Some coaches get it. Mike Leach.

If anyone on the staff was involved, they should be fired and word put out to keep any other school from making that same mistake. The school should consider legal action for lost revenue, but that won't happen.

I'm not sure there was any staff involvement, but there were definitely puppeteers manipulating the players from the getgo. Those are the bad people playing games with history for their pocketbook gains. They could give a **** less about these kids other than the ability to line their pockets. Check back in 3-5 years when these lids aren't in the NFL and don't have jobs and can't get one.
 
I guess I am trying to figure out how some of the people at the University who have been so out spoken, how those people got to the players without someone on the staff knowing. I do not believe a player on his own read an article and then went to the team and "woke" them up
 
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You are correct, but they have access to certain faculty members who have a not so hidden agenda. They are open to the players because it helps drive their political agenda. Gain their confidence, use them, abuse them, then throw them away.

Herman needed to have counselors & tutors that gained the kids' trust and were available to talk about anything that they have a problem with - academically or socially.

Herman obviously failed that, but he's not the first coach to have that problem in Austin.
 
horninchicago said:
That's what it will take. Hitting the bottom line. Wokeness will go back to sleep again.
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Sorry guys but believe it or not the spirit in the air these days trumps even bottom lines. You should have noticed this already and will continue to see it over and over again.
 
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Sorry guys but believe it or not the spirit in the air these days trumps even bottom lines. You should have noticed this already and will continue to see it over and over again.
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Well, I don't disagree. I'm just saying that if things will change back, it will be because the $ loss does trump the wokeness.
 
horninchicago said:
Well, I don't disagree. I'm just saying that if things will change back, it will be because the $ loss does trump the wokeness.
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Yeah... I was just throwing in a general point, observation , and belief about the bottom line vs "towing the line" of the age.
If you'll notice, many companies, entities, and people will go full on for it...whatever "it" is. .. regardless of bottom line consequences. This should give us an idea of just how powerful "it" is.
We'll see how it plays out at UT, but my guess is, regardless of my above points, CDC is going to get a chance to start over and do it "his" way and both the bottom line of dollars and the bottom line of his "constituents" interests will win out.....
 
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How do you propose that players be interviewed and told to either get it together or hit the road Jack'?

CDC do it after Herman is canned?

How many of the present roster (including 2020 / 2021 recruits would honestly stay on board?

Then grab a respected HC! How long to rebuild toward CFP?
 
ESPN interviewed Leach the other day and asked about the purge comments and a few other topics. Here's the whole thing:


ESPN: You said after last week's loss that you may need to get rid of some malcontents on the team. How do you identify those guys and how do you manage it?

Leach: The first week, I don't think we were quite as good as maybe we or other people thought. We're dealing with a group that's got very limited experience. Almost none of our guys started last year. I don't really think it's malcontents across the board as much as you just have those guys who are kind of wait-and-see. You have a little of, "How's this going to turn out?" rather than really locking in and letting it rip out there. We've got to get to that point, and I don't think we're at that point yet.

ESPN: How much have the offensive struggles been about young guys learning the scheme vs. unforced errors when guys are pressing to make too much happen?

Leach: Probably some of all of the above, but I do think we're trying to make too much happen, and once you do that it becomes a series of overcorrections. But the other thing is we just have so many young players that it's just the learning how to work and prepare is part of it. Coaching-wise, we need to do whatever we can to accelerate that process.

ESPN: In retrospect, did the success in the opener vs. LSU create a problematic image for a team that was still going through some growing pains?

Leach: I think it distorted things a little. It definitely distorted where we were at in our minds probably.

ESPN: Kylin Hill was a huge part of the win over LSU. He had 15 catches last week but didn't do much with them. Do you need to find ways to better utilize him, and might that mean running the ball more?

Leach: We've got to incorporate the running back. We have several good running backs, and we need to get them more involved. It's kind of a Catch-22 where we have to get our linemen in order to do that. We're breaking in some guys up front who I think are going to be great players, but we need to get them there as quick as we can.

ESPN: Did you hear any feedback from your players about the "purge" comment?

Leach: Not really, but if people aren't bought in or ready to play or committed, we're more than willing to do that. That's always been part of the process as far as building teams. They may use different words, but weeding out the guys that aren't on board and elevating the guys who are, that's all part of it and always has been.

ESPN: You're a guy who's synonymous with offense. What do you make of people suddenly shocked at all the scoring happening in the SEC?

Leach: It's been happening all along. It's interesting because I get into this conference and we're supposed to be the only ones throwing the ball in the SEC. Everybody's throwing the ball in the SEC and they were a couple years ago, too. LSU won the national championship throwing the ball. So I think some of it is just stigma that people keep repeating.
 
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