Jeff Howe

That's a fair take. His decisions related to game management haven't been good this season, especially in the two losses.

I’ll add this, @Roy Hinojosa, that when Sark mentioned after the game that the offense has mentality/motivation issues, that’s referring to the running game in short-yardage situations. You can’t scheme your way out of those. At some point, guys have to be willing to fire off the ball with everything they’ve got, play with great pad level, get under the defender and run your feet. That’s where the motivational stuff comes into play for me. Too many times I see Texas linemen getting knocked back or catching blocks in short-yardage situations. That’s a specific part of the game, IMO, where it’s about will power and toughness more than scheme.

The reality is that the Texas offense has problems that can’t be fixed during the season. Only the transfer portal and staff changes will resolve the issues. They’re that bad, which is Sark’s fault for not properly addressing problem areas when he had the chance. The best Sark can do is put a Band-Aid by honing in on the few things the offense has shown it can execute with the understanding that you’re going to be limited. It’s sad and it’s not at all where I expected the offense to be six games into the season, but I feel that’s where we’re at with this team.

There’s a difference between scheme changes and different play calls and changing who you are as a leader. Players are smart enough to know when you’re trying to be something you’re not. It would have the opposite of the intended effect. Also, truth be told, I’ve grown to hate this clip of Augie because it gets misused and gets brought every time a team on campus loses. ”Be like Augie!” ”Get fired up like Augie!” They need one of those Augie speeches!” If that’s the first thing people think of when they think about Augie Garrido, then they missed the entire point of who he was and what he was about. He loved baseball but he loved people and his life’s mission was to get people to become the best version of themselves. He had a lot of different ways of helping people reach their goals. Yes, he motivated his team with this particular tirade. But that’s one of the many ways he tried to reach his team. If that’s not Sark’s style, it’ll come off as fake and the players won’t pay attention. They’ll tune it out.

He’s still in the booth.

Yep. Much shorter leashes. Roster builds/rebuilds shouldn't be as tedious as they were before NIL.

It's a big few weeks for Sark's future, for sure. I've wrapped my head around the fact that these are rational, real conversations.

Oh, he has a choice. Personally, I don't trust him to make it. We'll see. I'm not holding my breath.

It's beyond the name on the back of his jersey. These are rudimentary things a quarterback with his level of experience should be able to diagnose pre-snap. Getting the offense out of bad plays was one of Quinn's best qualities as a quarterback.

Some of that is scheme and you're not going to win all of your battles. I think Sark needs to stick with things this group can execute, even if it means less variety in blocking schemes. I think the lost battles are magnified because they're happening in critical situations.

You laid out the situation pretty well. I don't think Sark has done right by Arch, but Arch hasn't done himself any favors lately. Arch has something. I think he was more of a raw athlete and a good football player trying to figure out how to be a quarterback, as opposed to a finished product, than anyone (myself included) expected. Patience was going to be required with Arch, but he's getting worse. This is close to Garrett Gilbert in 2010. The train is so far down the tracks that you can't get it back. Arch hasn't improved from last season and he's regressed. Sark is responsible for things getting to this point because he's the head coach and in charge of the offense, but he can only do so much to help Arch. The whole situation feels closer to being irreparably broken than it does to getting fixed.

The worst part is, from what I see, it's more mental than physical. When they get vertical and get fitted up on defenders, they can move people. But it's so disjointed that it rarely happens without someone blowing an assignment.