The uphill road ahead. Several obstacles.

[westx]

There is so much content on this forum, so my apologies if this has been discussed in some way.  I am not able to read every post and comment.  DISCLAIMER:  I know we are 4-1 and in control our own destiny and may be foolish to be so negative.

1) The Arch issue.  Gerry wrote an extensive post about Arch that covered every angle.  The only thing I will add is that I don't recommend benching Arch.  I would only recommend let him use all of his tools (his running ability) like every other college program does and call plays that take advantage of Arch's speed and power-the dude is tough and good sizee.  Now, if that is an issue with the Manning family and Arch himself, that is a different scenario that would justify putting somebody in that can run.  It is now self-preservation and Texas needs to be able to have the QB running option.  I mean, hell, he did it 2 years ago against aggy and it worked beautifully for a TD.

2) Sark the HC has two obstacles:  The irony how Vegetables flipped the weight of the world to Sark and temporarily freed himself from it.

    Obstacle 1:  Sark the OC.  Had he made the move to hire an OC on his own, the spotlight and the pressure cooker wouldn't be anywhere near the level it is since Saturday.  That pressure is here to stay and will only get heavier and heavier.  It is never good when a HC is forced to make a change not of his own doing-quite frankly it seems to be the beginning of the end of the HC tenure in most cases.  Additionally, what kind of OC could possible come to Texas knowing Sark was against the decision and knowing he may be butting heads and worried about a turf war at every turn?  Sark would have to humble himself and think about his future.  Really, if he fails here, he will be damaged goods as an OC and as a HC-college or NFL.  Yes he has an great win loss record the last 4 years, but that is with the wealth of resources from Texas.  The main reason for the record is elite defenses-not his high scoring innovative offensive schemes. At other schools or the NFL he will not have the talent advantage he currently enjoys.

   Obstacle 2:  Sark's buddies.  People may ask did Banks/Flood forget how to coach?  The were great at bama.  Well, they had the GOAT as a HC that held his assistants accountable.  Sark thought he was getting the guys under Saban, but apparently Saban gets more out of them.  The CEO matters because he deals with the big and little things. How do other schools make their OL work?  They haven't had the recruiting advantage Flood has at Texas.  Is it incredibly bad luck that the top recruits that signed at Texas are busts?  CJ nailed the special teams issues, so I won't regurgitate.  But, I will remind you of the horrible outing at UT2, was more of the same against blowU.  It is laughable at how we got more of the same.  The very first kick-off goes out of bounds.  This obstacle is not as complicated as firing the OC, but the fact that you are being forced to do it is not a good look.  It is difficult to respect a HC that doesn't deal with the obvious problem himself.  I mean does he think he has multiple years to fix these issues?  For all I know (which isn't a lot), Flood is not the problem as much as what he is asked to do in Sark's complicated scheme.  This would make some sense, because now you have Arch and Flood scratching their heads after each practice at what there scheme/identity is supposed to be.

3) I really like Sark, but we all saw it coming in one way or the other-it was simply unsustainable to have such a under performing offense.  It should be embarrassing how much BMDs payout for these athletes and get such an underperformance.  To make matters worse and something we have to reconcile is the crap about not apologizing for a win.  Well, the reason the media and fans were making a bid deal about is because it is a big deal.  We saw the unsustainability with our own eyes and knew it would bite us at some point.  But, he blew us off and gave us his non-apology.  I don't see what can be improved when Sark himself doesn't really have a plan.  I really believe that he doesn't know how to fix STs and the offense.  CJ make a great point about "doing the same thing and expecting a different result is the definition of insanity" in Sunday morining's video and it applies perfectly in the current state of affairs at Texas.

4) Still no answer for the constant blitzing Arch gets.  Will it be a free for all SEC head coaches to look like geniuses by simply blitzing the hell out of Texas because we still look lost and get shut down.  Sark has given us no hope of dealing successfully with out opponent's blue print.  

Edited 49 minutes ago by westx