The beginning of the end of Sark

[HookedOnTF]

One last thought on National Firing Day: what do Ed Orgeron, Gene Chizik, Jimbo Fisher, and Mack Brown have in common? Hint: it's different than Day and Saban. But you can argue Urban and Dabo are in the same camp. None of the guys getting their papers this week have it.

Edited 13 hours ago by HookedOnTF

[DocHorn]

14 minutes ago, HookedOnTF said:

Changing HC is a huge gamble so I'm hoping Sark solves the offensive execution woes. But to your point on 2 semifinal appearances: we didn't win, and Penix super cape mode aside,  the offense was not up to the task. The RZ and 3rd down issues are mind boggling. So I'm not sure the argument is reassuring.

As for Arch, I'm in disbelief that his floor is not "competent college QB". The yips behind this line may be a real problem - but looking at him in context of Card, Casey, and Quinn, there also seem to be some recurring themes with mechanics and panic. The paradox there:

-if Arch doesn't portal, it seems unlikely that he will be headed to the draft next year, so 1) he's gotta turn into Pavia not Allar in '27 while 2) how do we retain and develop QB2 into the '28 QB? 

- if he does portal, who's your '26 QB and does he repeat the steep leaning curve?

I agree with you about RZ and third down issues. However I think QE was an excellent college qb thst ran the offense efficiently in 23/24. Certainly injuries held him back and he never threw the deep ball as well as he should have yet we won a lot of games with him including Big 12 Championship in 23 and we were 2 or 3 plays away from

1 Winning SEC Championdhip game 

2 winning either or both of the semifinal games.    
 

sark needs to evolve but to me he is a top 5 college coach.  He had the program going in the right direction but we have major issues in o line and at qb  I suspect he will get this fixed

unfortunstely hx is full of highly ranked QBs that just couldn’t perform when they got to the big stage. That list may well have Arch on it soon.  As far as who can be the qb. 
I suspect Lacy eill be the guy but then again I thought Arch would be great. Unfortunately he isn’t even functional

[DocHorn]

One other thing

our offenses under Sark in 23/24 were pretty good not great but good

here are some stats

 

For the 2024 season, 

Final Offensive Ranking: Pro Football Focus (PFF) graded Texas as the 19th-best offensein 2024.

Points per Game: The Longhorns averaged 33.0 points per game, ranking 29th in the nation.

Total Offense: Texas gained an average of 437.5 yards per game, placing them in the top 40 nationally.

Player Statistics:

Passing: Quarterback Quinn Ewers threw for 3,472 yards.

Rushing: Running back Quintrevion Wisner rushed for 1,064 yards.

Receiving: Wide receiver Matthew Golden led the team in receiving yards with 987.

Preseason ranking: Before the 2024 season, Pro Football Focus ranked Texas as the No. 2 offense in the country based on its talented roster. 

2023 season

The 2023 season saw the Longhorns offense rank among the nation's elite, ultimately winning the Big 12 Championship.

Final Offensive Ranking: Texas finished the 2023 season with the 9th-best offense in the nation, according to Fox Sports.

Points per Game: The Longhorns averaged 35.8 points per game, which ranked 15thnationally.

Total Offense: The team averaged 477.5 yards per game, finishing 3rd in the Big 12 Conference and 9th nationally.

Player Statistics:

Passing: Quarterback Quinn Ewers threw for 3,479 yards.

Rushing: Running back Jonathon Brooks rushed for 1,139 yards.

Receiving: Wide receiver Xavier Worthy led the team in receiving yards with 1,014. 

[horns96]

28 minutes ago, HookedOnTF said:

One last thought on National Firing Day: what do Ed Orgeron, Gene Chizik, Jimbo Fisher, and Mack Brown have in common? Hint: it's different than Day and Saban. But you can argue Urban and Dabo are in the same camp. None of the guys getting their papers this week have it.

I have no idea and can't follow this logic, but I can't imagine a coherent argument that would put Ryan Day in the same sentence as Saban.  

[LovingBuckeye]

9 hours ago, horns96 said:

I have no idea and can't follow this logic, but I can't imagine a coherent argument that would put Ryan Day in the same sentence as Saban.  

As a Buckeye fan, I’m on the edge of my seat waiting to hear this one as well haha