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I’m not ‘reminding’ anyone, I’m pointing out what’s right in front of us. The O-line is a disaster, QBs aren’t developing, the WR room outside of Livingstone is barely functional, and the offense “Sark’s supposed specialty” is the part of the team falling apart. Pretending I’m being ‘negative’ for stating facts isn’t loyalty, it’s making excuses. If you’re stalking every post I make just to lecture me about disliking the coaches, that says more about you than it does about me. Pointing out the obvious isn’t a vendetta, coaches earn trust, and Sark and Flood haven’t earned a single second this season. Maybe start noticing the problems before policing fans for noticing them.

Less under center. Less play action. Go more shotgun and let him RPO/straight drop back. Less long developing plays and give him more quick/easy throws. Stop trying to play bully man ball, you don't have the OL or OL coach for it, you can't just arrogantly run with 8 guys in the box. Get your younger play makers more involved at WR/TE. RB there isn't anyone elite there, that includes Wisner, imo. Right now, it looks more like Manning is overthinking everything and Sark isn't really helping him out. He looks like he wants to call an offense that isn't working and instead of setting his QB up for success might have set him up for failure. While the OL isn't perfect he has time to throw, he just overthinks what he's seeing. He's also not throwing/playing like he did last yea, not sure if that's because he knew it wasn't only temporary or what. I should mention you have to do a better job of getting him going early and often. Not run on 1st down, run on 2nd down, okay 3rd and long, oh he missed. Might also need to have some other plays in the back pocket for some red zone plays. Just my uneducated take. To me it seems like he completely changed what his offense was originally but that's just what I think. Not sure I'd pay for my opinion or coaching advice but just what I'm seeing out there.

As discouraged as I am as a diehard fan, I’m just an alumni, a spectator, a class of 92 bleeding orange, love my horns….fan. There are 85 young men wearing burnt orange each Saturday this fall, who’ve dreamed since they were kids of winning at the highest level. For most of them, winning probably came easy. They were superior athletes to the competition from grade school through their high school years. Now, they’ve grinded all offseason in preparation for having a ‘magical’ fall, all of us just taking for granted we’ll be going back to the playoffs. But that isn’t how it works. There are no guarantees and it takes more than talent to win. This season seems like it could go in one of three directions: 1) I hope this doesn’t become a repeat of 2010 or 2021 where we go on a death spiral losing streak on way to a 6-6 season 2) Offense is up/down all year but defense wins several close games on way to 8-4. Feels like more of the same. Sark stays stubborn and digs in, unwilling to make changes. 3) Over the next several weeks, this team (including coaches) galvanizes, comes together, Arch gets surrounded with fresh voices and everyone rediscovers the passion and fun in the game. They grow through the adversity, come together and go in a magical run to the playoffs. i sure hope for Option 3. Would make for a great turnaround story. Hook em! 🧡🐂🤘🏼

Thanks Sark, but looking for solutions to help you here 😉

I’d quit my job and let Texas hire you to coach the team.

I'll second the Sports Psychologist. I don't know if Texas routinely works with one, but they should. I know that under Saban, Alabama used to regularly bring in Dr. Bhrett McCabe, who also works with a lot of the top professional golfers. Right now Arch, and several of the offensive players, need help with the mental side of the game. We always say that the mental side of any sport is of such great importance, but how many people/teams actually practice it.

The formula to win with defense and special teams required fewer penalties and turnovers. And sark has to be willing to take the 3 points when in fg range instead of going for it all the time. plus we have to possess the ball a bit more and make more third down conversions. Be interesting to see how we evolve.

Yeah, I get that many would rate us lower. Hence, the “at best”. our defense has demonstrated itself to be one of the best in the country imo

I get him with a good sports psychologist and show him film of where he is making good plays and throws. Surround him with positive people. I throw out the bad tape. Try to lower the stress and rebuild his confidence, I keep him off social media and away from the press. Open up a QB competition because that is what he deserves. I rotate him with Caldwell so he does not feel he is the only option. Let him see measured success and let him earn his way back to the starting role.

Heck, playing like this get you L against Florida, and maybe Vandy

Too high

We shouldn’t even be in the top 25

Trust us, you remind us the coaches need to be better every chance you get. We know you don’t like them.

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Try and win with defense. More 12 personell. Use Manning like a Tim Tebow (good fullback with mediocre passing skills). When they have to bring a safety up take a few deep shots. Every game will be tight. Kick field goals when you can. Hope 3 losses (from OU, A&M, Georgia) gets you in.

That’s not the point. The O-line sets the tone, you need it to control games, protect the QB, and open the run game. Oregon showed how it’s done by bringing in nearly 100 career starts from the portal. Texas didn’t, and it shows. And if Arch is still skipping throws in Year 3, that’s on Sark and the staff to coach him up. The coaches have to be better, both in development and roster building.

Pay up and I will tell you.

So we could give Arch Manning an extra few seconds in the pocket to skip it at his receivers feet or throw it in the stands?

I said this earlier on the boards and some people came for my throat.

Mods and members, I think we all realize we have a QB that has not played up to his potential. There has been much said about what the problems are. So instead of complaining, I am curious what your solution is. This week, what is your move to fix this? Do you bench Arch? Rotate him with QB2, run a different scheme?

I wonder what Quinn Ewers was thinking while watching this game yesterday? $70,000 a week with his salary & other sponsors. His last preseason game for the Dolphins he completed 7 of the eight passes he threw 2 touchdowns. Not perfect but better . Life is good . But i know in his heart he’s a Longhorn forever. If we’ve. learned anything. It’s be careful what we wish for. “Hookem “

Do you think if Arch gets right that some of the other problems immediately and naturally get better? Last year it seemed like the team got juiced up when Arch came in. He’s the thermostat.

You might be right, Sark seemed like he wasn't even going to think about it and had 100% faith in Coach Flood. Might be blind faith who knows. But I'm hoping he can get the best 5 out there.

For Sark and Kyle Flood not to bring in O-line help from the portal looks like a major mistake. The struggles up front make it clear they needed reinforcements. Just look at Oregon, Dan Lanning rebuilt his line with portal veterans like Isaiah World (Nevada), Emmanuel Pregnon (USC), and Alex Harkey (Texas State), three of their starters, 98 combined starts, and they’ve looked like one of the best O-lines in the country. That’s how you use the portal to solve problems.

5 for 165 and 2 TDs yesterday. I would say he’s not hurt.