Thoughts on the Texas offense tonight

[Neil Leininger]

17 minutes ago, Class of 04 said:

The offense is so bad that it's actually hard to decipher which phase is the worst. It's clear the O-line is straight up ass and it starts there, if Flood and Sark really thought these guys would get them to the natty then shame on them. The running game is another huge head scratcher, I like Wisner but in no world is he RB #1 on a playoff contending team, Baxter being mad out of glass hasn't helped matters at all. The receiving corp. can't get separation against players in the wheelchair Olympics, and I'm fairly certain that they they run the wrong routes about 40% of the time.  That brings us to Arch, the jury is still out on him. Clearly his mechanics need work but the talent is there, If you put Josh Allen or Patrick Mahomes behind this line they'd be seeing ghost too and I bet their mechanics would regress. 

Nope, the clear #1 problem with this offense is Arch Manning. There is more than enough evidence of him having clean pockets and wide open WRs and him delivering uncatachable passes consistently. He also has no idea how to read a defense post snap which causes him to hold onto the ball which allows the pressures to get home. His ability to make off platform throws is elite, but it's hard to say the WRs can't get separation when the opposing defense knows what we are doing and they aren't concerned with our QB or running game. Seriously, he completed 3 passes in the 2nd half of the game last night. It's clearly him, and that's not excusing other things that are fundamentally wrong with the offense, but everything starts with him.

Wisner may not be a top 3 round RB in the NFL draft, but he's clearly the best player on offense and was the only returning 1K SEC RB. He also won the last two games against OU nearly by himself. He's clearly a net positive for the offense, which is more than I can say for the only guy you actually refuse to blame completely.

Edited 22 hours ago by Neil Leininger

[Here for the Wins]

2 hours ago, Neil Leininger said:

Nope, the clear #1 problem with this offense is Arch Manning. There is more than enough evidence of him having clean pockets and wide open WRs and him delivering uncatachable passes consistently. He also has no idea how to read a defense post snap which causes him to hold onto the ball which allows the pressures to get home. His ability to make off platform throws is elite, but it's hard to say the WRs can't get separation when the opposing defense knows what we are doing and they aren't concerned with our QB or running game. Seriously, he completed 3 passes in the 2nd half of the game last night. It's clearly him, and that's not excusing other things that are fundamentally wrong with the offense, but everything starts with him.

Wisner may not be a top 3 round RB in the NFL draft, but he's clearly the best player on offense and was the only returning 1K SEC RB. He also won the last two games against OU nearly by himself. He's clearly a net positive for the offense, which is more than I can say for the only guy you actually refuse to blame completely.

What qualifies you to state he has no idea how to read a defense post snap?

This is absolutely a point in order to make that statement that you need to know the defense they prepared for, what defense they actually saw, and what the actual reads are.  Do you know any of the specifics?  

Did you know that prior to this week when kept clean that he got rid of it quicker than Ty Simpson by 0.2 seconds?    And that their overall time to throw was virtually the same?  That it was very similar to Caleb Williams overall time to throw.  You know the guy that won the Heisman.  Arch got pressured far more often but got sacked less frequently per pressure if I remember correctly.

[whereiend]

3 hours ago, UTexas said:

So your answer is to fire everyone?

? I'm saying we need to professionalize the personnel department. Our management of our NIL budget was an absolute disaster this season. Do you disagree?

Brandon Harris might be fine at whatever his pre-NIL recruiting job was. He is nowhere near qualified to manage a $40M professional football roster, which is what we are. Neither should Sark be doing this job while also coaching and coordinating the offense 

Edited 19 hours ago by whereiend

[UTexas]

1 minute ago, whereiend said:

? I'm saying we need to professionalize the personnel department. Our management of our NIL budget was an absolute disaster this season. Do you disagree?

Brandon Harris might be fine and whatever his pre-NIL recruiting job was. He is nowhere near qualified to management a $40M professional football roster, which is what we are. Neither should Sark be doing this job while also coaching and coordinating the offense 

Pretty sure that wasn’t a Brandon Harris decision to focus NIL on the existing roster.

[whereiend]

4 minutes ago, UTexas said:

Pretty sure that wasn’t a Brandon Harris decision to focus NIL on the existing roster.

Oh I know, Sark is the one in charge. The point is that we need a GM over Sark making the decisions. Sark lost his right to make these decisions with this disastrous roster IMO.

Edited 19 hours ago by whereiend

[UTexas]

6 minutes ago, whereiend said:

Oh I know, Sark is the one in charge. The point is that we need a GM over Sark making the decisions. Sark lost his right to make these decisions with this disastrous roster IMO.

So you want the Texas program ran like Oklahoma? Is that what you’re saying?

[Ronald Dato]

Gerry, sark knew Arch would be the starting QB this year. 2 years ago.  He and Flood did nothing to give him a good offensive line. I don't  understand  that.  Do you think Flood needs to br replaced after this season? I do.

[LonghornFan4Ever]

28 minutes ago, whereiend said:

Oh I know, Sark is the one in charge. The point is that we need a GM over Sark making the decisions. Sark lost his right to make these decisions with this disastrous roster IMO.

No thank you.  I don’t want an Andrew Luck or Jim Nagy type as GM.

[whereiend]

27 minutes ago, UTexas said:

So you want the Texas program ran like Oklahoma? Is that what you’re saying?

Yes, I mean that is how 90% of the NFL does it for a number of reasons. Not saying I'd want Nagy specifically.

[horns96]

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[Neil Leininger]

11 hours ago, Here for the Wins said:

What qualifies you to state he has no idea how to read a defense post snap?

I have eyes.

[Here for the Wins]

53 minutes ago, Neil Leininger said:

I have eyes.

Just as thought.  
 

Yes or No.  If you as an offense/play caller/QB face a different defense than what you prepared for, does that impact any of that?

[Neil Leininger]

50 minutes ago, Here for the Wins said:

Just as thought.  
 

Yes or No.  If you as an offense/play caller/QB face a different defense than what you prepared for, does that impact any of that?

Interesting. You are saying Sarkisian and Manning aren't prepared at all and make no adjustments in game. That's not the flex you think it is.

[Here for the Wins]

3 hours ago, Neil Leininger said:

Interesting. You are saying Sarkisian and Manning aren't prepared at all and make no adjustments in game. That's not the flex you think it is.

I’m not involved in those conversations so I don’t know.

Sark himself cannot focus entirely on the offense.

i think you’re a little overconfident in yourself.  One who apparently can’t answer questions for discussion purposes.

[TTown]

Try to be fair since nothing on offense looks good. But if the decision is already made it's Arch or bust next year then .. 

Hopefully portal like crazy at OL RB and yes WR. Even then I don't know if Arch is the answer but 5-6 more game to evaluate as hard as it is behind that OL . Then some really tough decisions have to be made all over. Yes even at qb imo. Or a disservice to the whole program to not evaluate everyone honestly.