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SteveInAustin

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I’ve been Married for 35 years, the first 3 were the toughest. Adjustments on both sides were required, as well as tuning out all the outside crap. Herman has had 1 difficult year in his first 3 and now we want to put him on the hot seat??? There is not a coach that call pull off a culture shift in just 3 years. Thank God my wife had more patience than most Longhorn fans.
 
I wouldn't say Fisher is a bust... The Aggies are looking better every week this year. They are dominating weak teams like they should.
Held Clemson to 24 in a 24-10 loss
Scored as much on Auburn's tough D as LSU did.
Played #4 UG within 6 pts lossing 19-13.
Gonna finish the season 7-5 with some close losses only to the elite teams in the country; four of which are top 5 in the country right now.
Jimbo has them going in the right direction, so how can they call him a bust ? they may not be rising as fast as the Aggies hoped, but they don't look as bad as we do, so why did CBS sports even mention Jimbo ?
 
I would not say Jimbo is a bust yet, as previously stated he has them headed in right direction and they are not getting blown out in loses... they are all pretty close.

Herman? Axe me after the bowl game.
 
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NM fan said:
Thank God my wife had more patience than most Longhorn fans.
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But it's not just Texas fans that are saying these things. The articles in the first post are from national news organizations. These are national rankings that are saying that Tom Herman is in the #1 hottest coach's seat, out of all the college football coaches in the country.
 
SteveInAustin said:
But it's not just Texas fans that are saying these things. The articles in the first post are from national news organizations. These are national rankings that are saying that Tom Herman is in the #1 hottest coach's seat, out of all the college football coaches in the country.
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Yes this goes deeper than just us Horn fans, there are a bunch of people wondering why Texas of all places is struggling with putting together a great team. I ask that same question.
Don't worry about aggy, they may not be getting blown out but the aggys I know are just like we are, meah, just another down year.
 
To me, the most productive thing we can discuss is who could help this offense improve. A lot of you like Fedora, Morris looks good to me. Someone mentioned an offensive coach with the LA Rams(WRCoach?). TH can turn this around but he can’t afford a mistake with his strategic move this offseason. Orgeron is NOT a better coach than TH. But he has better coordinators. Herman needs an upgrade pronto at OC.
 
AC said:
To me, the most productive thing we can discuss is who could help this offense improve. A lot of you like Fedora, Morris looks good to me. Someone mentioned an offensive coach with the LA Rams(WRCoach?). TH can turn this around but he can’t afford a mistake with his strategic move this offseason. Orgeron is NOT a better coach than TH. But he has better coordinators. Herman needs an upgrade pronto at OC.
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Agree with changes, but only OC. Orlando looks good when his players are healthy. I would also change the SC coach. Seems odd with all these injuries.
 
AC said:
To me, the most productive thing we can discuss is who could help this offense improve. A lot of you like Fedora, Morris looks good to me. Someone mentioned an offensive coach with the LA Rams(WRCoach?). TH can turn this around but he can’t afford a mistake with his strategic move this offseason. Orgeron is NOT a better coach than TH. But he has better coordinators. Herman needs an upgrade pronto at OC.
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Agree.

This is what I posted on another thread about replacing the OC:

Offense on Sat. was offensive vs. Bailor:

Not physical
Lack discipline
Gave up 5 sacks
Poor rushing (outside of 1 long run by Ingram)
Predictable play calling
Big & critical penalties > 100 yards
Overall regression

There is a pattern with many of these factors... we've seen this vs. ou, TCU (to some degree), ISU, Bailor... time for Beck to go.
 
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But it's not just Texas fans that are saying these things. The articles in the first post are from national news organizations. These are national rankings that are saying that Tom Herman is in the #1 hottest coach's seat, out of all the college football coaches in the country.
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If we believed everything printed about something, we would be enjoying the Hillary Clinton presidency right now. I know, West Mall. Point is give Herman time. The injuries this year were unimaginable! He’s down from all the injuries. And the press exists to kick people when they’re down!
 
NM fan said:
I’ve been Married for 35 years, the first 3 were the toughest. Adjustments on both sides were required, as well as tuning out all the outside crap. Herman has had 1 difficult year in his first 3 and now we want to put him on the hot seat??? There is not a coach that call pull off a culture shift in just 3 years. Thank God my wife had more patience than most Longhorn fans.
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You don't call season 1 difficult. Seriously. He got a pass on that because of Strong, but 7-6 is a tough year. Last year was good. We got 2 strong wins against OU and UGA. But he's actually struggled big time in 2 of 3 years. So let's cut the crap of 1 difficult year. He's being paid 5M+ to go win a conference championship. Until he does that he's not meeting expectations. It's that simple. Does he deserve one more year? Maybe, but only if he cans TB. If he's not willing to do that, he needs to go as well.
 
Before more praise and adoration is bestowed upon Aggy, they would likely have no more than 6 wins if not feasting on a few Navarro Jr College type schools. They beat the terrible SEC teams, and lose to all the decent to good ones. Minus an upset every 5 years, or so.
 
I hate Paul Finebaum. How did such an ugly son of a ***** get a show? Who the hell is he to rate our fan base? Arrogant and entitled is what Alabama is.
 
LonghornCatholic said:
Before more praise and adoration is bestowed upon Aggy, they would likely have no more than 6 wins if not feasting on a few Navarro Jr College type schools. They beat the terrible SEC teams, and lose to all the decent to good ones. Minus an upset every 5 years, or so.
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Definitely from a hater. Well they didn't lose to teams they should have beaten like us so how can you call the kettle black. Lol
 
Pomspoms said:
Definitely from a hater. Well they didn't lose to teams they should have beaten like us so how can you call the kettle black. Lol
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Really just watch their games. They play some pretty good D. Mond is a train wreck and what really hampers the rest of the team. If they had a good QB and RB they'd be a pretty solid team. Would they beat a top 10 team, doubtful, but they would have a pretty solid 10-20 team.
 
NM fan said:
I’ve been Married for 35 years, the first 3 were the toughest. Adjustments on both sides were required, as well as tuning out all the outside crap. Herman has had 1 difficult year in his first 3 and now we want to put him on the hot seat??? There is not a coach that call pull off a culture shift in just 3 years. Thank God my wife had more patience than most Longhorn fans.
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Guess I’ll go against the flow.

With few injuries, one of the best QBs in the country, excellent receivers, a good OL (yes, I said that), our offense — Herman’s specialty — was a complete no-show against OU, TCU, ISU and Baylor. Three of those teams have nowhere near the talent, and OU is certainly not a defensive juggernaut.

I agree though, we do need a culture shift.

The culture shift we need is for Herman to move away from his rah rah, Tony Robbins, cult-like, kissing the players, pee monitoring obsessions. I don’t believe he can fix what’s broken — and there’s plenty — until he changes his methodology, becomes genuine, candid and believable, and also hires an offensive guru. But it’s not just the offense that’s broken.

I’m not being sarcastic when I say that if they gave an award annually for the worst coaching performance in the FBS, Tom Herman would probably win unanimously for 2019.

He was my choice. I don’t hate him. In fact, I now feel sorry for him. But to make excuses or suggest that he needs time to change the culture is a glaring misread of the situation IMHO.

He’s a deer in the headlights, and his own worst enemy.
 
dukesteer said:
Guess I’ll go against the flow.

With few injuries, one of the best QBs in the country, excellent receivers, a good OL (yes, I said that), our offense — Herman’s specialty — was a complete no-show against OU, TCU, ISU and Baylor. Three of those teams have nowhere near the talent, and OU is certainly not a defensive juggernaut.

I agree though, we do need a culture shift.

The culture shift we need is for Herman to move away from his rah rah, Tony Robbins, cult-like, kissing the players, pee monitoring obsessions. I don’t believe he can fix what’s broken — and there’s plenty — until he changes his methodology, becomes genuine, candid and believable, and also hires an offensive guru. But it’s not just the offense that’s broken.

I’m not being sarcastic when I say that if they gave an award annually for the worst coaching performance in the FBS, Tom Herman would probably win unanimously for 2019.

He was my choice. I don’t hate him. In fact, I now feel sorry for him. But to make excuses or suggest that he needs time to change the culture is a glaring misread of the situation IMHO.

He’s a deer in the headlights, and his own worst enemy.
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I had reservations when we did the hire. Reputation was big game hunter who let things slip away on games you are favored. Houston lost 3 games his last season when they had more talent. Trouble was there wasn't a plan B so I was ok with the hire, but I did have reservations we'd win some big games and lose too many easy ones. Trouble is this year we've lost the easy ones but haven't won any big games. Gotta at least do one or the other and great coaches do both. I'm just tired of losing, tired of excuses. Just win baby. If I have to wait 10 more years for Texas to have a strong team I'll be 70 and doubt I'll care. Time is not my friend.
 
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