Posted this on another thread but here ya go. Current players liked him enough to recruit against him....
I keep going back to what Ewers dad told my buddy at a Southlake Carroll game in November, that basically ‘there are other issues in Austin...’
I have to think so for CDC to have fired him. On the outside, 7-3 is not good but an argument could be made for patience under the right circumstances. my guess is tHat from the inside CDC could see the situation for what it was and it was worse than 7-3 or 32-18
Situation was horrible, UT has lost to TCU 9 times since 1967 (my lifetime) and TH is directly responsible for 3 of those losses. Pathetic! Texas should never lose to TCU 3/4 games. To put in perspective, OU is 4 and 0 during this same period and beat them by more than 2 TDs in every game except one.
Wait, nobody knew there were issues last summer? The blind were leading the blind. I could see it a 1,000 miles away setting in my Lazy Boy.
Reads like a set of true-false exam questions. 1. False 2. False 3. True 4. False Hope I made a 100 score!
There is one thing that still bothers me about the Tom Herman thing. He appeared to be the coach with connections and a personality. He threw all those parties for his team at his pool. We were told he was the perfect fit and he recruited so well. Now people say he was not likeable and arrogant and did not have a friend in the alumns. No one came to his defense. I know when you get rid of someone, you often dump on them. But it is hard to believe he was the same person who we hired.
The skill set required at Texas is so much different than other schools, it’s different to forecast how younger coaches will react. I think this was forgotten when Strong and Herman were hired.
Yeah. Tom turned out to be a weird combination of the immature guys on "Hot Tub Time Machine", and John Mackovic's arrogant off the field persona (Tom lacked Mackovic's very good offensive brain on the field).
The Texas stage is a big one in terms of opponents, recruits, alumns, and program. When you are at a Houston, taking a game or two away from someone you should not beat can happen. At Texas, you cannot lose the games you are expected to win and survive. You have so many resources to your disposal compared to other programs.
There were warning signs before he took the job. The infamous and highly contentious Houston radio interview was there for everyone to observe. But most, including me, felt that this personality flaw (which I acknowledged at the time) would not be a significant detriment and that he would succeed wildly at Texas. I was wrong. Ultimately his lack of judgment and his thin-skinned nature doomed him. Americans have a forgiving nature. However, to be forgiven, one has to seek forgiveness and admit one’s faults. He never did.
Took the words out of my mouth. I hope he learns from this experience and can grow up. Also he needs to address his inferiority complex that drives some of his dumber decisions. The fake tough guy stuff he was always made fun of. walking off the bus with a baseball bat, the sledge hammer, the ridiculous thing of not using the names of his kickers. feeding his players burnt hotdogs. He was a fake tough guy and I'm sure it rubbed his players wrong I was a fan and it rubbed me wrong.
The first red flag I remember seeing with Herman was after the loss against USC in the 3rd game of 2017. Chris Warren was given 4, four, cuatro carries! Here are his stats for the first 2 games: Maryland – 5.2 on 6 carries / Longest = 15 San Jose State – 10.4 on 16 carries / Longest = 41In his post game presser a reporter asked him why Warren wasn't used more, and his "answer" ticked me off. I posted that video and the following commit the day after that game:
Lol so 3.8 you of 4 carries = 38 yards in ten carries. That’s some brilliant Mensa calculations there but that’s not the way it works With running backs. But you cant argue with math! So says the binder. I always felt his he-man persona was just a disingenuous cover for being an insufferable egg head. He probably would have lost less games and won over the players better if he was just a dumb jock.
My memory is bad, but i remember the first red flag being his very first game against Maryland and saying something about Pixie Dust. UM called him out in national media about it. Perhaps the Pixie dust was later.
That video is cringeworthy and Tom Herman defined. I like how during his tangent he took a moment to show off his amazing math skills
