KJ Lacey

[Ronald Dato]

34 minutes ago, 4thandFive said:

Arch going to LSU next year? 

No, Tulane. 

[Daytripper]

13 minutes ago, Shmatt said:

Man what a mess this season has turned into 

^^^^^^^^

[Sugabread]

Just pull the plug.  All you are doing is putting more pressure on Arch and he is showing he isn't dealing good woth pressure.  Worse for Arch if he starts and gets pulled.  Just do it.  It will be better for Arch if you want him to succeed.  Although it will be somewhere else.

[Bwells]

Perhaps this is a question for Bobby CJ or Jerry. When you have a quarterback, that’s obviously as talented as arch and they’re not seeing the field and they’re hanging on the ball too long. How is that coached? Because he is obviously not progressing and they surely know that’s one of  the issues. That’s the head scratcher. With arch’s lineage, Sark and his uncles you think there would be a lot of coaching going on and some level of progression, but we obviously don’t see it.. 

Edited 1 hour ago by Bwells

[TexasOnTop]

20 minutes ago, Mark Futrell said:

HHMM. Did Arch really beat 4 of the top 10 teams? If so, then you have to say that Arch just lost to 2 unranked teams with a loss to an unranked team last year. If that is true, losing to unranked teams is far more damaging than beating the top 10 teams - we missed the playoffs last year with a loss to unranked Florida although we rolled at the end of the season beating those ranked teams. Personally, I don't give Arch credit for winning those top 10 games. You win as a Team and you lose as a Team. 

He also lost to 2 unranked teams, yes. 
 

the quarterbacks job is to run the offense well enough to win football games. He’s done that 4 times against top 10 teams. He also hasn’t done that well enough against 3 unranked teams. 
 

If it’s me, I’m at least starting with the experience for Ole Miss. If things go haywire then you pivot. I think that’s exactly what Sark will do. 

Edited 1 hour ago by TexasOnTop

[mmdaytontexas]

1 hour ago, CJ Vogel said:

Will see an uptick in 1st team reps this week reports Pete Thamel. 

Yes, this is the real Pete Thamel account  

 

Unfortunately, CJ, this means nothing. Unless Sark names KJ the starter and gives him a chance to lead from the beginning, all you are doing is putting undue pressure on an already head-case QB. Is Sark's brilliant plan to start Arch, let us get behind by multiple scores and then bring KJ in when Ole Miss knows we are going to be passing? I have serious doubts about Sark's long-term tenure at Texas as it is. If he pulls this nonsense, I'll know for sure he is clueless and on his way out the door.

[Alex Butler]

46 minutes ago, hookem1014 said:

I think it’s possible he doesn’t transfer at all. What major program would want him as their starter? He will be pushed out after this year and I could see some NFL GM taking him late just for the name and attention. 

It’s possible he’ll be QE2.0 but might be a better situation for him because maybe he can go to a team that doesn’t suck balls and can undo all the Sark guru stuff he picked up here…

[Nikolas24]

34 minutes ago, Red Five said:

Any record where we miss the playoffs for the second year in a row with a roster filled with NFL players will and should get him fired.

I think we’re missing the playoffs. 

[CJ Vogel]

9 minutes ago, Bwells said:

Perhaps this is a question for Bobby CJ or Jerry. When you have a quarterback, that’s obviously as talented as arch and they’re not seeing the field and they’re hanging on the ball too long. How is that coached? Because he is obviously not progressing and they surely know that’s one of  the issues. That’s the head scratcher. With arch’s lineage, Sark and his uncles you think there would be a lot of coaching going on and some level of progression, but we obviously don’t see it.. 

We saw it a little bit vs. Florida.

Texas utilized quick screens, pop passes and play calls where deeper level thinking was not required. As a result, Texas had 10 points and 135 yards on the first two drives. Felt like the offense and Sark went away from that when the script ran up. 

They returned to it in the 2nd half on a 14-yard gain to Wingo and a 10-yard gain to Wingo. But then it was too late and Florida had taken the lead.

[Joe Z]

Just now, Nikolas24 said:

I think we’re missing the playoffs. 

We are 6-6 this year 

[Hank South]

Sark was asked about KJ during SEC Media Days (by Gerry) 

"I think he'd be a dangerous guy if he got in the game because of his off-schedule stuff that he can do, but also his ability just to throw the ball in rhythm and in timing."

[Mark Futrell]

13 minutes ago, HookemTexas said:

Most likely scenario that I see is that Arch will start the game.  At half time, if the team is up, he's going to start the 2nd half.  If Texas is losing going into half, KJ might get a chance to start 2nd half.  If the team implodes again in the 3rd quarter, KJ might get a chance to come in.

I think that is logical and certainly pragmatic, which is anything but.......for Sark this year. Question though: Do you think Sark would actually do that against Ole Miss and with the entire Manning Family present because of The Ole Miss game? There are some who claim that there is a so called "deal or or at minimum a gentlemens agreement" for Arch's development. I'm not saying there was - don't put those words in my mouth - , but I am asking a question of: "Can Sark bench or pull Arch in this situation of Ole Miss and the connections in this game???

[Nikolas24]

1 minute ago, CJ Vogel said:

We saw it a little bit vs. Florida.

Texas utilized quick screens, pop passes and play calls where deeper level thinking was not required. As a result, Texas had 10 points and 135 yards on the first two drives. Felt like the offense and Sark went away from that when the script ran up. 

They returned to it in the 2nd half on a 14-yard gain to Wingo and a 10-yard gain to Wingo. But then it was too late and Florida had taken the lead.

Again, how is that not on sark instead of arch. Sark went away from what was working for what reason? Almost every play to the perimeter was positive yards. How can you be an oc genius and go away from what worked. That’s malpractice 

[Nikolas24]

2 minutes ago, Joe Z said:

We are 6-6 this year 

At best lol

[HookemChappy]

Honestly we don’t need KJ to win games for us. We mostly need him not to lose games. He doesn’t need to be a hero, just use a check down and make the simple plays. It’s ok to have a 3 and out, just don’t have consecutive 3 and outs. Be a game manager. 

[John F.]

45 minutes ago, jcash02 said:

The frustrating part is, we all know how this will play out.

Arch will start because of the Manning family narratives vs Ole Miss

If he plays poorly and we get down big early, they'll throw KJ out there and hope he can provide a spark. 

If we're winning at all or it's still a close game, Sark won't replace Arch. No matter how poorly he's actually playing. 

That's the template for how we've lost the last 2 games. 

 

31 minutes ago, HookemTexas said:

Most likely scenario that I see is that Arch will start the game.  At half time, if the team is up, he's going to start the 2nd half.  If Texas is losing going into half, KJ might get a chance to start 2nd half.  If the team implodes again in the 3rd quarter, KJ might get a chance to come in.

I you guys are probably right with these scenarios and I hate it. If you’re going to give KJ a shot, don’t throw him in a quagmire. Get him in for a scripted series early, even if not starting. Commit to it and communicate it internally in advance so you don’t further rattle the team.  

[HookemTexas]

10 minutes ago, HookemChappy said:

Honestly we don’t need KJ to win games for us. We mostly need him not to lose games. He doesn’t need to be a hero, just use a check down and make the simple plays. It’s ok to have a 3 and out, just don’t have consecutive 3 and outs. Be a game manager. 

So money.  Texas beats OU without the two disastrous picks.  Those are on Arch.  Texas probably beats Florida without turning the ball over on downs, that's on Sark.

[Kyle Miller]

Lacey needs to start on Saturday. If there isn't a marked improvement by half, that could give Arch a boost of confidence because he'll see it's not all on him, and he can put on the cape and be the hero.

I don't think Texas fans will get the sample we all want to see if you let Arch start and then bench him midway through the game, because that's asking a lot of Lacey.

If Sark starts Arch and Texas drops a 3rd game in a row and 2nd at home, I think the only way Sark keeps his job is if he agrees to hire an OC (Chip Kelley???) but that might not even be enough.

[JR Smith]

Sark will start Arch against Ole Miss and he will play well with the script. After the script is where he'll fall apart. Will Echols will kill Connor Robertson and Brandon Baker and we'll be missing our best player on the team so we'll see if the pass rush will ever get home against the uber talented Chambliss. 

[UT_Ro]

1 hour ago, Hank South said:

This is one sure-fire way to figure out whether it's really an Arch problem or not. 

KJ should start against Ole Miss but most likely won't smh

[4thandFive]

Either start Lacey or go down with Arch.

 

Throwing Lacey in only after Arch potentially stumbles and we get behind is a) unfair to Lacey and b) unfair to the team/fans.

[Jujujuice]

It’s all a smoke show.   He won’t bench Arch 

[ArizonaLonghorn]

1 hour ago, omarv said:

We lose nothing by seeing what KJ can do.  Arch is shellshocked at this point.  He's Garrett Gilbert 2.0 (I'm sure I'll get trashed for saying it but ..... ).

Garrett Gilbert once threw for 344 yards in a game against a P5 opponent.

Arch has yet to have a 300 yard game against a P4 opponent.

I realize Arch has a much better overall record than GG, more wins against Top 25 and Top10 teams, but still, that's a surprising stat to me.

[Sanka Decaf]

1 minute ago, Jujujuice said:

It’s all a smoke show.   He won’t bench Arch 

Not to start - for some reason, he (and this team) look good in practice . . . so we are told . . . and if that's the case, he'll get the start again.  Sark better be ready with a play sheet for KJ tho.  To do otherwise would be negligent.

[syracusehorn]

Sark has no ability to adjust in-game. He's really bad at it. If he's smart he'll script KJ a bunch of plays to have that as an "adjustment" during the game. Maybe he can dual-script something to keep us from getting completely shut down.