Opinions on what the future holds

[dillohorn]

To some extent you might be right but if Casey or Card miss a wide open receiver is that on the coaches?  How about taking the wrong angles on defense?  Plenty of those to go around.  So Bo, Flood and Sark all suck as coaches.  Saban doesnt even need assistants, its all him.  Sorry but thats is wrong on so many levels its hilarious.

To be clear its the coaches responsibility but if the players dont play up to expectations learning a new offense, one which no one had a problem with until ou, or a new defense then its all the coaches.  That just doesnt fly.  So Sark just sucks that is why this team was 2 plays away from beating ou and osu and then this season looks different.  Come on.  You blame it all on the coaches but last time i checked it wasnt Sark over throwing Worthy on an open post route or Moore dropping TD pass that hit him in the damn hands.

The problem is there are so many variables in this equation and no one knows what percentage goes into each variable.  I do not hold the coaches blameless but again what would think of a 1-11 record (Rhule) or 2-7 record (Aranda).  Its pretty obvious to me would be screaming to fire them.

J Witt's injury killed our passing game.

 

[DMAC]

J Witt's injury killed our passing game.

Absolutely it did

 

[Johnny Depp]

J Witt's injury killed our passing game.

7 passing TD's says otherwise. 

When 1 goes down, it's next up. That's football. No injury excuses.

 

[longhorn_mig]

Missed and dropped passes and int's and fumbles are part of the game. The object is All Gas so that you have enough points to overcome the inevitable ball bouncing the wrong way.

 As we saw, in spite of our concerns with the numb thumb, Sark thought it was his best option. If we don't play musical chairs maybe we have a winning season. He is the $60 million dollar QB guru who calls the plays and see's every practice.

Sadly, with the QBs he inherited, it was his best option.

Also, come on man. We didn't lose Saturday night because of Casey. 56 points should be more than enough to beat Kansas. We have more wins this season with a competent defense that can play 4 quarters. That's on PK and some underperforming players, which in turn, is ultimately on Sark as the HC. You want to argue that issue, I'll admit that carries water. You want to argue that we don't have a HC because he's worried about the offense and isn't holding the DC accountable, I'm willing to hash that out.

 

[tejasrulz]

He has sucked since the moment he became an OU ou coach.

 

[DMAC]

7 passing TD's says otherwise. 

When 1 goes down, it's next up. That's football. No injury excuses.

I get it.  You dont like Sark and your argument is easy to make because we just lost to Kansas at home.  You may be right maybe Sark isnt the guy.  So what would you do?  Fire Sark and or staff?  Have him apologize to the players and fans and admit he was wrong as you said earlier.  Would that make you feel better?  Maybe have Coburn take over for Bo because Coburn doesnt buy into Sark? 

 

[Johnny Depp]

Sadly, with the QBs he inherited, it was his best option.

Also, come on man. We didn't lose Saturday night because of Casey. 56 points should be more than enough to beat Kansas. We have more wins this season with a competent defense that can play 4 quarters. That's on PK and some underperforming players, which in turn, is ultimately on Sark as the HC. You want to argue that issue, I'll admit that carries water. You want to argue that we don't have a HC because he's worried about the offense and isn't holding the DC accountable, I'm willing to hash that out.

 But was rotating QB's the best option? 

 We didn't lose because of CT11. We might have won if Card never played? Conversely, where would Card be now had he had a full season of learning, would we be making progress instead of regressing? No one knows. 

Our defense's effectiveness has been directly related to our offense's effectiveness. When they feel it's a lost cause they slack off, when they see scoring out of the O they get back in the game. It's human nature, the same way the fans walk out of the stadium. 

We had no business coming back in that game. Then when we do, an int. in the end zone should have ended it. Miraculously the D gets a stop, and we have timeouts. The O gets it in the end zone. After our team being dead man walking, we decide to kick the PAT. We could have ended it with 3 yards. Again in the OT we kick. We deserved to lose.

 

[DMAC]

 But was rotating QB's the best option? 

 We didn't lose because of CT11. We might have won if Card never played? Conversely, where would Card be now had he had a full season of learning, would we be making progress instead of regressing? No one knows. 

Our defense's effectiveness has been directly related to our offense's effectiveness. When they feel it's a lost cause they slack off, when they see scoring out of the O they get back in the game. It's human nature, the same way the fans walk out of the stadium. 

We had no business coming back in that game. Then when we do, an int. in the end zone should have ended it. Miraculously the D gets a stop, and we have timeouts. The O gets it in the end zone. After our team being dead man walking, we decide to kick the PAT. We could have ended it with 3 yards. Again in the OT we kick. We deserved to lose.

Hindsight is a beautiful thing isnt it.

Had he gone for 2 and we failed you would have thrown your TV out. 

 

[Johnny Depp]

I get it.  You dont like Sark and your argument is easy to make because we just lost to Kansas at home.  You may be right maybe Sark isnt the guy.  So what would you do?  Fire Sark and or staff?  Have him apologize to the players and fans and admit he was wrong as you said earlier.  Would that make you feel better?  Maybe have Coburn take over for Bo because Coburn doesnt buy into Sark? 

 I don't know Sark from Adam. I just want a winning coach. 

 If I was CDC, I'd call Sark in and tell him he's going to the booth as OC. His buyout is $21 million, and he ain't getting fired yet.

I'd make a move like TT and TCU and call in some assistants and ask them if they can adapt to the players on the roster or whoever we can recruit, or rather be fired. Offer someone (maybe an asst.?) an interim HC job with win now and 1 year contracts understood.

 

[Johnny Depp]

Hindsight is a beautiful thing isnt it.

Had he gone for 2 and we failed you would have thrown your TV out. 

 Like VY said, "let your balls swing".

 

[longhorn_mig]

 But was rotating QB's the best option? 

 We didn't lose because of CT11. We might have won if Card never played? Conversely, where would Card be now had he had a full season of learning, would we be making progress instead of regressing? No one knows. 

Our defense's effectiveness has been directly related to our offense's effectiveness. When they feel it's a lost cause they slack off, when they see scoring out of the O they get back in the game. It's human nature, the same way the fans walk out of the stadium. 

We had no business coming back in that game. Then when we do, an int. in the end zone should have ended it. Miraculously the D gets a stop, and we have timeouts. The O gets it in the end zone. After our team being dead man walking, we decide to kick the PAT. We could have ended it with 3 yards. Again in the OT we kick. We deserved to lose.

Personally, I didn't like rotating the QBs in the Kansas game. You know I firmly believe Casey should play if he's healthy. Card gave a full display of why I feel that way. Honestly, the only times we have not been in games this season is when Card has gotten extended, meaningful playing time.

Also, the Kansas game is really the only time you can say there was a "rotation" in a game, but it didn't last long. The rest of the games, there was either a QB coming in when the outcome had been decided or there was an injury. It's not like we've been playing musical chairs all season.

That said, even if we're playing musical chairs against Kansas, the offense put up 56 points. That should be more than enough to beat Kansas.

Finally, KU drove the ball on our defense from the get go and scored a TD on the first drive. So, did they decide to "slack off" before the offense took the field?

 

[Sirhornsalot]

7 passing TD's says otherwise. 

When 1 goes down, it's next up. That's football. No injury excuses.

While "its next up" may be true, that does not mean the guy playing 2nd or 3rd string is supposed to be as good as the 1st string guy. No, you get a decline in performance with that replacement.

Thats not an excuse. Thats factual and its football.

 

[DMAC]

 Like VY said, "let your balls swing".

Funny you mention VY because.....

 

[Johnny Depp]

While "its next up" may be true, that does not mean the guy playing 2nd or 3rd string is supposed to be as good as the 1st string guy. No, you get a decline in performance with that replacement.

Thats not an excuse. Thats factual and its football.

 True, although If I were wearing the headsets, KRob would have been the slot WR. That is likely not a step down.

 The 3rd string QB of Kansas says hello.

 

[Johnny Depp]

3 minutes ago, DMAC said:

Funny you mention VY because.....

He's on the payroll, what else is he gonna say? He's laughing his ass off. 

I'll take HIM on the sidelines any day. Groovin and Moovin while having his QB's run.

 

[DMAC]

 True, although If I were wearing the headsets, KRob would have been the slot WR. That is likely not a step down.

KRob wasnt active vs Kansas

 

[Johnny Depp]

KRob wasnt active vs Kansas

I know, but he was when Whitt went down.

 

[DMAC]

He's on the payroll, what else is he gonna say? He's laughing his ass off. 

I'll take HIM on the sidelines any day. Groovin and Moovin while having his QB's run.

He didnt have to say anything at all.  So its a big conspiracy to Texas football suck again, right? 

 

[Sirhornsalot]

 True, although If I were wearing the headsets, KRob would have been the slot WR. That is likely not a step down.

 The 3rd string QB of Kansas says hello.

No doubt. He's never played the position before. He doesn't know his routes or what the slot does on plays.

Oh yeah, you probably would just throw him in there and call that an upgrade. lol

 

[longhorn_mig]

No doubt. He's never played the position before. He doesn't know his routes or what the slot does on plays.

Oh yeah, you probably would just throw him in there and call that an upgrade. lol

Also, there were reports out of practice that he's not the greatest receiver out of the backfield. Who knows to what degree that's true, but possibly more reason Sark didn't toy with that idea.