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  1. HookemTexas
    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. HookemTexas
    #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.
  3. HookemTexas
    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.
  4. HookemTexas
    As usual, they nailed it.
  5. HookemTexas
    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.
  6. HookemTexas
    Sad but true.
  7. HookemTexas
    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.
  8. HookemTexas
    Allegedly Elliot thinks he has the formula for the future and insists that he knows what he's doing (sound familiar?). He refuses to play Swindle (won a championship her freshman season) for whatever reason. The setter is the QB. Binney is no better at setting than Swindle, is significantly shorter so the the opposing teams just hit right over her when she's in the front row (where Swindle is a legitimate blocker) and the team lacks fire. Additionally, many fans have commented that Elliott looks like he's checked out on the sidelines, Spears looks like she's checked out as well. The last few years have seen highly recruited players surprisingly transferring out (Ames & Whit for example) who are doing well at their new schools. Like someone said earlier, it really seems like Elliot is like Mack Brown post 2009 where he seems to just be coasting on the laurels of his previous success and doesn't seem to have the same passion for his job.
  9. HookemTexas
    Swept by ou, program is downward spiral right now. And he’s not playing his best players? Malpractice at this point.
  10. HookemTexas
    Basically what Sark told me with that play choice is he didn't trust his oline against ou's defense to get the 2 yards. Of course that would have been better in hindsight than the missed field goal which gave ou another 7 yards free.
  11. HookemTexas
    Which is completely the opposite of what happened vs. Ohio St. Also that's not "all gas no brakes" that's no gas all brakes.
  12. HookemTexas
    I have not been watching matches, but volleyball is down compared to their standard. Dropping sets where in past Texas would have swept easily without much fanfare. It's not lack of talent so only thing I can point to is coaching, Eric Sullivan apparently was the cog in the machine. Team has not been as dominant since he left. And the middle blocker position has dropped off dramatically. Texas was pumping out Olympians left and right until he left.
  13. HookemTexas
    I think at this stage in his life, Muschamp is content being a well paid DC and enjoying life with his family. Less headaches to deal with unlike the head coach. I agree with Gerry that top choice should be Marcus Freeman if not looking for a short term fix. He's been able to handle the Notre Dame brand and demands (which is similar to Texas); can recruit, and has built good teams. Would be similar to problem as Sark though in that NFL will come knocking.
  14. HookemTexas
    34 - 3 Texas shuts OU down again and they get a late field goal to not be shut out.
  15. HookemTexas
    This is where, while us fans want Arch to fire away and hit some spectacular plays, protecting the football and not turning the ball over will be huge.
  16. HookemTexas
    That and he completely changed course on his offense because instead of accepting that he counted on an offense led by Colt McCoy and never bothered to get Garret Gilbert any worthwhile in game experience so when Colt got hurt in the championship game he had nobody ready to take the reins. Then instead of prepping Gilbert to take over the next year, he decided to change the offense completely away from what made Gilbert good (and what he was recruited for) to try to copy Saban's offensive approach (which made no sense because they had recruited different personnel). It was the complete opposite of build the scheme to fit your players, it was literally force these players into this scheme (square peg meet round hole). Additionally, it seemed like Mack's recruits evaluations started to really slip. He signed players way early in the cycle and considered it done and missed out on a bunch of good players later in the cycle while a bunch of his early high rated recruits tailed off and didn't really pan out in college.
  17. HookemTexas
    I think Rod said that in Texas' history, there's never been a period where a coach won three in a row against all three primary rivals (OU, Arkansas, Aggie). I know you didn't include Arkansas, but Rod did since they are the three permanent rivals moving forward and historically were a rival.
  18. HookemTexas
    Stoops owned Texas for the most part. Very frustrating, hopefully Sark will have a long tenure of returning the favor.
  19. HookemTexas
    Considering they have probably the best back in college football right now, it works. It works really really well.
  20. HookemTexas
    Pretty cool team building with a message. https://www.facebook.com/share/r/19JjECrdHc/?mibextid=wwXIfr
  21. HookemTexas
    Would be interesting to add a third point of view to compare with - viewing parties, whether at a bar or with a group of friends as opposed to watching it by yourself at home.
  22. HookemTexas
    So watching the Gators a lot. And looking at the offenses this year, of his top 3, Florida has the most explosive offense and is putting up points. They are the most attractive option at the moment.
  23. HookemTexas
    Interesting photos, Texas is the only one without the head coach in the picture. It's annoying, but Staley has made S.Carolina a strong destination for women bball players.
  24. HookemTexas
    I think part of the issue is Sark is trying to make his QBs play like NFL QBs and doesn't build his system to their strengths, they have to learn his system the way he built it. Which is fine and dandy when you have a QB with those skills sets. Deboer, Kiffin, etc. utilize QB friendly systems with easy quick reads. Additionally, I think it was Bobby or someone who mentioned this morning that it doesn't seem like Arch can audible when he sees something the defense is showing. So basically if the defense called the right D, he's handcuffed. Sark does motions to see what the defense is going to be and then makes his play call; well today's defenses are advanced enough to show one thing and actually be something else. In essence, they could be baiting Sark into doing what they wanted him to do. My data points would be - when he runs out of choices and has to let Arch play backyard football with no huddle and quick reads. Arch seems to perform significantly better.
  25. HookemTexas
    That's fair. Where I would point to as a data point (as we don't know for sure since we're not behind the curtain) would be in Vic's rant after the embarrassing loss to Vandy last year when he was frustrated and said some things out loud. One of which was - the players not following the game plan and what was drilled in practice in the game. I can't remember his exact words, but it was something to the effect of - "many hours of work and they just ignored it It can be argued that part of coaching is getting the players to execute and do what you want them to do. I do feel like in today's NIL world that seems to be a lot harder than it used to be and many coaches are experiencing that.
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