Brooks Austin: Texas Failed Arch lasts. Rips Flood & OL.

[HonkEm]

35 minutes ago, GoHorns1 said:

Again you show lack of knowledge last year was Arch’s 3rd year of install of Sark’s system, weight training, running the offense.

Three years in the system” doesn’t magically mean he was ready - it just means he’s been present. Sark doesn’t hand out snaps based on attendance. Arch still needed real‑speed reps, weight, and timing, and Sark wasn’t about to stunt him so you can pretend “years on campus” equals “game‑ready.”

Texas protected him. You’re proving you don’t understand the difference between being there and being ready.

I’m done arguing with you --- I respect your posts, I just disagree with you on this.

[HookedOnTF]

In an alternate universe, QE could have gone pro a year earlier and Arch would have needed to be ready to go (still getting the spotlight and Heisman hype). That's not a dig on Arch early last season, just saying an extra year only helped him, but the OL roster mgmt plan clearly wasn't successful in setting him up as a new starter.

[Hal Kemp]

2 hours ago, Sundancekid said:

I think the media failed Arch Manning and Texas, in general, more than the offensive line. Last year is done though. Move on. Look forward. Changes for the better have been made. Noone is making ludicrous projections about our team this season thankfully. 

I agree. “Move on. Look forward.” I think most, if not all, has been discussed, cussed, and debated already by this board and the Mods in one form or the other. 
 

[Hal Kemp]

1 hour ago, DiggsTX said:

Interesting, this isn't what Brooks was saying DURING last season...

Good point. I don’t follow him enough to say or know, but interesting that he is discussing this now. Not sure why.

[GoHorns1]

12 minutes ago, HonkEm said:

Three years in the system” doesn’t magically mean he was ready - it just means he’s been present. Sark doesn’t hand out snaps based on attendance. Arch still needed real‑speed reps, weight, and timing, and Sark wasn’t about to stunt him so you can pretend “years on campus” equals “game‑ready.”

Texas protected him. You’re proving you don’t understand the difference between being there and being ready.

I’m done arguing with you --- I respect your posts, I just disagree with you on this.

Agree to disagree. Hook em

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[TheRoJoShow]

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[hookem1014]

15 minutes ago, HonkEm said:

Three years in the system” doesn’t magically mean he was ready - it just means he’s been present. Sark doesn’t hand out snaps based on attendance. Arch still needed real‑speed reps, weight, and timing, and Sark wasn’t about to stunt him so you can pretend “years on campus” equals “game‑ready.”

Texas protected him. You’re proving you don’t understand the difference between being there and being ready.

I’m done arguing with you --- I respect your posts, I just disagree with you on this.

Both of yall make valid points. I agree as a first year starter there will be a learning curve regardless of class. At the same time we have seen several QBs around the country hit the ground running as a first time starter. Arch was very notably behind for a QB who was part of the program for 2 years, and the O line who made him speed up his decision making didn’t help either. Good news is he picked it up fast second half of the year. Let’s hope he continues the growth and the O line shows up now!

[NothinButDaHorns34]

Just another desperate YouTuber needing clicks and views. Perfect time to release something like this less than a month from the season starting. 

[mmdaytontexas]

Listen, that film breakdown was in the bowl game. That OL was still making the same mistakes in game 13 that they were making in game 1 against OSU. Okay Arch missed Wingo on the dig rite, but that was not a clean pocket either. The DE|LB was right in his face. So, how many of those errant throws all year were due to Arch rushing and forcing a little because he knew he had an OL with a penchant for blowing assignments? To say the OL "protected him" is like saying the Secret Service protected Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania. Well, he didn't get killed, did he? That's about the same logic. Blowing your assignments in game 13 and forcing your QB to make Superman plays is not "protecting your QB." I agree with the dude breaking down the film. No way in hell the OL should have been making those mistakes in the last game of the year, and no way in hell should our WRs be dropping that many balls that hit them in their hands. The DC got fired for struggling with his D late in the year, but maybe one other coach should have been given his walking papers as well. The film doesn't lie.

[Burnt Orange Horn]

The preposterous part about this whole thing is that if the Mannings thought that Dark was failing Arch, he would be gone from the program.

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[Assistant Regional Manager]

Some of y’all must like to revisit every ounce of pain.

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