they scheme to get yards no matter what happens after the snap....Those "dump offs" to Harris crushed hearts and will.
And the use of pre snap movement and at-snap diversions were a thing of beauty.
To be able to get a guy that wide open that many times who is being tracked that carefully is truly impressive.
Very impressed with Bamas offense. Been watching football my whole life and do not recall seeing anything like what I saw last night at the collegiate level.
Still have doubts about Golding.
 
RainH2burntO said:
And a very astute QB, will help.
Smith got alot of credit last night, and deservedly so, but that QB had quite the command of what to do in virtually every situation on a level I haven't frankly seen in awhile.
As for the overall offense...
Seems like they scheme to get yards no matter what happens after the snap....Those "dump offs" to Harris crushed hearts and will.
And the use of pre snap movement and at-snap diversions were a thing of beauty.
To be able to get a guy that wide open that many times who is being tracked that carefully is truly impressive.
Very impressed with Bamas offense. Been watching football my whole life and do not recall seeing anything like what I saw last night at the collegiate level.
Still have doubts about Golding.
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Thamel farted in our general direction

 
As for the Horns....
Last night was both a frustrating and very good night for UT.
Frustrating because I saw all those great players TH blew ...Browning, Waddle, Wilson, and more....playing in an NC and knowing they made the right choice not coming here....yet we had very good chances at them all and not only did they go elsewhere...but exhibited a disdain for whatever we were doing here.
Now on a positive note...
The game went perfect for us.
Couldn't help thinking about LJ and his impression of Sarks offense...and Ewers watching what Sark can do....and what Ohio state couldn't. Absolutely, we have very little to crow about and cant go aggy here....but Sarks name was mentioned 5000 times and given much credit for the performance last night. He has played the part of a mature, focused leader and wise person throughout the last few weeks juggling both duties...and won big. Ohio state lost big which shouldn't help their already tremendous recruiting down here defensively...or offensively...with the guy who just helped cream them coming here.
Overall, a good night of football for us and I was glad the game played out the way it did...in spite of the obvious (obligatory bama hate).
 
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bystander said:
There are always discussions and rationalizations about stars. Last night proved what we all know deep down inside: Recruiting matters and 5*s that are developed are what the gold standard looks like.
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4*s= good.
4*s plus great leadership =real good
5*s....great.
5*s plus great leadership =Dynasty
 
I also am hopeful that Sark can recruit some of the better receivers and Oline. It's a chicken/egg thing and right now we are not competitive with OU on getting the best O players and hoping that changes with Sark. Last night won't hurt.
 
I’ll take great coaching and good talent over great talent and good coaching every time.

If we have “great coaching” next year, a big unknown for now, the sky is the limit. Once we start filling the pipeline with top talent, look out. That is, assuming that Sark is what we hope he will be. But by no means is the cupboard bare. I believe that we might already have three of the best players in the country at their positions: BR, Collins & Coburn.
 
Rest assured the new coach bump will take place, especially after last night, and he'll have some great young talent to work with. What will make the difference is what he does with the talent already on the roster, most of which was great when it was young as well. I feel pretty confident it will be a sight for very sore eyes around here.
 
One more thing on Sark...
In Herman, we had a coach who was an easy target for the media and everyone else.
Media, like it or not, matters alot these days.
You have already seen how the media treats guys like Sark and these feel-good stories. Sark comes in with a quite opposite setup personally to that which TH set himself up for. We will see how long it lasts and what it is worth. But, as these things go....TH was begging for criticism...Sark won't be shielded, but is much easier to root for rather than against relative to Tom.
 
SabreHorn said:
Sark's offense is much like what Carthage runs, and the offense that Ingram thrived in. I wish Keontay and his brother would sit down and talk to Sark about if and how they would fit in.

Watch Ingram in the Carthage offense, waiting for block to develop and then taking off. Of course, under the Herman offense, getting the ball seven yards deep with no blocking meant he was met on his second step by a DT or LB.
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And what many people didn't appreciate is Keontay is an elite collegiate pass catcher out of the backfield. Look what Mac and Sark did with Najee last night.
I'm with you, Sabre.
 
Last thing. If you have a great car and the driver wins the NASCAR Cup Series, then you know, you have the right driver. But in this world, he also has to help build the car.

Can he do it?
 
LonghornCatholic said:
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That is the most surprised I've been in awhile seeing a way too early top 25....and that is saying something.
Dont know where to begin...
Clemson at 1
Georgia at 4
The 6,7,8 spots... absurd.
USC at 9
Hoosiers at 10
Iowa
Ole miss
Texas at 21
Espn and rankings in general are just a joke. This is trash.
I'm looking at final rankings for this year right now, too.
The lists should weight more heavily what would likely happen if team x played team y and hypothetical placing teams vs other conferences (i e. Texas plays Northwestern or Oklahoma State plays Coastal Carolina 10 times likely #of wins or Cinci playing in big12 or Louisiana playing in big10) rather than just projected wins and losses.
 
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p_town_horn said:
aggie already printing the national championship banner ... because #4 is almost the same as #1 and, of course, SEC, SEC, SEC.
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There will be a trophy in that case because they lost to the eventual champion. That counts as a championship in aggy delusion world.
 
Appreciated your posts there Rain, particularly agree on the QB Jones. Not sure he got the credit deserved for his role. His performance was outstanding in some potentially catastrophic situations. I’d say the QB role is critical to Sark’s offense.
 
Update

Inside Texas does not think it will be Arnett or Golding. They think no announcement today*

247 thinks (as already mentioned above) Ash may be headed to Florida. But nothing official yet on this front, so he is still a candidate as of this moment

The people we do not pay for good information do not seem to have any good information. Go figure. Here is the first thing Anwar has said about all this in about a day.
"We've reached the point where the names from last week are doing job interviews elsewhere. It feels like the most obvious answers at this point are the names that aren't it."​
LOL


* But the Sark presser is today at 4pm on LHN
 
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“Can't even put into words what a great job he's done and how much confidence the players have in the plan and the execution.”
— Nick Saban on Sark​
 
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