For Real ....Herman “IS” Done!!!

Discussion in 'On The Field' started by HoffHorn, Oct 3, 2020.

  1. El Sapo

    El Sapo Bevo's BFF

    Don't do this to me.
    Hiring Urban is akin to barfing up an habanero but I've got some Promised Land milk in the fridge (have you ever tried that stuff? Fantastic!). I can do this.
    In an insane world this is the sanest choice.
    Don't get my hopes up like this.
     
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  2. horninchicago

    horninchicago 10,000+ Posts

    Depends on how many briskets I have to smoke.
     
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  3. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    What else you got?
     
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  4. El Sapo

    El Sapo Bevo's BFF

    @SabreHorn is it about the money or about where they'd be going. I wouldn't have done the job I quit last year for 3 times the salary and Texas looks just about as ugly right now. Inquiring minds?
     
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  5. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

  6. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    Vance Bedford is in touch with CDC, and says --

    Had the opportunity to speak with CDC. He is a class man and a leader. The program is in great hands. He will do the right thing for the athletes and the program. It has been along time but stay patient HookEm
     
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  7. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts



     
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  8. horninchicago

    horninchicago 10,000+ Posts

    Man, his defenses sucked, but I always liked him. True Longhorn.
     
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  9. 4th_floor

    4th_floor Dude, where's my laptop?

    Maybe CDC can ask Herman to move to the basement and take care of the cockroach problem.

    Milton actually reminds me of a nervous Herman
     
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  10. Jacob Johnson

    Jacob Johnson 2,500+ Posts


    I can also confirm this is true
     
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  11. Dionysus

    Dionysus Idoit Admin

    Go on
     
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  12. Dionysus

    Dionysus Idoit Admin

    I always thought it was funny and pathetic to hear a guy making millions per year saying that winning — the thing he is paid to do — is hard.

    Are you not generously compensated to do hard things?
     
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  13. SabreHorn

    SabreHorn 10,000+ Posts

    WOW! Shocking news.

    What next? Confirmation of the rumor that Colt McCoy’s dad and Jordan Shipley’s dad were roommates in college?

    Only question is what week did Chris supposedly do this?
     
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  14. BevoJoe

    BevoJoe 10,000+ Posts

    Yeah, I can't imagine ever saying that to one of my clients. That would have resulted in my being shown the door, and fast!
     
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  15. El Sapo

    El Sapo Bevo's BFF

    All of this. These days I'm a welder and I had a recent mobile job that I think is pertinent to this conversation we're having now. I remember standing there with the woman who wanted to hire me and I'm looking at where the repair was and how cramped, difficult, and completely inconvenient in every way this was going to be. I knew without a doubt I was going to eat fire and slag in there for 20 minutes and come out with a few brand new 2nd degree burns at a minimum. It never once occurred to me to whine, "What you're asking me to do is going to be really hard and painful.".

    "Yes, ma'am that repair will be no problem at all and I'd be happy to fix it for you right now today.". Shut up. Suck it up. Do your job and be a professional. :hookem:
     
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  16. LonghornCatholic

    LonghornCatholic Deo Gratias

    Sabre, just pay the one mil CDC asked from you and be done with it.
     
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  17. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    Zach Smith is still a douchecanoe but is he now a slightly more believable douchecanoe than he used to be?

     
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  18. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    Inside Texas thinks "silence is a good thing" with regard to Urban Meyer.
    They claim a former HC with ties to UT said Meyer is possible.
    They also think winning the Big 12 championship might not be enough.
     
  19. nashhorn

    nashhorn 5,000+ Posts

    When was that Zach S post? Couldn’t see the date on it.
     
  20. p_town_horn

    p_town_horn 1,000+ Posts

    Ok, cool, hook em
     
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  21. SabreHorn

    SabreHorn 10,000+ Posts

    Herman was right about Jackson in that basically he wasn't smart enough to play in Herman's system, or many other coaches' systems. Loserville was able to dumb down the offense for him to play in it.

    Four years in Loserville and what has Jackson got? 12 hours of credit toward a degree, OR did he drive his fancy new car through the campus with the windows down and someone threw a diploma in the front seat?

    Jackson isn't alone. That comment has made about multiple college QBs, including some that played at Texas.
     
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  22. YearOfTheSteer

    YearOfTheSteer 500+ Posts

    But he is smart enough to play at an MVP level (although not this season) in the NFL? Not being sarcastic...perhaps his athleticism just bails him out more often than not.
     
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  23. SabreHorn

    SabreHorn 10,000+ Posts

    Makes me wonder what Butch Hadnot would have done if he had gone to Loserville?
     
  24. MajesticII

    MajesticII 1,000+ Posts

    Smartest thing ISU, KSU, KU and OU can do is lose to Texas....Yes it gives Texas the title you'd like to have, but the national title is not in play anyway, and it assures Herman stays at Texas.
     
  25. Duck Dodgers

    Duck Dodgers 1,000+ Posts

    Herman is actually 6-0 against the Kansas teams, the only ones he’s not lost to ever. And 2-1 so far against ISU.
     
  26. Detective Shilala

    Detective Shilala 2,500+ Posts

    Urban Meyer... when they hire is made I will lose interest. How long before he has us on probation and

    I am no fan of Tom Herman but this is gross.

    Is Bobby Petrine not available???
     
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  27. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    The weird thing about that is Tom did offer and sign Cardale Jones ("We ain't come to play SCHOOL classes are POINTLESS"), Braxton Miller, JT Barrett, and Greg Ward to play QB
     
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  28. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    Snippet from Inside Texas' Humidor

    SCENARIO 1-3
    The decision-makers are pragmatic and understand recruiting is sliding, but they won’t make a decision regarding the future of the head coach position off of that. The thinking is, if the head coach situation is worked out once and for all, recruiting will follow suit.

    The AD is still struggling to raise money and that remains an essential point in deciding Tom Herman’s fate. He was brought to Texas to raise money and navigate difficult head coaching situations. Del Conte was brought to Texas for this exact moment and he understands that.

    As crazy as it sounds, there is *some* discussion Herman wouldn’t be safe with a Big 12 Championship victory. We think that’s easier to say now, based on how people feel in November, than in December after raising the trophy with a dejected OU onlooking. But it does illustrate the hot water Herman currently finds himself, and if fundraising leading up to that game remains dire, then one of the major issues really isn’t fixed.

    A loss to OU, should it occur, and the writing is seemingly on the wall. That would make Herman 1-5 versus the hated rival, with losses occurring on the headsets and in the week of prep as much as on the field.

    Donor sources we talk to indicate Del Conte will have the financial support he needs even if the hire isn’t for Scenario #1(Urban Meyer).

    We’ll concede Scenario #2 (Herman returning) is more likely than it was after the OU loss, but that isn’t to say it’s likely. That should be expected with the team being on a four-game winning streak. However, the decision-makers do understand the context of the winning streak and are receiving calls after ugly wins the same as after losses.

    Everything on the Meyer front is quiet from direct donor and AD sources. We don’t think that’s a bad thing because Del Conte prefers to work in silence to the extent he can. We do know there has been misinformation given from the AD to donors, and high-level donors to mid-level donors. If you have enough sources you’re able to game out what is real and what isn’t.

    Misinformation we’ve heard includes: whether a search for a search firm has been conducted (it has, though we don’t know the result), and whether donors are ready to help out financially, i.e., buyouts (they are).

    We did hear that one former head coach with ties to UT does believe Urban to Texas is a possibility. ... To balance that, one of my best agent sources is skeptical Texas can pull off such a move given the climate and cost.

    As far as Scenario #3 (a search beyond Meyer), we haven’t heard any names in a while. James Franklin was thought to have a chance very early on, but he’d be a terrible hire and is proving that now.

    If a change is to be made, they’re all in on Scenario #1.
     
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  29. Detective Shilala

    Detective Shilala 2,500+ Posts

    Not sure I follow you Joe. I guess it’s possible that Tom Herman thought all those other QBs were smart enough to play the position. What’s weird about that? (However wrong he may have been about LJ)
     
  30. Badass

    Badass 2,500+ Posts

    Michigan boosters want Urban Meyer too ...

    Rumor: Influential Michigan Football boosters finalizing plan to pursue Urban Meyer
    Last weekend’s loss to Indiana has sparked rumors that Michigan Football may be preparing to move on from the Jim Harbaugh era following this season
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    Michael Scott

    Nov 11 · 3 min read
    Numerous people with ties to Michigan Football, including a very influential booster, are rumored to be finalizing a plan to pursue Urban Meyer with hopes he’ll become the program’s next head coach in Ann Arbor.
    According to a source that will remain nameless, the booster and other financial donors are preparing an offer that would make Meyer college football’s highest-paid coach. The offer is expected to be in the ballpark of roughly $12 million per season, which is higher than current contracts owned by both Harbaugh ($8M) and Alabama head coach Nick Saban ($9M).
     

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