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Well this isn’t necessarily great news😕

On the surface, it’s easy to argue that Bama didn’t need a program builder. Their program was built, just needed a competent winner. Which DeBoer had proved himself to be in his prior stops. But to be a Devil’s advocate along the same lines as your argument, I recently watched a clip of Saban making his Bama team run wind sprints and he said something that is very pertinent and supportive of your position. He said: “only two things can happen- either we’re gonna get better or we’re gonna get worse. We’re not gonna remain the same” And maybe that was the flaw in the case of the Saban to DeBoer transition, and all transitions of a great to his successor. It seems like the general thought/goal is to “maintain” the greatness. Which, if you believe Saban’s line, is impossible. It’s either better or worse.

lagged far behind is a reach. Texas had a top 10 offense in 2023 and we had the most explosive offense last year.

That's what makes coaching at the top level SEC teams so hard. At most if your freshman recruits hit, you have to maximize them because you only have them for two more years.

Tech #2 for facilities is surprising.

And they had a bunch of talent returning for third and fourth years in 2022 followed by them sticking around in 2023. Three first round picks who were all draft eligible the year before. DeBoer did great with what he had. But like at Fresno State he didn’t stick around long. I don’t blame him in the least, but he’s not a proven program builder.

He’s been leaning in his defense his entire tenure here while the offense has lagged far behind.

We discussed this today on Coffee and Football, but Dave Campbell’s Texas football surveyed about 50 kids anonymously. The graphic I made doesn’t go over all of the survey, but some key points here worth discussing imo. Longhorns commit Jermaine Bishop is named the best player in the state by his peers. Texas gets the most love when it comes to HC you want to play for the most and top facilities. Texas A&M comes away with best stadium (Texas 2nd) and best atmosphere (Texas 2nd).

I remember CJ and gerry loving the deboer hire at bama saying “he wins wherever he goes”. I just wasn’t convinced he could field a competent defense for the SEC or win at this level on a consistent basis.

I got you. I marked them as sold!

UW was 4-8 the year before he got there. What he did with UW was impressive. The UW job was very different than the Bama job. The Bama job is very different than any job DeBoer’s had. The only two coaches that have ever had sustained success at Bama were two of the most hardass coaches of all time. I just can’t see a HC that is California cool having real success coaching Bama. He’d be better off at a premiere Big10 program. Just doesn’t fit imo

A very hard fought 10-2 to make the CFP this year is not completely out of the question and would be very impressive. But I’d give it a 1-5% chance given their schedule.

Texas is visiting Rice Wednesday Sept 3rd. 1st serve is 6pm on ESPN+

DeBoer is screwed regardless what he does because he isn’t Saban. Never follow a legend much less the GOAT.

DeBoer was blessed with a senior laden UW team who all came back for one last year in 2023. He’s yet to “build a program”. It shows.

Chevy Volt 🤣 we do bow ties not blue ovals

I would argue DeBoer inherited a Rolls Royce from Saban whereas Sark inherited a Ford Focus from Tom Herman.

Definitely 5) all but 4 haha!

The surprising thing to me is why Brad Spence transferred from Arkansas just to get 5 snaps. Dude could have had a monster year at Arkansas and headed to the league. Hope we have a good plan for utilizing him appropriately this year.

In honor of Gerry promising to not shave until Texas scores in the red zone, here’s my projection of Gerry at about Week 8:

Definitely. Really, my biggest takeaway from that is the trust the staff had in Zina Umeozulu to play the run as often as he did. He was one of the edge rushers when Texas went big on the goal. And no, not really too surprised by Jackson. He is a total stud and plays the run better than the other two. Vasek will see 25 snaps this weekend against a team that throws the ball 45 times.

LOVE that answer

@CJ Vogel would you expect Vasek and Spence to take more snaps when Texas isn’t going big to stop the run like they did against OSU? I was surprised to see those guys with so few snaps. Second question is, were you surprised to see Lance Jackson get more snaps than either of those two? And does that mean he’s taking someone’s job on 2nd team?

He sounds like Sark called him and said no offense but we might score 70

SJSU Tuesday PC previewing Texas game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2ahTcTq5gU