We are now the "Kansas" of the Big 12

Discussion in 'On The Field' started by old65horn, Nov 14, 2021.

  1. Statalyzer

    Statalyzer 10,000+ Posts

    At least getting beat by a walk-on who wasn't good enough to play a single snap before that game, when the guys in front of him were Kansas players who mostly were only there because nobody else in P5 wanted them, should put to rest the "We're losing these games because we just aren't that talented" stuff.
     
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  2. Vol Horn 4 Life

    Vol Horn 4 Life Good Bye To All The Rest!

    Oh come on, we just misjudged all those 4 and 5 star recruits we have. If Sark can just get his 4 and 5 star players to fit his scheme we'll be ok.
     
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  3. LonghornDave

    LonghornDave 1,000+ Posts

    Sorry this is not on Sark.

    Horns need a deep clean. Take the pain all at once. It doesn't even hurt anymore. (that much).
     
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  4. ViperHorn

    ViperHorn 10,000+ Posts

    I think we will witness that before the end of the year.
     
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  5. Bill in Sinton

    Bill in Sinton 5,000+ Posts

    Hang in there old. I am 73 and don't have much time and I have probably already seen out last football NC. But I am in for the long haul since 1956 and will stick with my team.
     
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  6. LonghornDave

    LonghornDave 1,000+ Posts

    Bill, where have you been? I don't remember seeing a post for a while. But, this is a good one. But I think will see an NC run in 5 years. it will take some doing to fix this mess.
     
  7. RainH2burntO

    RainH2burntO 2,500+ Posts

    I both agree and disagree at the same time.
    19-20 year olds certainly shouldn't be classified as nor treated as kids..for sure.
    But, unfortunately, most are these days. As are most people in their 30s and 40s now.
    I say this all the time....
    14-16 year olds from days gone by would kick today's 20-25 year old's butts in most every meaningful pursuit
     
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  8. Handler

    Handler 1,000+ Posts

    Well I like Sark but it is 100% on him. We went from "hoping to play OU in Dallas again at the end of the year" 6 weeks ago to "we are expecting to replace almost 40% of our roster next year" on Monday...
     
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  9. LonghornDave

    LonghornDave 1,000+ Posts

    Stop making sense.
     
  10. LonghornDave

    LonghornDave 1,000+ Posts

    Fan lost expectations are not necessarily a coaches fault. Sark got a team made partially of players who ran off the field laughing after losing to OU last year, rather than singing The Eyes of Texas. That behavior will require more than a new coach. cut out the rot, portal it away, do what has needed to be done for a while.
     
  11. Tmanjake

    Tmanjake < 25 Posts

    At 12 years old I personally witnessed much of the 1956 1-9 season where we did not block or tackle much, leading to the hire of Coach Royal. Lost 8 games in a row (ugh!), a couple in the 45-0 range. As Vince Lombardi famously said (paraphrasing)--"Football is blocking and tackling; you block and tackle better than the other guy, you win." Many issues this season, but that's #! in my book. Recruit and develop for that one major factor, and we'll be on the way back. At least we can't lose 8 in a row this season.
     
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  12. Chop

    Chop 10,000+ Posts

    :yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes:
     
  13. moondog_LFZ

    moondog_LFZ 5,000+ Posts

    FIFY
     
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  14. Statalyzer

    Statalyzer 10,000+ Posts

    If you think that's bad, look at the bunch of players and losing culture that Lance Leopold got.
     
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  15. ProdigalHorn

    ProdigalHorn 10,000+ Posts

    Something I noticed in the Iowa State game summed it up for me. Iowa State had the ball and one of their guys jumped early, cost them 5 yards and put them in (if I recall) a behind-the-chains down situation.

    The next play they show the kid standing on the sidelines next to the coach. He screwed up, lost discipline, and he got yanked. And I'm sitting here thinking "How many times have guys on our O-line done something like that, and how many times did it cost them playing time?" The answer of course is "a whole bunch" and "not a single down."

    There are way too many positions on this team where making a mistake doesn't cost you anything. When you don't have depth enough to trust a backup, and your starters now have absolutely no push from below them on the depth chart, you get the kind of play we're seeing right now. Guys who can't or won't perform their assignments on the field, guys who play with no consistency or discipline, and guys who generally appear not to have done their homework (so to speak) enough to understand where they're supposed to be on any given play.

    Sadly, this is going to take more than a year to fix. I hope Sark is up to it because we can't keep shedding coaches and coordinators. This program has to have some consistency if it's ever going to get rolling again.
     
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