MD,
I will be the first to agree that Dylan is no Johnny Johnson or Jerry Gray, but he was the ONLY ONE on Strong & Bedford's defense that knew not only where he was supposed to be, but also where the other confused kids on the defense were supposed to be. How many plays did we run on defense when Haines wasn't moving people around prior to, as well as when the ball was snapped? DAMN FEW!
I don't have or read twitter, so I don't know and don't want to know about it. That said, when I read this thread, I saw two kids from rival high schools joking with each other. Neither of us knows if my interpretation or yours is correct. What I do know is that John Haines was a fine Longhorn, and his son walked-on and put in far greater effort than most, if not all, of Strong's recruits to represent The University of Texas with class and dignity. not to mention putting his heart and soul into it.
I shall leave you with two last statements:
1) Your harsh criticism of Haines is unjustified and mean-spirited at best.
2) Your statement about "the worst in history" tells me that you have not seen the games of David's teams, and certainly not some of DKR's in the early and mid 60s, particularly when Lawrence Elkins is streaking down the north end of Memorial Stadium with no one within 20 yards of him, and our safeties were bailed out by Scott Appleton clobbering Don Trull, whose pass wobbled about 10 yards instead of 50+. Similar happened with Staubach in The Cotton Bowl. Why the hell do you think DKR put Carlisle in at safety with the Baylor game on the line?
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