At best, we'd be 3-1. We were a play away from tying one game, and who knows whether we'd win in OT even if we had momentum. We were robbed by the officiating against OkSt, so at this point, more likely 2-2. Regardless, we're 1-3 and look like a junior high team against TCU. Very unprepared and plenty of silly mental mistakes to start the game off. Everyone expected the first year to be bad. Nobody expected the second year to be this bad. Blown out by ND, giving Rice 28 points and nearly doubling our yardage, in a shootout against Cal with a miraculous comeback to come up short, and this blowout. The only game we've looked decent is was against Oklahoma State in a rigged competition. If that trend continues, Strong is likely out this year.
If you actually watch the games, you can see a lot of these errors are a result of poor coaching. And then there's the accountability factor. After every mistake, you don't see Strong or other coaches go and yell at these players. It's going to be the same **** every week until they start to actually start to show some damn emotion after a stupid play is made. Like Duncan McDonuts said, they looked like a junior high team. It's not necessarily the record itself, it's the play. They didn't look that good against Cal either. They had to make a huge comeback in the 4th at home. Even in their lone win, Rice had a chance to win that game. Texas has recruited enough talent to be better than this, so it comes down to coaching. The best way I can summarize Charlie Strong is by comparing him to Will Muschamp. Neither are head coaching material at big programs, they're both solid DCs.
Why do people think that yelling at players is some kind of cure-all that's going to make them stop making mistakes? Do you all really think that, if only players knew they'd get yelled at, they'd decide to not mess up? This same silliness has infected the Astros forum too with Hinch.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Texas's Kris Boyd has explaining to do after his Twitter account retweeted a tweet about transferring AT HALFTIME: <a href="http://t.co/dtGOidihFx">http://t.co/dtGOidihFx</a></p>— SI College Football (@si_ncaafb) <a href="https://twitter.com/si_ncaafb/status/650388476479864832">October 3, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Swoopes looked good.....against 3rd stringers. Still, the level of competition Swoopes and Heard have faced this year has not been comparable in my opinion. Heard did not impress today. Put a spy on him, and he can't seem to hurt you.
Yelling at players is fine for pro leagues, but with college, I prefer Strong's attitude. Display your disappointment, but ripping into your amateur player has a chance to hurt his confidence and stunt his growth. With younger players, you want them to listen to you rather than shut you out due to shame.
You disgrace Lovie Smith comparing him to Charlie Strong. He got a team to the Super Bowl with Rex Grossman as QB. That said, emotion on the sideline has nothing to do with anything. I don't believe Strong has a rep for being soft on players. He has much bigger problems than that.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Whenever ya'll are ready to transfer... We're ready. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Gig?src=hash">#Gig</a>'em <a href="https://twitter.com/Official_MalikJ">@Official_MalikJ</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/kris23db">@kris23db</a></p>— Danny Duron (@dannyboy_9161) <a href="https://twitter.com/dannyboy_9161/status/650354718095486977">October 3, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">$13,200,000: Texas' investment in Charlie Strong so far, including Louisville buyout</p>— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) <a href="https://twitter.com/darrenrovell/status/650369811592167425">October 3, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
UT always gets great talent...on paper. Getting the team to perform like that has been the issue. TCU has always been the opposite, recruiting players other teams passed over, and turning them into great players. Now they can recruit some of that top talent too, but no, they certainly haven't had better talent than TU year in/year out. Maybe not ever. What have TCU's recruiting classes been ranked the last few years?
(wish I could edit posts....) Strong is done if he doesn't reel off a bunch of wins. Boosters never liked him to begin with. And boosters running things is probably a big part of UT's problem.
Some boosters supported him as late as this week. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Report: Key <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Texas?src=hash">#Texas</a> booster offers support for Charlie Strong --> <a href="https://t.co/ihdl3ctAc2">https://t.co/ihdl3ctAc2</a></p>— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) <a href="https://twitter.com/YahooSports/status/649684740874833923">October 1, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> I would never coach at UT. The pressure that comes with that job is overwhelming. And pushing Strong out this quickly would make finding the next coach that much harder. I mean if they fire him now, that means he had less than 1.5 seasons to fix it. Impossible expectations.
It's becoming more and more painfully obvious how little Strong had to work with when he got here. When you announce before the season that a true freshman LT is your best offensive lineman, you have problems. Best D-lineman? Arguably a true freshman. Best WR? LB? DB? Same.
Harbaugh looks like he is turning around michigan immediatly. However, Jim might be the best football coach in the world , but it can be done.
If Strong survives this sh1tstorm I believe he will create a world beater at UT. But man, what a sh1tstorm it is.
