GoHorns1 Posted February 15 Posted February 15 14 minutes ago, qaertyisthatdude said: Samples is a "splash" hire and fantastic recruiter, but I'm not sold on his ability to coach and develop RBs long term. No on Samples 4 Quote
GoHorns1 Posted February 15 Posted February 15 (edited) 22 minutes ago, qaertyisthatdude said: Samples is a "splash" hire and fantastic recruiter, but I'm not sold on his ability to coach and develop RBs long term. Oregon’s NIL is huge season why D. Moore signed with the Ducks. Past on Samples. Chris Gilbert has DFW covered. Agree on lack RB development under Samples Edited February 15 by GoHorns1 2 Quote
Beard N Balls Bundle Posted February 15 Posted February 15 38 minutes ago, Raistlin said: Choice helped every other coach on the staff get into Georgia and Florida. Choice may not have been the “lead recruiter” but those recruits would not have signed with Texas without Choice. The same thing goes for Jeff Banks. Right on. Going to be tough to replace that Georgia connection Quote
Raistlin Posted February 15 Author Posted February 15 28 minutes ago, HookemDTX said: What I can tell you is that the guy calling the plays is the same and the plays will be the same. We will get top backs even with you coaching the backs. Sark isn’t going to pay me $850,000 to coach running backs. That’s what Sark was paying Choice. Sark believed that he was getting something for that much money, a top of the line recruiter. Quote
Lnghrn Posted February 15 Posted February 15 1 hour ago, Raistlin said: A no name RB coach is not going to “make it rain” in the short term, no matter how good he is as a coach. The program is coming off of 2 straight final four appearances, a great rb history with nfl, NIL, Sparks’s offensive reputation, great culture. The reasons are very long why recruits pick UT. The program is in a much position today than anytime over the past 15 years. The running back coach isn’t going to be the sole reason why recruits pick a school. 2 Quote
Raistlin Posted February 15 Author Posted February 15 5 minutes ago, Lnghrn said: The program is coming off of 2 straight final four appearances, a great rb history with nfl, NIL, Sparks’s offensive reputation, great culture. The reasons are very long why recruits pick UT. The program is in a much position today than anytime over the past 15 years. The running back coach isn’t going to be the sole reason why recruits pick a school. The position coach is “a reason” why recruits pick a school. The margins are thin in high profile recruitments, the kind we are thankfully in now. We are fighting the big boys for elite recruits. They all are winning, have great coaches who send kids to the NFL and massive NIL. You don’t want to go into that fight with a position coach “trying to catch up.” Quote
GoHorns1 Posted February 15 Posted February 15 10 minutes ago, Raistlin said: The position coach is “a reason” why recruits pick a school. The margins are thin in high profile recruitments, the kind we are thankfully in now. We are fighting the big boys for elite recruits. They all are winning, have great coaches who send kids to the NFL and massive NIL. You don’t want to go into that fight with a position coach “trying to catch up.” Texas isn’t “trying to catch up” regardless who the new RB coach hired. Sark will hire a qualified RB coach 2 Quote
Raistlin Posted February 15 Author Posted February 15 5 minutes ago, GoHorns1 said: Texas isn’t “trying to catch up” regardless who the new RB coach hired. Sark will hire a qualified RB coach Chris Jackson said that he was way behind for the 2024 class. Kenny Baker said the same thing when he was hired. Quote
GoHorns1 Posted February 15 Posted February 15 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Raistlin said: Chris Jackson said that he was way behind for the 2024 class. Kenny Baker said the same thing when he was hired. They were NFL hires. Sark probably hire a college RB coach. Edited February 15 by GoHorns1 1 Quote
Ace Recruiter Posted February 15 Posted February 15 1 hour ago, GoHorns1 said: Oregon’s NIL is huge season why D. Moore signed with the Ducks. Past on Samples. Chris Gilbert has DFW covered. Agree on lack RB development under Samples How about promoting Chris Gilbert to RB coach? He has a great reputation and would solidify the Horns stronghold on DFW. Definitely a volume recruiter, but not sure how deep his connections go beyond the State of Texas. If Sark is looking to continue his Florida/Georgia connection, Kevin Smith makes a ton of sense. He's from the Miami area and played at Central Floria. He is coaching in Georgia currently. Young, energetic coach on the rise. That checks several boxes. 1 Quote
Ace Recruiter Posted February 15 Posted February 15 18 minutes ago, GoHorns1 said: They were NFL hires. Sark probably hire a college RB coach. Yep. Apples and oranges, unless Sark reaches into the NFL ranks for this hire. Quote
Raistlin Posted February 15 Author Posted February 15 12 minutes ago, Ace Recruiter said: How about promoting Chris Gilbert to RB coach? He has a great reputation and would solidify the Horns stronghold on DFW. Definitely a volume recruiter, but not sure how deep his connections go beyond the State of Texas. If Sark is looking to continue his Florida/Georgia connection, Kevin Smith makes a ton of sense. He's from the Miami area and played at Central Floria. He is coaching in Georgia currently. Young, energetic coach on the rise. That checks several boxes. I’d prefer Carlos Locklyn, but Kevin Smith makes a lot of sense. Quote
Thanos72 Posted February 15 Posted February 15 3 hours ago, Raistlin said: That was three years ago while the Sarks program was developing and we had time for coaches to develop. Now that development may cost us a Natty. Point is he killed it from day without being the proverbial splash hire. Texas brand. Texas rb reputation. Texas NIL. Coach Sark. We’ll get who we need to continue moving forward. Chicken littles get old. Quote
Raistlin Posted February 16 Author Posted February 16 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Thanos72 said: Point is he killed it from day without being the proverbial splash hire. Texas brand. Texas rb reputation. Texas NIL. Coach Sark. We’ll get who we need to continue moving forward. Chicken littles get old. We took Choice from Lincoln Riley and USC; that qualifies as a bit of a splash hire. That’s hardly the same as taking a RB coach from say Baylor. Edited February 16 by Raistlin Quote
GoHorns1 Posted February 16 Posted February 16 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Raistlin said: We took Choice from Lincoln Riley and USC; that qualifies as a bit of a splash hire. That’s hardly the same as taking a RB coach from say Baylor. Choice never moved to USC. So BS. USC staff sucks Edited February 16 by GoHorns1 Quote
Burnt Orange Horn Posted February 16 Posted February 16 So I honestly do not remember any SPLASH went Choice was hired. It is sad he will not be around when his recruits gets drafted. Only transfer Keilan Robinson a transfer was drafted. All the others were Drayton's recruits. Quote
Burnt Orange Horn Posted February 16 Posted February 16 Just now, GoHorns1 said: Choice never moved to USC. So BS Actually he was employed by USC for 2 or 3 days before Sark called. 2 Quote
Burnt Orange Horn Posted February 16 Posted February 16 4 hours ago, Thanos72 said: Choice wasn’t a splash hire… A surprising hire, yes. A splash hire, no. A successful hire, certainly. Quote
Raistlin Posted February 16 Author Posted February 16 41 minutes ago, Burnt Orange Horn said: A surprising hire, yes. A splash hire, no. A successful hire, certainly. Former Dallas Cowboys RB stolen from Lincoln Riley, Choice was a bit of a splash. Recruits knew who he was. 1 2 Quote
Raistlin Posted February 16 Author Posted February 16 BlueOctober on OB says “Gillespie is a name I’ve heard”. That would be a splash hire. Quote
GoHorns1 Posted February 16 Posted February 16 9 minutes ago, Raistlin said: BlueOctober on OB says “Gillespie is a name I’ve heard”. That would be a splash hire. Who is Gillespie? Quote
Raistlin Posted February 16 Author Posted February 16 2 minutes ago, GoHorns1 said: Who is Gillespie? Alabama’s RB and Assistant HC since 2021. Played in the NFL, coached throughout the SEC, originally from Hattiesburg, Mississippi. One of the top RB coaches in the country. I didn’t think he was in play and he may or may not be. The poster who heard the name is connected though. 1 Quote
Bobby Burton Posted February 16 Posted February 16 21 hours ago, Raistlin said: I’ll put out my 2 cents before the RB hire is announced. The principle qualities needed in a RB coach at Texas is to be a volume recruiter, to instill the Sark culture into the players in the RB room and to be a great developer of talent, in that order. The TE coach needs to same qualities; you can’t replace Jeff Banks with some TE coach no one has ever heard of. It must be a splash hire for an A grade. Of those speculated for the job, only Jabbar Juluke, Tony Alford, Carlos Locklyn and maybe Kevin Smith have all of the qualities we need. Khenon Hall might have been a great hire 3 years ago (and might turn out to be a fantastic RB coach in the long run), but Texas is right on the cusp of winning a Natty and a Javian Osborne or Amari Latimer or Ezavier Crowell or Derrek Cooper might make the difference in getting there. We need a splash hire to make sure that happens. Just my two cents. I don’t think Sark has to hire a home run assistant at any position. Or at least not what general fans would consider a home run. Instead, I think he needs to hire a home run culture fit and a home run on-field coach. 5 1 Quote
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