RB recruiting situation

someone made an interesting observation. the comment was that in all likelihood, the hciw is having a lot of impact on decisions. the staff appears dedicated to generating a smooth transition, and the extent to which our offense morphs more toward what he is inclined to run, the smoother that transition will be. so we may see a very different offense emerge between now and when the baton is passed.

another matter related to that transition is the situation with conference membership. if, and it's a large if, mack is being primed to take over for deloss, my guess is that deloss wants all this conference alignment stuff out of the way and not dump it on mack. no doubt mack has the stuffing to be a terrific manager at that level as well, but, and it's a big but, it would be unfair for that to be pretty much his first task in the new shoes. i'm guessing that our decision-making in that regard is going to be linked to the coaching transition if - emphasis if - mack takes that job.

it is not out of the question that mack hand over the reigns to hciw and move, perhaps just for a time, into a role under dodds but deloss stay in charge.

it is going to be interesting to see how the muschamp rule affects this dynamic. if the rule is upheld - and i can't help it if i giggle when i think of beebe trying to convince anybody to do anything even when he really does want to - i can't help but see it push the process unless we want to play footsie with the nut-case-***-ants by declaring him almost hciw, or something. i can't see us doing something like that, actually.

first-class major chess game being played right now.
 
"that killed us against Bama with Colt injured. When VY was here we had a good running attack with Benson and Charles. " _____________________ Surely, you're not saying that running game would have given us a better chance then had we lost our qb on the 4th play. You lose your franchise qb in that situation, you're toast. Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Tim Tebow(2008), Vince Young, none of those qb's or their teams win their championship if they're hurt on the 4th play. QB's like that are too talented to waste that threat by taking the ball from their hands often. It would have been nice to have a better running game but the entire offense revolved around his skills.. We'll need the entire spring (at least) to change our offense after Colt. We can't put Garrett in the same situations as we could Colt, and expect the correct reads every time. He has played only one game (but a big one). He'll need at least Rice and Wyoming to catch up to Colt.....
 
I seriously don't understand how we could think NOT getting two of Green, Brown, and Sims is the right strategy, but that seems to be how it will turn out now. If we end up going after Lasco, then people need to update their resumes...
 
First of all Recruiting Great Offensive Linemen and great receivers should open the running game for the running backs at Texas. 2nd any running back going to OU Good Luck going against Texas Awesome Defense, you will not be able to get many yards but best of luck anyway.
 
with brandon williams going to the ou jr day, i'm starting to have great fears of ou landing williams, sims, and marquez in one class. even if we land brown, that's going to be tough to swallow. i'm hoping that we can get back in on the williams recruitment, unless the staff has a great feeling about green and brown.
 
Doubt they would take all 3 after taking Clay and Finch last year. If all 3 were to go there - then I would have to question their thinking.
 
they are offering marquez as a slot WR, so yes, the could theoretically take all 3. of course, you'd think the guys would look at the stacked depth chart before committing, but ou could be saying the same thing about some of our positions too.
 
I think Sims is clearly a good running back, but I don't think I would have nearly the same kind of panic over Sims that I would if we missed out on both Green and Brown.

Those two are simply a cut above, and I think everyone would be disappointed not to be able to reel in top level running backs like those two. And given their diverse skill sets, I think I would even be a little disappointed if they don't reel them both in (but not as much if they get Brown).
 
can't say that i like that we are not going hard after marquis anderson anymore. he favors ou and tcu. not that we should ever consider a package deal, but given the delicacy of the rb recruiting situation, shouldn't we be staying more in contact with the teammate of a potential #1 player in the state, if he is potentially the #2/3 DT in the state?
 
Colt, and his ability to make a running game somewhat unnecessary, are gone. In his place is a kid who imho will make every defense we face respect the threat of the deep pass. We need legitimate deep threat WRs, a decent o-line, and a stud RB who can carry it 20 times a game. This is the best RB opportunity in the country right now. As I've said before, our current OC was not shy about letting Ced carry the ball all day long, and that appears to be the way we are moving, and with a fairly fresh QB, bg gun or not, that makes sense. Some RB is going to be the beneficiary of that shift in O scheme. I can't think of a better place to go.
 
Agree. Here is the way I see this. We are changing offensive schemes from one that has been not just successful, but HIGHLY successful. In fact it has produced arguably the best 5 year run in Texas history. I think if any of us expect this change to produce more yards or points, we will be sorely disappointed. That would be hard to accomplish. From my perspective, it positions us better for the big games and title games. Imagine a run offense like Bama's with the ability to throw like we have had ! We would be able to grind when needed and score quickly like we have. That is very scary for the opposition, especially considering the defenses we are now fielding. I admire the staff for this. However, it is not without some risk (changing). I don't think the risk is huge, but there is some considering our success of late.
 
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uh.. i think it's the latter. to recap for you:

1. sims and marquez have given signs of ou leans for a while.
2. williams becomes big time after jr video emerges. rumors arise that he may be a ut lean.
3. ut goes the brown/green all or bust route with the 1st jr. day.
4. after 1st ut jr day, williams commits to baylor and cancels 2nd jr day visit.
5. ou holds jr. day, marquez offered as 'slot wr' to keep options of brown and sims open presumably.
6. sims doesn't come to ut jr day, again presumably because he was told he was not getting an offer, and further strengthening the notion that he is ou's to lose.
7. williams decides to attend ou jr day this weekend. the thought is that if this kid can be persuaded to commit to baylor this early, why the f not ou too.

thus, the summary is we are still in brown/green or bust, with brown a legit possibility and green much more questionable. ou in excellent position with sims, and marquez basically all but wrapped up as a lock... and despite this, williams is still coming to jr. day (thus ou likely signing 2 rbs this year).

there ya go.. all of this puts more pressure on us to land brown. i think you could argue that a rb class of sims/williams plus marquez as wr is better than one of brown. as far as i'm concerned i'd be more than thrilled with brown alone. of course, there are those that still believe that williams could be persuaded to come to ut, though we are not exactly making any effort to keep the door open.
 
Not that it matters, but, regarding Seastrunk, don't you have to first extend an offer and have interest to "stand a chance of landing". We did neither.
 
seastrunk had his circus around him, and we weren't going to go after him with his handlers. williams is just a young impressionable kid without a solid foundation at home. there is a big difference, and even committed to baylor we still have a better shot with him than seastrunk last year (again.. not that we wanted him).
 
Agreed McV...the coaches know a lot more than I do, but I'd love to see us kick that tire and see if Williams still has interest in the Horns. I think he's gonna be a good back when all is said and done.
 
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