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Who needs Arch more, Tennessee or Houston.

Yep agreed, look at what happened when ATM forced Jimbo to hire an OC. Unless Sark comes to the conclusion on his own and it's his decision, that's just another disaster waiting to happen.

Don't forget special teams as well, it's the third phase that Texas seems to be on the lesser side of compared to the elite teams.

Comparable, but you also have to factor in outside factors. Mack didn't have to worry as much about roster turnover due to NIL, but he also couldn't just go out and buy (buy some accounts) the most expensive roster in college football this year.

Who missed the bag at third and was probably thrown out at home?

Appreciate the great insight. Blocking is another thing that seems to have taken a nose dive since Sullivan left. Texas used to be top 5 year in and year out in blocks. Texas' run in 2023 was with all float serves as well, the last top spin server was Logan if I recall correctly until this year. Also, do you know why Spears isn't playing? Is she injured? With the recruits that he's pulled in (top 5 classes) and the resources at his disposal at Texas (example top 5 NIL as well), there's no reason for Texas not to remain in the top 5.

I saw somewhere that there was a dual sport athlete for Women's bball and Softball considering Texas who's currently uncommitted but I can't find it again. Anyone happen to have knowledge?

Solid points. My only guess can be that Elliott doesn't put emphasis on the setter position just like he does not emphasize getting quality littles even after seeing what a back row of stud littles can do for you with Fleck, Akana, and Halter and the following year with Halter, Akana, and the other transfer I forget. Getting the top setting recruits does nothing if they don't develop them. Swindle isn't as fast to chase poor defensive receives to put up a good ball on those, but when she gets too 2nd balls, her sets are pretty good. To me that's more an issue with the serve receive that needs to be fixed. Ironically both the Texas volleyball and football are seeing some of the worst offenses statistically in while.

I have not watched the video yet as I'm posting while at work so I'll concede that point; Arch isn't without issue. This is based on the Gemini summary which the poster mentions.

#2 is the biggest annoyance for me; in college, elite coaches adjust their schemes to the players that they have. Sark wants to force round blocks into square holes. Secondly, Sark keeps explosive play hunting excessively, well that only works when your oline gives the QB enough protection to wait for those explosive plays to develop. Hot routes are necessary, especially when the defense shows it's willing to completely sell out and blitz.

Or, he could be purposely pissing them off to fire him and he gets a payout. Pretty sure pissing off the fan base doesn't qualify as a "for cause" dismissal.

As usual, they nailed it.

During the Quinn era they had NFL running backs including one of the best in the NFL right now in Bijan. During the Arch era they've had jags (Baxter's been hurt). Quinn also had a better oline as well. That's not to excuse Arch, he's got his share of issues, but certainly doesn't help.

Sad but true.

No one has the answer. What makes it even more baffling, he refused to play Melanie Parra because she wasn't tall enough, she transferred and was elite for TCU. Yet he'll play short setters all day long when he has a capable tall setter who's won. Kentucky won the championship abusing Jhenna Gabriel's block because she was short. This year, every other team has feasted on Binney being front row so much that they can't even get out of the rotation until they've given up a string of points.