OL Envy - visualized

[Waxahorn]

Unacceptable. Sad. Disappointing. Unsatisfactory. Unsuitable. Discouraging. Disheartening. Depressing. 

Something in our current model is clearly broken and needs to be fixed this offseason. 

[Thanos72]

3 hours ago, JMarquette said:

I don’t even know if it’s a strength thing, I think it’s mentality. We got a bunch of guys who want to give defenders butterfly kisses instead of guys who want to kill defenders. It’s amazing that no one has any pride in that room.

I think it’s a strength thing. The disposition just exacerbates it. Lawrence must be a dud or we’d see him for baker. Or, one if the Coleman brothers.the juggernaut problem is baker and Roberson are “culture” guys so they’ll never be replaced. Coleman is nasty and that’s what we need to your point. He hasn’t been here long enough to get tamed. I’m actually a big fan of dark but I think his intelligence is crippling the athletes. He was to outsmart everyone versus leveraging far superior athletes. Get your 5 most athletic hosses, strip down the run game, and ask them to take out at the nearest body. 5 down and 6 to go . Make blitzers pay for dating to come forward, lol

[HookedOnTF]

32 minutes ago, Thanos72 said:

I think it’s a strength thing. The disposition just exacerbates it. Lawrence must be a dud or we’d see him for baker. Or, one if the Coleman brothers.the juggernaut problem is baker and Roberson are “culture” guys so they’ll never be replaced. Coleman is nasty and that’s what we need to your point. He hasn’t been here long enough to get tamed. I’m actually a big fan of dark but I think his intelligence is crippling the athletes. He was to outsmart everyone versus leveraging far superior athletes. Get your 5 most athletic hosses, strip down the run game, and ask them to take out at the nearest body. 5 down and 6 to go . Make blitzers pay for dating to come forward, lol

I think this highlight 3 things for the program not just OL, and I too want Sark to break through.

1. Weird limited rotations and limited development reps. Doghouses and best player indecision into mid season.

2. Out thinking rather than having base fundamentals down then adding on riffs

3. Mean, heat seaking OL... not just enamored with big human traits. Our recent RB, WR, and TEs may be similar. Defense does not have that problem.

Edited 45 minutes ago by HookedOnTF

[watty7796]

IMHO this is an issue with multiple layers of issues.  Peeling the onion back...lack of development particularly with GCG groups is first and foremost.  Second is a finesse style of offense.  Looks pretty but when it comes to Championship time you better be able to punch the opposing team in the mouth.  Third is the acceptance of mediocrity along the OL.  If it werent an acceptance of this...its really difficult to explain average or worse for several straight years.   Fourth is are we recruiting the right guys.  Not just big humans but does this dude provide the kind of punch we are looking for.  And last but not least.  Leadership is a real issue especially on the offensive side of the ball.  Muschamp has done a really good job getting great production from multiple players through a myriad of injuries.  Texas offense needs to either put up or shut up.  Its pretty sad that the anchor of the team is a head coach dubbed an offensive genius with this poor of development at the QB position and inability to adjust and finish games through 4 quarters of quality ball.  My point is that there os more than enough blame to pass around and have leftovers to dole out seconds.  Texas has done a great job recruiting but havent turned those 5*s and high 4s into world beaters.  Banks being the exception.