Sark/Herman

[Roy Hinojosa]

[Burnt Orange Horn]

weak .....

[MBHORNSFAN]

Herman never SNIFFED a playoff. 

[Roy Hinojosa]

I don't want to hear winning is hard. I want to hear, I didn't get this team ready and I put our team on a wrong path all season.

[Oldest Horn]

1 minute ago, Roy Hinojosa said:

I don't want to hear winning is hard. I want to hear, I didn't get this team ready and I put our team on a wrong path all season.

Your press conference expectations are a bit high. 

[NothinButDaHorns34]

We sure are a spoiled ass fan base. I know this year isn’t ideal, But let’s not act like sark didn’t turn this thing around for us in a major way two years ago. 

[LonghornFan4Ever]

Is Sark better than 2010-2013 Brown?  Yes.  Is he better than Strong?  Yes.  Is he better than Herman?  Yes.  Unfortunately, unless he has some self awareness like Ryan Day did, the previous two seasons will be his peak.  Ohio State and Georgia is what it should look like.  They lose a lot every season and still find a way to crank out double digit win seasons and get to the CFP.

[TexasLonghorns]

58 minutes ago, MBHORNSFAN said:

Herman never SNIFFED a playoff. 

Saying Tom Herman never sniffed a playoff ignores a ton of context. Back then, there was no legal NIL, no transfer portal, and the playoff only included four teams. Sark has had every modern advantage, top 5 recruiting classes, unlimited transfers, NIL flexibility. The transfer portal alone gives Texas benefits Herman never had, it lets you fill roster gaps immediately with experienced players, upgrade weak positions on the fly, and replace attrition quickly. Essentially, it’s a tool to fine tune the roster every year in ways previous coaches could only dream of. Yet here we are: five seasons in, and Sark would have made the playoff only once if it still only took the top four teams like Herman’s era. That’s the reality 

[Bobby Burton]

4 minutes ago, TexasLonghorns said:

Saying Tom Herman never sniffed a playoff ignores a ton of context. Back then, there was no legal NIL, no transfer portal, and the playoff only included four teams. Sark has had every modern advantage, top 5 recruiting classes, unlimited transfers, NIL flexibility. The transfer portal alone gives Texas benefits Herman never had, it lets you fill roster gaps immediately with experienced players, upgrade weak positions on the fly, and replace attrition quickly. Essentially, it’s a tool to fine tune the roster every year in ways previous coaches could only dream of. Yet here we are: five seasons in, and Sark would have made the playoff only once if it still only took the top four teams like Herman’s era. That’s the reality 

So you’re saying Herman would have done as well as Sark did the last two seasons?

Highly, highly doubt it. Losing culture overall because the majority of his players did not trust him or believe in him. 

[aaronstein5]

Herman never managed the roster well. 

[Oldest Horn]

15 minutes ago, TexasLonghorns said:

Saying Tom Herman never sniffed a playoff ignores a ton of context. Back then, there was no legal NIL, no transfer portal, and the playoff only included four teams. Sark has had every modern advantage, top 5 recruiting classes, unlimited transfers, NIL flexibility. The transfer portal alone gives Texas benefits Herman never had, it lets you fill roster gaps immediately with experienced players, upgrade weak positions on the fly, and replace attrition quickly. Essentially, it’s a tool to fine tune the roster every year in ways previous coaches could only dream of. Yet here we are: five seasons in, and Sark would have made the playoff only once if it still only took the top four teams like Herman’s era. That’s the reality 

Herman could recruit skill guys but was awful on the line of scrimmage. He did well early on with Charlie’s guys, at least better than Charlie did. But by 2020 recruiting went aground and the well was drying out. 

[drag worm]

Herman definitely never had a $30mm roster to work with. 

[TexasLonghorns]

45 minutes ago, Bobby Burton said:

So you’re saying Herman would have done as well as Sark did the last two seasons?

Highly, highly doubt it. Losing culture overall because the majority of his players did not trust him or believe in him. 

I’m not saying Herman would have done exactly the same, and he had his issues. The point is context: Herman didn’t have NIL, the transfer portal, or the ability to plug roster gaps with experienced players, the difference these aspects make is massive. Denying that would be ignoring how much modern tools can change a program’s trajectory, especially Texas. Sark has had all of these advantages, yet five seasons in, the offense is still predictable, QBs are underdeveloped, and the team has no identity. That’s not opinion, it’s observable evidence on tape, in stats, and in outcomes.