Who feels Strong is exactly what we need?

Discussion in 'On The Field' started by 1leggedduck, Jan 6, 2014.

  1. 1leggedduck

    1leggedduck 1,000+ Posts

    Since the word leaked out, I have been trying to read everything about Charlie Strong I could find. This guy seems to walk it and talk it. Academics will not suffer under this coach. Recruiting will be fantastic under this coach. Toughness and conditioning will be a major part of Texas football. Coaches and players will be held accountable for their performances. I did not expect to find so much positive press in Louisville for the guy that just left, but it's there. Whether the luxury suite guys want to hug it out with him simply doesn't matter. He is a football coach. I think he's going to be a bad *** coach for Texas. I know the days of "Texas is soft" are over. It's about time.
     
  2. Mesohorny

    Mesohorny 1,000+ Posts

    Yep.

    100%

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  3. tejas77

    tejas77 1,000+ Posts

    The more I read about him, the more I like this pick.
     
  4. bevo barry

    bevo barry 500+ Posts

    I'm ready to make his likeness my first tattoo ever.
     
  5. bck031

    bck031 1,000+ Posts

    I want to see how recruiting goes this year.
     
  6. pluckeye

    pluckeye 250+ Posts

    Once I read about "The Pit", I knew he had the right mindset. And I actually think the fact that he's not particularly fond of spending a lot of time speaking in front of a camera is a good thing. Like 1LG wrote, everything I've read about him energizes me about Longhorn football. [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG]
     
  7. TorontoMick

    TorontoMick 100+ Posts

    Love it. Let Charlie be Charlie! [​IMG]
     
  8. Brad Austin

    Brad Austin 2,500+ Posts

    Been saying this whole time...wait and see what you get next year from the players who pissed us off for being incompetent and soft last 2 years. Some of these guys are gonna shock us when they get the right discipline, training, and pride introduced to or brought back into their lives. We will be very good, NEXT YEAR. Watch and enjoy! [​IMG]
     
  9. Brad Austin

    Brad Austin 2,500+ Posts

    Imagine going from the older version of passive Mack and annoying Fat Dog, to Coach Strong and this s&c monster. [​IMG]

    If I was a player I'd be excited, yet nervous as hell about what's coming my way before September. [​IMG]
     
  10. Dionysus

    Dionysus Idoit Admin


     
  11. WorsterMan

    WorsterMan SEC here we come!!

    We can all talk about all the things that are wrong, need and change or fixing, the new coaches, what Strong will do and how he will do it, but IMO this may be THE most important among them:

    "the days of "Texas is soft" are over" [​IMG]
     
  12. BevoJoe

    BevoJoe 10,000+ Posts

    Absolutely!! [​IMG]
     
  13. cmtsip

    cmtsip 500+ Posts

    Damn straight!

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  14. Basil Your Face

    Basil Your Face 100+ Posts

    Who is Charlie Strong? I didn't even know Louieville had a football team!1!! I thought they were a basketball school. Oh, well, go Coach Strong.
     
  15. huisache

    huisache 2,500+ Posts

    None of us have the slightest information to make an intelligent assessment at this time----all we know is what we read and what we read is mostly hogwash, just like the hogwash we have been spoonfed before.
     
  16. dillohorn

    dillohorn Guest

    I'm very happy so far. [​IMG]
     
  17. 1leggedduck

    1leggedduck 1,000+ Posts


     
  18. Dionysus

    Dionysus Idoit Admin


     
  19. Hu_Fan

    Hu_Fan Guest

    After what I've absorbed since about 10 o'clock Friday night, I consider him the best hire, if not the only meaningful hire, Texas could have made.

    He represents everything I've been wanting to infect this program now for years. Again, just from what I have absorbed.

    I realize potential of something is one thing, then the realization (the actualizing) of it, quite another.

    His presence for 40 min today was the most refreshing thing I've seen since moving back to Austin in 2004.

    I feel he is the perfect hire. My expectations are good, in other words.
     
  20. jlslayt

    jlslayt 100+ Posts

    My impression is he means what he says. We might actually see a dip early on as those who are not willing to do the work start jumping off the ship. Interesting times, and for me I find watching the pending change every bit as entertaining as the actual games.
     
  21. BrothaHorn

    BrothaHorn 1,000+ Posts

    After that press conference, I have no doubt. His attitude is exactly what has been missing from UT football for years. Backdoor Bob has seen his last 60,50 point outing in Dallas.
     
  22. salonghorn-70

    salonghorn-70 2,500+ Posts

    I posted several times that I was disappointed in this choice. Then over the weekend I posted a few times that I was warming up. I saw the press conference and I was impressed with what he had to say.

    Mainly I was glad to hear what he had to say about toughness. I actually think that most 18 year old athletes want to be tough. I think that this will actually be an appealing message to them. Since he talked about toughness so much, I think someone talked to him about this being an issue here. Maybe Patterson. I do think that this talk of toughness and the actions that will follow are what is needed here.

    I was also happy to hear about the respect that he has for the Texas HS football coaches. He seemed very down home and natural and I think that HS coaches will see that this plays very well in living rooms.

    So now, I am HOT, HOT, HOT. I mean about Strong.

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  23. EDT

    EDT 1,000+ Posts

    I like CS a lot. I really liked his comments about 3*,4* and 5* players. The next few years will be very interesting, especially as the Big 12 and SEC start playing in the Sugar bowl next year. [​IMG]
     
  24. Crockett

    Crockett 5,000+ Posts

    I'm coming around. Earlier I had wished for a run at the Auburn Coach (really like his innovation, combativeness) and loved the prospect of watching Mora Jr. on the Longhorn network. Strong is a less colorful entertainer ... but I really like his intensity, his focus on what's importantat and the results on the field and in player graduations. I strongly support the decision to hire him now.
     
  25. rickysrun

    rickysrun 2,500+ Posts

    Charlie don't surf.
     
  26. jayakris

    jayakris 2,500+ Posts

    Bumping this up, just to keep the annoying thread title "did we settle" stay below it [​IMG]
     
  27. Badass

    Badass 2,500+ Posts

    He is undefeated here! [​IMG]
     
  28. centexorange

    centexorange 1,000+ Posts

    I liked the pit. Were injured players work there other body parts harder then practices. Incentive to get back on the field.
     
  29. Badass

    Badass 2,500+ Posts

    Bump. This should be on top
     
  30. jayakris

    jayakris 2,500+ Posts

    bump again. Still feel Charlie was the right pick [​IMG]
     

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